The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 17 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 74 146 135
Rank change year-on-year
+72 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 167 78 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.246% 1.272% 1.184%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.43% 4.196% 4.133%
Number of salaries quoted 98 60 46
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £37,250 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1601 1859 1476
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 31.12% 30.31% 28.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1294 1550 1233
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bracknell +7 65 £33,000 +1.53%
Reading +26 44 £25,000 -5.66%
Wokingham +18 12 £45,000 +73.07%
Slough -10 8 £37,500 +15.38%
Newbury - 8 £27,500 -
Windsor +2 3 £36,000 -
Thatcham - 2 £35,000 -
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 341 (100.00%) Windows
2 225 (65.98%) Active Directory
3 211 (61.88%) Windows Server 2003
4 201 (58.94%) Microsoft
5 177 (51.91%) Security Cleared
6 165 (48.39%) SC Cleared
7 163 (47.80%) Finance
8 150 (43.99%) Telecoms
9 149 (43.70%) Retail
10 144 (42.23%) Fujitsu
11 142 (41.64%) MS Exchange
12 128 (37.54%) MS Excel
13 126 (36.95%) Windows Server 2008
14 112 (32.84%) Exchange Server 2003
15 92 (26.98%) ITIL
16 90 (26.39%) Windows 7
16 90 (26.39%) Exchange Server 2010
17 85 (24.93%) VMware
18 84 (24.63%) Incident Management
19 83 (24.34%) SQL Server
20 77 (22.58%) MS Office
20 77 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
21 76 (22.29%) Blackberry
22 73 (21.41%) Microsoft Certification
23 72 (21.11%) Clustering
24 70 (20.53%) SharePoint
25 67 (19.65%) IIS
26 65 (19.06%) SCCM
27 63 (18.48%) TCP/IP
28 62 (18.18%) High Availability

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 28 (8.211%) .NET
2 15 (4.399%) ASP.NET
2 15 (4.399%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 14 (4.106%) XML
4 12 (3.519%) HTML
5 11 (3.226%) XSLT
6 8 (2.346%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.760%) Application Packaging
7 6 (1.760%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.880%) XML Messaging
9 2 (0.587%) Ruby on Rails
10 1 (0.293%) MDX
10 1 (0.293%) COM
Application Platforms
1 142 (41.64%) MS Exchange
2 112 (32.84%) Exchange Server 2003
3 90 (26.39%) Exchange Server 2010
4 70 (20.53%) SharePoint
5 67 (19.65%) IIS
6 55 (16.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 52 (15.25%) Live Communications Server
8 31 (9.091%) Lotus Domino
9 26 (7.625%) SharePoint Server
10 24 (7.038%) Exchange Server 2007
10 24 (7.038%) Tomcat
11 15 (4.399%) Apache
12 10 (2.933%) Lotus Notes
13 6 (1.760%) Exchange Server 2000
14 5 (1.466%) MSMQ
15 3 (0.880%) Lync
16 2 (0.587%) Jetty
17 1 (0.293%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 128 (37.54%) MS Excel
2 77 (22.58%) MS Office
3 2 (0.587%) Office 365
4 1 (0.293%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.226%) Oracle BPM
2 8 (2.346%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.587%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.293%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.293%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 63 (18.48%) TCP/IP
2 61 (17.89%) LAN
3 55 (16.13%) WAN
4 39 (11.44%) DHCP
4 39 (11.44%) DNS
5 37 (10.85%) SAN
6 21 (6.158%) Firewall
7 20 (5.865%) LDAP
8 14 (4.106%) Internet
9 11 (3.226%) SMTP
10 9 (2.639%) VPN
11 8 (2.346%) Unified Communications
12 7 (2.053%) X.500
13 6 (1.760%) SMS
13 6 (1.760%) VoIP
14 4 (1.173%) Intranet
14 4 (1.173%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.880%) VLAN
16 2 (0.587%) Cisco IOS
16 2 (0.587%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (24.34%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.918%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (4.985%) Oracle 8/8i
4 15 (4.399%) IDOL
5 11 (3.226%) RDBMS
6 9 (2.639%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (1.466%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (0.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.293%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.293%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.293%) MS Access
