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

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire 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 5 13 3
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 33 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 53.23% 5.714% 20.00%
As % of the Operating Systems category 63.46% 10.53% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 0 1
Average daily rate £370 - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £210 £225
% change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 52 19 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 83.87% 54.29% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 7 2
Average daily rate £370 £420 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.90% +76.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £326 £360 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £420 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
Scotland

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire 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
Erskine - 32 £370 -
Windows XP
Scotland

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 34 (100.00%) Windows
1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (79.41%) Windows Server 2003
3 26 (76.47%) SC Cleared
4 20 (58.82%) Microsoft
5 19 (55.88%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (52.94%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 11 (32.35%) TestDirector
7 11 (32.35%) Security Architecture
7 11 (32.35%) Windows 7
8 10 (29.41%) AIX
8 10 (29.41%) VBScript
8 10 (29.41%) Test Scripting
9 9 (26.47%) StarTeam
9 9 (26.47%) Clustering
9 9 (26.47%) Netcool
9 9 (26.47%) Solaris
9 9 (26.47%) Veritas
9 9 (26.47%) Borland
9 9 (26.47%) DHCP
9 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
9 9 (26.47%) Software Distribution
9 9 (26.47%) HP Quality Center
10 8 (23.53%) Linux
11 7 (20.59%) XML
11 7 (20.59%) MCP
11 7 (20.59%) .NET
11 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (20.59%) XML Schema
11 7 (20.59%) Telecoms

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 7 (20.59%) XML
1 7 (20.59%) .NET
1 7 (20.59%) XML Schema
1 7 (20.59%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Office
1 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) DHCP
1 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
2 6 (17.65%) NAS
2 6 (17.65%) SAN
2 6 (17.65%) DNS
3 1 (2.941%) Internet
Development Applications
1 11 (32.35%) TestDirector
2 9 (26.47%) StarTeam
3 3 (8.824%) WinRunner
3 3 (8.824%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
2 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.824%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Tester
1 7 (20.59%) Desktop Engineer
1 7 (20.59%) Build Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Senior Desktop Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Senior Build Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Test Engineer
4 3 (8.824%) Architect
5 1 (2.941%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Clustering
2 7 (20.59%) Cryptography
3 6 (17.65%) Taxonomies
4 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
4 5 (14.71%) PDA
5 4 (11.76%) SaaS
6 1 (2.941%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (79.41%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (55.88%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (32.35%) Windows 7
5 10 (29.41%) AIX
6 9 (26.47%) Solaris
7 8 (23.53%) Linux
8 1 (2.941%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Security Architecture
2 10 (29.41%) Test Scripting
3 9 (26.47%) Software Distribution
4 6 (17.65%) Document Management
4 6 (17.65%) Service Management
4 6 (17.65%) Configuration Management
5 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (11.76%) Migration
5 4 (11.76%) ERP
6 3 (8.824%) Information Security
6 3 (8.824%) Release Management
6 3 (8.824%) Test Automation
6 3 (8.824%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) VBScript
2 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.824%) VB.NET
3 3 (8.824%) C#
3 3 (8.824%) Java
3 3 (8.824%) Perl
3 3 (8.824%) SQL
3 3 (8.824%) Korn
3 3 (8.824%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (76.47%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.59%) MCP
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (8.824%) CISSP
4 3 (8.824%) MCSE
5 2 (5.882%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.941%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.824%) VMware ESX
1 3 (8.824%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 18 (52.94%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 9 (26.47%) Netcool
2 9 (26.47%) HP Quality Center
3 6 (17.65%) Tivoli
4 3 (8.824%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 20 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) Veritas
2 9 (26.47%) Borland
3 6 (17.65%) McAfee
4 4 (11.76%) Citrix
5 3 (8.824%) VMware
5 3 (8.824%) Lumension
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