Windows XP Contracts in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 43 55 45
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 30 30 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 3.209% 2.318% 2.264%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.86% 10.56% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 5
Average daily rate £240 £206 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -41.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 17
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.28 £19.60 £17.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.63
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +10.89%
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 168 284 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 17.97% 21.95% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 104 59
Average daily rate £275 £300 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 39 35
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +36.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £25.00 £22.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
North West

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Salford +1 4 - -
Altrincham - 2 - -
Bolton +3 1 - -
Wigan +2 1 - -
Oldham - 1 - -
Windows XP
North West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 36 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 27 (51.92%) MS Exchange
4 22 (42.31%) Microsoft
4 22 (42.31%) Windows 7
5 20 (38.46%) MS Office
5 20 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 19 (36.54%) Windows Server 2008
7 15 (28.85%) Cisco
8 14 (26.92%) ITIL
8 14 (26.92%) MS Excel
9 13 (25.00%) TCP/IP
10 12 (23.08%) VMware
11 11 (21.15%) Firewall
12 10 (19.23%) Citrix
12 10 (19.23%) SCCM
12 10 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
13 9 (17.31%) vSphere
14 8 (15.38%) SCOM
14 8 (15.38%) NetApp
14 8 (15.38%) DNS
14 8 (15.38%) LAN
14 8 (15.38%) DHCP
15 7 (13.46%) PRINCE2
15 7 (13.46%) WAN
15 7 (13.46%) Exchange Server 2007
16 6 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2003
16 6 (11.54%) Blackberry
17 5 (9.615%) VPN
18 4 (7.692%) Data Protection

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (1.923%) OLE
1 1 (1.923%) COM
1 1 (1.923%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 27 (51.92%) MS Exchange
2 10 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (13.46%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (5.769%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (5.769%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (3.846%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.923%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.923%) WorkSite
Applications
1 20 (38.46%) MS Office
2 14 (26.92%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 13 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (21.15%) Firewall
3 8 (15.38%) DNS
3 8 (15.38%) LAN
3 8 (15.38%) DHCP
4 7 (13.46%) WAN
5 5 (9.615%) VPN
6 4 (7.692%) Ethernet
6 4 (7.692%) SAN
7 3 (5.769%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (3.846%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (3.846%) FTP
8 2 (3.846%) ADSL
9 1 (1.923%) Internet
9 1 (1.923%) 3G
9 1 (1.923%) PBX
9 1 (1.923%) VoIP
9 1 (1.923%) Wireless
9 1 (1.923%) VLAN
9 1 (1.923%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.923%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (3.846%) Manufacturing
1 2 (3.846%) Retail
1 2 (3.846%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.923%) Czech Language
2 1 (1.923%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Analyst
2 10 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (15.38%) Desktop Support
3 8 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 7 (13.46%) Project Engineer
5 5 (9.615%) Customer Engineer
5 5 (9.615%) Support Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Customer Support Engineer
6 4 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (7.692%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.846%) IT Support
7 2 (3.846%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 2 (3.846%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (3.846%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) Helpdesk Technician
7 2 (3.846%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (3.846%) Data Centre Analyst
8 1 (1.923%) Infrastructure Technician
8 1 (1.923%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Blackberry
2 4 (7.692%) iPad
3 3 (5.769%) NHS
3 3 (5.769%) Thin Client
3 3 (5.769%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.769%) Fat Client
4 2 (3.846%) Statistics
4 2 (3.846%) iPhone
4 2 (3.846%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.923%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.923%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (42.31%) Windows 7
3 20 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (36.54%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (7.692%) Windows 2000
6 3 (5.769%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.923%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.923%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.923%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.923%) Linux
7 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.92%) ITIL
2 7 (13.46%) PRINCE2
3 4 (7.692%) Data Protection
4 3 (5.769%) Change Control
5 2 (3.846%) Computer Security
5 2 (3.846%) Migration
6 1 (1.923%) ITIL V3
6 1 (1.923%) Information Governance
6 1 (1.923%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (1.923%) Capacity Management
6 1 (1.923%) Practice Management
6 1 (1.923%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.923%) Information Security
6 1 (1.923%) Data Migration
6 1 (1.923%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.769%) SQL
2 1 (1.923%) VBScript
2 1 (1.923%) VBA
2 1 (1.923%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (7.692%) CCNP
1 4 (7.692%) CCNA
1 4 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.769%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.769%) Dell Certification
2 3 (5.769%) MCSA
2 3 (5.769%) MCP
3 1 (1.923%) VCP5
3 1 (1.923%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.923%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.923%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.769%) SLA
2 1 (1.923%) QA
System Software
1 36 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (17.31%) vSphere
3 3 (5.769%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.846%) Terminal Services
4 2 (3.846%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.923%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.923%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.923%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.923%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (19.23%) SCCM
2 8 (15.38%) SCOM
3 4 (7.692%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.923%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (1.923%) DameWare
4 1 (1.923%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 22 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 15 (28.85%) Cisco
3 12 (23.08%) VMware
4 10 (19.23%) Citrix
5 8 (15.38%) NetApp
6 3 (5.769%) Dell
6 3 (5.769%) Lotus
7 2 (3.846%) HP
8 1 (1.923%) Veeam
8 1 (1.923%) Apple
8 1 (1.923%) Nortel
8 1 (1.923%) Remedy
8 1 (1.923%) McAfee
8 1 (1.923%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.923%) SAP
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