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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Essex region.

 Microsoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank311216
Rank change year-on-year
Down-19Up+4
Matching contract IT job ads103558
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex3.086 %7.709 %7.503 %
As % of the Operating Systems category11.11 %21.47 %31.18 %
Daily rates quoted51633
Average daily rate£110£325£150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-66.15 %+116.66 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£250£200
% change year-on-year
+12.00 %+25.00 %
Hourly rates quoted357
Average hourly rate£14.50£11.00£12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.81 %-12.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.90£10.10£8.60
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.90£18.70£15.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.50£14.00£13.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71 %+3.700 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
90163186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex27.78 %35.90 %24.06 %
Daily rates quoted427277
Average daily rate£235£350£160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.85 %+118.75 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£78£110£100
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted242534
Average hourly rate£26.00£22.25£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.85 %+14.10 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£11.00£9.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.20£35.00£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows XP East of EnglandWindows XP
East of England

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.

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

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 Essex region.

Essex Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

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 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
ChelmsfordNo change03£80-75.38 %
ColchesterDown-61£110-
WithamNew entry-1£108-
Windows XP East of EnglandWindows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

128 (100.00 %)Windows
217 (60.71 %)Active Directory
313 (46.43 %)MS Office
410 (35.71 %)MS Excel
56 (21.43 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
56 (21.43 %)SQL Server
56 (21.43 %)ERD
65 (17.86 %)Time Management
65 (17.86 %)Reverse Engineering
65 (17.86 %)SQL
65 (17.86 %)Insurance
74 (14.29 %)T-SQL
74 (14.29 %)C
74 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
74 (14.29 %)ETL
74 (14.29 %)Microsoft
74 (14.29 %)NHS
83 (10.71 %)Finance
92 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
92 (7.143 %)SLA
92 (7.143 %)UML
92 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
92 (7.143 %)C#
92 (7.143 %).NET
101 (3.571 %)Oracle
101 (3.571 %)COBOL
101 (3.571 %)WebLogic
101 (3.571 %)PeopleSoft
101 (3.571 %)ITIL
101 (3.571 %)MCP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (7.143 %).NET
21 (3.571 %)WebSphere
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (3.571 %)WebLogic
11 (3.571 %)Tuxedo
11 (3.571 %)WebLogic Portal
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (46.43 %)MS Office
210 (35.71 %)MS Excel
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (3.571 %)PeopleSoft Financials
11 (3.571 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (3.571 %)VPN
11 (3.571 %)Internet
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (21.43 %)SQL Server
24 (14.29 %)ETL
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.571 %)PeopleTools
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (17.86 %)Insurance
23 (10.71 %)Finance
31 (3.571 %)Local Government
31 (3.571 %)Education
31 (3.571 %)Government
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (32.14 %)Analyst
27 (25.00 %)1st Line Support
36 (21.43 %)Author
36 (21.43 %)Technical Author
45 (17.86 %)Desktop Support
45 (17.86 %)Service Analyst
45 (17.86 %)Helpdesk Support
45 (17.86 %)Service Desk Analyst
54 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
54 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
54 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Analyst
63 (10.71 %)Support Engineer
63 (10.71 %)1st Line Support Analyst
72 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
72 (7.143 %)Desktop Support Engineer
72 (7.143 %)Desktop Engineer
72 (7.143 %)Senior Technical Author
72 (7.143 %)Developer
81 (3.571 %)DBA
81 (3.571 %)2nd Line Support
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (14.29 %)NHS
21 (3.571 %)AS400
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (100.00 %)Windows
24 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
31 (3.571 %)UNIX
31 (3.571 %)NetWare
31 (3.571 %)Windows NT
31 (3.571 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (3.571 %)Windows Vista
31 (3.571 %)Windows 7
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (21.43 %)ERD
25 (17.86 %)Time Management
25 (17.86 %)Reverse Engineering
32 (7.143 %)UML
41 (3.571 %)ITIL
41 (3.571 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (3.571 %)Load Balancing
41 (3.571 %)Capacity Planning
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (17.86 %)SQL
24 (14.29 %)T-SQL
24 (14.29 %)C
32 (7.143 %)C#
41 (3.571 %)COBOL
41 (3.571 %)PeopleCode
41 (3.571 %)SQR
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (3.571 %)MCP
21 (3.571 %)MCSA
21 (3.571 %)MCDST
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.143 %)SLA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
117 (60.71 %)Active Directory
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (21.43 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (3.571 %)OpenView
21 (3.571 %)OVSD
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (14.29 %)Microsoft
21 (3.571 %)Oracle
21 (3.571 %)PeopleSoft
21 (3.571 %)Novell
21 (3.571 %)HP
21 (3.571 %)Remedy
21 (3.571 %)McAfee