The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 22 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 Tyne and Wear 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 28 31 27
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 1 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 0.552% 2.679% 2.734%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.439% 11.69% 7.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £225 £263 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -4.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £210 £225
% change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Average hourly rate - £11.43 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +12.00%
All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
41 77 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 22.65% 22.92% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 37 40
Average daily rate £263 £270 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -16.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £232 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £450 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 5
Average hourly rate £13.25 £19.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.26% +46.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.20 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £190.00 £16.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
North East

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +5 1 £225 -14.28%
Windows XP
North East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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
2 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) DHCP
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) DameWare
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) PACS
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Brocade
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (20.00%) iSCSI
4 1 (20.00%) TippingPoint
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) ProCurve
4 1 (20.00%) VPN

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) SAN Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) MCP
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) DameWare
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Brocade
3 1 (20.00%) TippingPoint
3 1 (20.00%) ProCurve
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
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