9 1 (0.293%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (9.677%) LoadRunner
2 21 (6.158%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.639%) QuickTest Pro
4 8 (2.346%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (1.466%) SilkTest
6 4 (1.173%) WinRunner
6 4 (1.173%) TestDirector
7 3 (0.880%) NUnit
7 3 (0.880%) CruiseControl
7 3 (0.880%) NCover
8 1 (0.293%) Git (software)
8 1 (0.293%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.293%) Subversion
General
1 163 (47.80%) Finance
2 150 (43.99%) Telecoms
3 149 (43.70%) Retail
4 14 (4.106%) Banking
5 7 (2.053%) Military
5 7 (2.053%) French Language
5 7 (2.053%) German Language
6 5 (1.466%) Law
7 4 (1.173%) Local Government
8 1 (0.293%) Billing
Job Titles
1 90 (26.39%) Support Engineer
2 66 (19.35%) Analyst
3 37 (10.85%) Messaging Engineer
4 33 (9.677%) Desktop Support
5 32 (9.384%) 2nd Line Support
6 31 (9.091%) Support Analyst
7 30 (8.798%) Desktop Engineer
7 30 (8.798%) Security Engineer
8 28 (8.211%) Designer
8 28 (8.211%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 25 (7.331%) 3rd Line Support
10 24 (7.038%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 21 (6.158%) Senior Security Engineer
12 19 (5.572%) Consultant
13 18 (5.279%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 17 (4.985%) Test Analyst
15 15 (4.399%) Developer
15 15 (4.399%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (3.812%) Applications Support
16 13 (3.812%) Exchange Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 76 (22.29%) Blackberry
2 72 (21.11%) Clustering
3 55 (16.13%) Replication
4 50 (14.66%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (4.399%) PKI
6 14 (4.106%) Statistics
7 12 (3.519%) N-Tier
7 12 (3.519%) EMV
8 10 (2.933%) Computer Science
9 5 (1.466%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.173%) Open Source
10 4 (1.173%) CMDB
11 3 (0.880%) FMCG
12 1 (0.293%) SaaS
12 1 (0.293%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.293%) Fat Client
12 1 (0.293%) Thin Client
12 1 (0.293%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 341 (100.00%) Windows
2 211 (61.88%) Windows Server 2003
3 126 (36.95%) Windows Server 2008
4 90 (26.39%) Windows 7
5 49 (14.37%) Windows 2000
6 38 (11.14%) Windows Vista
7 24 (7.038%) UNIX
8 18 (5.279%) Solaris
9 12 (3.519%) Linux
10 11 (3.226%) Mac OS X
11 8 (2.346%) Windows 2000 Server
12 7 (2.053%) Windows NT
13 5 (1.466%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (1.173%) Windows 8
14 4 (1.173%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.587%) Android
15 2 (0.587%) Debian
16 1 (0.293%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (26.98%) ITIL
2 84 (24.63%) Incident Management
3 62 (18.18%) High Availability
4 36 (10.56%) Migration
5 25 (7.331%) Software Distribution
6 24 (7.038%) Software Deployment
6 24 (7.038%) Time Management
7 22 (6.452%) Test Scripting
8 21 (6.158%) Test Automation
8 21 (6.158%) Service Management
9 18 (5.279%) Regression Testing
10 16 (4.692%) Configuration Management
10 16 (4.692%) Validation
10 16 (4.692%) Non-Functional Testing
11 15 (4.399%) Performance Testing
11 15 (4.399%) Service Delivery
12 14 (4.106%) Automated Testing
13 12 (3.519%) RDF
14 11 (3.226%) Product Management
15 9 (2.639%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (16.42%) SQL
2 24 (7.038%) C++
3 18 (5.279%) C#
4 14 (4.106%) Java
5 13 (3.812%) PowerShell
6 12 (3.519%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.346%) VB
8 5 (1.466%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.587%) Bash shell
9 2 (0.587%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.587%) Ruby
9 2 (0.587%) Perl
10 1 (0.293%) PHP
10 1 (0.293%) C
10 1 (0.293%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.293%) X++
Qualifications
1 177 (51.91%) Security Cleared
2 165 (48.39%) SC Cleared
3 73 (21.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 57 (16.72%) MCSE
5 46 (13.49%) MCP
6 30 (8.798%) MCITP
