Windows XP Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 35 46 51
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 66 61 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.042% 2.721% 2.801%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.50% 14.63% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 8
Average daily rate £250 £265 £254
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.66% +4.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £124 £140 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £438 £314
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 17
Average hourly rate £12.75 £14.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.92% +3.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.01 £10.80 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.20 £16.78 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
Search 22 Windows XP jobs in the West Midlands
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 322 417 320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.72% 18.60% 16.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 175 128
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £165 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 65 59
Average hourly rate £18.00 £14.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.13% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £27.60 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +4 20 £255 -
Birmingham +8 13 £130 -7.14%
Coventry +4 8 - -
Shropshire +5 5 £250 -5.66%
Worcestershire -9 4 £263 -
Staffordshire +15 3 - -
Wolverhampton +1 2 £100 -
Dudley - 2 - -
Herefordshire 0 1 - -
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 128 (100.00%) Windows
2 75 (58.59%) Windows 7
3 71 (55.47%) Microsoft
4 70 (54.69%) Active Directory
5 66 (51.56%) MS Office
6 47 (36.72%) MS Excel
7 29 (22.66%) MS Exchange
8 28 (21.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 25 (19.53%) Windows Vista
10 22 (17.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (16.41%) Windows Server 2003
12 20 (15.63%) TCP/IP
12 20 (15.63%) Windows 2000
13 19 (14.84%) LAN
13 19 (14.84%) Citrix
14 16 (12.50%) VMware
15 14 (10.94%) Migration
15 14 (10.94%) DNS
15 14 (10.94%) Cisco
16 13 (10.16%) DHCP
16 13 (10.16%) SCCM
17 11 (8.594%) Blackberry
17 11 (8.594%) SLA
17 11 (8.594%) HP
17 11 (8.594%) WAN
18 10 (7.813%) Exchange Server 2003
18 10 (7.813%) XenApp
18 10 (7.813%) Exchange Server 2010
19 9 (7.031%) SAN
20 8 (6.250%) MCSE

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 5 (3.906%) .NET
2 3 (2.344%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.563%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 29 (22.66%) MS Exchange
2 10 (7.813%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (7.813%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (4.688%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (3.906%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (1.563%) Documentum
6 1 (0.781%) Site Server
6 1 (0.781%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 66 (51.56%) MS Office
2 47 (36.72%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.125%) Office 365
4 1 (0.781%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.781%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.781%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.63%) TCP/IP
2 19 (14.84%) LAN
3 14 (10.94%) DNS
4 13 (10.16%) DHCP
5 11 (8.594%) WAN
6 9 (7.031%) SAN
7 4 (3.125%) Firewall
7 4 (3.125%) VPN
8 3 (2.344%) Internet
9 2 (1.563%) LDAP
9 2 (1.563%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.781%) 3G
10 1 (0.781%) MPLS
10 1 (0.781%) GPRS
10 1 (0.781%) VoIP
10 1 (0.781%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.906%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (3.906%) MSI
2 1 (0.781%) JIRA
General
1 4 (3.125%) Automotive
2 3 (2.344%) Finance
3 2 (1.563%) Law
3 2 (1.563%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.781%) Banking
4 1 (0.781%) Back Office
4 1 (0.781%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (21.09%) Analyst
2 24 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
3 19 (14.84%) Support Analyst
3 19 (14.84%) Desktop Support
4 18 (14.06%) Support Engineer
5 17 (13.28%) 1st Line Support
6 12 (9.375%) Service Analyst
6 12 (9.375%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (6.250%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 7 (5.469%) Desktop Analyst
8 7 (5.469%) Architect
8 7 (5.469%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 6 (4.688%) Field Engineer
10 5 (3.906%) IT Support
10 5 (3.906%) Help Desk Analyst
10 5 (3.906%) Technical Architect
11 4 (3.125%) Server Support
11 4 (3.125%) Technical Support
11 4 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 4 (3.125%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.594%) Blackberry
2 5 (3.906%) PDA
2 5 (3.906%) Fat Client
2 5 (3.906%) iPad
2 5 (3.906%) Thin Client
3 2 (1.563%) NHS
4 1 (0.781%) iPhone
4 1 (0.781%) AS400
4 1 (0.781%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 128 (100.00%) Windows
2 75 (58.59%) Windows 7
3 28 (21.88%) Windows Server 2008
