Windows XP Contracts in Dorset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset 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 13 25 24
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 20 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 9.434% 3.309% 5.938%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.41% 10.98% 22.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 6
Average daily rate £114 £260 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.25% +60.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £192 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £328 £178
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
Average hourly rate £23.26 £13.00 £165.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.92% -92.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 68 82 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 32.08% 30.15% 25.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 40 47
Average daily rate £215 £375 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.66% -3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £345 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 4
Average hourly rate £17.50 £27.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth +8 14 £114 -35.00%
Poole - 1 - -
Wimborne - 1 - -
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (82.61%) Windows 7
3 13 (56.52%) ITIL
4 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
5 8 (34.78%) Citrix
5 8 (34.78%) MS Office
6 7 (30.43%) MCSE
6 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
7 6 (26.09%) LAN
7 6 (26.09%) VoIP
8 5 (21.74%) Wireless
8 5 (21.74%) Blackberry
8 5 (21.74%) VPN
8 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
8 5 (21.74%) Internet
9 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (13.04%) Information Management
10 3 (13.04%) Local Government
10 3 (13.04%) MCDST
10 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
10 3 (13.04%) Handset
10 3 (13.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (13.04%) Avaya
10 3 (13.04%) Cisco
10 3 (13.04%) HP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 (13.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
3 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) MS Office
2 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
2 6 (26.09%) LAN
2 6 (26.09%) VoIP
3 5 (21.74%) Wireless
3 5 (21.74%) VPN
3 5 (21.74%) Internet
4 1 (4.348%) 3G
4 1 (4.348%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Subversion
1 2 (8.696%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (13.04%) Local Government
2 2 (8.696%) Finance
3 1 (4.348%) Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Desktop Support
2 10 (43.48%) Support Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Field Service Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (13.04%) Field Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support Technician
6 1 (4.348%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (4.348%) Technical Support
6 1 (4.348%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Blackberry
2 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.04%) Handset
3 1 (4.348%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.348%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.348%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (82.61%) Windows 7
3 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (8.696%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (13.04%) Information Management
3 3 (13.04%) Network Management
3 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.696%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (8.696%) UML
4 2 (8.696%) OO
4 2 (8.696%) OOD
5 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) C
1 2 (8.696%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) MCSE
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (13.04%) MCDST
3 3 (13.04%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.04%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Citrix
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) Avaya
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco
3 3 (13.04%) HP
4 1 (4.348%) Mitel
4 1 (4.348%) Dell
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