South Wales Windows XP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows XP
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Ayrshire Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexley Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Keighley Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Kilbride West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	24	32
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	31	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.019 %
As % of the category below	27.93 %	17.59 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£300
Average daily rate	-	£313
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£224	£269
% change on same period last year	-16.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.57	£20.55
Average hourly rate	£20.46	£23.22
% change on same period last year	-11.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.36	£25.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.28	£16.75
% change on same period last year	-2.78 %
Operating Systems South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	111	108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.148 %	0.109 %
Daily rates quoted	11	21
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£278
Average daily rate	£403	£292
% change on same period last year	+38.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£445	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	22
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.24	£22.81
Average hourly rate	£22.97	£23.83
% change on same period last year	-3.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.69	£24.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows XP Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows XP across the South Wales region.

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the South Wales region.

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows XP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cardiff	+6	15	-	-
Newport	-8	9	-	-
Gwent	-	2	-	-
Bridgend	-2	1	-	-

Windows XP Wales

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 65 (100.00 %) Windows 2 24 (36.92 %) Microsoft 3 18 (27.69 %) Active Directory 3 18 (27.69 %) SQL Server 4 14 (21.54 %) Government 5 11 (16.92 %) Windows 2000 6 10 (15.38 %) C# 6 10 (15.38 %) MS Office 6 10 (15.38 %) Visual Studio 6 10 (15.38 %) Security Cleared 7 9 (13.85 %) MS Excel 7 9 (13.85 %) Windows Server 2003 7 9 (13.85 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 8 (12.31 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 8 (12.31 %) XML

8 8 (12.31 %) ITIL 9 7 (10.77 %) ASP.NET 9 7 (10.77 %) CSS 9 7 (10.77 %) SOAP 9 7 (10.77 %) WebServices 9 7 (10.77 %) HTML 9 7 (10.77 %) VB 9 7 (10.77 %) .NET 9 7 (10.77 %) RAD 9 7 (10.77 %) SOA 9 7 (10.77 %) Health 10 6 (9.231 %) DHCP 10 6 (9.231 %) DNS 10 6 (9.231 %) Microsoft Certification 10 6 (9.231 %) Thin Client

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 8 (12.31 %) XML 2 7 (10.77 %) HTML 2 7 (10.77 %) .NET 2 7 (10.77 %) ASP.NET 2 7 (10.77 %) CSS 2 7 (10.77 %) SOAP 2 7 (10.77 %) WebServices 3 3 (4.615 %) CORBA 4 2 (3.077 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 9 (13.85 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 8 (12.31 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 5 (7.692 %) MS Exchange 3 5 (7.692 %) IIS 4 3 (4.615 %) Apache 4 3 (4.615 %) Tomcat 5 1 (1.538 %) SharePoint 5 1 (1.538 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 10 (15.38 %) MS Office 2 9 (13.85 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 6 (9.231 %) DHCP 1 6 (9.231 %) DNS 2 5 (7.692 %) SAN 3 4 (6.154 %) Internet 3 4 (6.154 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (4.615 %) LAN 4 3 (4.615 %) WAN 4 3 (4.615 %) VLAN 4 3 (4.615 %) IIOP 5 1 (1.538 %) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (27.69 %) SQL Server 2 5 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2000 2 5 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (1.538 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 1 (1.538 %) EDRMS	Development Applications 1 10 (15.38 %) Visual Studio
General 1 14 (21.54 %) Government 2 7 (10.77 %) Health 3 2 (3.077 %) Finance 3 2 (3.077 %) Aerospace 3 2 (3.077 %) Auditing 4 1 (1.538 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 13 (20.00 %) Analyst 2 12 (18.46 %) 2nd Line Support 3 7 (10.77 %) Support Analyst 4 6 (9.231 %) Systems Engineer 4 6 (9.231 %) Integration Engineer 4 6 (9.231 %) Systems Integration Engineer 5 5 (7.692 %) Developer 5 5 (7.692 %) Desktop Support 5 5 (7.692 %) Helpdesk Support 6 4 (6.154 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 4 (6.154 %) .NET Developer 6 4 (6.154 %) Support Engineer 7 3 (4.615 %) Helpdesk Analyst 7 3 (4.615 %) Architect 7 3 (4.615 %) Project Manager 7 3 (4.615 %) Software Engineer 7 3 (4.615 %) Network Analyst 7 3 (4.615 %) Network Support 7 3 (4.615 %) Principal Systems Engineer 7 3 (4.615 %) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (9.231 %) Thin Client 1 6 (9.231 %) Fat Client 2 2 (3.077 %) Replication 2 2 (3.077 %) Smartcard 2 2 (3.077 %) NHS 3 1 (1.538 %) N-Tier 3 1 (1.538 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 65 (100.00 %) Windows 2 11 (16.92 %) Windows 2000 3 9 (13.85 %) Windows Server 2003 4 4 (6.154 %) Windows NT 5 3 (4.615 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (15.38 %) Security Cleared 2 8 (12.31 %) ITIL 3 7 (10.77 %) SOA 3 7 (10.77 %) RAD 4 6 (9.231 %) SC Cleared 5 5 (7.692 %) Migration 6 3 (4.615 %) Information Security 6 3 (4.615 %) Document Management 6 3 (4.615 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (3.077 %) B2C 7 2 (3.077 %) CMMI 7 2 (3.077 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 1 (1.538 %) Communications Security 8 1 (1.538 %) BC Cleared 8 1 (1.538 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (1.538 %) OOD 8 1 (1.538 %) Software Testing 8 1 (1.538 %) Project Management 8 1 (1.538 %) Process Management 8 1 (1.538 %) UML	Programming Languages 1 10 (15.38 %) C# 2 7 (10.77 %) VB 3 4 (6.154 %) SQL 4 2 (3.077 %) Java 4 2 (3.077 %) JavaScript 5 1 (1.538 %) C++ 5 1 (1.538 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 6 (9.231 %) Microsoft Certification 1 6 (9.231 %) MCP 2 3 (4.615 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (1.538 %) MCDST 3 1 (1.538 %) Degree 3 1 (1.538 %) MCSE 3 1 (1.538 %) MCSA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (4.615 %) SLA 2 2 (3.077 %) QA 2 2 (3.077 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 18 (27.69 %) Active Directory 2 3 (4.615 %) Terminal Server 2 3 (4.615 %) VMware ESX 2 3 (4.615 %) Squid 2 3 (4.615 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 1 (1.538 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 1 (1.538 %) DameWare
Vendors 1 24 (36.92 %) Microsoft 2 4 (6.154 %) Oracle 3 3 (4.615 %) VMware 3 3 (4.615 %) Citrix 4 2 (3.077 %) VERITAS 5 1 (1.538 %) Lotus 5 1 (1.538 %) FileNet 5 1 (1.538 %) HP 5 1 (1.538 %) Compaq