Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank6248
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads8152366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.373 %3.073 %
As % of the Operating Systems category13.25 %15.28 %
Daily rates quoted161423
Average daily rate£228£245
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£111£123
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£494
UK excluding London average daily rate£236£174
% change on same period last year+35.77 %
Hourly rates quoted303824
Average hourly rate£14.25£15.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.45£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.00£23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.50£14.00
% change on same period last year-10.71 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
615115487
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.91 %20.12 %
Daily rates quoted20924219
Average daily rate£329£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.26 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£195
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-18.14 %
Hourly rates quoted8092394
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£16.50
% change on same period last year+6.060 %

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.

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows XP within the UK.

Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Windows XP Daily Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP within the UK.

Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-8772£230-6.12 %
LondonDown-31262£203-29.39 %
South EastDown-6208£350+78.57 %
City of LondonDown-2187£225-37.93 %
BerkshireUp+1375£350-6.66 %
North WestUp+3166£200+33.33 %
East of EnglandDown-262£120-14.28 %
YorkshireDown-249£335+40.31 %
HampshireUp+642£400+77.77 %
ReadingUp+641£350-6.66 %
West MidlandsDown-540£160-32.63 %
South WestDown-737£275-21.42 %
East MidlandsUp+1831£290+132.00 %
EssexUp+129£110-21.42 %
BuckinghamshireDown-729£400+53.84 %
ScotlandDown-929£135-11.47 %
West YorkshireDown-427£335+39.58 %
ManchesterUp+1724£99-60.42 %
OxfordshireUp+823£103-35.93 %
CambridgeshireUp+120£199+37.06 %
SurreyDown-1020£235+35.05 %
BasingstokeUp+1118£150-
LeedsDown-318£333+38.54 %
MerseysideUp+2617£245-
DerbyshireUp+917£360+260.00 %
LeicestershireUp+917--
GloucestershireUp+1816--
Milton KeynesDown-915£438+93.58 %
AberdeenUp+214--
DerbyUp+812£370-

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11933 (100.00 %)Windows
2741 (38.33 %)Active Directory
3708 (36.63 %)MS Office
4618 (31.97 %)Microsoft
5617 (31.92 %)Windows Server 2003
6537 (27.78 %)Windows 2000
7352 (18.21 %)MS Excel
8300 (15.52 %)MS Exchange
9284 (14.69 %)Security Cleared
10240 (12.42 %)Windows Vista
11191 (9.881 %)Finance
12187 (9.674 %)SC Cleared
13186 (9.622 %)ITIL
13186 (9.622 %)TCP/IP
14185 (9.571 %)SQL
15182 (9.415 %)Microsoft Certification
16167 (8.639 %)Citrix
17159 (8.226 %)Exchange Server 2003
18154 (7.967 %)Windows NT
19140 (7.243 %)UNIX
20138 (7.139 %)Blackberry
21128 (6.622 %)HP
22122 (6.311 %)MCSE
22122 (6.311 %)LAN
23120 (6.208 %)Banking
24115 (5.949 %)Oracle
24115 (5.949 %)Lotus
