The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 23 44 20
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 16 5 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 4.762% 1.205% 5.350%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.95% 3.788% 17.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
Average daily rate £288 £188 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.33% -43.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £178 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £198 £364
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £210 £225
% change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 6
Average hourly rate £30.00 £10.00 £11.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+200.00% -13.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.18 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.25 £10.00 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
107 132 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 31.85% 31.81% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 59 30
Average daily rate £310 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £408 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 30 20
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +177.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.83 £10.00 £11.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows XP
Cambridgeshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (48.15%) MS Exchange
3 12 (44.44%) Windows 7
4 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
4 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
5 10 (37.04%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (37.04%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (29.63%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (29.63%) SQL
8 7 (25.93%) Exchange Server 2007
9 5 (18.52%) VPN
10 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
10 4 (14.81%) MS Office
10 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2005
10 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
10 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2008
11 3 (11.11%) Android
11 3 (11.11%) Cisco
11 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
11 3 (11.11%) Windows Mobile
11 3 (11.11%) Objective-C
11 3 (11.11%) Regression Testing
11 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (11.11%) Mac OS X
11 3 (11.11%) Acrobat
11 3 (11.11%) CheckPoint
11 3 (11.11%) MCP
11 3 (11.11%) UNIX
11 3 (11.11%) Linux

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (3.704%) Application Packaging
1 1 (3.704%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 13 (48.15%) MS Exchange
2 10 (37.04%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (37.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (25.93%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Office
2 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.11%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) VPN
2 3 (11.11%) LAN
2 3 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (7.407%) DNS
4 1 (3.704%) Wireless
4 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (11.11%) OLAP
2 3 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MSI
1 1 (3.704%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
1 2 (7.407%) Games
1 2 (7.407%) Danish Language
1 2 (7.407%) French Language
1 2 (7.407%) German Language
1 2 (7.407%) Hebrew Language
1 2 (7.407%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (22.22%) Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) IT Support
5 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Field Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Desktop Technician
7 1 (3.704%) Applications Support
7 1 (3.704%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (3.704%) Desktop Support
7 1 (3.704%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Applications Support Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Desktop Support
7 1 (3.704%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) Blackberry
1 2 (7.407%) Computer Science
1 2 (7.407%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (7.407%) iPad
2 1 (3.704%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) Windows 7
3 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (29.63%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (11.11%) Windows Mobile
5 3 (11.11%) Android
5 3 (11.11%) Linux
5 3 (11.11%) UNIX
5 3 (11.11%) Mac OS X
6 2 (7.407%) Apple iOS
7 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000
7 1 (3.704%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.11%) Regression Testing
1 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
2 2 (7.407%) Game Development
2 2 (7.407%) Benchmarking
3 1 (3.704%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) T-SQL
2 3 (11.11%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) Objective-C
2 3 (11.11%) C
2 3 (11.11%) C++
2 3 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (3.704%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) MCP
2 3 (11.11%) MCSE
2 3 (11.11%) MCSA
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.704%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.704%) XenApp
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Adobe
2 3 (11.11%) CheckPoint
2 3 (11.11%) Remedy
2 3 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (3.704%) VMware
3 1 (3.704%) Dell
3 1 (3.704%) Citrix