The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 39 54 35
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -19
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 2 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 0.943% 0.258% 0.826%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.255% 0.671% 2.817%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £24,500 £32,000 £18,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.43% +70.66%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
47 149 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 22.17% 38.50% 29.34%
Number of salaries quoted 44 100 60
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £26,550
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Gloucestershire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
3 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Altiris
3 1 (33.33%) MCDST
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CMDB
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) Sysprep
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 1 (33.33%) ODBC
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
1 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
1 1 (33.33%) Rational Functional Tester
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Tester
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCDST
1 1 (33.33%) MCITP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (33.33%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Altiris
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
You will provide 2nd Line IT Support and work with Server, Active Directory and Exchange as well as IIS, SharePoint and Cisco technology. This is a fantastic opportunity...
Connectus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013