Windows XP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows XP
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows XP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows XP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 - 614
Rank change year-on-year - - -139
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% - 0.011%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.32% - 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £204 - £215
25th Percentile £240 - £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.51%
75th Percentile - - £544
90th Percentile - - £548
UK median daily rate £605 £175 £200
% change year-on-year +245.71% -12.50% -56.16%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows XP is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,585 3,510 5,447
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.41% 13.75% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 2,471 3,850
10th Percentile £225 £250 £294
25th Percentile £350 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £680 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £470 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -6.84% +0.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 101 163
10th Percentile £13.05 £19.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £55.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +29.41% +18.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.66% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows XP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows XP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows XP trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows XP.

Windows XP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows XP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Windows XP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows XP.

Windows XP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows XP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Automation Test Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Test Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Test Leader
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) Unix
3 2 (40.00%) VMS
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 2 (40.00%) Terraform
3 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
2 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Altiris
3 1 (20.00%) VMware