25109 (5.639 %)Lotus Notes
26106 (5.484 %)Government
27104 (5.380 %)WAN

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (2.276 %)XML
240 (2.069 %).NET
339 (2.018 %)HTML
421 (1.086 %)Application Packaging
514 (0.724 %)ASP
612 (0.621 %)ASP.NET
612 (0.621 %)WebServices
612 (0.621 %)EJB
710 (0.517 %)Spring
89 (0.466 %)CSS
98 (0.414 %)WMI
107 (0.362 %).NET Framework
107 (0.362 %)X-Windows
116 (0.310 %)XSLT
116 (0.310 %)JSP
116 (0.310 %)J2EE
125 (0.259 %)Servlets
125 (0.259 %)XSL
125 (0.259 %)WebSphere
134 (0.207 %)COM
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1300 (15.52 %)MS Exchange
2159 (8.226 %)Exchange Server 2003
3109 (5.639 %)Lotus Notes
455 (2.845 %)Exchange Server 2007
548 (2.483 %)SharePoint
643 (2.225 %)IIS
741 (2.121 %)Exchange Server 2000
827 (1.397 %)GroupWise
925 (1.293 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1024 (1.242 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1113 (0.673 %)Lotus Domino
129 (0.466 %)Tomcat
129 (0.466 %)WorkSite
138 (0.414 %)BizTalk Server
147 (0.362 %)WebLogic
147 (0.362 %)Rendezvous
147 (0.362 %)LiveLink
156 (0.310 %)SharePoint Server 2007
165 (0.259 %)Apache
174 (0.207 %)iPlanet
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1708 (36.63 %)MS Office
2352 (18.21 %)MS Excel
330 (1.552 %)MS Project
419 (0.983 %)MS PowerPoint
518 (0.931 %)MS Visio
611 (0.569 %)Spreadsheet
76 (0.310 %)Photoshop
84 (0.207 %)Acrobat
93 (0.155 %)AutoCAD
93 (0.155 %)Paint Shop Pro
102 (0.103 %)QuarkXPress
111 (0.052 %)PageMaker
111 (0.052 %)Adobe Captivate
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (0.879 %)assyst
216 (0.828 %)RMDS
38 (0.414 %)SoftGrid
44 (0.207 %)BusinessWorks
44 (0.207 %)TIBCO iProcess
53 (0.155 %)Oracle EBS
53 (0.155 %)Teamcenter
53 (0.155 %)Cerner Millennium
62 (0.103 %)ENOVIA
62 (0.103 %)Remedy ITSM
62 (0.103 %)Oracle ERP
71 (0.052 %)SAP CRM
71 (0.052 %)MAXIMO
71 (0.052 %)Summit
71 (0.052 %)Movex
71 (0.052 %)Oracle 11i
71 (0.052 %)Microsoft CRM
71 (0.052 %)TIBCO BusinessEvents
71 (0.052 %)SAP Retail
71 (0.052 %)Retail-J
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1186 (9.622 %)TCP/IP
2122 (6.311 %)LAN
3104 (5.380 %)WAN
498 (5.070 %)DNS
595 (4.915 %)Internet
693 (4.811 %)VPN
774 (3.828 %)Firewall
860 (3.104 %)DHCP
947 (2.431 %)Wireless
1037 (1.914 %)SAN
1130 (1.552 %)SMS
1226 (1.345 %)Intranet
1321 (1.086 %)VoIP
1321 (1.086 %)ADSL
1419 (0.983 %)Ethernet
1419 (0.983 %)SMTP
1515 (0.776 %)Broadband
1614 (0.724 %)NAS
1711 (0.569 %)ISDN
1711 (0.569 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1101 (5.225 %)SQL Server
236 (1.862 %)MS Access
327 (1.397 %)Oracle 10g
424 (1.242 %)BusinessObjects
523 (1.190 %)SQL Server 2000
621 (1.086 %)SQL Server 2005
719 (0.983 %)Crystal Reports
812 (0.621 %)TOAD
911 (0.569 %)Oracle 9i
1010 (0.517 %)Datawarehouse
118 (0.414 %)ETL
127 (0.362 %)Oracle 8/8i
127 (0.362 %)SQLPlus
127 (0.362 %)Data Cleansing
136 (0.310 %)BusinessObjects XI
136 (0.310 %)DecisionStream
144 (0.207 %)Oracle Reports
144 (0.207 %)SQL Server Integration Services
144 (0.207 %)Oracle OWB
153 (0.155 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
129 (1.500 %)TestDirector
224 (1.242 %)MSI
314 (0.724 %)ClearCase
413 (0.673 %)InstallShield
