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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Canterbury region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank44
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below60.00 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£234£262
% change on same period last year-10.61 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.81£16.88
% change on same period last year-0.37 %
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Canterbury
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£13.65£11.57
Average hourly rate£13.65£12.86
% change on same period last year+6.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.65£14.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.97£22.20
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Windows XP KentWindows XP
Kent

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Canterbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Canterbury Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canterbury Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canterbury Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (50.00 %)MS Office
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)Health
31 (25.00 %)NHS
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Health
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support
21 (25.00 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Installations Engineer
21 (25.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)NHS
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)Java
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft