The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 46 42 50
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 70 81 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 3.763% 3.605% 2.854%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.57% 18.16% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 5
Average daily rate £196 £193 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.94% -3.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £96 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £315 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 42 21
Average hourly rate £12.00 £12.00 £12.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -0.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £10.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.80 £22.80 £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.63
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +10.89%
All Operating Systems
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
516 446 376
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 27.74% 19.85% 20.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 209 150
Average daily rate £308 £295 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.23% -9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £138 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 74 52
Average hourly rate £12.75 £14.00 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.92% -16.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £24.00
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -3 45 £308 +50.00%
South Yorkshire 0 12 £100 -42.85%
East Yorkshire -2 6 £120 -
North Yorkshire -4 3 - -
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 138 (100.00%) Windows
2 78 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 78 (56.52%) Active Directory
3 70 (50.72%) MS Office
4 68 (49.28%) Windows 7
5 51 (36.96%) Windows Server 2003
6 45 (32.61%) Windows Server 2008
7 43 (31.16%) MS Exchange
8 34 (24.64%) ITIL
9 32 (23.19%) Windows 2000
9 32 (23.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (22.46%) MS Excel
10 31 (22.46%) Exchange Server 2003
11 29 (21.01%) Windows Vista
11 29 (21.01%) Citrix
12 24 (17.39%) SQL Server
13 22 (15.94%) MCSE
13 22 (15.94%) SLA
14 20 (14.49%) LAN
14 20 (14.49%) WAN
15 19 (13.77%) SAN
16 17 (12.32%) Cisco
16 17 (12.32%) Exchange Server 2007
17 16 (11.59%) VMware
18 14 (10.14%) MCP
19 13 (9.420%) NAS
19 13 (9.420%) F5
20 12 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
21 11 (7.971%) SCCM
22 10 (7.246%) Internet

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 3 (2.174%) HTML
1 3 (2.174%) XML
1 3 (2.174%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.449%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.449%) .NET
3 1 (0.725%) XML Schema
3 1 (0.725%) COM
3 1 (0.725%) CSS
3 1 (0.725%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 43 (31.16%) MS Exchange
2 31 (22.46%) Exchange Server 2003
3 17 (12.32%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (7.246%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (6.522%) Lotus Notes
6 5 (3.623%) Lotus Domino
6 5 (3.623%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.449%) WorkSite
7 2 (1.449%) Apache
8 1 (0.725%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.725%) Confluence
8 1 (0.725%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 70 (50.72%) MS Office
2 31 (22.46%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.449%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.449%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.725%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.174%) Line 500
2 2 (1.449%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.49%) LAN
1 20 (14.49%) WAN
2 19 (13.77%) SAN
3 13 (9.420%) NAS
4 10 (7.246%) Internet
4 10 (7.246%) DNS
5 9 (6.522%) DHCP
6 7 (5.072%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.623%) Wireless
8 4 (2.899%) VoIP
8 4 (2.899%) Firewall
9 2 (1.449%) VLAN
9 2 (1.449%) VPN
10 1 (0.725%) NetScreen
10 1 (0.725%) OpenLDAP
10 1 (0.725%) Network Security
10 1 (0.725%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.623%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.449%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.449%) MySQL
5 1 (0.725%) TOAD
5 1 (0.725%) MS Access
5 1 (0.725%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.725%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (2.899%) MSI
2 2 (1.449%) JIRA
2 2 (1.449%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.725%) WinRunner
3 1 (0.725%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.725%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.725%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.725%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.725%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (3.623%) Telecoms
1 5 (3.623%) Legal
2 4 (2.899%) Publishing
3 3 (2.174%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.449%) Law
5 1 (0.725%) Electronics
