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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 19 March 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 for the West Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank383720
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-17
Matching contract IT job ads322496
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire3.039 %2.765 %5.255 %
As % of the Operating Systems category21.48 %19.20 %30.00 %
Daily rates quoted1238
Average daily rate£325£125£150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+159.60 %-16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£125£105
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£364£125£240
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£250£200
% change year-on-year
+12.00 %+25.00 %
Hourly rates quoted10823
Average hourly rate£9.50£10.13£12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.170 %-19.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£8.50£10.56
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.30£19.05£17.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.50£14.00£13.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71 %+3.700 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
149125320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire14.15 %14.40 %17.52 %
Daily rates quoted451663
Average daily rate£300£280£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£125£150
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£376£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted231755
Average hourly rate£9.50£11.46£14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.10 %-20.96 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.80£8.50£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.40£25.00£33.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows XP YorkshireWindows XP
Yorkshire

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 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
LeedsUp+1223£325+159.60 %
WetherbyNo change01--
HalifaxNew entry-1--
Windows XP YorkshireWindows XP
Yorkshire

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

183 (100.00 %)Windows
262 (74.70 %)Windows Server 2003
348 (57.83 %)Active Directory
446 (55.42 %)Microsoft
529 (34.94 %)TCP/IP
628 (33.73 %)VMware
628 (33.73 %)VMware Infrastructure
725 (30.12 %)MS Office
824 (28.92 %)DNS
921 (25.30 %)LAN
921 (25.30 %)WAN
1020 (24.10 %)MS Exchange
1020 (24.10 %)NetApp
1119 (22.89 %)ITIL
1218 (21.69 %)SQL
1218 (21.69 %)SharePoint
1315 (18.07 %)Firewall
1315 (18.07 %)Oracle
1315 (18.07 %)SAN
1315 (18.07 %)NHS
1315 (18.07 %)Exchange Server 2007
1411 (13.25 %)SQL Server 2000
1411 (13.25 %)Citrix
1411 (13.25 %)SQL Server
1411 (13.25 %)Web Services
1411 (13.25 %)MS Excel
1411 (13.25 %)Windows Vista
1411 (13.25 %)NAS
1510 (12.05 %)SQL Server 2008
1510 (12.05 %)Degree

