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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank8164
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads6671
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.031 %
As % of the category below6.174 %7.320 %
Salaries quoted5854
Average minimum salary£28,431£30,426
Average salary£30,698£32,824
% change on same period last year-6.47 %
Average maximum salary£32,966£35,222
UK excluding London average salary£25,925£27,245
% change on same period last year-4.84 %
Operating Systems CambridgeOperating Systems
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads1069970
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.524 %0.429 %
Salaries quoted944817
Average minimum salary£31,756£33,262
Average salary£34,766£35,943
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Average maximum salary£37,776£38,624
UK excluding London average salary£34,651£34,981
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Windows XP CambridgeshireWindows XP
Cambridgeshire

Windows XP
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows XP across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Cambridge region over the past 3 months.

Cambridge Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows XP.

191 (91.00 %)Windows
243 (43.00 %)MS Office
243 (43.00 %)Microsoft
328 (28.00 %)Active Directory
328 (28.00 %)MS Excel
423 (23.00 %)MS Exchange
522 (22.00 %)Microsoft Certification
621 (21.00 %)Unix
621 (21.00 %)C++
720 (20.00 %).NET
720 (20.00 %)Degree
818 (18.00 %)C#
917 (17.00 %)MCP
917 (17.00 %)Citrix
1015 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003
1015 (15.00 %)Computer Science
1015 (15.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
1114 (14.00 %)Firewall
1114 (14.00 %)Linux
1114 (14.00 %)SQL
1213 (13.00 %)C
1213 (13.00 %)Oracle
1213 (13.00 %)Windows 2000
1213 (13.00 %)Electronics
1213 (13.00 %)QA
1312 (12.00 %)Cisco
1411 (11.00 %)ITIL
1510 (10.00 %)SQL Server
1510 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
1510 (10.00 %)Summit

