The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 East Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 23 57 33
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -24
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 74 25 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 5.781% 1.871% 4.116%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.43% 11.21% 18.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 28
Average daily rate £125 £125 £94
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £93 £50
10% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £217 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £200 £225
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 17 16
Average hourly rate £12.00 £12.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.35 £8.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £20.00 £62.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
280 223 325
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 21.88% 16.69% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 94 117
Average daily rate £290 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £175 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 49 46
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.77 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.22% -19.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £55.00 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East Midlands Windows XP Daily Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottinghamshire +14 25 £475 +97.91%
Leicestershire -2 10 £115 - 1
Northamptonshire +14 9 £150 +20.00% 5
Derbyshire +8 6 £128 - 2
Lincolnshire 0 1 - - 3
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 98 (100.00%) Windows
2 72 (73.47%) Active Directory
3 54 (55.10%) Microsoft
4 47 (47.96%) Windows 7
5 37 (37.76%) MS Office
6 29 (29.59%) MS Exchange
7 22 (22.45%) Windows Server 2003
8 20 (20.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 19 (19.39%) Windows 2000
9 19 (19.39%) Windows Vista
9 19 (19.39%) PowerShell
10 17 (17.35%) Exchange Server 2003
11 16 (16.33%) SCCM
11 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (15.31%) Citrix
12 15 (15.31%) Security Cleared
13 14 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
14 13 (13.27%) SC Cleared
14 13 (13.27%) SQL
15 11 (11.22%) VBScript
15 11 (11.22%) MS Excel
15 11 (11.22%) VMware
15 11 (11.22%) Exchange Server 2007
16 10 (10.20%) Migration
16 10 (10.20%) Cisco
17 9 (9.184%) LAN
17 9 (9.184%) IBM Notes
17 9 (9.184%) VB
17 9 (9.184%) Lotus
17 9 (9.184%) Change Management

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 6 (6.122%) Application Packaging
2 2 (2.041%) WebCenter
3 1 (1.020%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 29 (29.59%) MS Exchange
2 17 (17.35%) Exchange Server 2003
3 14 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (11.22%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (9.184%) IBM Notes
6 5 (5.102%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (3.061%) SharePoint
8 2 (2.041%) Lync
8 2 (2.041%) Documentum
Applications
1 37 (37.76%) MS Office
2 11 (11.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.184%) LAN
2 8 (8.163%) WAN
3 7 (7.143%) TCP/IP
3 7 (7.143%) VPN
4 6 (6.122%) Firewall
5 5 (5.102%) Wireless
6 4 (4.082%) DNS
6 4 (4.082%) DHCP
7 3 (3.061%) SAN
8 2 (2.041%) VLAN
8 2 (2.041%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.041%) LDAP
9 1 (1.020%) PBX
9 1 (1.020%) HTTP
9 1 (1.020%) 3G
9 1 (1.020%) Intranet
9 1 (1.020%) Internet
9 1 (1.020%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.020%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.020%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.020%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (7.143%) MSI
2 1 (1.020%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.020%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 4 (4.082%) Finance
2 2 (2.041%) Local Government
3 1 (1.020%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.020%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (29.59%) Support Engineer
2 25 (25.51%) 2nd Line Support
3 18 (18.37%) Desktop Support
4 17 (17.35%) Analyst
5 13 (13.27%) Support Analyst
6 10 (10.20%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (10.20%) 1st Line Support
6 10 (10.20%) IT Support
7 9 (9.184%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (8.163%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (7.143%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (7.143%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 7 (7.143%) Build Engineer
10 4 (4.082%) Applications Packager
11 3 (3.061%) Service Analyst
11 3 (3.061%) Service Desk Analyst
11 3 (3.061%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 2 (2.041%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 2 (2.041%) Designer
12 2 (2.041%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.143%) Client/Server
1 7 (7.143%) Blackberry
2 6 (6.122%) CESG
3 3 (3.061%) NHS
4 1 (1.020%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.020%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 98 (100.00%) Windows
2 47 (47.96%) Windows 7
3 22 (22.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (20.41%) Windows Server 2008
5 19 (19.39%) Windows 2000
5 19 (19.39%) Windows Vista
6 6 (6.122%) Windows NT
7 4 (4.082%) Apple iOS
7 4 (4.082%) NetWare
8 2 (2.041%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (10.20%) Migration
2 9 (9.184%) Change Management
3 8 (8.163%) Performance Management
4 6 (6.122%) ITIL
5 4 (4.082%) ITSM
6 2 (2.041%) Service Delivery
6 2 (2.041%) Data Security
6 2 (2.041%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.020%) CRM
7 1 (1.020%) ERP
7 1 (1.020%) CAE
7 1 (1.020%) PRINCE
7 1 (1.020%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.020%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.020%) Test Scripting
7 1 (1.020%) Time Management
7 1 (1.020%) ISMS
7 1 (1.020%) Service Management
7 1 (1.020%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.39%) PowerShell
2 13 (13.27%) SQL
3 11 (11.22%) VBScript
4 9 (9.184%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (15.31%) Security Cleared
3 13 (13.27%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.143%) MCSE
5 4 (4.082%) MCP
6 1 (1.020%) MCDST
6 1 (1.020%) Degree
6 1 (1.020%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.082%) SLA
2 1 (1.020%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (73.47%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.102%) XenDesktop
3 4 (4.082%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.041%) XenApp
4 2 (2.041%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.020%) IAG
5 1 (1.020%) UAG
Systems Management
1 16 (16.33%) SCCM
2 8 (8.163%) SCOM
3 4 (4.082%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (4.082%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.020%) ZENworks
4 1 (1.020%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 54 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.31%) Citrix
3 11 (11.22%) VMware
4 10 (10.20%) Cisco
5 9 (9.184%) Lotus
6 5 (5.102%) HP
6 5 (5.102%) Novell
7 3 (3.061%) Oracle
8 2 (2.041%) Twitter
8 2 (2.041%) LANDesk
9 1 (1.020%) Business Objects
9 1 (1.020%) SAP
9 1 (1.020%) Symantec
9 1 (1.020%) Avaya
9 1 (1.020%) Dell
9 1 (1.020%) Kaspersky
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Orderwork
Rate: Competitive dayrate
Posted: 14 June 2013
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An opportunity has arisen for a 6 month contract with my client in Northampton, they are looking for a 2nd line support engineer. This is a great role...
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Posted: 31 May 2013
Lincolnshire
Desktop Support Engineer will be supporting Windows operating systems, Microsoft office applications, PC Builds, Active Directory and Lotus Notes... Candidates must have experience within Desktop environment with Windows...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Technical Knowledge: Essential Remote troubleshooting experience & knowledge in most of the following operating systems - NT4, Win2000, WinXP, Novell Netware Troubleshooting Microsoft Office 2003 Networking knowledge and troubleshooting techniques.....
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Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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