The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge 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 16 22 19
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 3.846% 0.769% 1.835%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 7.143% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £190 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £15.75 £13.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.15% +20.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.55 £13.00 £10.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.95 £13.00 £11.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £14.00 £12.63
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +10.89%
All Operating Systems
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
20 14 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 19.23% 10.77% 14.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 7
Average daily rate £525 £440 £451
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.31% -2.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
Average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +20.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £13.00 £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows XP
London

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) MS Office
3 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) WLAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) COM
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus
4 1 (20.00%) Remedy
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (20.00%) Life Science
4 1 (20.00%) LANDesk
4 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Migration

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WLAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Trainer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus
1 1 (20.00%) Remedy
1 1 (20.00%) LANDesk