Windows XP Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Windows XP
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 159 184 216
Rank change year-on-year +25 +32 -4
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.021% 0.069%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.26% 0.14% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
England median daily rate £512 £605 £150
% change year-on-year -15.37% +303.33% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -67.86%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year - +22.22% +37.66%

All Operating Systems
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 557 725 911
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.90% 15.21% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 495 652
10th Percentile £163 £167 £165
25th Percentile £210 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £575
90th Percentile £635 £650 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 80 57
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.98
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.95 £17.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.00 £28.70
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -44.25% +63.35%
75th Percentile £19.75 £19.44 £43.75
90th Percentile £41.50 £30.68 £49.52
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows XP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows XP in the North of England

Windows XP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows XP in the North of England

Windows XP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows XP in the North of England

Windows XP
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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 West +23 7 - -
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (71.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (71.43%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
1 5 (71.43%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
General
1 7 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Support
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 8
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Asset Management
1 5 (71.43%) Business Case
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
1 5 (71.43%) Proactive Maintenance
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Analysis
1 5 (71.43%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Canon