Surrey Windows XP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Surrey 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows XP
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Addlestone Amersham Atherstone Aylesbury Banstead Barnsley Barry Basildon Basingstoke Beccles Beckenham Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Broxbourne Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury Bury St Edmunds Buxton Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Colchester Conwy Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dover Dudley Dunbar Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely Enfield England Esher Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Grays Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Man Isleworth Kegworth Kent Kidderminster King's Lynn Kingswinford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Morecambe 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 Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Pudsey Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidmouth Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Thatcham Tonbridge Trowbridge Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Vale of Glamorgan Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Kilbride West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	24
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	79	139
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.110 %	0.140 %
As % of the category below	22.57 %	22.42 %
Daily rates quoted	8	12
Average minimum daily rate	£264	£192
Average daily rate	£281	£194
% change on same period last year	+44.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£297	£195
UK excluding London average daily rate	£245	£261
% change on same period last year	-6.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	38	72
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.37	£16.46
Average hourly rate	£19.54	£16.94
% change on same period last year	+15.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.71	£17.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.79	£17.08
% change on same period last year	-1.68 %
Operating Systems Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	350	620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.489 %	0.623 %
Daily rates quoted	65	159
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£310
Average daily rate	£347	£325
% change on same period last year	+6.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£332
% change on same period last year	-0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	84	146
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.75	£18.35
Average hourly rate	£23.08	£19.30
% change on same period last year	+19.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.41	£20.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.90	£22.31
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Windows XP South East

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 Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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 Surrey region.

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
Woking	+9	10	£268	+123.61 %
Guildford	+5	6	-	-
Leatherhead	-3	6	-	-
Sunbury-on-Thames	-	4	-	-
Farnham	-	4	-	-
Camberley	+13	3	-	-
Chertsey	+3	2	-	-
Banstead	-	2	-	-
Walton-on-Thames	-	2	-	-
Redhill	+10	2	-	-
Godalming	-	1	-	-
Weybridge	-2	1	-	-
Addlestone	-	1	-	-
Esher	-	1	-	-

Windows XP South East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

1 177 (100.00 %) Windows 2 69 (38.98 %) MS Office 3 67 (37.85 %) Windows 2000 3 67 (37.85 %) Microsoft 4 62 (35.03 %) Active Directory 5 39 (22.03 %) MS Excel 6 35 (19.77 %) Windows Server 2003 7 25 (14.12 %) LAN 8 19 (10.73 %) Finance 8 19 (10.73 %) MS Exchange 8 19 (10.73 %) SQL 9 18 (10.17 %) Microsoft Certification 9 18 (10.17 %) MSI 10 17 (9.605 %) Lotus 10 17 (9.605 %) Lotus Notes

10 17 (9.605 %) ITIL 11 16 (9.040 %) WAN 12 15 (8.475 %) TCP/IP 13 14 (7.910 %) VB 13 14 (7.910 %) Windows Vista 14 12 (6.780 %) MCP 14 12 (6.780 %) MCSE 14 12 (6.780 %) HP 14 12 (6.780 %) Internet 14 12 (6.780 %) InstallShield 15 11 (6.215 %) Novell 15 11 (6.215 %) DNS 15 11 (6.215 %) Citrix 15 11 (6.215 %) VBScript 15 11 (6.215 %) Insurance

