The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 107 115 111
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 15 15 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.831% 0.743% 0.734%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.297% 1.969% 2.067%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 16
Average salary £31,000 £27,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.72% -6.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,370 £26,500 £24,250
10% offered a salary of more than £31,661 £28,900 £45,250
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
653 762 774
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 36.18% 37.72% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 565 634 700
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £27,313
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Cambridgeshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (55.26%) Active Directory
3 19 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 16 (42.11%) MS Office
5 15 (39.47%) Linux
6 14 (36.84%) Cisco
6 14 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
6 14 (36.84%) Windows 7
7 13 (34.21%) Mac OS X
8 12 (31.58%) MS Exchange
9 8 (21.05%) MS Excel
9 8 (21.05%) ITIL
9 8 (21.05%) Citrix
9 8 (21.05%) VMware
9 8 (21.05%) Time Management
10 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (18.42%) Finance
11 6 (15.79%) TCP/IP
11 6 (15.79%) Veritas
11 6 (15.79%) Solaris
11 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
11 6 (15.79%) WebLogic
11 6 (15.79%) LAN
11 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
11 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
12 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
12 5 (13.16%) Degree
12 5 (13.16%) Windows Vista
12 5 (13.16%) Retail
12 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 12 (31.58%) MS Exchange
2 6 (15.79%) WebLogic
3 4 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (7.895%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (5.263%) Site Server
5 2 (5.263%) IIS
6 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (2.632%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 16 (42.11%) MS Office
2 8 (21.05%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) TCP/IP
1 6 (15.79%) LAN
2 5 (13.16%) Firewall
3 4 (10.53%) VPN
3 4 (10.53%) SAN
3 4 (10.53%) VoIP
4 3 (7.895%) WAN
5 2 (5.263%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.632%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.895%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 7 (18.42%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Retail
2 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Support Engineer
2 8 (21.05%) Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Support Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Technical Support
5 4 (10.53%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Support Specialist
5 4 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Specialist
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Support Specialist
5 4 (10.53%) IT Support
5 4 (10.53%) IT Technician
6 3 (7.895%) Linux Support Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) Linux Support
6 3 (7.895%) Field Service Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (7.895%) Field Engineer
7 2 (5.263%) Administrator
7 2 (5.263%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) EPoS
2 1 (2.632%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.632%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.632%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (39.47%) Linux
3 14 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (36.84%) Windows 7
4 13 (34.21%) Mac OS X
5 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (15.79%) Solaris
7 5 (13.16%) Windows Vista
8 4 (10.53%) Ubuntu
8 4 (10.53%) CentOS
9 3 (7.895%) Mac OS X Server
10 1 (2.632%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) ITIL
1 8 (21.05%) Time Management
2 3 (7.895%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (2.632%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (2.632%) CRM
3 1 (2.632%) Migration
3 1 (2.632%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.632%) Bash shell
1 1 (2.632%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.632%) C
1 1 (2.632%) Perl
1 1 (2.632%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
1 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.895%) MCTS
3 3 (7.895%) MCITP
4 2 (5.263%) MCP
5 1 (2.632%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (55.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.53%) XenApp
4 2 (5.263%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (2.632%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.632%) WSUS
1 1 (2.632%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (2.632%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 19 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (36.84%) Cisco
3 8 (21.05%) Citrix
3 8 (21.05%) VMware
4 6 (15.79%) Veritas
5 4 (10.53%) Red Hat
5 4 (10.53%) Oracle
5 4 (10.53%) Apple
5 4 (10.53%) Fujitsu
6 3 (7.895%) HP
7 1 (2.632%) ProCurve
7 1 (2.632%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.632%) Nokia
7 1 (2.632%) Lotus
7 1 (2.632%) Symantec
7 1 (2.632%) Remedy
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We are keen to hear from any applicants who have proven experience of providing 1 st /2 nd line technical support in a large windows 7/XP environment...
Cambridge Assessment
Salary: From £23,700 to £26,700 per annum
Posted: 7 May 2013