The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton 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 26 27 22
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 10 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 3.390% 1.754% 3.315%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.05% 9.302% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £210 £225
% change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
Average hourly rate £14.00 £10.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -21.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.65 £9.95 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £10.80 £15.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
83 43 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 28.14% 18.86% 29.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 16 15
Average daily rate £275 £285 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £211 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 19
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £9.94 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows XP
Hampshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Southampton Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (70.00%) Active Directory
3 11 (55.00%) Windows 7
4 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (40.00%) Citrix
5 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange
6 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (25.00%) A+ Certification
7 5 (25.00%) Cisco
8 4 (20.00%) HP
8 4 (20.00%) Linux
8 4 (20.00%) MS Office
8 4 (20.00%) Blackberry
8 4 (20.00%) Degree
8 4 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (20.00%) LANDesk
9 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (15.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (15.00%) Bash shell
9 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
9 3 (15.00%) Windows 2000
10 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
10 2 (10.00%) ITIL
10 2 (10.00%) Migration
10 2 (10.00%) VMware
10 2 (10.00%) Backup Exec
11 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
11 1 (5.000%) SCCM

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.000%) IIS
3 1 (5.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2000
3 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Office
2 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) VPN
1 1 (5.000%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Support Technician
4 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Configuration Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Technician
5 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
5 2 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Technician
5 2 (10.00%) Server Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (5.000%) Support Team Leader
6 1 (5.000%) Systems Support Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Linux Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.000%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) Windows 7
3 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (20.00%) Linux
6 3 (15.00%) Windows 2000
6 3 (15.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (5.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) ITIL
1 2 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (5.000%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) A+ Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.000%) MCP
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.000%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (5.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (40.00%) Citrix
2 5 (25.00%) Cisco
3 4 (20.00%) LANDesk
3 4 (20.00%) HP
4 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (10.00%) VMware
6 1 (5.000%) Avaya
Southampton, South East
IT SUPPORT TEAM LEADER - SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE - £24-26phEnvironment: Windows XP, Windows 7, Active Directory, Windows 2003 Network, Exchange, LANDesk, HP Hardware, Service Desk Team Lead, Desktop Support, Helpdesk...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £24 - £25 per hour
Posted: 26 April 2013
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013