The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Worthing 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 Worthing 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 6 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worthing 11.54% 3.226% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £157 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £219
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Worthing
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worthing 46.15% 19.35% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 1
Average daily rate £348 £165 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+110.60% -40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
West Sussex

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worthing 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 Worthing region.

Worthing 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 Worthing region.

Worthing Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worthing 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 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) HP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worthing 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 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP