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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 533 630
Rank change year-on-year +52 +97 +97
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 13 20 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.050% 0.054% 0.008%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.36% 0.39% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 0
10th Percentile - £213 -
25th Percentile £145 £451 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £605 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.19% - -
75th Percentile £523 £608 -
90th Percentile £569 - -
UK median daily rate £501 £605 £175
% change year-on-year -17.19% +245.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £16.32 £17.65
25th Percentile - £17.98 £25.75
Median hourly rate - £21.85 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -45.39% +150.47%
75th Percentile - £25.85 £54.75
90th Percentile - £27.59 £63.15
UK median hourly rate - £21.85 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -45.39% +150.47%

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 3,598 5,191 7,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.93% 13.91% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,418 3,440 5,328
10th Percentile £200 £190 £193
25th Percentile £313 £313 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 394 368
10th Percentile £15.17 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.00 £18.47
Median hourly rate £19.36 £24.93 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -41.35% +88.89%
75th Percentile £49.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.25 £24.93 £42.50
% change year-on-year -10.74% -41.35% +88.89%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows XP in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 2 July 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 West +17 8 £600 - 1
North of England +16 8 £600 - 1
Midlands +8 3 £512 +220.00%
West Midlands - 3 £512 -
London +37 2 £150 -45.45% 14
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (38.46%) MS Visio
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Google Workspace
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) LAN
1 5 (38.46%) VPN
2 4 (30.77%) Firewall
3 2 (15.38%) DHCP
3 2 (15.38%) DNS
General
1 10 (76.92%) Manufacturing
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Electronics
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 7 (53.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 7 (53.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 7 (53.85%) 2nd Line Support
1 7 (53.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 7 (53.85%) Desktop Engineer
1 7 (53.85%) Desktop Support
1 7 (53.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 7 (53.85%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) IT Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (76.92%) Windows 10
3 7 (53.85%) Windows 8
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
6 2 (15.38%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
1 5 (38.46%) Business Case
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
1 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
1 5 (38.46%) Proactive Maintenance
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
1 5 (38.46%) Technical Analysis
1 5 (38.46%) Time Management
2 3 (23.08%) Change Control
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
3 2 (15.38%) Server Management
4 1 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CCNA
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GxP
1 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) vSphere
3 2 (15.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (15.38%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Canon
3 5 (38.46%) VMware
4 2 (15.38%) Adobe
4 2 (15.38%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco
4 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 2 (15.38%) Dell
4 2 (15.38%) Draytek
4 2 (15.38%) Google
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) Kaspersky
4 2 (15.38%) NETGEAR
4 2 (15.38%) Panasonic
4 2 (15.38%) Sage
4 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 2 (15.38%) Toshiba
4 2 (15.38%) WatchGuard
4 2 (15.38%) Webroot
4 2 (15.38%) Wyse