The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Abingdon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 11 22 23
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 28 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 19.58% 0.917% 4.348%
As % of the Operating Systems category 47.46% 10.00% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 20 1 6
Average salary £24,000 £21,500 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.62% +13.15%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Abingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
59 10 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 41.26% 9.174% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 51 10 16
Average salary £30,000 £36,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £36,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Oxfordshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Abingdon Windows XP Jobs Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Abingdon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Abingdon Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP.

1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (79.41%) MS Office
3 25 (73.53%) SQL
4 22 (64.71%) Microsoft
5 18 (52.94%) MS Excel
6 17 (50.00%) TCP/IP
6 17 (50.00%) Active Directory
6 17 (50.00%) Blackberry
6 17 (50.00%) VMware
7 16 (47.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 16 (47.06%) Citrix
7 16 (47.06%) Cisco
7 16 (47.06%) Apple
7 16 (47.06%) MS Exchange
7 16 (47.06%) VoIP
7 16 (47.06%) WatchGuard
7 16 (47.06%) Cisco IOS
8 14 (41.18%) SQL Server
9 12 (35.29%) SAN
9 12 (35.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (29.41%) Windows Vista
11 9 (26.47%) C#
11 9 (26.47%) .NET
12 8 (23.53%) MCP
12 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (20.59%) Internet
13 7 (20.59%) Extranet
13 7 (20.59%) XHTML
13 7 (20.59%) IIS

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (26.47%) .NET
2 7 (20.59%) XHTML
2 7 (20.59%) ASP.NET
3 2 (5.882%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.882%) WCF
3 2 (5.882%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 16 (47.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 16 (47.06%) MS Exchange
2 7 (20.59%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (79.41%) MS Office
2 18 (52.94%) MS Excel
3 7 (20.59%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 17 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 16 (47.06%) VoIP
2 16 (47.06%) Cisco IOS
3 12 (35.29%) SAN
4 7 (20.59%) Internet
4 7 (20.59%) Extranet
5 1 (2.941%) DNS
5 1 (2.941%) DHCP
5 1 (2.941%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 12 (35.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (20.59%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (14.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (14.71%) DTS
5 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (35.29%) IT Support
3 9 (26.47%) Support Engineer
3 9 (26.47%) Developer
3 9 (26.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (20.59%) Systems Developer
5 6 (17.65%) Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) Data Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (8.824%) Technical Support Specialist
7 3 (8.824%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (8.824%) Support Specialist
7 3 (8.824%) Technical Support
7 3 (8.824%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (5.882%) Software Developer
9 1 (2.941%) Senior Systems Analyst
9 1 (2.941%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.941%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.882%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (29.41%) Windows Vista
3 4 (11.76%) Windows 7
4 3 (8.824%) Windows NT
5 1 (2.941%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Project Management
1 7 (20.59%) Software Engineering
2 3 (8.824%) Web Application Development
2 3 (8.824%) Business Development
3 2 (5.882%) Migration
3 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (5.882%) OOP
3 2 (5.882%) OO
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) SQL
2 9 (26.47%) C#
3 2 (5.882%) VB6
3 2 (5.882%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.882%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) MCP
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (14.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (14.71%) MCITP
2 5 (14.71%) MCSE
2 5 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (14.71%) CCNP
2 5 (14.71%) CCNA
3 3 (8.824%) MCDST
4 2 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 17 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.941%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 22 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (50.00%) VMware
3 16 (47.06%) Citrix
3 16 (47.06%) Cisco
3 16 (47.06%) Apple
3 16 (47.06%) WatchGuard