The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth 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 12 18 28
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 15 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 11.81% 5.442% 0.980%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.30% 16.33% 3.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 1
Average daily rate £114 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-73.23% +13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £200 £225
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
53 49 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 41.73% 33.33% 25.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 31 37
Average daily rate £290 £371 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.72% -0.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £320 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £9.56 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+240.13% -76.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows XP
Dorset

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Bournemouth region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bournemouth Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (86.67%) Windows 7
3 9 (60.00%) ITIL
4 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
5 6 (40.00%) LAN
5 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (40.00%) Wireless
6 5 (33.33%) VPN
6 5 (33.33%) VoIP
6 5 (33.33%) MCSE
6 5 (33.33%) Internet
6 5 (33.33%) Citrix
6 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (26.67%) Information Management
7 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (20.00%) Network Management
8 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
8 3 (20.00%) Handset
8 3 (20.00%) HP
8 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (20.00%) Avaya
8 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
8 3 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
8 3 (20.00%) ISO 9001
8 3 (20.00%) Cisco

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) LAN
1 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (40.00%) Wireless
2 5 (33.33%) VPN
2 5 (33.33%) VoIP
2 5 (33.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
1 2 (13.33%) Subversion
General
1 1 (6.667%) Local Government
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Support Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support
3 4 (26.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (20.00%) Field Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Desktop Technician
6 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support Technician
6 1 (6.667%) Rollout Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Support Technician
6 1 (6.667%) Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (20.00%) Handset
1 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.667%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (86.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (13.33%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (26.67%) Information Management
3 3 (20.00%) Network Management
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) UML
4 2 (13.33%) OO
4 2 (13.33%) OOD
4 2 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C
1 2 (13.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) MCSE
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (20.00%) MCP
3 2 (13.33%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (20.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (20.00%) HP
2 3 (20.00%) Avaya
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
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