The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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 28 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 3 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 1.282% 2.500% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.677% 19.05% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £150 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.77% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
31 42 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 13.25% 13.13% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 8
Average daily rate £288 £358 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.58% +2.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £488 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 1
Average hourly rate £18.50 £16.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.12% +17.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

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 Sussex 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
Hastings - 2 £150 -
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
4 3 (37.50%) SLA
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) MS Office
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (25.00%) Blackberry
5 2 (25.00%) SCCM
5 2 (25.00%) Lumension
5 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
5 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix
5 2 (25.00%) CA
5 2 (25.00%) Local Government
5 2 (25.00%) TQM
5 2 (25.00%) Publishing
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (25.00%) AppSense
6 1 (12.50%) VMware
6 1 (12.50%) Firewall
6 1 (12.50%) PDA
6 1 (12.50%) VLAN
6 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (12.50%) Mitel
6 1 (12.50%) Banking

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Local Government
1 2 (25.00%) Publishing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Desktop Support
2 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (12.50%) PDA
2 1 (12.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (25.00%) TQM
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) MCP
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Lumension
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
2 2 (25.00%) CA
2 2 (25.00%) AppSense
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Mitel
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Fujitsu