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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Doncaster 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 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank27
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below66.67 %25.00 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£75-
Average daily rate£88-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£100-
UK excluding London average daily rate£223£262
% change on same period last year-14.86 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£9.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£10.00£20.00
% change on same period last year-50.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.94£16.46
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Doncaster
Matching contract IT job ads64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.004 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£75£125
Average daily rate£88£138
% change on same period last year-36.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£100£150
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£10.20£20.00
Average hourly rate£11.40£20.00
% change on same period last year-43.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.60£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.30£22.14
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Windows XP South YorkshireWindows XP
South Yorkshire

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 Doncaster region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Doncaster 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 Doncaster region.

Doncaster 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 Doncaster region.

Doncaster Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Doncaster 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.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
25 (83.33 %)Active Directory
34 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
42 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
42 (33.33 %)MS Office
42 (33.33 %)Microsoft
42 (33.33 %)NHS
42 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
42 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (16.67 %)VERITAS
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (16.67 %)Firewall
51 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
51 (16.67 %)Migration
51 (16.67 %)VoIP
51 (16.67 %)MS Excel
51 (16.67 %)SQL
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Doncaster 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.

Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
12 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (16.67 %)MS Excel
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)VoIP
11 (16.67 %)Firewall
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Rollout Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Support Technician
21 (16.67 %)Helpdesk Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Field Engineer
21 (16.67 %)IT Support Technician
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)NHS
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
24 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
32 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
32 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Migration
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)SQL
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (83.33 %)Active Directory
Doncaster IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (16.67 %)VERITAS