The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 June 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 Gloucestershire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 13 50 43
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 19 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 7.917% 0.397% 1.778%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.89% 1.587% 7.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
Average daily rate £175 £413 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £200 £225
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £18.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.40 - £15.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.04 - £20.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
83 126 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 34.58% 25.00% 25.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 74 50
Average daily rate £375 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £350 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 9
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.50% -9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £12.00 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.75 £20.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Gloucestershire Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gloucester - 7 £200 - 1
Cheltenham +15 6 £309 -25.09% 1
Cirencester - 3 £130 -
Dursley - - - -
Stroud - - - -
Tewkesbury - - - -
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (64.71%) Windows 7
3 11 (32.35%) Security Cleared
4 10 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (29.41%) DV Cleared
5 9 (26.47%) Mac OS X
5 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
6 8 (23.53%) Citrix
6 8 (23.53%) MS Office
6 8 (23.53%) MSI
6 8 (23.53%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
7 7 (20.59%) Application Packaging
7 7 (20.59%) MS Exchange
8 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
8 6 (17.65%) ITIL
8 6 (17.65%) Apple
8 6 (17.65%) Software Packaging
8 6 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (17.65%) Windows Vista
8 6 (17.65%) Mac OS X Server
9 5 (14.71%) Service Management
9 5 (14.71%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (11.76%) Blackberry
10 4 (11.76%) VMware
11 3 (8.824%) Migration
11 3 (8.824%) SC Cleared
11 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
11 3 (8.824%) Apple iOS

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 7 (20.59%) Application Packaging
2 6 (17.65%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (20.59%) MS Exchange
2 6 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) MS Office
2 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.882%) DSL
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) MSI
2 2 (5.882%) TestDirector
General
1 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
1 2 (5.882%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Banking
2 1 (2.941%) Retail
2 1 (2.941%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Support Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Applications Packager
3 7 (20.59%) Desktop Support
4 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.824%) Service Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) IT Support
5 3 (8.824%) Mac Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Junior
6 2 (5.882%) Tester
6 2 (5.882%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Systems Tester
7 1 (2.941%) Applications Support Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.882%) NHS
2 2 (5.882%) CMDB
3 1 (2.941%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (64.71%) Windows 7
3 10 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (26.47%) Mac OS X
5 6 (17.65%) Windows Vista
5 6 (17.65%) Mac OS X Server
6 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (8.824%) Apple iOS
7 2 (5.882%) UNIX
8 1 (2.941%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) ITIL
2 5 (14.71%) Service Management
2 5 (14.71%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (8.824%) Migration
4 2 (5.882%) Software Deployment
4 2 (5.882%) Service Delivery
4 2 (5.882%) Test Scripting
4 2 (5.882%) Data Management
5 1 (2.941%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.882%) SQL
3 1 (2.941%) C
3 1 (2.941%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 10 (29.41%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.824%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.941%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.882%) XenApp
4 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.941%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) Citrix
3 6 (17.65%) Apple
4 4 (11.76%) VMware
5 2 (5.882%) Sybase
5 2 (5.882%) Altiris
6 1 (2.941%) HP
6 1 (2.941%) Dell