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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the East Anglia 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2020
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.667 %3.030 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£245£261
% change on same period last year-6.30 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.79£17.08
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads1533
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£450£417
Average daily rate£450£425
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£332
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£31.00
Average hourly rate£30.00£34.25
% change on same period last year-12.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.90£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
Windows XP East of EnglandWindows XP
East of England

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

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (50.00 %)MS Office
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)Lotus
22 (50.00 %)Remedy
31 (25.00 %)Chemicals
31 (25.00 %)LotusScript
31 (25.00 %)Formula Language
31 (25.00 %)QuickPlace
31 (25.00 %)IronPort
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)ITIL
31 (25.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
31 (25.00 %)MS Excel
31 (25.00 %)VPN
31 (25.00 %)SLA
31 (25.00 %)Cisco

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %).NET
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
21 (25.00 %)QuickPlace
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)VPN
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Chemicals
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Consultant
21 (25.00 %)Field Service Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Field Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Technical Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Messaging Consultant
21 (25.00 %)Messaging Analyst
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C++
11 (25.00 %)LotusScript
11 (25.00 %)Formula Language
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)SLA
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)Lotus
12 (50.00 %)Remedy
21 (25.00 %)IronPort
21 (25.00 %)Cisco