The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 17 35 23
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -12
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 17 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 7.265% 1.205% 2.395%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.69% 8.000% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
Average hourly rate £13.75 £16.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
49 50 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 20.94% 15.06% 33.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 20
Average daily rate £300 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 16
Average hourly rate £13.75 £14.25 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -25.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.88 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £20.06 £27.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
Oxfordshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (71.43%) Windows 7
3 18 (64.29%) MS Office
4 16 (57.14%) DNS
4 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
5 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
6 10 (35.71%) DHCP
6 10 (35.71%) TCP/IP
7 6 (21.43%) MS Excel
8 4 (14.29%) Windows 2000
8 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (14.29%) Degree
9 3 (10.71%) VMware
9 3 (10.71%) ITIL
9 3 (10.71%) MS Exchange
9 3 (10.71%) VoIP
9 3 (10.71%) Citrix
9 3 (10.71%) Blackberry
10 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (7.143%) Cisco
10 2 (7.143%) WAN
10 2 (7.143%) LAN
10 2 (7.143%) UNIX
10 2 (7.143%) VPN
10 2 (7.143%) NetWare
10 2 (7.143%) CCNA
10 2 (7.143%) Firewall
10 2 (7.143%) SCCM
10 2 (7.143%) iPad

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (10.71%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.571%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 18 (64.29%) MS Office
2 6 (21.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) DNS
2 10 (35.71%) DHCP
2 10 (35.71%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.71%) VoIP
4 2 (7.143%) WAN
4 2 (7.143%) LAN
4 2 (7.143%) VPN
4 2 (7.143%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) IT Support
2 8 (28.57%) Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Support Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (10.71%) Support Technician
6 3 (10.71%) Desktop Support
7 2 (7.143%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (7.143%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (7.143%) Desktop Analyst
8 1 (3.571%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Mac Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Desktop Technician
8 1 (3.571%) IT Assistant
8 1 (3.571%) Technical Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.143%) iPad
3 1 (3.571%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (71.43%) Windows 7
3 4 (14.29%) Windows 2000
3 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (7.143%) UNIX
4 2 (7.143%) NetWare
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.71%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.143%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.571%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.571%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) VMware
2 3 (10.71%) Citrix
3 2 (7.143%) Cisco
4 1 (3.571%) Altiris
4 1 (3.571%) LANDesk
4 1 (3.571%) Apple
4 1 (3.571%) Remedy