East of England Windows XP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows XP
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Ayrshire Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexley Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Keighley Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Kilbride West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	58
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	112	112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.149 %	0.113 %
As % of the category below	11.27 %	9.302 %
Daily rates quoted	26	23
Average minimum daily rate	£189	£310
Average daily rate	£202	£316
% change on same period last year	-35.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£216	£322
UK excluding London average daily rate	£224	£269
% change on same period last year	-16.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	32	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.51	£16.44
Average hourly rate	£15.04	£17.54
% change on same period last year	-14.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.57	£18.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.28	£16.75
% change on same period last year	-2.78 %
Operating Systems East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	994	1204
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.325 %	1.218 %
Daily rates quoted	266	286
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£336
Average daily rate	£305	£355
% change on same period last year	-14.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	177	230
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.37	£21.51
Average hourly rate	£22.68	£22.61
% change on same period last year	+0.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.99	£23.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows XP 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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

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 of England region.

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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 of England region.

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows XP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+12	32	£208	-17.54 %
Hertfordshire	-1	26	£250	-20.56 %
Norfolk	+8	20	£227	-43.12 %
Essex	+9	19	£100	-81.53 %
Suffolk	0	7	-	-
Bedfordshire	-1	6	-	-
East Anglia	-1	3	£300	-

Windows XP England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 199 (98.03 %) Windows 2 95 (46.80 %) MS Office 3 72 (35.47 %) Microsoft 4 67 (33.00 %) Active Directory 5 47 (23.15 %) MS Excel 6 34 (16.75 %) MS Exchange 7 30 (14.78 %) Windows 2000 8 26 (12.81 %) Windows Server 2003 9 22 (10.84 %) Microsoft Certification 9 22 (10.84 %) Lotus 9 22 (10.84 %) Lotus Notes 10 21 (10.34 %) TCP/IP 11 17 (8.374 %) Finance 12 15 (7.389 %) ITIL 12 15 (7.389 %) MCP

13 14 (6.897 %) Cisco 13 14 (6.897 %) Citrix 13 14 (6.897 %) Remedy 14 13 (6.404 %) Novell 14 13 (6.404 %) SMS 15 12 (5.911 %) UNIX 15 12 (5.911 %) SQL Server 15 12 (5.911 %) VPN 15 12 (5.911 %) Firewall 15 12 (5.911 %) Exchange Server 2003 16 11 (5.419 %) NHS 16 11 (5.419 %) Windows NT 17 10 (4.926 %) .NET 17 10 (4.926 %) Network Design 17 10 (4.926 %) Service Delivery

