Windows XP Contracts in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 21 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 Edinburgh 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 46 55 45
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 11 10 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.343% 0.912% 2.082%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.875% 5.952% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
Average daily rate £125 £286 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.88
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +8.73%
All Operating Systems
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 160 168 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 19.54% 15.31% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 69 52
Average daily rate £360 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £243 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 13
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.73% +58.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
Scotland

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Windows 7
3 19 (65.52%) Active Directory
4 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
4 11 (37.93%) MS Office
5 10 (34.48%) Migration
6 8 (27.59%) SCCM
7 7 (24.14%) ITIL
7 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
7 7 (24.14%) Finance
8 6 (20.69%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (20.69%) MS Exchange
8 6 (20.69%) Internet
8 6 (20.69%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (17.24%) Blackberry
10 4 (13.79%) VMware
10 4 (13.79%) Application Packaging
10 4 (13.79%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (13.79%) Lotus
10 4 (13.79%) Citrix
10 4 (13.79%) MCP
10 4 (13.79%) Lotus Notes
10 4 (13.79%) Software Deployment
11 3 (10.34%) Wise Package Studio
11 3 (10.34%) XenApp
11 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
11 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
11 3 (10.34%) VBScript
11 3 (10.34%) VB

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 4 (13.79%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (20.69%) MS Exchange
1 6 (20.69%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (13.79%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 11 (37.93%) MS Office
2 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Internet
2 2 (6.897%) Firewall
2 2 (6.897%) HTTP
3 1 (3.448%) VPN
3 1 (3.448%) DHCP
3 1 (3.448%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Wise Package Studio
1 3 (10.34%) MSI
1 3 (10.34%) InstallShield
General
1 7 (24.14%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Banking
3 1 (3.448%) German Language
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) IT Support
3 6 (20.69%) Desktop Support
3 6 (20.69%) Service Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Administrator
5 4 (13.79%) IT Administrator
5 4 (13.79%) Desktop Administrator
6 3 (10.34%) SCCM Specialist
6 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Applications Packager
6 3 (10.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Technical Specialist
6 3 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (6.897%) Senior Desktop Support
8 1 (3.448%) Desktop Support Administrator
8 1 (3.448%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.448%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Windows 7
3 3 (10.34%) Windows 2000
4 2 (6.897%) Windows Vista
4 2 (6.897%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (6.897%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Migration
2 7 (24.14%) ITIL
3 4 (13.79%) Software Deployment
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.897%) ITSM
5 2 (6.897%) Service Management
5 2 (6.897%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.448%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.34%) VBScript
1 3 (10.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (13.79%) MCP
3 1 (3.448%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (65.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) XenApp
2 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) SCCM
2 3 (10.34%) ZENworks
3 1 (3.448%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) VMware
2 4 (13.79%) Lotus
2 4 (13.79%) Citrix
3 3 (10.34%) Novell
4 2 (6.897%) HP
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco
5 1 (3.448%) Dell
5 1 (3.448%) Apple
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