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Windows XP Contracts in Aberdeen
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Aberdeen region.

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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 25 17 14
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 3 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.765% 5.854% 7.246%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.64% 25.00% 37.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £158 £111 £223
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.57% -50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £200 £225
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +44.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 22 48 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 12.94% 23.41% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 8
Average daily rate £175 £295 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.67% +38.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £115 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £463 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
Average hourly rate £12.75 £17.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.02% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows XP
Scotland

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Aberdeen Windows XP Jobs Demand Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows XP across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP.

1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (68.75%) MS Office
4 10 (62.50%) Windows 7
5 8 (50.00%) Cisco
6 7 (43.75%) DNS
7 6 (37.50%) DHCP
7 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
8 5 (31.25%) SCCM
8 5 (31.25%) Blackberry
9 4 (25.00%) Citrix
9 4 (25.00%) FTP
9 4 (25.00%) ITIL
9 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
9 4 (25.00%) Cisco IPT
9 4 (25.00%) Windows Vista
9 4 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
10 3 (18.75%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (18.75%) Mac OS X
10 3 (18.75%) Apple
10 3 (18.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (12.50%) MSI
11 2 (12.50%) Internet
11 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (12.50%) SMS
11 2 (12.50%) Linux
11 2 (12.50%) SLA
11 2 (12.50%) Android
11 2 (12.50%) Tandberg
11 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (12.50%) Software Packaging
2 1 (6.250%) Application Packaging
2 1 (6.250%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (68.75%) MS Office
2 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) DNS
2 6 (37.50%) DHCP
3 4 (25.00%) FTP
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (18.75%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (12.50%) Internet
5 2 (12.50%) SMS
5 2 (12.50%) Firewall
6 1 (6.250%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MSI
2 1 (6.250%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Desktop Support
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Applications Packager
4 3 (18.75%) IT Support
5 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
6 1 (6.250%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Project Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Blackberry
2 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.250%) PDA
3 1 (6.250%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Windows 7
3 4 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 3 (18.75%) Mac OS X
5 2 (12.50%) Linux
5 2 (12.50%) Android
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000
6 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 8
6 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
2 1 (6.250%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) SCCM
2 1 (6.250%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Cisco
3 4 (25.00%) Citrix
4 3 (18.75%) Apple
5 2 (12.50%) Tandberg
5 2 (12.50%) Dell
5 2 (12.50%) Altiris
6 1 (6.250%) HP
6 1 (6.250%) Compaq
6 1 (6.250%) Symantec
IT Support Desktop Support Service Desk Analyst CONTRACT
Aberdeen, Scotland
As such you should have demonstrable experience of technologies such as (NOT ALL REQUIRED!):* Windows 2003 / 2008 / 2012 Server* Active Directory / DNS* Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8* Microsoft...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
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