5 1 (0.725%) Back Office
5 1 (0.725%) Finance
5 1 (0.725%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.725%) Military
Job Titles
1 55 (39.86%) Analyst
2 33 (23.91%) Support Engineer
3 28 (20.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 25 (18.12%) Support Analyst
5 21 (15.22%) Service Analyst
5 21 (15.22%) Service Desk Analyst
6 20 (14.49%) Desktop Support
7 15 (10.87%) IT Support
8 14 (10.14%) Desktop Engineer
9 13 (9.420%) 1st Line Support
10 12 (8.696%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (7.246%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 10 (7.246%) Technical Support
12 9 (6.522%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (6.522%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 8 (5.797%) Messaging Analyst
14 7 (5.072%) 3rd Line Support
14 7 (5.072%) Help Desk Support
15 5 (3.623%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
15 5 (3.623%) Messaging Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.797%) Blackberry
2 4 (2.899%) NHS
3 3 (2.174%) Replication
4 2 (1.449%) PDA
4 2 (1.449%) AS400
5 1 (0.725%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.725%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.725%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.725%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.725%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 138 (100.00%) Windows
2 68 (49.28%) Windows 7
3 51 (36.96%) Windows Server 2003
4 45 (32.61%) Windows Server 2008
5 32 (23.19%) Windows 2000
6 29 (21.01%) Windows Vista
7 10 (7.246%) UNIX
8 5 (3.623%) Windows NT
9 3 (2.174%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.449%) Windows Mobile
10 2 (1.449%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.449%) Linux
10 2 (1.449%) Windows CE
11 1 (0.725%) Solaris
11 1 (0.725%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.64%) ITIL
2 8 (5.797%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (4.348%) Incident Management
3 6 (4.348%) Time Management
3 6 (4.348%) Service Delivery
4 5 (3.623%) Service Management
5 4 (2.899%) Migration
5 4 (2.899%) Asset Management
6 3 (2.174%) ERP
6 3 (2.174%) Network Management
6 3 (2.174%) Problem Management
6 3 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (2.174%) Performance Management
7 2 (1.449%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (1.449%) Document Management
7 2 (1.449%) Test Management
7 2 (1.449%) Test Scripting
7 2 (1.449%) ITIL V3
7 2 (1.449%) CRM
8 1 (0.725%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.623%) SQL
1 5 (3.623%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.174%) VBScript
3 2 (1.449%) Java
3 2 (1.449%) C
3 2 (1.449%) PHP
4 1 (0.725%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.725%) VB
4 1 (0.725%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.725%) C#
4 1 (0.725%) C++
4 1 (0.725%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.725%) Perl
4 1 (0.725%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (23.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (15.94%) MCSE
3 14 (10.14%) MCP
4 9 (6.522%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.072%) MCSA
6 5 (3.623%) HNC
6 5 (3.623%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.174%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.174%) CCNA
7 3 (2.174%) ISEB
7 3 (2.174%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.174%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.449%) MCITP
8 2 (1.449%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.725%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.725%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.725%) MCDST
9 1 (0.725%) Degree
9 1 (0.725%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.94%) SLA
2 2 (1.449%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.725%) QA
System Software
1 78 (56.52%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.348%) XenApp
4 4 (2.899%) Terminal Services
5 3 (2.174%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.449%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.725%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.725%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.725%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 11 (7.971%) SCCM
2 5 (3.623%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (2.899%) WSUS
3 4 (2.899%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (2.899%) Unicenter
4 1 (0.725%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 78 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.01%) Citrix
3 17 (12.32%) Cisco
4 16 (11.59%) VMware
5 13 (9.420%) F5
6 9 (6.522%) Lotus
7 7 (5.072%) HP
8 4 (2.899%) LANDesk
8 4 (2.899%) CA
9 3 (2.174%) Sage
10 2 (1.449%) Oracle
10 2 (1.449%) Avaya
10 2 (1.449%) Juniper
10 2 (1.449%) Apple
10 2 (1.449%) Remedy
11 1 (0.725%) McAfee
11 1 (0.725%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.725%) Symantec
11 1 (0.725%) NetApp
11 1 (0.725%) Novell
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