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows XP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
120 (20.00 %).NET
29 (9.000 %)STL
34 (4.000 %)HTML
34 (4.000 %)XML
43 (3.000 %)SOAP
43 (3.000 %)AJAX
43 (3.000 %)WCF
43 (3.000 %)WPF
43 (3.000 %)Silverlight
43 (3.000 %)WebServices
43 (3.000 %)ASP.NET
52 (2.000 %)ASP
61 (1.000 %)MFC
61 (1.000 %)COM
61 (1.000 %)ActiveX
Application Platforms
123 (23.00 %)MS Exchange
215 (15.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
310 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
45 (5.000 %)GroupWise
53 (3.000 %)Apache
53 (3.000 %)Tomcat
53 (3.000 %)WebLogic
53 (3.000 %)JBoss
62 (2.000 %)IIS
62 (2.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (1.000 %)SharePoint
71 (1.000 %)Lotus Notes
71 (1.000 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
143 (43.00 %)MS Office
228 (28.00 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
110 (10.00 %)Summit
22 (2.000 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
114 (14.00 %)Firewall
210 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
38 (8.000 %)DNS
38 (8.000 %)LAN
38 (8.000 %)WAN
38 (8.000 %)DHCP
44 (4.000 %)Intranet
44 (4.000 %)Internet
44 (4.000 %)VPN
44 (4.000 %)IP Telephony
53 (3.000 %)VoIP
61 (1.000 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (10.00 %)SQL Server
24 (4.000 %)MySQL
33 (3.000 %)Oracle 9i
33 (3.000 %)RDBMS
42 (2.000 %)SQL Server 7
51 (1.000 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.000 %)Text Mining
51 (1.000 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.000 %)Data Mining
Development Applications
13 (3.000 %)Eclipse
21 (1.000 %)WinRunner
21 (1.000 %)TestDirector
21 (1.000 %)Subversion
21 (1.000 %)Visual Studio
General
113 (13.00 %)Electronics
28 (8.000 %)Finance
28 (8.000 %)Health
37 (7.000 %)3D Graphics
37 (7.000 %)Education
46 (6.000 %)Government
46 (6.000 %)Local Government
55 (5.000 %)Pensions
55 (5.000 %)Pharmaceutical
64 (4.000 %)Insurance
73 (3.000 %)Retail
82 (2.000 %)Billing
82 (2.000 %)Animation
82 (2.000 %)Telecoms
91 (1.000 %)Back Office
91 (1.000 %)Automotive
91 (1.000 %)Games
Job Titles
133 (33.00 %)Analyst
219 (19.00 %)Software Engineer
219 (19.00 %)Support Analyst
314 (14.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
413 (13.00 %)Service Analyst
413 (13.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
510 (10.00 %)Technical Support
69 (9.000 %)Support Engineer
69 (9.000 %)Developer
69 (9.000 %)Desktop Engineer
78 (8.000 %)Helpdesk Support
87 (7.000 %)Software Test Engineer
87 (7.000 %)Test Engineer
87 (7.000 %)Junior
87 (7.000 %)Tester
87 (7.000 %)Software Tester
96 (6.000 %)1st Line Support
96 (6.000 %)Technical Support Analyst
96 (6.000 %)Technical Analyst
96 (6.000 %)IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
115 (15.00 %)Computer Science
25 (5.000 %)Biotechnology
34 (4.000 %)Multithreading
43 (3.000 %)Mathematics
52 (2.000 %)Blackberry
52 (2.000 %)IVR
61 (1.000 %)Physics
Operating Systems
191 (91.00 %)Windows
221 (21.00 %)Unix
315 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003
414 (14.00 %)Linux
513 (13.00 %)Windows 2000
66 (6.000 %)Solaris
74 (4.000 %)Windows Vista
74 (4.000 %)NetWare
82 (2.000 %)Debian
82 (2.000 %)Ubuntu
82 (2.000 %)Windows Mobile
91 (1.000 %)Windows NT
91 (1.000 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
111 (11.00 %)ITIL
27 (7.000 %)Manual Testing
36 (6.000 %)Numerical Analysis
36 (6.000 %)Automated Testing
44 (4.000 %)Agile Software Development
44 (4.000 %)Software Testing
53 (3.000 %)Time Management
53 (3.000 %)Project Management
62 (2.000 %)Information Security
62 (2.000 %)OO
62 (2.000 %)CRM
62 (2.000 %)Content Management
71 (1.000 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.000 %)Knowledge Management
71 (1.000 %)Statistical Analysis
71 (1.000 %)Web Development
71 (1.000 %)Test Management
Programming Languages
121 (21.00 %)C++
218 (18.00 %)C#
314 (14.00 %)SQL
413 (13.00 %)C
58 (8.000 %)Shell Script
66 (6.000 %)Java
73 (3.000 %)VB
81 (1.000 %)VBScript
81 (1.000 %)Perl
Qualifications
122 (22.00 %)Microsoft Certification
220 (20.00 %)Degree
317 (17.00 %)MCP
48 (8.000 %)MCSE
54 (4.000 %)A+ Certification
63 (3.000 %)MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
113 (13.00 %)QA
21 (1.000 %)SLA
System Software
128 (28.00 %)Active Directory
27 (7.000 %)Terminal Services
36 (6.000 %)Backup Exec
43 (3.000 %)Novell eDirectory
52 (2.000 %)VMware Server
52 (2.000 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
17 (7.000 %)ZENworks
22 (2.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (2.000 %)Nagios
22 (2.000 %)ARCserve
31 (1.000 %)Legato
Vendors
143 (43.00 %)Microsoft
217 (17.00 %)Citrix
313 (13.00 %)Oracle
412 (12.00 %)Cisco
59 (9.000 %)Novell
68 (8.000 %)VERITAS
77 (7.000 %)McAfee Security
77 (7.000 %)Sophos
77 (7.000 %)VMware
77 (7.000 %)WatchGuard
86 (6.000 %)CheckPoint
86 (6.000 %)Remedy
93 (3.000 %)Sun
93 (3.000 %)Red Hat
102 (2.000 %)HP
102 (2.000 %)Dell
102 (2.000 %)Lotus
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