The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 53 64 53
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -11
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 53 31 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 3.393% 1.947% 2.904%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.13% 6.920% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 6 13
Average daily rate £288 £165 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+74.24% -40.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £90 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £219 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 30
Average hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £10.07 £11.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.25 £16.00 £19.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.88
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +8.73%
All Operating Systems
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
437 448 510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 27.98% 28.14% 27.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 191 184
Average daily rate £325 £344 £316
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.48% +8.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 92 101
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Southampton +3 10 £225 -
Winchester - 4 - -
Fareham +8 3 - -
Eastleigh +2 3 £130 -
Gosport - 3 £350 -
Basingstoke -21 2 £150 +66.66%
Portsmouth - 2 £370 -
Havant +3 1 - -
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 99 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (55.56%) Windows 7
3 47 (47.47%) Active Directory
4 35 (35.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 32 (32.32%) Microsoft
6 31 (31.31%) MS Office
7 30 (30.30%) Windows Server 2008
8 25 (25.25%) Citrix
9 23 (23.23%) HP
10 21 (21.21%) Security Cleared
11 18 (18.18%) Windows 2000
12 17 (17.17%) ITIL
12 17 (17.17%) MS Exchange
13 15 (15.15%) SC Cleared
14 14 (14.14%) SCCM
14 14 (14.14%) Oracle
15 13 (13.13%) MS Excel
15 13 (13.13%) Blackberry
16 12 (12.12%) Linux
16 12 (12.12%) UNIX
17 11 (11.11%) ASP.NET
17 11 (11.11%) .NET
18 10 (10.10%) JavaScript
18 10 (10.10%) SLA
18 10 (10.10%) HP Quality Center
19 9 (9.091%) Incident Management
19 9 (9.091%) Cisco
19 9 (9.091%) C
20 8 (8.081%) HTML
20 8 (8.081%) SQL

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 11 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 11 (11.11%) .NET
2 8 (8.081%) HTML
2 8 (8.081%) JSP
3 3 (3.030%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (3.030%) jQuery
3 3 (3.030%) StructureMap
3 3 (3.030%) Application Packaging
3 3 (3.030%) NHibernate
3 3 (3.030%) CSS
4 1 (1.010%) CSS3
4 1 (1.010%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 17 (17.17%) MS Exchange
2 8 (8.081%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (4.040%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (4.040%) IIS
4 4 (4.040%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (1.010%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 31 (31.31%) MS Office
2 13 (13.13%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (8.081%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.030%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.061%) TCP/IP
2 5 (5.051%) Internet
3 4 (4.040%) HTTPS
3 4 (4.040%) VPN
3 4 (4.040%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (4.040%) Firewall
4 3 (3.030%) Wireshark
4 3 (3.030%) LAN
4 3 (3.030%) WAN
4 3 (3.030%) SSL
4 3 (3.030%) SAN
5 2 (2.020%) SNMP
5 2 (2.020%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.020%) FDDI
5 2 (2.020%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.010%) NAS
6 1 (1.010%) 3G
6 1 (1.010%) HTTP
6 1 (1.010%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.071%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.051%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (5.051%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.020%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.010%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.010%) TOAD
5 1 (1.010%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (3.030%) Moq
1 3 (3.030%) NUnit
1 3 (3.030%) MSI
2 2 (2.020%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (2.020%) LoadRunner
2 2 (2.020%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (1.010%) TestDirector
3 1 (1.010%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (3.030%) Telecoms
1 3 (3.030%) Finance
2 2 (2.020%) Banking
2 2 (2.020%) Retail
3 1 (1.010%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (23.23%) Support Engineer
2 20 (20.20%) Desktop Support
3 17 (17.17%) Analyst
4 13 (13.13%) Desktop Engineer
5 12 (12.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 12 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (6.061%) Service Analyst
