The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 87 115 96
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -19
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 36 13 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.001% 0.647% 1.393%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.654% 2.145% 4.978%
Number of salaries quoted 33 13 21
Average salary £25,000 £20,750 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.48% -21.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £18,150 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £42,800 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
541 606 462
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 30.07% 30.18% 27.98%
Number of salaries quoted 434 547 387
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £50,000 £48,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
North West

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northwich +11 11 £32,500 +71.05%
Warrington +20 7 £20,500 -11.82%
Macclesfield - 4 £22,500 -
Chester - 2 £39,000 -
Crewe - 2 £25,000 -
Wilmslow - 2 £28,500 -
Daresbury -2 1 £25,000 +25.00%
Lymm - 1 £30,000 -
Windows XP
North West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 64 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (59.38%) Microsoft
3 34 (53.13%) Active Directory
3 34 (53.13%) MS Exchange
4 30 (46.88%) Windows 7
5 28 (43.75%) MS Office
6 26 (40.63%) Windows Server 2003
6 26 (40.63%) Windows Server 2008
7 22 (34.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (29.69%) MS Excel
8 19 (29.69%) Exchange Server 2010
9 16 (25.00%) Windows Vista
9 16 (25.00%) TCP/IP
10 14 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2007
10 14 (21.88%) SharePoint
11 13 (20.31%) VPN
12 12 (18.75%) Citrix
12 12 (18.75%) ITIL
12 12 (18.75%) MCP
12 12 (18.75%) VMware
12 12 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2003
13 10 (15.63%) WAN
13 10 (15.63%) MCSE
14 9 (14.06%) SQL Server
14 9 (14.06%) LAN
14 9 (14.06%) ISEB
14 9 (14.06%) ISTQB
14 9 (14.06%) Software Testing
14 9 (14.06%) Agile Software Development

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (6.250%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 34 (53.13%) MS Exchange
2 19 (29.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2007
3 14 (21.88%) SharePoint
4 10 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2003
5 8 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (3.125%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.563%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (43.75%) MS Office
2 19 (29.69%) MS Excel
3 6 (9.375%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 13 (20.31%) VPN
3 10 (15.63%) WAN
4 9 (14.06%) LAN
4 9 (14.06%) Firewall
5 8 (12.50%) DNS
6 6 (9.375%) DHCP
6 6 (9.375%) SAN
7 5 (7.813%) WLAN
8 4 (6.250%) PBX
8 4 (6.250%) Wireless
9 3 (4.688%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.563%) ATM
10 1 (1.563%) VoIP
10 1 (1.563%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.06%) SQL Server
1 9 (14.06%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (6.250%) MS Access
2 4 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (4.688%) Finance
2 2 (3.125%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Support Engineer
2 15 (23.44%) Analyst
3 9 (14.06%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (14.06%) Support Technician
3 9 (14.06%) Support Analyst
3 9 (14.06%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (14.06%) IT Support
3 9 (14.06%) Test Leader
4 8 (12.50%) Technical Support
5 7 (10.94%) Service Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) 1st Line Support
5 7 (10.94%) Service Desk Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (9.375%) Support Manager
7 5 (7.813%) Desktop Support
8 4 (6.250%) MI Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Technical Manager
8 4 (6.250%) Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Technical Support Manager
8 4 (6.250%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.125%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (3.125%) Mathematics
1 2 (3.125%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.563%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.563%) Tandem
2 1 (1.563%) EMV
2 1 (1.563%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 64 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (46.88%) Windows 7
3 26 (40.63%) Windows Server 2003
3 26 (40.63%) Windows Server 2008
4 16 (25.00%) Windows Vista
5 8 (12.50%) Linux
6 4 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (6.250%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.563%) UNIX
7 1 (1.563%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.75%) ITIL
2 9 (14.06%) Software Testing
2 9 (14.06%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (3.125%) Project Management
4 2 (3.125%) PRINCE2
4 2 (3.125%) Incident Management
5 1 (1.563%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.563%) Fault Management
5 1 (1.563%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (1.563%) Business Analysis
5 1 (1.563%) Asset Management
5 1 (1.563%) Software Deployment
5 1 (1.563%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) SQL
2 5 (7.813%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.250%) T-SQL
3 4 (6.250%) C#
3 4 (6.250%) PHP
3 4 (6.250%) VBA
4 2 (3.125%) C
5 1 (1.563%) C++
5 1 (1.563%) COBOL
5 1 (1.563%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.563%) VBScript
5 1 (1.563%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (34.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (18.75%) MCP
3 10 (15.63%) MCSE
4 9 (14.06%) ISEB
4 9 (14.06%) ISTQB
5 8 (12.50%) MCITP
5 8 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (12.50%) CCNA
6 6 (9.375%) MCTS
7 4 (6.250%) HP APS
7 4 (6.250%) MCSA
8 2 (3.125%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (3.125%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.563%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.563%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.563%) ISO 9000
1 1 (1.563%) QA
System Software
1 34 (53.13%) Active Directory
2 12 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (10.94%) XenApp
4 5 (7.813%) vSphere
4 5 (7.813%) XenDesktop
5 4 (6.250%) VMware ESX
6 3 (4.688%) Terminal Server
6 3 (4.688%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (3.125%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (3.125%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.688%) SCCM
2 2 (3.125%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (3.125%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.563%) WSUS
3 1 (1.563%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.563%) Nagios
3 1 (1.563%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 38 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.75%) Citrix
2 12 (18.75%) VMware
3 8 (12.50%) HP
4 4 (6.250%) ProCurve
4 4 (6.250%) Symantec
4 4 (6.250%) Sophos
4 4 (6.250%) Cisco
4 4 (6.250%) NetApp
4 4 (6.250%) Red Hat
4 4 (6.250%) Mitel
5 2 (3.125%) McAfee
5 2 (3.125%) Apple
5 2 (3.125%) SonicWALL
5 2 (3.125%) Draytek
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