Windows XP Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Bedfordshire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 22 28 37
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 8 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 4.233% 1.792% 1.706%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.60% 10.20% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £258 £188 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.88
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +8.73%
All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 43 49 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 22.75% 17.56% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 14
Average daily rate £325 £330 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% +11.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £175 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 11
Average hourly rate £25.13 £20.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.62% -57.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Windows XP Daily Rate Histogram

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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -3 3 - -
Bedford 0 2 £158 -
Windows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Windows 7
3 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 6 (50.00%) Migration
5 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
6 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (33.33%) MS Visio
6 4 (33.33%) MS Office
6 4 (33.33%) VBScript
6 4 (33.33%) SCCM
7 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
7 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (25.00%) Symantec
7 3 (25.00%) MS Project
7 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
8 2 (16.67%) DNS
8 2 (16.67%) Adobe
8 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (16.67%) Citrix
8 2 (16.67%) MSI
8 2 (16.67%) AdminStudio
8 2 (16.67%) SQL
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
8 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
8 2 (16.67%) LAN
8 2 (16.67%) DHCP
8 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 1 (8.333%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 4 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (25.00%) MS Project
4 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
5 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (16.67%) DNS
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MSI
1 2 (16.67%) AdminStudio
2 1 (8.333%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Project Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Applications Packager
3 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Coordinator
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Software Deployment
2 1 (8.333%) Validation
2 1 (8.333%) DNA
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) VBScript
2 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.333%) XenApp
2 1 (8.333%) XenDesktop
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (8.333%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (8.333%) AppDNA
2 1 (8.333%) ZENworks
2 1 (8.333%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Symantec
3 2 (16.67%) Adobe
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) AppSense
4 1 (8.333%) VMware
4 1 (8.333%) Novell
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