The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 24 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 Derbyshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 17 26 16
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 5 6 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 3.650% 2.830% 7.616%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.29% 10.71% 38.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 15
Average daily rate £128 £80 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+59.37% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £56 £50
10% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £84 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 56 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 25.55% 26.42% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 28
Average daily rate £140 £325 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.92% -6.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £155 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £455 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 11
Average hourly rate £13.50 £33.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-59.70% +179.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £59.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
East Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derby +12 3 £115 +43.75%
Windows XP
East Midlands

Windows XP
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) LANDesk
4 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) MCDST
5 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (16.67%) HTTP
5 1 (16.67%) SLA
5 1 (16.67%) Citrix
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (16.67%) X-Windows
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) MCP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (16.67%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Rollout Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) UAT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) UAT Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) MCDST
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) LANDesk
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
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