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The first part of the table below 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 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank884841
Rank change year-on-year
Down-40Down-7
Matching contract IT job ads81112532864
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.853 %2.724 %3.499 %
As % of the Operating Systems category10.67 %15.29 %16.88 %
Daily rates quoted191202393
Average daily rate£275£225£250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.22 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£117£120£117
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£411£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£273£250£250
% change year-on-year
+9.000 %-
Hourly rates quoted3154461074
Average hourly rate£13.50£15.00£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.00£10.00£10.14
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£23.43£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.50£14.40£13.50
% change year-on-year
-13.19 %+6.660 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
7603819416965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.37 %17.82 %20.73 %
Daily rates quoted314923834366
Average daily rate£363£340£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.610 %-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£190£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£475£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£322£325
% change year-on-year
-3.570 %-1.070 %
Hourly rates quoted91713052796
Average hourly rate£16.00£18.89£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.29 %+2.100 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£37.25£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.75£18.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-18.05 %-

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010. 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-42761£278+23.33 %
LondonDown-73280£280+40.00 %
South EastDown-9165£300-
City of LondonDown-6096£283+25.13 %
YorkshireUp+983£311+164.68 %
BerkshireUp+2265£343-14.37 %
North WestDown-264£350+43.58 %
West YorkshireUp+1348£322+107.74 %
East MidlandsDown-444£100-51.80 %
South WestDown-2243£225-27.18 %
HampshireUp+239£290-32.16 %
West MidlandsDown-2039£118-29.85 %
LeedsUp+2434£322-
ScotlandDown-2232£150+53.84 %
East of EnglandDown-2029£195+30.00 %
SurreyDown-1128£100-61.90 %
DerbyshireUp+424--
ManchesterDown-1324--
DerbyUp+322--
ReadingUp+421£350-3.44 %
LeicestershireUp+518--
South YorkshireUp+1117£225-
North YorkshireUp+917£238+196.87 %
North EastUp+717£161-17.69 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1215£180-10.00 %
MerseysideUp+1314£250-
Tyne and WearUp+814£163-16.66 %
CheshireUp+414£353+76.25 %
WalesUp+1313--
WarwickshireDown-113£118-

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

11751 (100.00 %)Windows
2696 (39.75 %)Active Directory
3662 (37.81 %)Windows Server 2003
4660 (37.69 %)Microsoft
5610 (34.84 %)MS Office
6426 (24.33 %)Windows 2000
7299 (17.08 %)MS Excel
7299 (17.08 %)Windows Vista
8291 (16.62 %)MS Exchange
9216 (12.34 %)Security Cleared
10199 (11.36 %)Finance
11185 (10.57 %)Citrix
12171 (9.766 %)ITIL
12171 (9.766 %)SQL
13150 (8.567 %)TCP/IP