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (13.25 %)Web Services
22 (2.410 %)XML
22 (2.410 %)Middleware
22 (2.410 %)XML Messaging
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (24.10 %)MS Exchange
218 (21.69 %)SharePoint
315 (18.07 %)Exchange Server 2007
49 (10.84 %)IIS
54 (4.819 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
63 (3.614 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (3.614 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (1.205 %)Lotus Notes
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
125 (30.12 %)MS Office
211 (13.25 %)MS Excel
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (6.024 %)Microsoft CRM
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (34.94 %)TCP/IP
224 (28.92 %)DNS
321 (25.30 %)LAN
321 (25.30 %)WAN
415 (18.07 %)Firewall
415 (18.07 %)SAN
511 (13.25 %)NAS
66 (7.229 %)VPN
74 (4.819 %)DHCP
82 (2.410 %)LDAP
91 (1.205 %)Wireless
91 (1.205 %)Intranet
91 (1.205 %)Internet
91 (1.205 %)SSL
91 (1.205 %)VoIP
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (13.25 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (13.25 %)SQL Server
210 (12.05 %)SQL Server 2008
210 (12.05 %)SQL Server 2005
210 (12.05 %)Oracle 8/8i
35 (6.024 %)Oracle OLAP
35 (6.024 %)Datawarehouse
35 (6.024 %)OLAP
44 (4.819 %)Oracle 9i
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (4.819 %)Finance
23 (3.614 %)Manufacturing
23 (3.614 %)Government
23 (3.614 %)Health
32 (2.410 %)Aerospace
41 (1.205 %)Banking
41 (1.205 %)Law
41 (1.205 %)Legal
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
118 (21.69 %)Support Engineer
214 (16.87 %)3rd Line Support
313 (15.66 %)Desktop Support
313 (15.66 %)Analyst
410 (12.05 %)Server Support
58 (9.639 %)DBA
58 (9.639 %)Technical Support
67 (8.434 %)Support Analyst
67 (8.434 %)2nd Line Support
67 (8.434 %)Administrator
76 (7.229 %)Technical Support Engineer
76 (7.229 %)Technical Engineer
76 (7.229 %)Senior Technical Support
76 (7.229 %)Senior Support Engineer
76 (7.229 %)Senior Technical Support Engineer
85 (6.024 %)IT Support
85 (6.024 %)Technical Analyst
94 (4.819 %)Infrastructure Manager
94 (4.819 %)IT Support Engineer
94 (4.819 %)Helpdesk Engineer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (18.07 %)NHS
25 (6.024 %)Blackberry
33 (3.614 %)PDA
33 (3.614 %)Video Conferencing
42 (2.410 %)Smartcard
42 (2.410 %)PKI
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
183 (100.00 %)Windows
262 (74.70 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (13.25 %)Windows Vista
47 (8.434 %)Windows NT
55 (6.024 %)Linux
55 (6.024 %)Windows 2000
64 (4.819 %)UNIX
64 (4.819 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (3.614 %)HPUX
73 (3.614 %)Solaris
82 (2.410 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (1.205 %)Windows Mobile
91 (1.205 %)NetWare
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
119 (22.89 %)ITIL
26 (7.229 %)Load Balancing
35 (6.024 %)Business Intelligence
35 (6.024 %)CRM
44 (4.819 %)Service Management
44 (4.819 %)Penetration Testing
53 (3.614 %)Incident Management
62 (2.410 %)Service Delivery
62 (2.410 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (2.410 %)Risk Assessment
71 (1.205 %)Logistics
71 (1.205 %)Benchmarking
71 (1.205 %)Project Management
71 (1.205 %)PRINCE2
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (21.69 %)SQL
28 (9.639 %)C
32 (2.410 %)Perl
41 (1.205 %)VBScript
41 (1.205 %)VB
41 (1.205 %)VBA
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (12.05 %)Degree
23 (3.614 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (3.614 %)MCSE
23 (3.614 %)MCSA
32 (2.410 %)SC Cleared
32 (2.410 %)Security Cleared
32 (2.410 %)MCDST
41 (1.205 %)MOS
41 (1.205 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (1.205 %)CCA
41 (1.205 %)Citrix Certification
41 (1.205 %)CISSP
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.614 %)ISO27001
13 (3.614 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
13 (3.614 %)ISO17799
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
148 (57.83 %)Active Directory
228 (33.73 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (7.229 %)ISA Server
43 (3.614 %)Citrix Presentation Server
43 (3.614 %)XenApp
43 (3.614 %)XenDesktop
51 (1.205 %)Novell eDirectory
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (9.639 %)ZENworks
25 (6.024 %)WhatsUp Gold
34 (4.819 %)Norton AntiVirus
34 (4.819 %)WSUS
43 (3.614 %)BMC Marimba
43 (3.614 %)Backup Exec
52 (2.410 %)Unicenter
61 (1.205 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
146 (55.42 %)Microsoft
228 (33.73 %)VMware
320 (24.10 %)NetApp
415 (18.07 %)Oracle
511 (13.25 %)Citrix
67 (8.434 %)Dell
75 (6.024 %)Symantec
84 (4.819 %)IBM
93 (3.614 %)Altiris
93 (3.614 %)Avaya
93 (3.614 %)Adobe
102 (2.410 %)HP
102 (2.410 %)CA
102 (2.410 %)CheckPoint
111 (1.205 %)McAfee
111 (1.205 %)Novell
111 (1.205 %)Lotus
111 (1.205 %)Juniper
111 (1.205 %)Nortel