The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley 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 Crawley 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 19 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 6 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 4.082% - 1.754%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.08% - 6.452%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £163 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £18.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.88
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +8.73%
All Operating Systems
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
26 24 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 17.69% 8.922% 27.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 5
Average daily rate £400 £388 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -20.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.13 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.73% -32.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
West Sussex

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (70.00%) MS Office
4 4 (40.00%) Citrix
4 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco
6 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (20.00%) SCCM
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (20.00%) XenApp
6 2 (20.00%) vSphere
6 2 (20.00%) Firewall
6 2 (20.00%) IPsec
6 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) VMware
6 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (20.00%) DNS
6 2 (20.00%) WAN
6 2 (20.00%) DHCP
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) UNIX
6 2 (20.00%) SharePoint

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 (10.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) IPsec
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) IP Telephony
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Deskside Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Support Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
3 2 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) AIX
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) MCP
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) XenApp
2 2 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (10.00%) Symantec
4 1 (10.00%) McAfee