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 10 (4.926 %) .NET 2 8 (3.941 %) ASP.NET 3 5 (2.463 %) HTML 4 4 (1.970 %) XML 4 4 (1.970 %) WPF 5 3 (1.478 %) .NET Framework 5 3 (1.478 %) AJAX 6 2 (0.985 %) CSS 6 2 (0.985 %) WebServices 6 2 (0.985 %) Application Packaging 6 2 (0.985 %) WCF 6 2 (0.985 %) Silverlight 6 2 (0.985 %) XSL 6 2 (0.985 %) ODBC 6 2 (0.985 %) WinForms 6 2 (0.985 %) ADO.NET 6 2 (0.985 %) ASP 7 1 (0.493 %) COM+ 7 1 (0.493 %) .NET Remoting	Application Platforms 1 34 (16.75 %) MS Exchange 2 22 (10.84 %) Lotus Notes 3 12 (5.911 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 9 (4.433 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 6 (2.956 %) SharePoint 5 6 (2.956 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 5 (2.463 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 3 (1.478 %) IIS 8 2 (0.985 %) Apache 8 2 (0.985 %) GroupWise 9 1 (0.493 %) QuickPlace 9 1 (0.493 %) Lotus Domino 9 1 (0.493 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 95 (46.80 %) MS Office 2 47 (23.15 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.478 %) MS Project 3 3 (1.478 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.985 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 21 (10.34 %) TCP/IP 2 13 (6.404 %) SMS 3 12 (5.911 %) VPN 3 12 (5.911 %) Firewall 4 10 (4.926 %) Cisco PIX 5 9 (4.433 %) Internet 6 7 (3.448 %) LAN 6 7 (3.448 %) DNS 7 5 (2.463 %) Wireless 8 4 (1.970 %) WAN 8 4 (1.970 %) DHCP 9 3 (1.478 %) IP Telephony 10 2 (0.985 %) SAN 10 2 (0.985 %) Bluetooth 10 2 (0.985 %) Wi-Fi 11 1 (0.493 %) Network Security 11 1 (0.493 %) ADSL 11 1 (0.493 %) VoIP 11 1 (0.493 %) SSH 11 1 (0.493 %) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (5.911 %) SQL Server 2 6 (2.956 %) SQL Server 2000 3 5 (2.463 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (0.985 %) MySQL 4 2 (0.985 %) MS Access 4 2 (0.985 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (0.493 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (0.493 %) DB2 5 1 (0.493 %) DTS 5 1 (0.493 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (0.493 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (0.493 %) SQL Server Integration Services	Development Applications 1 5 (2.463 %) MSI 2 2 (0.985 %) InstallShield 2 2 (0.985 %) Bugzilla 2 2 (0.985 %) Subversion 2 2 (0.985 %) FrontPage 2 2 (0.985 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (0.493 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (0.493 %) Oracle Forms 3 1 (0.493 %) ClearCase
General 1 17 (8.374 %) Finance 2 9 (4.433 %) Government 3 6 (2.956 %) Automotive 4 4 (1.970 %) Electronics 5 3 (1.478 %) Telecoms 5 3 (1.478 %) Health 5 3 (1.478 %) Legal 5 3 (1.478 %) Education 5 3 (1.478 %) Insurance 6 2 (0.985 %) Marketing 6 2 (0.985 %) Multimedia 6 2 (0.985 %) Chemicals 6 2 (0.985 %) Pharmaceutical 7 1 (0.493 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.493 %) Law 7 1 (0.493 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.493 %) Local Government	Job Titles 1 70 (34.48 %) Analyst 2 39 (19.21 %) Support Analyst 3 31 (15.27 %) Desktop Support 4 26 (12.81 %) Support Engineer 5 24 (11.82 %) Service Analyst 6 21 (10.34 %) 2nd Line Support 6 21 (10.34 %) Helpdesk Support 7 18 (8.867 %) Service Desk Analyst 8 17 (8.374 %) Helpdesk Analyst 9 12 (5.911 %) Desktop Engineer 10 10 (4.926 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 9 (4.433 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 11 9 (4.433 %) IT Support Analyst 11 9 (4.433 %) 1st Line Support 12 8 (3.941 %) Developer 12 8 (3.941 %) Desktop Analyst 13 7 (3.448 %) Support Technician 14 6 (2.956 %) IT Support Engineer 15 5 (2.463 %) IT Support Technician 15 5 (2.463 %) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 11 (5.419 %) NHS 2 9 (4.433 %) Video Conferencing 3 8 (3.941 %) AS400 4 7 (3.448 %) Blackberry 5 4 (1.970 %) Thin Client 5 4 (1.970 %) PMI 5 4 (1.970 %) French Language 5 4 (1.970 %) Fat Client 6 2 (0.985 %) Multithreading 6 2 (0.985 %) Mathematics 6 2 (0.985 %) Client/Server 7 1 (0.493 %) Smartcard 7 1 (0.493 %) Mainframe 7 1 (0.493 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 199 (98.03 %) Windows 2 30 (14.78 %) Windows 2000 3 26 (12.81 %) Windows Server 2003 4 12 (5.911 %) UNIX 5 11 (5.419 %) Windows NT 6 6 (2.956 %) Linux 7 3 (1.478 %) NetWare 8 1 (0.493 %) Mac OS X 8 1 (0.493 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (7.389 %) ITIL 2 10 (4.926 %) Service Delivery 2 10 (4.926 %) Network Design 2 10 (4.926 %) Security Cleared 3 7 (3.448 %) Configuration Management 4 6 (2.956 %) Time Management 5 4 (1.970 %) CTC Cleared 5 4 (1.970 %) Migration 5 4 (1.970 %) Software Testing 6 2 (0.985 %) Use Case 6 2 (0.985 %) Project Management 6 2 (0.985 %) CRM 6 2 (0.985 %) CAD 6 2 (0.985 %) UML 6 2 (0.985 %) OOA/OOD 6 2 (0.985 %) OO 6 2 (0.985 %) Data Management 6 2 (0.985 %) Test Scripting 6 2 (0.985 %) Manual Testing 7 1 (0.493 %) ERD	Programming Languages 1 9 (4.433 %) SQL 2 7 (3.448 %) C# 3 5 (2.463 %) C++ 3 5 (2.463 %) JavaScript 3 5 (2.463 %) VB 3 5 (2.463 %) VB.NET 4 4 (1.970 %) VBScript 5 3 (1.478 %) C 5 3 (1.478 %) Python 6 2 (0.985 %) Perl 6 2 (0.985 %) DHTML 7 1 (0.493 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.493 %) LotusScript 7 1 (0.493 %) Formula Language 7 1 (0.493 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 22 (10.84 %) Microsoft Certification 2 15 (7.389 %) MCP 3 9 (4.433 %) MCSE 4 5 (2.463 %) Degree 5 3 (1.478 %) ITIL Certification 6 2 (0.985 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (0.985 %) MCSA 6 2 (0.985 %) CCNA 6 2 (0.985 %) MCAD 6 2 (0.985 %) MCSD 7 1 (0.493 %) CNE 7 1 (0.493 %) Novell Certification 7 1 (0.493 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (4.433 %) SLA 2 1 (0.493 %) QA
System Software 1 67 (33.00 %) Active Directory 2 3 (1.478 %) Terminal Services 2 3 (1.478 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (0.985 %) NFS 3 2 (0.985 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (0.985 %) VMware Workstation 4 1 (0.493 %) NDS 4 1 (0.493 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Systems Management 1 9 (4.433 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 6 (2.956 %) ZENworks 3 3 (1.478 %) WSUS 4 2 (0.985 %) OpenView 4 2 (0.985 %) OVSD 4 2 (0.985 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 1 (0.493 %) DameWare 5 1 (0.493 %) ARCserve
Vendors 1 72 (35.47 %) Microsoft 2 22 (10.84 %) Lotus 3 14 (6.897 %) Citrix 3 14 (6.897 %) Cisco 3 14 (6.897 %) Remedy 4 13 (6.404 %) Novell 5 9 (4.433 %) HP 6 5 (2.463 %) Symantec 7 3 (1.478 %) McAfee Security 7 3 (1.478 %) Dell 7 3 (1.478 %) Intel 7 3 (1.478 %) NetApp 8 2 (0.985 %) Red Hat 8 2 (0.985 %) Alcatel 8 2 (0.985 %) IBM 8 2 (0.985 %) Oracle 8 2 (0.985 %) VMware 8 2 (0.985 %) Altiris 9 1 (0.493 %) IronPort 9 1 (0.493 %) Sophos