The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 22 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 Bracknell region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 25 37 35
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 61 20 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 11.49% 5.013% 3.073%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.18% 12.42% 11.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 10
Average salary £33,000 £32,500 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.53% +58.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £32,250 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £32,500 £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Bracknell
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
233 161 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 43.88% 40.35% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 126 96 91
Average salary £30,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.73% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £60,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Berkshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bracknell Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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.

1 135 (100.00%) Windows
2 125 (92.59%) SC Cleared
2 125 (92.59%) Security Cleared
3 117 (86.67%) Finance
3 117 (86.67%) Retail
4 116 (85.93%) Telecoms
5 114 (84.44%) Fujitsu
6 104 (77.04%) Active Directory
7 101 (74.81%) Microsoft
8 88 (65.19%) Windows Server 2003
9 76 (56.30%) MS Excel
10 72 (53.33%) MS Exchange
11 70 (51.85%) Exchange Server 2003
12 61 (45.19%) Incident Management
12 61 (45.19%) Exchange Server 2010
12 61 (45.19%) High Availability
13 58 (42.96%) Clustering
13 58 (42.96%) Blackberry
14 55 (40.74%) ITIL
15 51 (37.78%) Live Communications Server
16 50 (37.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 49 (36.30%) Replication
17 49 (36.30%) Enterprise Software
18 39 (28.89%) HP
19 36 (26.67%) IIS
20 32 (23.70%) SharePoint
20 32 (23.70%) McAfee
21 30 (22.22%) SCCM
22 29 (21.48%) VMware
22 29 (21.48%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 14 (10.37%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 72 (53.33%) MS Exchange
2 70 (51.85%) Exchange Server 2003
3 61 (45.19%) Exchange Server 2010
4 51 (37.78%) Live Communications Server
5 50 (37.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 36 (26.67%) IIS
7 32 (23.70%) SharePoint
8 22 (16.30%) Tomcat
9 14 (10.37%) Apache
10 13 (9.630%) SharePoint Server
11 5 (3.704%) Lotus Domino
12 4 (2.963%) Lotus Notes
13 2 (1.481%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 76 (56.30%) MS Excel
2 9 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.81%) LAN
1 20 (14.81%) WAN
2 19 (14.07%) DHCP
2 19 (14.07%) DNS
3 15 (11.11%) SAN
4 8 (5.926%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.222%) Firewall
5 3 (2.222%) Internet
6 2 (1.481%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.741%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 17 (12.59%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.481%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (1.481%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.741%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 17 (12.59%) LoadRunner
2 5 (3.704%) SilkTest
2 5 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 117 (86.67%) Finance
1 117 (86.67%) Retail
2 116 (85.93%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.741%) French Language
3 1 (0.741%) German Language
Job Titles
1 65 (48.15%) Support Engineer
2 36 (26.67%) Messaging Engineer
3 29 (21.48%) Security Engineer
4 25 (18.52%) Desktop Support
5 24 (17.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 24 (17.78%) Desktop Engineer
5 24 (17.78%) 2nd Line Support
5 24 (17.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 20 (14.81%) Senior Security Engineer
7 18 (13.33%) Analyst
8 13 (9.630%) Exchange Engineer
8 13 (9.630%) Test Analyst
9 11 (8.148%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (8.148%) Senior Test Analyst
10 10 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support
10 10 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (6.667%) Messaging Support Engineer
11 9 (6.667%) Security Support Engineer
12 6 (4.444%) Junior Support Engineer
12 6 (4.444%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 58 (42.96%) Clustering
1 58 (42.96%) Blackberry
2 49 (36.30%) Replication
2 49 (36.30%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (9.630%) Statistics
4 1 (0.741%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.741%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 135 (100.00%) Windows
2 88 (65.19%) Windows Server 2003
3 28 (20.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (14.07%) Windows 7
5 10 (7.407%) UNIX
6 9 (6.667%) Solaris
7 2 (1.481%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.741%) Linux
8 1 (0.741%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (45.19%) Incident Management
1 61 (45.19%) High Availability
2 55 (40.74%) ITIL
3 24 (17.78%) Software Distribution
3 24 (17.78%) Software Deployment
4 22 (16.30%) Migration
5 19 (14.07%) Time Management
6 18 (13.33%) Test Scripting
6 18 (13.33%) Regression Testing
7 17 (12.59%) Test Automation
8 16 (11.85%) Non-Functional Testing
8 16 (11.85%) Validation
9 14 (10.37%) Automated Testing
10 7 (5.185%) Change Control
11 6 (4.444%) Configuration Management
12 5 (3.704%) Service Delivery
13 1 (0.741%) Information Security
13 1 (0.741%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.30%) SQL
2 5 (3.704%) VB
2 5 (3.704%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 125 (92.59%) SC Cleared
1 125 (92.59%) Security Cleared
2 28 (20.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (20.74%) MCSE
3 24 (17.78%) MCP
3 24 (17.78%) MCITP
4 19 (14.07%) DV Cleared
5 18 (13.33%) ISEB
6 5 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.704%) CCNA
7 2 (1.481%) ISTQB
System Software
1 104 (77.04%) Active Directory
2 29 (21.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (11.85%) VMware ESX
3 16 (11.85%) VMware Workstation
4 14 (10.37%) ISA Server
5 4 (2.963%) Xen
Systems Management
1 30 (22.22%) SCCM
2 25 (18.52%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 24 (17.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 18 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
5 14 (10.37%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 12 (8.889%) NetBackup
7 5 (3.704%) SCOM
8 4 (2.963%) MIMEsweeper
9 1 (0.741%) Netcool
9 1 (0.741%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 114 (84.44%) Fujitsu
2 101 (74.81%) Microsoft
3 39 (28.89%) HP
4 32 (23.70%) McAfee
5 29 (21.48%) VMware
6 24 (17.78%) Sophos
7 23 (17.04%) Oracle
8 22 (16.30%) Veritas
9 16 (11.85%) Citrix
10 9 (6.667%) EMC
11 5 (3.704%) IBM
11 5 (3.704%) CA
12 4 (2.963%) Lotus
13 3 (2.222%) Cisco
14 1 (0.741%) SonicWALL
14 1 (0.741%) Meridio
14 1 (0.741%) Apple
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Windows XP / 7 Desktops. Windows Server 2003 / 2008. Active Directory. MS Exchange 2003. Messaging Unified Communications. McAfee AV solutions. EMC Storage and SAN Technologies... Veritas Clustering. Any Web...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Windows XP / 7 Desktops. Windows Server 2003 / 2008. Active Directory. MS Exchange 2003. Messaging Unified Communications. McAfee AV solutions. EMC Storage and SAN Technologies... Veritas Clustering. Any Web...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013