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 (3.955 %) Application Packaging 2 2 (1.130 %) .NET 2 2 (1.130 %) XML 3 1 (0.565 %) XHTML 3 1 (0.565 %) WSH 3 1 (0.565 %) MVC 3 1 (0.565 %) Windows SharePoint Services 3 1 (0.565 %) WebSphere 3 1 (0.565 %) CSS 3 1 (0.565 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 19 (10.73 %) MS Exchange 2 17 (9.605 %) Lotus Notes 3 10 (5.650 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 6 (3.390 %) GroupWise 5 3 (1.695 %) FormScape 5 3 (1.695 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 2 (1.130 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 2 (1.130 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 1 (0.565 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 1 (0.565 %) Oracle Workflow 7 1 (0.565 %) SharePoint 7 1 (0.565 %) IIS
Applications 1 69 (38.98 %) MS Office 2 39 (22.03 %) MS Excel 3 5 (2.825 %) XMetaL 4 4 (2.260 %) Quicktime 5 3 (1.695 %) Paint Shop Pro 5 3 (1.695 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (0.565 %) AWD
Communications & Networking 1 25 (14.12 %) LAN 2 16 (9.040 %) WAN 3 15 (8.475 %) TCP/IP 4 12 (6.780 %) Internet 5 11 (6.215 %) DNS 6 7 (3.955 %) SMS 7 6 (3.390 %) SAN 8 4 (2.260 %) 3G 8 4 (2.260 %) Firewall 8 4 (2.260 %) DHCP 8 4 (2.260 %) Ethernet 9 2 (1.130 %) Wireless 9 2 (1.130 %) Intranet 9 2 (1.130 %) VPN 10 1 (0.565 %) Cisco PIX 10 1 (0.565 %) HTTP 10 1 (0.565 %) PSTN 10 1 (0.565 %) ADSL 10 1 (0.565 %) Broadband 10 1 (0.565 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (3.390 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.130 %) SQL Server 2000 2 2 (1.130 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.565 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 18 (10.17 %) MSI 2 12 (6.780 %) InstallShield 3 1 (0.565 %) Subversion 3 1 (0.565 %) StarTeam 3 1 (0.565 %) QARun 3 1 (0.565 %) Selenium 3 1 (0.565 %) JUnit 3 1 (0.565 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 19 (10.73 %) Finance 2 11 (6.215 %) Insurance 3 6 (3.390 %) Telecoms 4 4 (2.260 %) Manufacturing 5 3 (1.695 %) Retail 5 3 (1.695 %) Pharmaceutical 5 3 (1.695 %) Pensions 6 2 (1.130 %) Marketing 6 2 (1.130 %) Education 6 2 (1.130 %) Government 7 1 (0.565 %) Health 7 1 (0.565 %) Front Office 7 1 (0.565 %) Chemicals
Job Titles 1 58 (32.77 %) Analyst 2 43 (24.29 %) Desktop Support 3 35 (19.77 %) Support Analyst 4 21 (11.86 %) Support Engineer 5 19 (10.73 %) 2nd Line Support 5 19 (10.73 %) Desktop Engineer 6 16 (9.040 %) Desktop Analyst 7 15 (8.475 %) 1st Line Support 7 15 (8.475 %) Service Analyst 7 15 (8.475 %) Helpdesk Support 8 14 (7.910 %) Helpdesk Analyst 9 12 (6.780 %) Service Desk Analyst 9 12 (6.780 %) Desktop Support Analyst 10 11 (6.215 %) Desktop Support Engineer 10 11 (6.215 %) Field Engineer 10 11 (6.215 %) Support Technician 11 9 (5.085 %) 3rd Line Support 11 9 (5.085 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 12 8 (4.520 %) IT Support Technician 13 7 (3.955 %) Applications Packager	Miscellaneous 1 8 (4.520 %) Blackberry 2 5 (2.825 %) NHS 2 5 (2.825 %) PDA 3 4 (2.260 %) Smartphone 4 2 (1.130 %) Client/Server 4 2 (1.130 %) EPoS 4 2 (1.130 %) Video Conferencing 5 1 (0.565 %) Mathematics 5 1 (0.565 %) Physics 5 1 (0.565 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.565 %) Dutch Language 5 1 (0.565 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.565 %) AS400 5 1 (0.565 %) PKI
Operating Systems 1 177 (100.00 %) Windows 2 67 (37.85 %) Windows 2000 3 35 (19.77 %) Windows Server 2003 4 14 (7.910 %) Windows Vista 5 10 (5.650 %) Windows NT 6 7 (3.955 %) UNIX 7 6 (3.390 %) NetWare 8 4 (2.260 %) MVS 8 4 (2.260 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 2 (1.130 %) Windows Server 2008 9 2 (1.130 %) Linux 10 1 (0.565 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (9.605 %) ITIL 2 7 (3.955 %) SC Cleared 2 7 (3.955 %) Security Cleared 3 6 (3.390 %) Data Migration 3 6 (3.390 %) Migration 4 5 (2.825 %) Software Testing 4 5 (2.825 %) Incident Management 4 5 (2.825 %) Service Management 4 5 (2.825 %) ITSM 5 4 (2.260 %) Test Management 6 3 (1.695 %) Content Management 7 2 (1.130 %) Workflow 7 2 (1.130 %) Service Delivery 7 2 (1.130 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (1.130 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 1 (0.565 %) System Testing 8 1 (0.565 %) Performance Management 8 1 (0.565 %) UML 8 1 (0.565 %) OO 8 1 (0.565 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 19 (10.73 %) SQL 2 14 (7.910 %) VB 3 11 (6.215 %) VBScript 4 2 (1.130 %) C++ 4 2 (1.130 %) Java 5 1 (0.565 %) JavaScript 5 1 (0.565 %) C 5 1 (0.565 %) C# 5 1 (0.565 %) VB.NET 5 1 (0.565 %) VC++ 5 1 (0.565 %) FoxPro (VFP) 5 1 (0.565 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 18 (10.17 %) Microsoft Certification 2 12 (6.780 %) MCP 2 12 (6.780 %) MCSE 3 2 (1.130 %) MCSA 3 2 (1.130 %) ISEB 3 2 (1.130 %) CNE 3 2 (1.130 %) Novell Certification 3 2 (1.130 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.130 %) SLA 1 2 (1.130 %) QA	System Software 1 62 (35.03 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.130 %) Novell eDirectory 3 1 (0.565 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.565 %) Terminal Server 3 1 (0.565 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 9 (5.085 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 5 (2.825 %) SCCM 3 4 (2.260 %) ZENworks 3 4 (2.260 %) Unicenter 4 1 (0.565 %) DameWare 4 1 (0.565 %) HP Data Protector	Vendors 1 67 (37.85 %) Microsoft 2 17 (9.605 %) Lotus 3 12 (6.780 %) HP 4 11 (6.215 %) Citrix 4 11 (6.215 %) Novell 5 7 (3.955 %) Adobe 6 5 (2.825 %) Macromedia 6 5 (2.825 %) Oracle 6 5 (2.825 %) Dell 7 4 (2.260 %) Cisco 7 4 (2.260 %) CA 7 4 (2.260 %) Altiris 7 4 (2.260 %) Remedy 8 1 (0.565 %) VMware 8 1 (0.565 %) LANDesk 8 1 (0.565 %) SonicWALL 8 1 (0.565 %) Tandberg 8 1 (0.565 %) Avaya 8 1 (0.565 %) Compaq 8 1 (0.565 %) SAP