The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank - 42 22
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 0 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton - 0.633% 4.110%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 2.000% 7.500%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
Average salary - £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
38 50 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 26.95% 31.65% 54.79%
Number of salaries quoted 31 48 40
Average salary £35,000 £35,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.70% +17.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Manchester

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Support Technician
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCP
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
Bolton, North West
Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office 2007/2010) Experience supporting Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory and the...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 6 June 2013