413 (0.673 %)StarTeam
512 (0.621 %)JUnit
69 (0.466 %)Visual Studio
77 (0.362 %)Eclipse
86 (0.310 %)VSS/SourceSafe
86 (0.310 %)Oracle APEX
95 (0.259 %)JIRA
95 (0.259 %)QuickTest Pro
95 (0.259 %)Ant
95 (0.259 %)WinRunner
104 (0.207 %)Subversion
104 (0.207 %)CppUnit
113 (0.155 %)CheckStyle
113 (0.155 %)Atlassian Bamboo
113 (0.155 %)Oracle Forms
122 (0.103 %)LabVIEW
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1191 (9.881 %)Finance
2120 (6.208 %)Banking
3106 (5.484 %)Government
476 (3.932 %)Investment Banking
551 (2.638 %)Legal
639 (2.018 %)Front Office
738 (1.966 %)Law
830 (1.552 %)Health
927 (1.397 %)Retail
1026 (1.345 %)Financial Institution
1121 (1.086 %)Back Office
1220 (1.035 %)Telecoms
1319 (0.983 %)Local Government
1417 (0.879 %)Insurance
1417 (0.879 %)Military
1516 (0.828 %)Education
1613 (0.673 %)Auditing
1710 (0.517 %)Publishing
188 (0.414 %)Pharmaceutical
194 (0.207 %)Electronics
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1580 (30.01 %)Analyst
2312 (16.14 %)Desktop Support
3299 (15.47 %)Support Analyst
4292 (15.11 %)Support Engineer
5200 (10.35 %)2nd Line Support
6193 (9.984 %)Desktop Engineer
7152 (7.863 %)Helpdesk Analyst
8129 (6.674 %)Desktop Support Engineer
9113 (5.846 %)1st Line Support
10107 (5.535 %)Service Analyst
10107 (5.535 %)Service Desk Analyst
1193 (4.811 %)Desktop Analyst
1290 (4.656 %)Helpdesk Support
1384 (4.346 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1477 (3.983 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
1570 (3.621 %)Developer
1663 (3.259 %)Consultant
1762 (3.207 %)3rd Line Support
1860 (3.104 %)Support Technician
1959 (3.052 %)Administrator
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1138 (7.139 %)Blackberry
284 (4.346 %)NHS
340 (2.069 %)PDA
424 (1.242 %)French Language
522 (1.138 %)Derivative
621 (1.086 %)Thin Client
621 (1.086 %)Fat Client
718 (0.931 %)Clustering
812 (0.621 %)Client/Server
812 (0.621 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
812 (0.621 %)Interest Rate Derivative
910 (0.517 %)CESG
910 (0.517 %)German Language
910 (0.517 %)Japanese Language
109 (0.466 %)Credit Derivative
109 (0.466 %)EPoS
109 (0.466 %)Equities
117 (0.362 %)Replication
117 (0.362 %)Management Information System
117 (0.362 %)Equity Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11933 (100.00 %)Windows
2617 (31.92 %)Windows Server 2003
3537 (27.78 %)Windows 2000
4240 (12.42 %)Windows Vista
5154 (7.967 %)Windows NT
6140 (7.243 %)UNIX
7101 (5.225 %)Linux
7101 (5.225 %)Windows 2000 Server
873 (3.777 %)Solaris
963 (3.259 %)Windows Server 2008
1043 (2.225 %)NetWare
1123 (1.190 %)Mac OS X
1214 (0.724 %)Windows Mobile
137 (0.362 %)Red Hat Linux
137 (0.362 %)HPUX
145 (0.259 %)AIX
153 (0.155 %)SUSE
153 (0.155 %)Mac OS
162 (0.103 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
162 (0.103 %)Mac OS X Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1186 (9.622 %)ITIL
286 (4.449 %)Migration
333 (1.707 %)Time Management
431 (1.604 %)Test Scripting
530 (1.552 %)Configuration Management
530 (1.552 %)Project Management
629 (1.500 %)Incident Management
727 (1.397 %)Document Management
823 (1.190 %)PRINCE2
922 (1.138 %)Service Management
922 (1.138 %)Asset Management