6 6 (6.061%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (5.051%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (5.051%) Support Technician
8 4 (4.040%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.040%) Applications Packager
8 4 (4.040%) Consultant
9 3 (3.030%) IT Support
9 3 (3.030%) Configuration Engineer
9 3 (3.030%) Desktop Technician
9 3 (3.030%) Service Manager
9 3 (3.030%) Desktop Support Technician
9 3 (3.030%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (3.030%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.13%) Blackberry
2 5 (5.051%) iSeries
3 3 (3.030%) Smartphone
3 3 (3.030%) Clustering
4 2 (2.020%) EPoS
4 2 (2.020%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (1.010%) SaaS
5 1 (1.010%) iPhone
5 1 (1.010%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.010%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.010%) PDA
5 1 (1.010%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 99 (100.00%) Windows
2 55 (55.56%) Windows 7
3 35 (35.35%) Windows Server 2003
4 30 (30.30%) Windows Server 2008
5 18 (18.18%) Windows 2000
6 12 (12.12%) Linux
6 12 (12.12%) UNIX
7 8 (8.081%) Windows Vista
8 5 (5.051%) Windows 8
8 5 (5.051%) Windows Mobile
8 5 (5.051%) Windows NT
9 4 (4.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.020%) AIX
11 1 (1.010%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.17%) ITIL
2 9 (9.091%) Incident Management
3 7 (7.071%) Migration
4 6 (6.061%) Service Management
4 6 (6.061%) Asset Management
5 5 (5.051%) Software Testing
5 5 (5.051%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.040%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (3.030%) System Testing
7 3 (3.030%) Time Management
7 3 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (3.030%) MVC
7 3 (3.030%) Scrum
7 3 (3.030%) Validation
8 2 (2.020%) DNA
8 2 (2.020%) Regression Testing
8 2 (2.020%) Workflow
8 2 (2.020%) Data Security
8 2 (2.020%) Performance Testing
8 2 (2.020%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.10%) JavaScript
2 9 (9.091%) C
3 8 (8.081%) SQL
4 4 (4.040%) Bash shell
5 3 (3.030%) VBScript
5 3 (3.030%) C#
5 3 (3.030%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.020%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.051%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.051%) ISTQB
3 5 (5.051%) A+ Certification
4 4 (4.040%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.040%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (4.040%) Degree
5 3 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.030%) MCP
6 2 (2.020%) MCSE
6 2 (2.020%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.010%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.10%) SLA
2 1 (1.010%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 47 (47.47%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.051%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (3.030%) XenApp
3 3 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.030%) Nmap
4 2 (2.020%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.010%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.010%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (14.14%) SCCM
2 10 (10.10%) HP Quality Center
3 8 (8.081%) Backup Exec
4 3 (3.030%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (2.020%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (2.020%) Netcool
5 2 (2.020%) SCOM
5 2 (2.020%) AppDNA
6 1 (1.010%) Nessus
6 1 (1.010%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 1 (1.010%) Tivoli
6 1 (1.010%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 32 (32.32%) Microsoft
2 25 (25.25%) Citrix
3 23 (23.23%) HP
4 14 (14.14%) Oracle
5 9 (9.091%) Cisco
6 7 (7.071%) Remedy
6 7 (7.071%) McAfee
7 6 (6.061%) VMware
8 4 (4.040%) Dell
8 4 (4.040%) Lotus
8 4 (4.040%) Red Hat
8 4 (4.040%) LANDesk
9 2 (2.020%) CA
9 2 (2.020%) Veritas
9 2 (2.020%) Blue Coat
9 2 (2.020%) Brocade
9 2 (2.020%) Lumension
9 2 (2.020%) 3PAR
10 1 (1.010%) Kaspersky
10 1 (1.010%) ArcSight
Hampshire
Responsibilities include but are not limited to trouble tickets, Service Requests, Queue management and team scheduling. Candidates will need to be technically savvy on Win 7 XP and...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
IT SUPPORT TEAM LEADER - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE - £24-26phEnvironment: Windows XP, Windows 7, Active Directory, Windows 2003 Network, Exchange, LANDesk, HP Hardware, Service Desk Team Lead, Desktop Support, Helpdesk...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £24 - £25 per hour
Posted: 26 April 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Eastleigh,Hampshire, South East
Desktop Support Engineer / 2nd Line Engineer is required on a 6-Month contract to have an influential role for a major office move-As Desktop Support Engineer / 2nd...
OPUS
Rate: GBP100 to GBP150 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013