Windows XP Contracts in Essex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 Essex 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 41 22 27
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 8 25 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.905% 6.127% 5.357%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.767% 20.83% 18.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 8
Average daily rate £190 £200 £138
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +45.45%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 9
Average hourly rate £10.50 £17.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.23% +21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.45 £12.75 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £21.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.88
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +8.73%
All Operating Systems
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 103 120 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 24.52% 29.41% 28.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 56 52
Average daily rate £305 £265 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.09% +17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £181 £110 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 31
Average hourly rate £23.68 £21.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.76% +21.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.60 £30.00 £30.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Colchester -7 4 £190 +11.76%
Harlow +2 2 - -
Basildon -5 1 - -
Windows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (90.32%) Active Directory
3 16 (51.61%) MS Office
4 15 (48.39%) Windows 7
5 14 (45.16%) MS Excel
6 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
7 8 (25.81%) Blackberry
8 7 (22.58%) ITIL
8 7 (22.58%) Finance
8 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (19.35%) MS Exchange
9 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (16.13%) Citrix
11 4 (12.90%) Legal
12 3 (9.677%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 3 (9.677%) TCP/IP
12 3 (9.677%) Exchange Server 2003
12 3 (9.677%) Windows Vista
12 3 (9.677%) Exchange Server 2007
13 2 (6.452%) Hyper-V
13 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
13 2 (6.452%) iPhone
13 2 (6.452%) iPad
13 2 (6.452%) Continuous Improvement
13 2 (6.452%) Root Cause Analysis
13 2 (6.452%) Office 365
13 2 (6.452%) WSUS
13 2 (6.452%) Banking
13 2 (6.452%) Billing
13 2 (6.452%) Document Management

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 6 (19.35%) MS Exchange
2 3 (9.677%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (9.677%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (9.677%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (6.452%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (51.61%) MS Office
2 14 (45.16%) MS Excel
3 2 (6.452%) Office 365
3 2 (6.452%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.677%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.452%) DNS
2 2 (6.452%) DHCP
3 1 (3.226%) SAN
3 1 (3.226%) Internet
3 1 (3.226%) HTTP
3 1 (3.226%) VoIP
3 1 (3.226%) VPN
General
1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Legal
3 2 (6.452%) Banking
3 2 (6.452%) Billing
4 1 (3.226%) Back Office
4 1 (3.226%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Support Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Help Desk Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (16.13%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (16.13%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Service Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Help Desk Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support
5 4 (12.90%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
6 3 (9.677%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (9.677%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (9.677%) Service Desk Engineer
6 3 (9.677%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (9.677%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Build Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Server Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.452%) iPhone
2 2 (6.452%) iPad
2 2 (6.452%) NHS
3 1 (3.226%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.226%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (48.39%) Windows 7
3 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (9.677%) Windows Vista
6 1 (3.226%) Mac OS X
6 1 (3.226%) Linux
6 1 (3.226%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) ITIL
2 2 (6.452%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (6.452%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (6.452%) Document Management
2 2 (6.452%) Migration
2 2 (6.452%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.226%) MCP
1 1 (3.226%) MCSE
1 1 (3.226%) MCDST
1 1 (3.226%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (90.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.452%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.226%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) Citrix
3 2 (6.452%) VMware
3 2 (6.452%) Apple
4 1 (3.226%) HP
4 1 (3.226%) Tandberg
Service Desk Analyst
Colchester, South East
To be successful in this role you will need to be familiar with Active Directory, Windows XP - 7, Microsoft office 2003 - 2010, Windows Server 2008 and recent experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £8.00 - £10 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013
Helpdesk Analyst
Harlow, South East
IT Helpdesk Analyst required for my dynamic and professional client based in Harlow. Due to an increase in workload my client are looking to add a competent Helpdesk...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £10.00 - £15.00 per hour
Posted: 3 May 2013
Technical Support
Harlow, South East
The client is looking for someone with a mixture of 1st/2nd line experience: Essential Skills: 3+ years experience of providing IT/desktop support (ideally related to product...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
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