The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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 19 33 19
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -14
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 23 4 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 6.866% 1.404% 4.746%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.47% 9.524% 17.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £475 - £94
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 4
Average hourly rate £11.59 £11.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.36% -27.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.20 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.65 £26.20 £19.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.88
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +8.73%
All Operating Systems
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
98 42 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 29.25% 14.74% 26.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 20 16
Average daily rate £325 £294 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.63% +83.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £207 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 5 15
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
East Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham +8 19 £475 -
Mansfield +5 1 - -
Windows XP
East Midlands

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 23 (63.89%) Active Directory
3 21 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 17 (47.22%) Windows 7
5 15 (41.67%) MS Office
6 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (22.22%) Windows 2000
6 8 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (19.44%) Cisco
7 7 (19.44%) Citrix
7 7 (19.44%) WAN
8 6 (16.67%) MS Exchange
8 6 (16.67%) LAN
8 6 (16.67%) Windows Vista
9 5 (13.89%) MCSE
9 5 (13.89%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
10 4 (11.11%) Migration
10 4 (11.11%) VMware
10 4 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
10 4 (11.11%) Firewall
11 3 (8.333%) Wireless
11 3 (8.333%) Blackberry
11 3 (8.333%) Local Government
11 3 (8.333%) VPN
11 3 (8.333%) MCP
11 3 (8.333%) Windows NT
11 3 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 6 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (5.556%) Lync
5 1 (2.778%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.778%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 15 (41.67%) MS Office
2 8 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) WAN
2 6 (16.67%) LAN
3 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 4 (11.11%) Firewall
4 3 (8.333%) Wireless
4 3 (8.333%) VPN
5 2 (5.556%) DNS
5 2 (5.556%) DHCP
5 2 (5.556%) VLAN
6 1 (2.778%) Intranet
6 1 (2.778%) Internet
6 1 (2.778%) Extranet
6 1 (2.778%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (8.333%) Local Government
2 2 (5.556%) Finance
3 1 (2.778%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 13 (36.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 10 (27.78%) Desktop Support
4 8 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) IT Support
6 5 (13.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (5.556%) Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Consultant
7 2 (5.556%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Technical Support
7 2 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
8 1 (2.778%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.778%) Trainer
8 1 (2.778%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (2.778%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.333%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.778%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.778%) Smartphone
2 1 (2.778%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (47.22%) Windows 7
3 8 (22.22%) Windows 2000
4 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (16.67%) Windows Vista
6 5 (13.89%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (8.333%) Windows NT
8 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (2.778%) PRINCE
2 1 (2.778%) CRM
2 1 (2.778%) ITIL
2 1 (2.778%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.778%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (13.89%) MCSE
3 3 (8.333%) MCP
4 2 (5.556%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.778%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.778%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 23 (63.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.778%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.778%) XenApp
3 1 (2.778%) XenDesktop
3 1 (2.778%) IAG
3 1 (2.778%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.778%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (2.778%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (2.778%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) Cisco
2 7 (19.44%) Citrix
3 4 (11.11%) VMware
4 2 (5.556%) Twitter
5 1 (2.778%) Avaya
5 1 (2.778%) Lotus
5 1 (2.778%) Symantec
5 1 (2.778%) SAP
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle
5 1 (2.778%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.778%) Kaspersky