14146 (8.338 %)Blackberry
14146 (8.338 %)Banking
15145 (8.281 %)Microsoft Certification
16143 (8.167 %)DNS
16143 (8.167 %)SQL Server
17139 (7.938 %)VMware
17139 (7.938 %)HP
18138 (7.881 %)Windows Server 2008
19131 (7.481 %)Exchange Server 2003
20130 (7.424 %)SC Cleared
21121 (6.910 %)UNIX
22118 (6.739 %)Government
23116 (6.625 %)C
24114 (6.511 %)Lotus Notes
24114 (6.511 %)Lotus

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
163 (3.598 %).NET
247 (2.684 %)XML
335 (1.999 %)Web Services
430 (1.713 %)Application Packaging
524 (1.371 %)HTML
623 (1.314 %)WebSphere
623 (1.314 %)ASP.NET
715 (0.857 %)JSP
812 (0.685 %)CSS
910 (0.571 %)Spring
109 (0.514 %).NET Framework
109 (0.514 %)J2EE
109 (0.514 %)Hibernate
118 (0.457 %)Swing
118 (0.457 %)Software Packaging
118 (0.457 %)GWT
127 (0.400 %)AJAX
127 (0.400 %)ASP
136 (0.343 %)MVC
136 (0.343 %)Spring Web Flow
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1291 (16.62 %)MS Exchange
2131 (7.481 %)Exchange Server 2003
3114 (6.511 %)Lotus Notes
486 (4.911 %)Exchange Server 2007
553 (3.027 %)IIS
652 (2.970 %)SharePoint
738 (2.170 %)Exchange Server 2000
831 (1.770 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
926 (1.485 %)Lotus Domino
1022 (1.256 %)GroupWise
1121 (1.199 %)Tomcat
1220 (1.142 %)Apache
1316 (0.914 %)WebSphere Application Server
149 (0.514 %)WebSphere Process Server
158 (0.457 %)SharePoint Server 2007
158 (0.457 %)Exchange Server 5.5
158 (0.457 %)TIBCO EMS
158 (0.457 %)Oracle Application Server
158 (0.457 %)Alfresco
167 (0.400 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1610 (34.84 %)MS Office
2299 (17.08 %)MS Excel
322 (1.256 %)MS PowerPoint
421 (1.199 %)MS Visio
520 (1.142 %)MS Project
610 (0.571 %)Spreadsheet
76 (0.343 %)Acrobat
83 (0.171 %)InfoPath
83 (0.171 %)AutoCAD
92 (0.114 %)DeltaView
92 (0.114 %)Photoshop
101 (0.057 %)Vectorworks
101 (0.057 %)CINEMA 4D
101 (0.057 %)RoboHelp
101 (0.057 %)GeoMedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (0.571 %)assyst
28 (0.457 %)RMDS
34 (0.228 %)SoftGrid
43 (0.171 %)GL Clearvision
43 (0.171 %)Summit
43 (0.171 %)Remedy ITSM
43 (0.171 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.114 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
52 (0.114 %)PeopleSoft Financials
52 (0.114 %)3000 Xtra
61 (0.057 %)Misys Midas
61 (0.057 %)Misys Opics
61 (0.057 %)Google Analytics
61 (0.057 %)Remedy AR System
61 (0.057 %)SAP ERP
61 (0.057 %)Microsoft CRM
61 (0.057 %)Navision
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1150 (8.567 %)TCP/IP
2143 (8.167 %)DNS
3113 (6.453 %)LAN
4110 (6.282 %)VPN
5103 (5.882 %)Internet
6100 (5.711 %)DHCP
788 (5.026 %)Firewall
886 (4.911 %)WAN
955 (3.141 %)SAN
1039 (2.227 %)Wireless
1129 (1.656 %)LDAP
1129 (1.656 %)VoIP
1221 (1.199 %)SMS
1319 (1.085 %)NAS
1416 (0.914 %)Ethernet
1515 (0.857 %)SSL
1614 (0.800 %)Network Security
1713 (0.742 %)3G
1812 (0.685 %)Intranet
1910 (0.571 %)FTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1143 (8.167 %)SQL Server
260 (3.427 %)SQL Server 2005
334 (1.942 %)SQL Server 2000
429 (1.656 %)SQL Server 2008
526 (1.485 %)MS Access
623 (1.314 %)Oracle 10g
719 (1.085 %)DB2
816 (0.914 %)Oracle 8/8i
911 (0.628 %)Oracle 9i
911 (0.628 %)Oracle Reports
108 (0.457 %)Datawarehouse
108 (0.457 %)BusinessObjects
117 (0.400 %)TOAD