4 25 (19.53%) Windows Vista
5 21 (16.41%) Windows Server 2003
6 20 (15.63%) Windows 2000
7 5 (3.906%) VMS
8 2 (1.563%) Linux
9 1 (0.781%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.781%) Android
9 1 (0.781%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.781%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.781%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.781%) Windows CE
9 1 (0.781%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (10.94%) Migration
2 8 (6.250%) ITIL
3 5 (3.906%) Change Management
4 4 (3.125%) Configuration Management
4 4 (3.125%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (3.125%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (3.125%) Supplier Management
5 3 (2.344%) Software Testing
5 3 (2.344%) Validation
6 2 (1.563%) Problem Management
6 2 (1.563%) Performance Management
7 1 (0.781%) TOGAF
7 1 (0.781%) Logistics
7 1 (0.781%) Load Balancing
7 1 (0.781%) Data Migration
7 1 (0.781%) Time Management
7 1 (0.781%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (0.781%) Web Testing
7 1 (0.781%) Test Scripting
7 1 (0.781%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.688%) SQL
2 3 (2.344%) T-SQL
2 3 (2.344%) C
2 3 (2.344%) C#
2 3 (2.344%) C++
3 2 (1.563%) VB
3 2 (1.563%) VB.NET
3 2 (1.563%) VBA
3 2 (1.563%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.563%) VB6
4 1 (0.781%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (17.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (6.250%) MCSE
3 5 (3.906%) MCITP
3 5 (3.906%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.906%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.563%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.563%) CCIE
5 1 (0.781%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.781%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.594%) SLA
2 4 (3.125%) QA
3 3 (2.344%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.344%) TickIT
System Software
1 70 (54.69%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.813%) XenApp
3 8 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.344%) VMware Server
4 3 (2.344%) VMware ESX
5 2 (1.563%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.781%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.781%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.781%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.781%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.781%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.781%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (10.16%) SCCM
2 6 (4.688%) Backup Exec
3 5 (3.906%) DameWare
4 3 (2.344%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (2.344%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 2 (1.563%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.563%) SCOM
6 1 (0.781%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.781%) OpenView
6 1 (0.781%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 71 (55.47%) Microsoft
2 19 (14.84%) Citrix
3 16 (12.50%) VMware
4 14 (10.94%) Cisco
5 11 (8.594%) HP
6 6 (4.688%) Symantec
7 5 (3.906%) Panasonic
7 5 (3.906%) Lotus
7 5 (3.906%) EMC
8 4 (3.125%) Remedy
9 2 (1.563%) AppSense
9 2 (1.563%) Oracle
10 1 (0.781%) Altiris
10 1 (0.781%) Google
10 1 (0.781%) LANDesk
10 1 (0.781%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.781%) Dell
10 1 (0.781%) Novell
10 1 (0.781%) Avaya
10 1 (0.781%) SAP
IT Desktop Support - Long term contract
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Microsoft certified IT Desktop Support Specialist with own transport required to work for a large organisation on the outskirts of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire- This is a fantastic...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP13 per hour
Posted: 10 May 2013
Network Engineer
Coventry, West Midlands
The rate will be 300-350 p/d based on experience of the following skills: VMware Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 7 & 8 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Service Desk Analyst Solihull
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Service Desk Analyst/Active Directory/Exchange/LAN/WAN/Rates Negiotiable on experience... Key Skills: -Windows XP/7 -Office 2010 -Active Directory -LAN/WAN -ITIL Desirable: -ERP, SAP, JDE.
Roc Search
Posted: 24 May 2013
2nd Line support/Windows Server/Exchange/SQL/Cisco
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Roc Searches client are currently recruiting for a number of positions due to an increased work level. The ideal candidate will have a varied background in support thus...
Roc Search
Posted: 20 May 2013
2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer (Birmingham)
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Essential skills are skills and experience in similar roles providing 2nd line support to end users :- Windows XP (client in middle of moving to Windows 7/8 shortly...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £15 - £18 per hour + depending on experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
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