Windows XP Contracts in Glasgow
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 43 44 55
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +11
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 33 18 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 3.537% 2.287% 1.297%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.93% 11.69% 5.844%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 6
Average daily rate £344 £155 £232
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+121.77% -33.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £136 £100 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £350 £258
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 £65.00 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-78.46% -62.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
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All Operating Systems
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 221 154 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 23.69% 19.57% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 45 63
Average daily rate £350 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £100 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £390 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 6
Average hourly rate £14.00 £26.00 £107.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% -75.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow Windows XP Daily Rate Histogram

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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (56.14%) Microsoft
3 22 (38.60%) Windows 7
4 20 (35.09%) MS Office
5 17 (29.82%) Active Directory
6 16 (28.07%) MS Excel
6 16 (28.07%) Windows Server 2008
7 14 (24.56%) Windows Server 2003
8 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (22.81%) ITIL
8 13 (22.81%) Finance
9 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
10 11 (19.30%) SCCM
11 10 (17.54%) VMware
12 9 (15.79%) Citrix
12 9 (15.79%) SC Cleared
13 8 (14.04%) Migration
14 7 (12.28%) Information Security
14 7 (12.28%) Symantec
14 7 (12.28%) McAfee
14 7 (12.28%) IBM
14 7 (12.28%) MCP
14 7 (12.28%) Linux
14 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
14 7 (12.28%) Incident Management
15 6 (10.53%) Security Architecture
15 6 (10.53%) VBScript
15 6 (10.53%) Service Management
16 5 (8.772%) SQL
16 5 (8.772%) MS Exchange

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 (7.018%) .NET
1 4 (7.018%) XML
2 3 (5.263%) J2EE
2 3 (5.263%) XML Schema
2 3 (5.263%) WebSphere
2 3 (5.263%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.754%) HTML
4 1 (1.754%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.772%) MS Exchange
2 4 (7.018%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (7.018%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (5.263%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (5.263%) MQSeries
3 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.263%) Tomcat
3 3 (5.263%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (5.263%) WebLogic
3 3 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (5.263%) GlassFish
4 1 (1.754%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (35.09%) MS Office
2 16 (28.07%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.754%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.754%) MS Project
3 1 (1.754%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.509%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) DHCP
1 4 (7.018%) DNS
1 4 (7.018%) SAN
2 2 (3.509%) LAN
2 2 (3.509%) Internet
3 1 (1.754%) Wireless
3 1 (1.754%) Intranet
3 1 (1.754%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.754%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.018%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (7.018%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.754%) MySQL
3 1 (1.754%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (5.263%) CruiseControl
1 3 (5.263%) Subversion
1 3 (5.263%) Bugzilla
1 3 (5.263%) TestDirector
1 3 (5.263%) Hudson
1 3 (5.263%) Jenkins
1 3 (5.263%) Trac
1 3 (5.263%) JIRA
2 1 (1.754%) MSI
2 1 (1.754%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.754%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (1.754%) WinRunner
2 1 (1.754%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (1.754%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 13 (22.81%) Finance
2 2 (3.509%) German Language
3 1 (1.754%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Analyst
2 13 (22.81%) Support Analyst
3 12 (21.05%) Desktop Support
4 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (10.53%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 6 (10.53%) Desktop Analyst
5 5 (8.772%) Architect
6 4 (7.018%) Desktop Technician
6 4 (7.018%) Support Technician
7 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Designer
7 3 (5.263%) Migration Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) Test Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (5.263%) Desktop Support Technician
7 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (5.263%) Server Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (5.263%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.263%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.018%) PDA
2 3 (5.263%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.263%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.509%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.509%) Taxonomies
3 2 (3.509%) Cryptography
4 1 (1.754%) Clustering
4 1 (1.754%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.754%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.754%) NHS
4 1 (1.754%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.754%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (38.60%) Windows 7
3 16 (28.07%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (24.56%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (12.28%) Linux
6 4 (7.018%) Windows 2000
6 4 (7.018%) AIX
6 4 (7.018%) Solaris
7 3 (5.263%) UNIX
7 3 (5.263%) Windows Vista
7 3 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (3.509%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.754%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.81%) ITIL
2 8 (14.04%) Migration
3 7 (12.28%) Information Security
3 7 (12.28%) Incident Management
4 6 (10.53%) Security Architecture
4 6 (10.53%) Service Management
5 3 (5.263%) Document Management
5 3 (5.263%) Software Testing
5 3 (5.263%) Validation
5 3 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (5.263%) Time Management
5 3 (5.263%) Test Scripting
5 3 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (3.509%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.509%) Information Governance
7 1 (1.754%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.754%) Business Continuity
7 1 (1.754%) Project Management
7 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) VBScript
2 5 (8.772%) SQL
3 4 (7.018%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.263%) T-SQL
4 3 (5.263%) VB
5 2 (3.509%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.509%) C#
6 1 (1.754%) Korn
6 1 (1.754%) Java
6 1 (1.754%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.754%) Perl
6 1 (1.754%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 9 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 7 (12.28%) MCP
5 4 (7.018%) MCSE
5 4 (7.018%) MCSA
6 3 (5.263%) MCDST
6 3 (5.263%) Degree
7 2 (3.509%) BC Cleared
7 2 (3.509%) ISEB
7 2 (3.509%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.754%) CISSP
8 1 (1.754%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 17 (29.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.772%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.018%) VMware ESX
4 3 (5.263%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (5.263%) XenDesktop
5 2 (3.509%) XenApp
6 1 (1.754%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.754%) MetaFrame
6 1 (1.754%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) SCCM
2 3 (5.263%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (3.509%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (3.509%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (1.754%) ZENworks
4 1 (1.754%) Netcool
Vendors
1 32 (56.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.54%) VMware
3 9 (15.79%) Citrix
4 7 (12.28%) Symantec
4 7 (12.28%) McAfee
4 7 (12.28%) IBM
5 4 (7.018%) Cisco
5 4 (7.018%) Lotus
5 4 (7.018%) Oracle
5 4 (7.018%) Sophos
5 4 (7.018%) Altiris
6 3 (5.263%) Sybase
6 3 (5.263%) Red Hat
6 3 (5.263%) Dell
6 3 (5.263%) EMC
6 3 (5.263%) Intel
6 3 (5.263%) Lumension
7 1 (1.754%) Remedy
7 1 (1.754%) NetApp
7 1 (1.754%) Novell
Level 1 Technician with German Language
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
To provide Windows XP, MS Office, Lotus Notes and industry specific software support and basic user administration as required in order support the user-base... In-depth knowledge...
Sanderson
Posted: 13 May 2013
Level 1 Technician with German Language
Glasgow, Scotland
To provide Windows XP, MS Office, Lotus Notes and industry specific software support and basic user administration as required in order support the user-base... Microsoft Office 2007...
RSG-PLC
Posted: 14 May 2013
Windows Design Architect
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
DELIVERABLES: Uplift the existing Inter Domain Transfer Service to support Windows 7 from Windows XP, as well as uplifting of removable media to support encrypted material. QUALIFICATIONS: Essential...
LA International
Rate: £375 - £475 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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