1020 (1.035 %)CRM
1118 (0.931 %)Business Analysis
1217 (0.879 %)Service Delivery
1315 (0.776 %)OO
1414 (0.724 %)Data Migration
1513 (0.673 %)OOD
1611 (0.569 %)Business Intelligence
1710 (0.517 %)Disaster Recovery
189 (0.466 %)Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1185 (9.571 %)SQL
263 (3.259 %)Java
351 (2.638 %)VB
433 (1.707 %)PL/SQL
433 (1.707 %)VBScript
531 (1.604 %)C
627 (1.397 %)C++
724 (1.242 %)C#
820 (1.035 %)VB.NET
919 (0.983 %)Perl
1018 (0.931 %)VBA
1116 (0.828 %)JavaScript
1116 (0.828 %)Shell Script
1211 (0.569 %)VB6
135 (0.259 %)REXX
135 (0.259 %)Tcl
135 (0.259 %)COBOL
135 (0.259 %)T-SQL
144 (0.207 %)VC++
144 (0.207 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1284 (14.69 %)Security Cleared
2187 (9.674 %)SC Cleared
3182 (9.415 %)Microsoft Certification
4122 (6.311 %)MCSE
584 (4.346 %)MCP
635 (1.811 %)Degree
731 (1.604 %)Cisco Certification
829 (1.500 %)MCSA
829 (1.500 %)DV Cleared
924 (1.242 %)CCNA
1021 (1.086 %)BC Cleared
1112 (0.621 %)ITIL Certification
1210 (0.517 %)MCDST
139 (0.466 %)A+ Certification
146 (0.310 %)MOS
155 (0.259 %)CISSP
155 (0.259 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
164 (0.207 %)CTC Cleared
164 (0.207 %)CCNP
164 (0.207 %)ISEB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
170 (3.621 %)SLA
212 (0.621 %)QA
36 (0.310 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.207 %)ISO27001
53 (0.155 %)PCI DSS
62 (0.103 %)ISO17799
71 (0.052 %)ISO9001
71 (0.052 %)BS7799
71 (0.052 %)TickIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1741 (38.33 %)Active Directory
263 (3.259 %)VMware Infrastructure
329 (1.500 %)Backup Exec
424 (1.242 %)Terminal Services
516 (0.828 %)VMware ESX
614 (0.724 %)ISA Server
713 (0.673 %)Terminal Server
713 (0.673 %)NetBackup
812 (0.621 %)MetaFrame
98 (0.414 %)VMware Workstation
98 (0.414 %)Citrix Presentation Server
107 (0.362 %)NDS
114 (0.207 %)NFS
123 (0.155 %)Oracle RAC
132 (0.103 %)Novell eDirectory
132 (0.103 %)Samba
132 (0.103 %)MailMarshal
141 (0.052 %)Hyper-V
141 (0.052 %)XenApp
141 (0.052 %)XenDesktop
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
166 (3.414 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
245 (2.328 %)OpenView Configuration Management
245 (2.328 %)SCCM
324 (1.242 %)ZENworks
420 (1.035 %)Norton AntiVirus
513 (0.673 %)Tivoli
612 (0.621 %)DameWare
711 (0.569 %)WSUS
89 (0.466 %)OpenView
89 (0.466 %)Netcool
98 (0.414 %)MOM
105 (0.259 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
105 (0.259 %)ServiceCenter
105 (0.259 %)HP Data Protector
114 (0.207 %)SCOM
114 (0.207 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
114 (0.207 %)BMC PATROL
114 (0.207 %)CONTROL-M
114 (0.207 %)ARCserve
123 (0.155 %)TIBCO Hawk
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1618 (31.97 %)Microsoft
2167 (8.639 %)Citrix
3128 (6.622 %)HP
4115 (5.949 %)Oracle
4115 (5.949 %)Lotus
5101 (5.225 %)Cisco
689 (4.604 %)VMware
774 (3.828 %)Novell
870 (3.621 %)Dell
954 (2.794 %)Remedy
1048 (2.483 %)Bloomberg
1144 (2.276 %)Reuters
1241 (2.121 %)IBM
1333 (1.707 %)Symantec
1427 (1.397 %)Sun
1524 (1.242 %)Adobe
1524 (1.242 %)Business Objects
1524 (1.242 %)Siebel
1620 (1.035 %)Apple
1718 (0.931 %)CheckPoint