7 29 (8.504%) DV Cleared
8 22 (6.452%) ISEB
9 15 (4.399%) CCNA
9 15 (4.399%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.812%) Degree
11 6 (1.760%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.466%) GIAC
12 5 (1.466%) CISSP
13 4 (1.173%) MCSD
13 4 (1.173%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.587%) ACSP
15 1 (0.293%) MCDST
15 1 (0.293%) MCSA
15 1 (0.293%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.639%) SLA
2 5 (1.466%) QA
3 1 (0.293%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 225 (65.98%) Active Directory
2 77 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.158%) ISA Server
4 20 (5.865%) VMware ESX
5 19 (5.572%) VMware Workstation
6 12 (3.519%) Novell eDirectory
7 10 (2.933%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (2.639%) vSphere
9 7 (2.053%) Hyper-V
10 4 (1.173%) Xen
11 1 (0.293%) XenApp
11 1 (0.293%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 65 (19.06%) SCCM
2 53 (15.54%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 38 (11.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 22 (6.452%) HP Quality Center
5 21 (6.158%) Netcool
6 18 (5.279%) Backup Exec
7 15 (4.399%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 13 (3.812%) McAfee ePO
9 12 (3.519%) SCOM
9 12 (3.519%) NetBackup
9 12 (3.519%) ZENworks
10 11 (3.226%) MOM
11 6 (1.760%) ServiceCenter
12 4 (1.173%) MIMEsweeper
13 2 (0.587%) DameWare
13 2 (0.587%) Puppet
14 1 (0.293%) Unicenter
14 1 (0.293%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 201 (58.94%) Microsoft
2 144 (42.23%) Fujitsu
3 85 (24.93%) VMware
4 56 (16.42%) HP
5 46 (13.49%) McAfee
6 40 (11.73%) Citrix
7 35 (10.26%) Oracle
8 32 (9.384%) Veritas
9 28 (8.211%) EMC
10 24 (7.038%) Sophos
11 22 (6.452%) Cisco
12 20 (5.865%) Apple
13 17 (4.985%) Meridio
14 12 (3.519%) MKS
14 12 (3.519%) Symantec
15 10 (2.933%) Lotus
16 8 (2.346%) TIBCO
17 6 (1.760%) Novell
17 6 (1.760%) LANDesk
18 5 (1.466%) CA
Newbury, Berkshire
To be suitable for this role you will need technical skills/knowledge in troubleshooting as many of the following as possible: - Microsoft Windows (XP,Windows 7) - MS Office...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 26,000 - 29,000 + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Must be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, Windows XP, Windows 7, and various other company supported software - Must have LAN experience and familiarity with switched networks -...
Bracket Global Ltd
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 24 April 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire
The company is looking for a technical support analyst with experience of 2nd line technical support within a Windows/ UNIX mixed environment... Skills, experience required; - Demonstrable experience of...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £27000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
SC or DV Security Cleared Senior Service Desk Technical Remote Specialist III... Overview: This is a senior role within a Service Desk team; There will be a requirement...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £0000 - £9999 per annum + Excellent benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire
My client are seeking a Network Support Technician for a permanent role in Slough. This role has come about due to the ongoing success and growth of the...
Pertemps IT
Salary: £18000 to £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Successful candidates must have experience Windows XP / 7 Desktops, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, MS Exchange 2003, Messaging Unified Communications and McAfee AV solutions. Experience within EMC...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wokingham, Berkshire
c) Installation and service of PCs, telephones and other IT hardware... ESSENTIAL SKILLS / EXPERIENCE: a) You should have experience in Windows XP/7, Office software, desktop and laptop...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £Competitive DOE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013