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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Bristol region.

 Microsoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank756893
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+25
Matching permanent IT job ads214140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol1.495 %2.297 %1.363 %
As % of the Operating Systems category6.422 %8.836 %6.861 %
Salaries quoted204138
Average salary£25,000£22,500£27,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-17.43 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£18,000£19,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£35,000£32,000
UK excluding London average salary£24,000£25,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-4.000 %-
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
327464583
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol23.27 %25.99 %19.87 %
Salaries quoted288402519
Average salary£35,000£35,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+9.370 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£20,000£22,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£40,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows XP South WestWindows XP
South West

Windows XP
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Bristol Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

134 (100.00 %)Windows
219 (55.88 %)MS Office
219 (55.88 %)Windows Vista
315 (44.12 %)ITIL
412 (35.29 %)Citrix
412 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (32.35 %)Microsoft
610 (29.41 %)MS Excel
79 (26.47 %)MS Exchange
79 (26.47 %)Windows Server 2008
79 (26.47 %)Exchange Server 2003
88 (23.53 %)Cisco
97 (20.59 %)VPN
97 (20.59 %)Firewall
106 (17.65 %)Law
106 (17.65 %)Legal
115 (14.71 %)Windows 7
115 (14.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
115 (14.71 %)SQL
115 (14.71 %)SQL Server
124 (11.76 %)UNIX
124 (11.76 %)Linux
124 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
124 (11.76 %)Active Directory
124 (11.76 %)Blackberry
133 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
133 (8.824 %)PDA
133 (8.824 %)Windows 2000 Server
133 (8.824 %)VMware Infrastructure
133 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2000

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (8.824 %)XML
Bristol IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (26.47 %)MS Exchange
19 (26.47 %)Exchange Server 2003
25 (14.71 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (5.882 %)SAS
32 (5.882 %)IIS
41 (2.941 %)Lotus Notes
41 (2.941 %)Apache
41 (2.941 %)SharePoint
41 (2.941 %)BizTalk Server
41 (2.941 %)GroupWise
Bristol IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
119 (55.88 %)MS Office
210 (29.41 %)MS Excel
32 (5.882 %)SPSS
41 (2.941 %)MS PowerPoint
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (20.59 %)VPN
17 (20.59 %)Firewall
23 (8.824 %)TCP/IP
23 (8.824 %)LDAP
31 (2.941 %)LAN
31 (2.941 %)DNS
31 (2.941 %)Cisco PIX
31 (2.941 %)Cisco ASA
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (14.71 %)SQL Server
23 (8.824 %)RDBMS
23 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (5.882 %)BusinessObjects
41 (2.941 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (2.941 %)Oracle 11g
Bristol IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (17.65 %)Law
16 (17.65 %)Legal
21 (2.941 %)Insurance
21 (2.941 %)Finance
21 (2.941 %)Construction
Bristol IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (41.18 %)IT Support
212 (35.29 %)Analyst
212 (35.29 %)Support Analyst
311 (32.35 %)IT Support Analyst
46 (17.65 %)Desktop Support
46 (17.65 %)Service Desk Technician
55 (14.71 %)Consultant
55 (14.71 %)Support Engineer
55 (14.71 %)Support Consultant
64 (11.76 %)IT Support Engineer
73 (8.824 %)Junior IT Support
73 (8.824 %)Technical Support Consultant
73 (8.824 %)Technical Consultant
73 (8.824 %)Technical Support
73 (8.824 %)Junior
82 (5.882 %)1st Line Support
82 (5.882 %)Coordinator
82 (5.882 %)Desktop Engineer
91 (2.941 %)Team Leader
91 (2.941 %)Services Delivery Manager
Bristol IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (11.76 %)Blackberry
23 (8.824 %)PDA
23 (8.824 %)Client/Server
31 (2.941 %)Mathematics
31 (2.941 %)Replication
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
134 (100.00 %)Windows
219 (55.88 %)Windows Vista
312 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (26.47 %)Windows Server 2008
55 (14.71 %)Windows 7
64 (11.76 %)UNIX
64 (11.76 %)Linux
64 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
73 (8.824 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (2.941 %)NetWare
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (44.12 %)ITIL
22 (5.882 %)CRM
31 (2.941 %)Service Delivery
31 (2.941 %)Time Management
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (14.71 %)SQL
23 (8.824 %)Java
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (8.824 %)ITIL Certification
22 (5.882 %)CCNA
22 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
31 (2.941 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (2.941 %)Degree
31 (2.941 %)MCP
Bristol IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.882 %)SLA
Bristol IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (11.76 %)Active Directory
23 (8.824 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.941 %)Terminal Services
Bristol IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.941 %)Backup Exec
Bristol IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (35.29 %)Citrix
211 (32.35 %)Microsoft
38 (23.53 %)Cisco
43 (8.824 %)VMware
43 (8.824 %)Oracle
52 (5.882 %)Business Objects
61 (2.941 %)HP
61 (2.941 %)Novell
61 (2.941 %)Lotus
61 (2.941 %)Sage