Windows XP Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 20 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 South West 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 43 74 57
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -17
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 90 66 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 4.380% 2.007% 2.397%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.58% 9.116% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 26 14
Average daily rate £220 £288 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.47% +69.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £160 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £379 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £210 £225
% change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 25
Average hourly rate £11.88 £15.75 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.60% +8.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £12.75 £12.17
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £21.00 £21.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 512 724 558
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.91% 22.02% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 357 235
Average daily rate £325 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 69 92
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.90 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.80 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Somerset +22 24 £240 -20.00%
Bristol +16 19 £250 -16.52%
Dorset +9 18 £114 -49.44%
Gloucestershire +42 14 £302 -26.78%
Wiltshire -5 6 £170 +25.92%
Devon -7 5 £293 +1.73%
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 159 (100.00%) Windows
2 118 (74.21%) Windows 7
3 84 (52.83%) Active Directory
4 61 (38.36%) MS Office
5 47 (29.56%) Microsoft
6 39 (24.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 37 (23.27%) Windows Server 2003
7 37 (23.27%) ITIL
8 33 (20.75%) Blackberry
8 33 (20.75%) SCCM
9 28 (17.61%) Citrix
10 26 (16.35%) Security Cleared
11 25 (15.72%) Cisco
11 25 (15.72%) MS Excel
12 23 (14.47%) Apple
13 22 (13.84%) MS Exchange
14 21 (13.21%) VMware
15 20 (12.58%) Kaspersky
16 18 (11.32%) HP
17 17 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
18 15 (9.434%) SC Cleared
18 15 (9.434%) DV Cleared
18 15 (9.434%) TCP/IP
18 15 (9.434%) VPN
19 14 (8.805%) VoIP
19 14 (8.805%) Microsoft App-V
20 13 (8.176%) MSI
20 13 (8.176%) Microsoft Certification
20 13 (8.176%) MCSE
20 13 (8.176%) Video Conferencing

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (4.403%) Application Packaging
2 6 (3.774%) Software Packaging
3 5 (3.145%) JSP
4 2 (1.258%) .NET
5 1 (0.629%) ASP
5 1 (0.629%) XML
5 1 (0.629%) WSH
5 1 (0.629%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 22 (13.84%) MS Exchange
2 9 (5.660%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (5.031%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (3.774%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (3.774%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (3.774%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.145%) Lync
6 3 (1.887%) CMS
7 2 (1.258%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.629%) IIS
8 1 (0.629%) WorkSite
Applications
1 61 (38.36%) MS Office
2 25 (15.72%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.629%) Maximo
1 1 (0.629%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.434%) TCP/IP
1 15 (9.434%) VPN
2 14 (8.805%) VoIP
3 11 (6.918%) LAN
4 10 (6.289%) Internet
5 8 (5.031%) Wireless
6 7 (4.403%) SAN
7 6 (3.774%) DNS
8 3 (1.887%) WAN
8 3 (1.887%) DHCP
9 2 (1.258%) DSL
9 2 (1.258%) Firewall
10 1 (0.629%) 3G
10 1 (0.629%) MPLS
10 1 (0.629%) OSPF
10 1 (0.629%) BGP-4
10 1 (0.629%) SSL
10 1 (0.629%) IPv4
10 1 (0.629%) Broadband
10 1 (0.629%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.629%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.629%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (0.629%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 13 (8.176%) MSI
2 2 (1.258%) Subversion
2 2 (1.258%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.258%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (4.403%) Telecoms
2 6 (3.774%) Finance
3 2 (1.258%) Legal
3 2 (1.258%) Local Government
4 1 (0.629%) Back Office
4 1 (0.629%) Banking
4 1 (0.629%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (27.04%) Support Engineer
2 37 (23.27%) 2nd Line Support
3 34 (21.38%) Desktop Support
4 23 (14.47%) Desktop Engineer
5 20 (12.58%) Analyst
