Windows XP Contracts in Taunton
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 17 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 Taunton 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 6 - 13
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 14 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 18.92% - 7.143%
As % of the Operating Systems category 48.28% - 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £14.00 £12.63
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +10.89%
All Operating Systems
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 29 6 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 39.19% 10.17% 40.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
Average daily rate £310 £265 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.98% -19.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £265 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £298 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows XP
Somerset

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (95.65%) Active Directory
3 21 (91.30%) MS Office
4 20 (86.96%) SCCM
4 20 (86.96%) Kaspersky
4 20 (86.96%) Windows 7
5 19 (82.61%) Blackberry
5 19 (82.61%) Apple
6 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
6 13 (56.52%) VMware
6 13 (56.52%) Video Conferencing
6 13 (56.52%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (52.17%) MS Excel
7 12 (52.17%) Cisco
8 8 (34.78%) McAfee
9 1 (4.348%) Citrix

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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.

Applications
1 21 (91.30%) MS Office
2 12 (52.17%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (52.17%) Help Desk Support
3 10 (43.48%) Support Technician
3 10 (43.48%) Helpdesk Technician
3 10 (43.48%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 10 (43.48%) Service Desk Technician
3 10 (43.48%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 8 (34.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 8 (34.78%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) IT Support
6 1 (4.348%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (82.61%) Blackberry
2 13 (56.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (86.96%) Windows 7
System Software
1 22 (95.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (56.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (86.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (86.96%) Kaspersky
2 19 (82.61%) Apple
3 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
3 13 (56.52%) VMware
4 12 (52.17%) Cisco
5 8 (34.78%) McAfee
6 1 (4.348%) Citrix
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