117 (0.400 %)Crystal Reports
126 (0.343 %)Oracle Discoverer
135 (0.286 %)Oracle 11g
135 (0.286 %)Oracle OLAP
135 (0.286 %)ETL
135 (0.286 %)OLAP
135 (0.286 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
125 (1.428 %)JUnit
224 (1.371 %)TestDirector
317 (0.971 %)InstallShield
416 (0.914 %)Visual Studio
513 (0.742 %)StarTeam
69 (0.514 %)Oracle APEX
69 (0.514 %)Oracle Forms
78 (0.457 %)AdminStudio
78 (0.457 %)VSS/SourceSafe
78 (0.457 %)TeamCity
78 (0.457 %)WebDriver
87 (0.400 %)IntelliJ
96 (0.343 %)ClearCase
104 (0.228 %)QuickTest Pro
104 (0.228 %)WinRunner
113 (0.171 %)Team Foundation Server
113 (0.171 %)Subversion
113 (0.171 %)PowerBuilder
113 (0.171 %)Ant
122 (0.114 %)PeopleTools
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1199 (11.36 %)Finance
2146 (8.338 %)Banking
3118 (6.739 %)Government
484 (4.797 %)Investment Banking
535 (1.999 %)Financial Institution
631 (1.770 %)Front Office
730 (1.713 %)Retail
825 (1.428 %)Telecoms
923 (1.314 %)Health
1022 (1.256 %)Education
1121 (1.199 %)Law
1121 (1.199 %)Legal
1220 (1.142 %)Insurance
1314 (0.800 %)Back Office
1410 (0.571 %)Local Government
1410 (0.571 %)Auditing
159 (0.514 %)Manufacturing
159 (0.514 %)Aerospace
168 (0.457 %)Military
168 (0.457 %)Multimedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1556 (31.75 %)Analyst
2288 (16.45 %)Support Analyst
3249 (14.22 %)Desktop Support
4209 (11.94 %)Support Engineer
5167 (9.537 %)Helpdesk Analyst
6147 (8.395 %)1st Line Support
7140 (7.995 %)2nd Line Support
8131 (7.481 %)Service Desk Analyst
9129 (7.367 %)Service Analyst
10106 (6.054 %)Helpdesk Support
1197 (5.540 %)Desktop Engineer
1294 (5.368 %)Desktop Analyst
1384 (4.797 %)Developer
1482 (4.683 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1575 (4.283 %)1st Line Support Analyst
1671 (4.055 %)Consultant
1768 (3.883 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1856 (3.198 %)IT Support
1952 (2.970 %)Support Technician
2049 (2.798 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1146 (8.338 %)Blackberry
249 (2.798 %)PDA
348 (2.741 %)NHS
428 (1.599 %)Client/Server
428 (1.599 %)German Language
520 (1.142 %)PKI
619 (1.085 %)French Language
718 (1.028 %)EPoS
718 (1.028 %)Video Conferencing
815 (0.857 %)Clustering
913 (0.742 %)Fat Client
913 (0.742 %)Thin Client
913 (0.742 %)AS400
1011 (0.628 %)Derivative
1110 (0.571 %)Management Information System
1110 (0.571 %)iSeries
128 (0.457 %)HACMP
128 (0.457 %)Italian Language
128 (0.457 %)Equity Derivative
136 (0.343 %)Spanish Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11751 (100.00 %)Windows
2662 (37.81 %)Windows Server 2003
3426 (24.33 %)Windows 2000
4299 (17.08 %)Windows Vista
5138 (7.881 %)Windows Server 2008
6121 (6.910 %)UNIX
7108 (6.168 %)Linux
887 (4.969 %)Windows 2000 Server
984 (4.797 %)Windows NT
1067 (3.826 %)Windows 7
1140 (2.284 %)Solaris
1219 (1.085 %)NetWare
1315 (0.857 %)Windows Mobile
1412 (0.685 %)Mac OS X
1511 (0.628 %)AIX
1610 (0.571 %)Red Hat Linux
175 (0.286 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
175 (0.286 %)HPUX
184 (0.228 %)Windows CE
193 (0.171 %)Mac OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1171 (9.766 %)ITIL
281 (4.626 %)Migration
334 (1.942 %)OO
432 (1.828 %)Service Delivery
530 (1.713 %)Test Scripting
627 (1.542 %)OOD
