Windows XP Contracts in Somerset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Somerset 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 Somerset 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 9 31 27
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 22 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 12.94% 2.353% 3.468%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.93% 12.12% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £240 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
Average hourly rate £10.00 £18.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +24.13%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 58 33 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 34.12% 19.41% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 23
Average daily rate £232 £280 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £155 £245 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £350 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 14
Average hourly rate £16.20 £12.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.24% -18.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £17.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Taunton - 13 - -
Yeovil - 5 £240 -
Bath - 2 - -
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (86.49%) Active Directory
3 30 (81.08%) MS Office
4 28 (75.68%) Windows 7
5 22 (59.46%) Microsoft
6 20 (54.05%) Blackberry
6 20 (54.05%) SCCM
6 20 (54.05%) Kaspersky
7 19 (51.35%) Apple
8 17 (45.95%) Cisco
9 15 (40.54%) VMware
10 14 (37.84%) MS Excel
11 13 (35.14%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (35.14%) VMware Infrastructure
12 8 (21.62%) McAfee
12 8 (21.62%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (13.51%) Citrix
15 4 (10.81%) MS Exchange
15 4 (10.81%) VoIP
15 4 (10.81%) VPN
15 4 (10.81%) Oracle
15 4 (10.81%) Windows Vista
15 4 (10.81%) Exchange Server 2007
16 3 (8.108%) SQL
16 3 (8.108%) HP
17 2 (5.405%) TCP/IP
18 1 (2.703%) MS Access
18 1 (2.703%) Adobe
18 1 (2.703%) VB

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 (2.703%) HTML
1 1 (2.703%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) MS Exchange
1 4 (10.81%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 30 (81.08%) MS Office
2 14 (37.84%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) VoIP
1 4 (10.81%) VPN
2 2 (5.405%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.703%) SAN
3 1 (2.703%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.703%) MS Access
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (2.703%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 25 (67.57%) 2nd Line Support
2 15 (40.54%) Support Engineer
3 12 (32.43%) Help Desk Support
4 11 (29.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 10 (27.03%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 10 (27.03%) Service Desk Technician
5 10 (27.03%) Helpdesk Technician
5 10 (27.03%) Support Technician
5 10 (27.03%) Help Desk Support Technician
6 5 (13.51%) Desktop Support
6 5 (13.51%) Analyst
7 4 (10.81%) Support Analyst
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (8.108%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (8.108%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (8.108%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 3 (8.108%) IT Support
9 1 (2.703%) Programmer
9 1 (2.703%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) Blackberry
2 13 (35.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (75.68%) Windows 7
3 8 (21.62%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (10.81%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.703%) Linux
6 1 (2.703%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (2.703%) ITIL
1 1 (2.703%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.108%) SQL
2 1 (2.703%) VB
2 1 (2.703%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.703%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 32 (86.49%) Active Directory
2 13 (35.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.703%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.703%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (54.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (59.46%) Microsoft
2 20 (54.05%) Kaspersky
3 19 (51.35%) Apple
4 17 (45.95%) Cisco
5 15 (40.54%) VMware
6 8 (21.62%) McAfee
7 5 (13.51%) Citrix
8 4 (10.81%) Oracle
9 3 (8.108%) HP
10 1 (2.703%) Adobe
10 1 (2.703%) ProCurve
On-Site Desktop Support (CRB)
Bath, South West
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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