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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4532
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads63
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.941 %5.085 %
Salaries quoted63
Average minimum salary£33,000£18,000
Average salary£33,500£20,000
% change on same period last year+67.50 %
Average maximum salary£34,000£22,000
UK excluding London average salary£26,579£26,717
% change on same period last year-0.51 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads10159
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.025 %
Salaries quoted9652
Average minimum salary£32,425£24,816
Average salary£34,126£27,461
% change on same period last year+24.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,826£30,107
UK excluding London average salary£34,285£34,402
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Windows XP BedfordshireWindows XP
Bedfordshire

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bedford Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Bedford Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

110 (100.00 %)Windows
29 (90.00 %)Active Directory
38 (80.00 %)VMware
47 (70.00 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (70.00 %)MS Exchange
56 (60.00 %)Microsoft
56 (60.00 %)SQL Server
56 (60.00 %)IIS
56 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
65 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
65 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
65 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (50.00 %)MS Office
65 (50.00 %)Internet
65 (50.00 %)SharePoint
65 (50.00 %)DNS
65 (50.00 %)SSL
74 (40.00 %)DHCP
74 (40.00 %)ASP
74 (40.00 %)VBScript
74 (40.00 %)VB
74 (40.00 %)VBA
74 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
83 (30.00 %)McAfee Security
83 (30.00 %)Blackberry
83 (30.00 %)Backup Exec
83 (30.00 %)MCDST
83 (30.00 %)Windows 2000

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (40.00 %)ASP
21 (10.00 %).NET Framework
21 (10.00 %).NET
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (70.00 %)MS Exchange
26 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
26 (60.00 %)IIS
35 (50.00 %)SharePoint
35 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
44 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
53 (30.00 %)Lotus Notes
53 (30.00 %)Lotus Domino
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (50.00 %)MS Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)DNS
15 (50.00 %)SSL
15 (50.00 %)Internet
24 (40.00 %)DHCP
31 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (10.00 %)LAN
31 (10.00 %)WAN
31 (10.00 %)Firewall
31 (10.00 %)Wireless
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (60.00 %)SQL Server
16 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Health
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Analyst
23 (30.00 %)Support Technician
23 (30.00 %)Server Support
23 (30.00 %)Network Technician
23 (30.00 %)Network Support
23 (30.00 %)Network Support Technician
32 (20.00 %)Integration Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Systems Engineer
32 (20.00 %)Network Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Desktop Support Technician
32 (20.00 %)Server Support Technician
32 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support
32 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
41 (10.00 %)Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Technical Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Senior Systems Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Field Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Senior Analyst
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)Blackberry
22 (20.00 %)Management Information System
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (100.00 %)Windows
27 (70.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
35 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
43 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
51 (10.00 %)Linux
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Project Management
11 (10.00 %)Web Development
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)VBScript
14 (40.00 %)VB
14 (40.00 %)VBA
22 (20.00 %)C#
31 (10.00 %)SQL
31 (10.00 %)VB.NET
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (30.00 %)MCDST
22 (20.00 %)MCSA
31 (10.00 %)MCSE
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (90.00 %)Active Directory
25 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (30.00 %)Backup Exec
41 (10.00 %)VMware ESX
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (80.00 %)VMware
26 (60.00 %)Microsoft
33 (30.00 %)Intel
33 (30.00 %)VERITAS
33 (30.00 %)Lotus
33 (30.00 %)McAfee Security
33 (30.00 %)IBM
41 (10.00 %)Cisco
41 (10.00 %)CheckPoint