Windows XP Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows XP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows XP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 516 588
Rank change year-on-year +12 +72 +143
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 8 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.036% 0.005%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.21% 0.25% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 0
10th Percentile - £179 -
25th Percentile £145 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £605 -
Median % change year-on-year -75.21% - -
75th Percentile £378 £608 -
90th Percentile £511 - -
UK median daily rate £150 £605 -
% change year-on-year -75.21% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £16.32 -
25th Percentile - £17.98 £12.25
Median hourly rate - £21.85 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year - +74.76% -21.73%
75th Percentile - £25.85 £12.75
90th Percentile - £27.59 -
UK median hourly rate - £21.85 £12.50
% change year-on-year - +74.76% -21.88%

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 3,829 4,729 6,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.78% 14.36% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,523 3,019 4,565
10th Percentile £190 £200 £186
25th Percentile £294 £329 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £631
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 235 332
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.83 £20.15 £18.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
Median % change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%
75th Percentile £60.94 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.45% +4.74% +98.66%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows XP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows XP

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows XP in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows XP in England

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows XP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows XP

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 18 September 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 -9 6 £600 -
North West -10 6 £600 -
London - 2 £150 - 1
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (62.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) DHCP
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 8 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Electronics
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 7 (87.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Desktop Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Desktop Support
1 7 (87.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 10
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 8
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (25.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Asset Management
1 5 (62.50%) Business Case
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
1 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
1 5 (62.50%) Proactive Maintenance
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
1 5 (62.50%) Technical Analysis
1 5 (62.50%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Server Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GxP
1 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) vSphere
2 2 (25.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Canon
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Adobe
3 2 (25.00%) Autodesk
3 2 (25.00%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) Dell
3 2 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Kaspersky
3 2 (25.00%) McAfee
3 2 (25.00%) NETGEAR
3 2 (25.00%) Panasonic
3 2 (25.00%) Sage
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (25.00%) Sophos
3 2 (25.00%) Spiceworks
3 2 (25.00%) Symantec