Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 73 | 76 | 89 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1342 | 1387 | 1045 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.296 % | 2.306 % | 1.893 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 11.29 % | 11.09 % | 10.44 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 450 | 418 | 283 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £243 | £248 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £112 | £100 | £110 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £403 | £450 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £205 | £225 | £255 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 375 | 459 | 351 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £14.50 | £14.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.30 | £10.00 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.00 | £24.40 | £20.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.00 | £12.88 | £13.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 11887 | 12510 | 10005 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 20.34 % | 20.80 % | 18.13 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5933 | 6113 | 4469 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £215 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £550 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1185 | 1236 | 1035 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £17.00 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.21 | £11.00 | £10.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £37.50 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.00 | £16.50 | £15.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
