The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 24 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 Warwickshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 11 15 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 20 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 9.662% 4.918% 3.721%
As % of the Operating Systems category 43.48% 25.00% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £255 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.10 £13.00 £13.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £17.03 £14.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
46 48 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 22.22% 19.67% 21.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 19
Average daily rate £250 £263 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £93 £190 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 11
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.75 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £17.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Warwickshire Windows XP Daily Rate Histogram

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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warwick -4 4 - -
Rugby +1 2 - -
Leamington Spa - 1 - -
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 18 (56.25%) Windows 7
3 15 (46.88%) Active Directory
3 15 (46.88%) MS Office
4 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (28.13%) MS Exchange
7 8 (25.00%) Windows 2000
7 8 (25.00%) Citrix
7 8 (25.00%) SCCM
8 7 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2010
8 7 (21.88%) HP
8 7 (21.88%) MCSE
8 7 (21.88%) MS Excel
8 7 (21.88%) DHCP
8 7 (21.88%) DNS
9 6 (18.75%) LAN
9 6 (18.75%) Cisco
9 6 (18.75%) VMware
9 6 (18.75%) Windows Vista
10 5 (15.63%) MCITP
10 5 (15.63%) Migration
10 5 (15.63%) Panasonic
10 5 (15.63%) XenApp
10 5 (15.63%) Backup Exec
10 5 (15.63%) EMC
10 5 (15.63%) VMS
11 4 (12.50%) MSI

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Platforms
1 9 (28.13%) MS Exchange
2 7 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (9.375%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 15 (46.88%) MS Office
2 7 (21.88%) MS Excel
3 4 (12.50%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) DHCP
1 7 (21.88%) DNS
2 6 (18.75%) LAN
3 3 (9.375%) Internet
3 3 (9.375%) WAN
4 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.250%) VPN
4 2 (6.250%) SAN
4 2 (6.250%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MSI
General
1 2 (6.250%) Finance
2 1 (3.125%) Automotive
2 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Desktop Support
2 5 (15.63%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Support Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Architect
3 4 (12.50%) Server Support
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 3 (9.375%) Support Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Support Specialist
4 3 (9.375%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (9.375%) Server Support Specialist
4 3 (9.375%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Helpdesk Technician
4 3 (9.375%) Server Specialist
5 2 (6.250%) Server Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Network Support
5 2 (6.250%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (56.25%) Windows 7
3 14 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (25.00%) Windows 2000
6 6 (18.75%) Windows Vista
7 5 (15.63%) VMS
8 2 (6.250%) Linux
9 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.63%) Migration
2 4 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (3.125%) Problem Management
3 1 (3.125%) ITSM
3 1 (3.125%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (21.88%) MCSE
3 5 (15.63%) MCITP
4 2 (6.250%) CCIE
4 2 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (46.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.63%) XenApp
3 3 (9.375%) VMware Server
4 1 (3.125%) XenDesktop
4 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.125%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.125%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) SCCM
2 5 (15.63%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 18 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) Citrix
3 7 (21.88%) HP
4 6 (18.75%) Cisco
4 6 (18.75%) VMware
5 5 (15.63%) Panasonic
5 5 (15.63%) EMC
6 3 (9.375%) Lotus
7 2 (6.250%) Symantec
7 2 (6.250%) Remedy
8 1 (3.125%) AppSense
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