The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 17 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 Coventry 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 24 25 23
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 9 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 4.206% 1.575% 2.094%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.08% 8.889% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £94 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 £15.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.25% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £14.00 £12.63
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +10.89%
All Operating Systems
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
39 45 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 18.22% 17.72% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 13
Average daily rate £100 £230 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.52% -20.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £94 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -15.06%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows 7
3 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
4 7 (50.00%) MS Office
5 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
5 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
6 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
6 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
6 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (14.29%) DNS
7 2 (14.29%) Citrix
7 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (7.143%) Finance
8 1 (7.143%) VMware
8 1 (7.143%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (7.143%) Symantec
8 1 (7.143%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (7.143%) Site Server
8 1 (7.143%) DHCP
8 1 (7.143%) SAP
8 1 (7.143%) ITIL
8 1 (7.143%) SQL
8 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
8 1 (7.143%) Windows Vista
8 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
8 1 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 (21.43%) MS Exchange
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (7.143%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) MS Office
2 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
3 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 2 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (7.143%) DHCP
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
1 6 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Support
3 3 (21.43%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 2 (14.29%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Field Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) SAP Trainer
5 1 (7.143%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Trainer
5 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows 7
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (7.143%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.143%) ITIL
1 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
1 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
1 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.143%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (7.143%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (7.143%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (7.143%) Symantec
3 1 (7.143%) VMware
3 1 (7.143%) SAP
Coventry, West Midlands
The rate will be 300-350 p/d based on experience of the following skills: VMware Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 7 & 8 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013