Windows XP Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows XP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Windows XP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows XP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 520 643
Rank change year-on-year +45 +123 +80
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 10 22 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.059% 0.020%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.29% 0.43% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 18 3
10th Percentile £492 £238 -
25th Percentile £497 £376 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £605 £150
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +303.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £521 £608 £225
90th Percentile £522 - £270
UK median daily rate £351 £605 £163
% change year-on-year -42.07% +272.31% -14.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £16.33
25th Percentile - £26.25 £18.17
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% +37.66%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £46.25
90th Percentile - - £59.75
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year - +22.22% +41.87%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows XP falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows XP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Windows XP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows XP in England

Windows XP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows XP in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows XP in England

Windows XP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows XP in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows XP in England

Windows XP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +25 7 - -
North West +23 7 - -
Midlands +24 3 £512 +220.00%
West Midlands - 3 £512 -
Windows XP
UK

Windows XP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 8
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 5 (50.00%) Business Case
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (50.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 5 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
1 5 (50.00%) Time Management
2 3 (30.00%) Change Control
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCNA
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Canon
3 3 (30.00%) VMware