726 (1.485 %)Project Management
726 (1.485 %)Agile Software Development
824 (1.371 %)Configuration Management
824 (1.371 %)System Testing
922 (1.256 %)Service Management
1021 (1.199 %)Time Management
1116 (0.914 %)Document Management
1116 (0.914 %)User Acceptance Testing
1215 (0.857 %)Incident Management
1215 (0.857 %)PRINCE2
1314 (0.800 %)Capacity Planning
1314 (0.800 %)TDD
1412 (0.685 %)Change Management
1412 (0.685 %)Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1171 (9.766 %)SQL
2116 (6.625 %)C
374 (4.226 %)Java
457 (3.255 %)VB
551 (2.913 %)C#
640 (2.284 %)VBScript
734 (1.942 %)C++
826 (1.485 %)VB.NET
826 (1.485 %)PL/SQL
920 (1.142 %)PowerShell
1019 (1.085 %)VBA
1118 (1.028 %)Shell Script
1216 (0.914 %)VB6
1310 (0.571 %)T-SQL
1310 (0.571 %)JavaScript
1310 (0.571 %)Perl
148 (0.457 %)Python
156 (0.343 %)VC++
164 (0.228 %)PHP
164 (0.228 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1216 (12.34 %)Security Cleared
2145 (8.281 %)Microsoft Certification
3130 (7.424 %)SC Cleared
4101 (5.768 %)MCSE
586 (4.911 %)MCP
655 (3.141 %)DV Cleared
737 (2.113 %)Degree
819 (1.085 %)MCSA
819 (1.085 %)Cisco Certification
917 (0.971 %)ITIL Certification
1015 (0.857 %)CCNA
1112 (0.685 %)CISSP
1210 (0.571 %)Network+ Certification
139 (0.514 %)MCDST
148 (0.457 %)MOS
148 (0.457 %)CTC Cleared
156 (0.343 %)BC Cleared
165 (0.286 %)A+ Certification
165 (0.286 %)ISEB
174 (0.228 %)Novell Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (2.684 %)SLA
27 (0.400 %)QA
34 (0.228 %)ISO27001
43 (0.171 %)ISO17799
52 (0.114 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.057 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1696 (39.75 %)Active Directory
2101 (5.768 %)VMware Infrastructure
334 (1.942 %)VMware ESX
423 (1.314 %)Terminal Services
519 (1.085 %)Terminal Server
617 (0.971 %)Backup Exec
716 (0.914 %)NDS
814 (0.800 %)VMware Workstation
913 (0.742 %)Citrix Presentation Server
913 (0.742 %)NetBackup
1010 (0.571 %)ISA Server
118 (0.457 %)MetaFrame
127 (0.400 %)XenApp
127 (0.400 %)Oracle RAC
134 (0.228 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
143 (0.171 %)XenDesktop
152 (0.114 %)vSphere
161 (0.057 %)Hyper-V
161 (0.057 %)VMware Server
161 (0.057 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
155 (3.141 %)SCCM
249 (2.798 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
341 (2.342 %)MSI
430 (1.713 %)Norton AntiVirus
523 (1.314 %)OpenView Configuration Management
615 (0.857 %)SCOM
713 (0.742 %)ZENworks
812 (0.685 %)WSUS
98 (0.457 %)DameWare
98 (0.457 %)MOM
98 (0.457 %)McAfee ePO
107 (0.400 %)Tivoli
116 (0.343 %)Unicenter
116 (0.343 %)Legato
125 (0.286 %)Sysprep
125 (0.286 %)HP Quality Center
125 (0.286 %)WhatsUp Gold
125 (0.286 %)OpenView
134 (0.228 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
134 (0.228 %)ARCserve
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1660 (37.69 %)Microsoft
2185 (10.57 %)Citrix
3139 (7.938 %)VMware
3139 (7.938 %)HP
4114 (6.511 %)Lotus
5102 (5.825 %)Oracle
684 (4.797 %)Cisco
770 (3.998 %)Remedy
847 (2.684 %)Dell
940 (2.284 %)Novell
940 (2.284 %)Symantec
1039 (2.227 %)IBM
1132 (1.828 %)Bloomberg
1229 (1.656 %)Reuters
1327 (1.542 %)Altiris
1423 (1.314 %)LANDesk
1522 (1.256 %)CheckPoint
1621 (1.199 %)McAfee
1720 (1.142 %)SAP
1819 (1.085 %)Avaya