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Windows XP Contracts in Leeds
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 53 42 30
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -12
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 25 31 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 3.157% 3.066% 4.713%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.294% 14.09% 24.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
Average daily rate £308 £151 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+103.30% -42.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £200 £225
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 11
Average hourly rate £16.50 £11.20 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.32% -2.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 269 220 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 33.96% 21.76% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 114 43
Average daily rate £308 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £188 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 24
Average hourly rate £32.00 £11.40 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+180.70% -24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £8.80 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows XP
West Yorkshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (55.81%) MS Exchange
3 23 (53.49%) Microsoft
4 21 (48.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 21 (48.84%) Windows Server 2008
4 21 (48.84%) Windows 7
5 20 (46.51%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (44.19%) SQL Server
7 17 (39.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (39.53%) Active Directory
8 16 (37.21%) SAN
9 15 (34.88%) LAN
9 15 (34.88%) WAN
10 14 (32.56%) MCSE
10 14 (32.56%) Cisco
10 14 (32.56%) NAS
10 14 (32.56%) F5
11 13 (30.23%) ITIL
12 12 (27.91%) MS Office
13 7 (16.28%) MS Excel
14 4 (9.302%) VMware Infrastructure
14 4 (9.302%) VMware
14 4 (9.302%) Legal
15 3 (6.977%) Manufacturing
15 3 (6.977%) ERP
15 3 (6.977%) Windows 2000
15 3 (6.977%) MCP
15 3 (6.977%) UNIX
15 3 (6.977%) Crystal Reports
15 3 (6.977%) DHCP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (4.651%) HTML
1 2 (4.651%) .NET
1 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET
1 2 (4.651%) XML
2 1 (2.326%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 24 (55.81%) MS Exchange
2 20 (46.51%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (2.326%) WorkSite
Applications
1 12 (27.91%) MS Office
2 7 (16.28%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.651%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.977%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 16 (37.21%) SAN
2 15 (34.88%) LAN
2 15 (34.88%) WAN
3 14 (32.56%) NAS
4 3 (6.977%) DHCP
4 3 (6.977%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.977%) DNS
5 1 (2.326%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (44.19%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.977%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (6.977%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (9.302%) Legal
2 3 (6.977%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.326%) Back Office
3 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.326%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (55.81%) Analyst
2 12 (27.91%) Support Engineer
3 11 (25.58%) Support Analyst
4 9 (20.93%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (18.60%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (18.60%) Messaging Analyst
6 7 (16.28%) Desktop Analyst
6 7 (16.28%) Desktop Support
6 7 (16.28%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 6 (13.95%) Service Analyst
7 6 (13.95%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (11.63%) Messaging Engineer
9 4 (9.302%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 3 (6.977%) Help Desk Support
10 3 (6.977%) Messaging Specialist
10 3 (6.977%) Microsoft Specialist
11 2 (4.651%) Senior Desktop Analyst
11 2 (4.651%) Senior Desktop Support
11 2 (4.651%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
11 2 (4.651%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.326%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.326%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (48.84%) Windows Server 2003
2 21 (48.84%) Windows Server 2008
2 21 (48.84%) Windows 7
3 3 (6.977%) Windows 2000
3 3 (6.977%) UNIX
3 3 (6.977%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) ITIL
2 3 (6.977%) ERP
2 3 (6.977%) Time Management
3 2 (4.651%) Test Management
3 2 (4.651%) Test Scripting
4 1 (2.326%) Migration
4 1 (2.326%) Service Management
4 1 (2.326%) ITSM
4 1 (2.326%) Manual Testing
4 1 (2.326%) Software Testing
4 1 (2.326%) Document Management
4 1 (2.326%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (2.326%) ITIL V3
4 1 (2.326%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.651%) SQL
2 1 (2.326%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (32.56%) MCSE
3 3 (6.977%) MCP
4 2 (4.651%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.651%) ISEB
5 1 (2.326%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.326%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) SLA
1 1 (2.326%) QA
System Software
1 17 (39.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.302%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.326%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.326%) XenApp
3 1 (2.326%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (4.651%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.326%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (53.49%) Microsoft
2 14 (32.56%) Cisco
2 14 (32.56%) F5
3 4 (9.302%) VMware
4 3 (6.977%) Sage
5 2 (4.651%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.651%) HP
5 2 (4.651%) Citrix
6 1 (2.326%) Interwoven
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Leeds, Yorkshire
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Rate: £15 - £18 per hour
Posted: 5 June 2013
IT Support Technician / 1st Line Support / 2nd Line Support / Helpdesk Support
Leeds, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, Bradford, Halifax,...
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Rate: £25,000
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