The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 32 36 31
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 8 12 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 2.712% 3.604% 4.270%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.838% 13.95% 17.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 10
Average salary £31,250 £31,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.79% +18.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £24,000 £18,350
10% offered a salary of more than £36,700 £32,500 £40,250
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
117 86 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 39.66% 25.83% 23.84%
Number of salaries quoted 103 82 62
Average salary £41,500 £39,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.41% -17.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £67,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
London

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

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

Croydon Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (68.18%) MS Office
2 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
3 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
3 13 (59.09%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (54.55%) ITIL
5 7 (31.82%) VPN
6 6 (27.27%) Cisco
6 6 (27.27%) Symantec
6 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
7 5 (22.73%) MCITP
7 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
8 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
8 4 (18.18%) VMware
8 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (18.18%) SCCM
9 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
9 3 (13.64%) VLAN
9 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (13.64%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
9 3 (13.64%) Backup Exec
9 3 (13.64%) Mitel
9 3 (13.64%) MCDST
9 3 (13.64%) MSI
9 3 (13.64%) SQL Server

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
2 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (9.091%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (4.545%) CMS
4 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (4.545%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 15 (68.18%) MS Office
2 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) VPN
2 3 (13.64%) VLAN
2 3 (13.64%) SAN
3 2 (9.091%) DNS
3 2 (9.091%) LAN
3 2 (9.091%) WAN
3 2 (9.091%) DHCP
3 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.545%) Firewall
4 1 (4.545%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MSI
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Analyst
2 9 (40.91%) Service Analyst
2 9 (40.91%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (13.64%) IT Support
4 3 (13.64%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support
5 2 (9.091%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Support Manager
5 2 (9.091%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (9.091%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Support Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Senior IT Support
6 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
6 1 (4.545%) Server Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Network Support
6 1 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.545%) Support Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (59.09%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
4 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (13.64%) Windows 2000 Server
5 3 (13.64%) Windows 2000
6 2 (9.091%) Windows 8
7 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (4.545%) UNIX
7 1 (4.545%) AIX
7 1 (4.545%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) ITIL
2 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
3 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery
3 2 (9.091%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (9.091%) ITIL V3
4 1 (4.545%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) MCITP
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.64%) MCDST
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.091%) CCNA
3 2 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
3 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.545%) vSphere
4 1 (4.545%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) Backup Exec
2 3 (13.64%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Cisco
2 6 (27.27%) Symantec
3 4 (18.18%) VMware
4 3 (13.64%) Mitel
4 3 (13.64%) Sophos
5 2 (9.091%) Apple
5 2 (9.091%) Adobe
6 1 (4.545%) Oracle
6 1 (4.545%) Citrix
6 1 (4.545%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.545%) Lotus