The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 44 33 57
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +24
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 2 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.671% 1.205% 1.031%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.899% 3.846% 5.660%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Average salary £39,000 £23,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+65.95% -7.84%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
69 52 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 23.15% 31.33% 18.21%
Number of salaries quoted 31 47 50
Average salary £35,750 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,980 £23,500 £16,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £34,700 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Cheshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) Support Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum £22k basic plus benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013