The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 16 31 34
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 3 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.571% 1.389% 1.843%
As % of the Operating Systems category 23.08% 8.108% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
Average hourly rate £13.17 £16.50 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.21% +73.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 37 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 15.48% 17.13% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 11
Average daily rate £330 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
Average hourly rate £15.21 £16.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.84% +17.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Burton-upon-Trent 0 1 - -
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) AS400
5 1 (20.00%) Altiris
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
5 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (20.00%) Dell
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Lotus
5 1 (20.00%) Windows CE
5 1 (20.00%) NHS

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AS400
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (20.00%) Windows CE
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Altiris
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Lotus