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

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 52 54 36
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -18
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 12 21 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.843% 2.149% 3.279%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.557% 9.767% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
Average daily rate £190 £140 £198
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% -29.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £131 £120 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £290 £281
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £210 £225
% change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 15
Average hourly rate £12.00 £14.75 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.64% -34.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.05 £23.30 £34.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 183 215 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 28.11% 22.01% 24.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 79 72
Average daily rate £350 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £163 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 37 56
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.00 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £11.00 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.00 £37.00
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stevenage +4 3 £215 -
Rickmansworth -3 2 £200 -
Hemel Hempstead +9 1 - -
Watford +2 1 - -
Windows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows 7
3 12 (50.00%) MS Office
3 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 7 (29.17%) ITIL
5 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (16.67%) Finance
8 3 (12.50%) VMware
8 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (12.50%) Apple
9 2 (8.333%) Citrix
9 2 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (8.333%) McAfee
9 2 (8.333%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (8.333%) Sophos
9 2 (8.333%) Terminal Services
9 2 (8.333%) Symantec
9 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
9 2 (8.333%) MCP
9 2 (8.333%) Windows 2000
9 2 (8.333%) SQL
9 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (8.333%) Windows 8
9 2 (8.333%) Hyper-V
9 2 (8.333%) Veeam

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (4.167%) .NET
1 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (4.167%) Lync
Applications
1 12 (50.00%) MS Office
2 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.167%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.167%) VPN
2 1 (4.167%) DNS
2 1 (4.167%) LAN
2 1 (4.167%) WAN
2 1 (4.167%) DHCP
2 1 (4.167%) Wireless
2 1 (4.167%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Subversion
1 1 (4.167%) Redmine
1 1 (4.167%) Eclipse
1 1 (4.167%) ClearCase
1 1 (4.167%) ClearQuest
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Legal
2 1 (4.167%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (20.83%) Desktop Support
3 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
4 4 (16.67%) Help Desk Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) IT Support
5 3 (12.50%) Service Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (8.333%) Administrator
6 2 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (8.333%) Service Desk Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) iPhone
1 1 (4.167%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows 7
3 7 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (8.333%) Windows 2000
5 2 (8.333%) Windows 8
5 2 (8.333%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) ITIL
2 1 (4.167%) Time Management
2 1 (4.167%) Performance Management
2 1 (4.167%) Software Distribution
2 1 (4.167%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (4.167%) Software Deployment
2 1 (4.167%) Service Management
2 1 (4.167%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (4.167%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.167%) VBScript
2 1 (4.167%) VB
2 1 (4.167%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (8.333%) MCP
2 2 (8.333%) MCITP
3 1 (4.167%) MCDST
3 1 (4.167%) MCTS
3 1 (4.167%) CCNA
3 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.333%) Terminal Services
3 2 (8.333%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.333%) vSphere
4 1 (4.167%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (8.333%) SCCM
2 1 (4.167%) OVSD
2 1 (4.167%) OpenView
2 1 (4.167%) Tivoli
2 1 (4.167%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) VMware
2 3 (12.50%) Apple
3 2 (8.333%) Citrix
3 2 (8.333%) McAfee
3 2 (8.333%) Sophos
3 2 (8.333%) Symantec
3 2 (8.333%) Veeam
4 1 (4.167%) 3Com
4 1 (4.167%) Orchard
4 1 (4.167%) Aruba
4 1 (4.167%) Riverbed
4 1 (4.167%) Oracle
4 1 (4.167%) Business Objects
4 1 (4.167%) Cisco
4 1 (4.167%) IBM
4 1 (4.167%) HP
4 1 (4.167%) Nortel
4 1 (4.167%) Remedy
4 1 (4.167%) Avaya
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