6 18 (11.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 18 (11.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (8.805%) Help Desk Support
8 13 (8.176%) Applications Packager
8 13 (8.176%) IT Support
9 12 (7.547%) Support Technician
9 12 (7.547%) Service Desk Technician
10 11 (6.918%) Support Analyst
10 11 (6.918%) Helpdesk Technician
11 10 (6.289%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 10 (6.289%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (6.289%) Administrator
11 10 (6.289%) Help Desk Support Technician
12 6 (3.774%) IT Support Analyst
12 6 (3.774%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.75%) Blackberry
2 13 (8.176%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (3.774%) Handset
4 4 (2.516%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.887%) CMDB
6 2 (1.258%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.258%) NHS
6 2 (1.258%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.629%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.629%) Clustering
7 1 (0.629%) iPhone
7 1 (0.629%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 159 (100.00%) Windows
2 118 (74.21%) Windows 7
3 39 (24.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 37 (23.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (5.660%) Windows Vista
6 6 (3.774%) Mac OS X
7 4 (2.516%) Mac OS X Server
8 2 (1.258%) Windows XP Embedded
8 2 (1.258%) UNIX
8 2 (1.258%) Linux
8 2 (1.258%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.629%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (23.27%) ITIL
2 11 (6.918%) Service Management
3 8 (5.031%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (3.774%) Migration
5 5 (3.145%) Compatibility Testing
5 5 (3.145%) Network Management
5 5 (3.145%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (3.145%) Software Distribution
6 4 (2.516%) Software Deployment
6 4 (2.516%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (2.516%) Information Management
6 4 (2.516%) Asset Management
7 2 (1.258%) Data Management
7 2 (1.258%) Problem Management
7 2 (1.258%) Service Delivery
7 2 (1.258%) UML
7 2 (1.258%) OO
7 2 (1.258%) CRM
7 2 (1.258%) OOD
7 2 (1.258%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.176%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.660%) SQL
3 4 (2.516%) C
4 3 (1.887%) VB
5 2 (1.258%) VB.NET
5 2 (1.258%) VBA
5 2 (1.258%) C++
6 1 (0.629%) Perl
6 1 (0.629%) C#
6 1 (0.629%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 15 (9.434%) SC Cleared
2 15 (9.434%) DV Cleared
3 13 (8.176%) MCSE
3 13 (8.176%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.403%) MCP
5 6 (3.774%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.774%) MCDST
6 3 (1.887%) MCITP
7 2 (1.258%) Degree
7 2 (1.258%) MCTS
8 1 (0.629%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.629%) MCSA
8 1 (0.629%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.403%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.887%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.887%) SLA
System Software
1 84 (52.83%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.805%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.887%) Terminal Server
5 2 (1.258%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.258%) XenApp
6 1 (0.629%) vSphere
6 1 (0.629%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.629%) Xen
6 1 (0.629%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.629%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 33 (20.75%) SCCM
2 2 (1.258%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.258%) DameWare
2 2 (1.258%) WSUS
3 1 (0.629%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 47 (29.56%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.61%) Citrix
3 25 (15.72%) Cisco
4 23 (14.47%) Apple
5 21 (13.21%) VMware
6 20 (12.58%) Kaspersky
7 18 (11.32%) HP
8 8 (5.031%) McAfee
9 5 (3.145%) 3PAR
10 4 (2.516%) Avaya
10 4 (2.516%) Oracle
11 3 (1.887%) Dell
12 2 (1.258%) Altiris
12 2 (1.258%) LANDesk
12 2 (1.258%) Sybase
12 2 (1.258%) CA
12 2 (1.258%) Lotus
13 1 (0.629%) Adobe
13 1 (0.629%) WatchGuard
13 1 (0.629%) ProCurve
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Rate: £95 - £125 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Systems Engineer, Windows, 2nd Line, 3rd Line
Yeovil, Somerset
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Junior Service Desk Analyst
Gloucester, South West
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On-Site Desktop Support (CRB)
Bath, South West
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Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
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