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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 41 53 49
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 31 10 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 4.620% 2.016% 1.980%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.90% 8.065% 6.316%
Number of salaries quoted 24 10 12
Average salary £37,500 £20,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+82.92% -39.70%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,250
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +2.97%
All Operating Systems
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
195 124 190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 29.06% 25.00% 31.35%
Number of salaries quoted 170 115 140
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,300 £85,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth 0 7 £27,500 +52.77% 1
Poole - 2 £23,750 -
Wimborne - 1 £37,500 -
Dorchester - 1 £35,000 -
Windows XP
South West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 62 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (82.26%) Microsoft
3 42 (67.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 38 (61.29%) MS Exchange
5 36 (58.06%) Active Directory
6 35 (56.45%) Windows 7
7 34 (54.84%) VMware
8 28 (45.16%) Exchange Server 2010
8 28 (45.16%) Exchange Server 2007
9 27 (43.55%) Citrix
10 26 (41.94%) Windows Server 2003
11 23 (37.10%) Security Cleared
11 23 (37.10%) Migration
11 23 (37.10%) Service Delivery
12 22 (35.48%) vSphere
12 22 (35.48%) Hyper-V
12 22 (35.48%) SAN
12 22 (35.48%) Windows 8
13 21 (33.87%) Windows Vista
14 20 (32.26%) MS Office
15 16 (25.81%) NetApp
15 16 (25.81%) EMC
15 16 (25.81%) XenApp
15 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2012
16 14 (22.58%) Exchange Server 2003
16 14 (22.58%) LAN
17 13 (20.97%) MS Excel
17 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Certification
18 12 (19.35%) TCP/IP
19 10 (16.13%) SQL

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 9 (14.52%) .NET
2 5 (8.065%) HTML
2 5 (8.065%) CSS
3 2 (3.226%) Web Services
3 2 (3.226%) WCF
3 2 (3.226%) WSE
4 1 (1.613%) COM
Application Platforms
1 38 (61.29%) MS Exchange
2 28 (45.16%) Exchange Server 2010
2 28 (45.16%) Exchange Server 2007
3 14 (22.58%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (9.677%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.613%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.613%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (32.26%) MS Office
2 13 (20.97%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.226%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 22 (35.48%) SAN
2 14 (22.58%) LAN
3 12 (19.35%) TCP/IP
4 8 (12.90%) Firewall
5 7 (11.29%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (11.29%) VPN
6 6 (9.677%) DNS
6 6 (9.677%) DHCP
7 3 (4.839%) FTP
7 3 (4.839%) WAN
7 3 (4.839%) Internet
8 1 (1.613%) PABX
8 1 (1.613%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.613%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) Oracle 11g
1 7 (11.29%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (4.839%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.065%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.226%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (9.677%) Finance
2 2 (3.226%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 26 (41.94%) Analyst
2 22 (35.48%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 16 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (14.52%) Support Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Support Technician
6 7 (11.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (11.29%) IT Support
6 7 (11.29%) Developer
7 6 (9.677%) 2nd Line Support Technician
7 6 (9.677%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (8.065%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (8.065%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (8.065%) Software Developer
9 4 (6.452%) Service Desk Analyst
10 3 (4.839%) Service Analyst
10 3 (4.839%) Support Analyst
11 2 (3.226%) Coordinator
11 2 (3.226%) 3rd Line Support
11 2 (3.226%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.452%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.226%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.226%) iPhone
3 1 (1.613%) iPad
3 1 (1.613%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.613%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 62 (100.00%) Windows
2 42 (67.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 35 (56.45%) Windows 7
4 26 (41.94%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (35.48%) Windows 8
6 21 (33.87%) Windows Vista
7 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (11.29%) Linux
9 1 (1.613%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.10%) Migration
1 23 (37.10%) Service Delivery
2 7 (11.29%) Data Migration
3 6 (9.677%) ITIL
4 5 (8.065%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (8.065%) ERP
5 2 (3.226%) Resource Management
6 1 (1.613%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.613%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.613%) Data Management
6 1 (1.613%) Service Management
6 1 (1.613%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) SQL
2 7 (11.29%) VB.NET
3 5 (8.065%) C#
4 2 (3.226%) Java
4 2 (3.226%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.613%) VB6
5 1 (1.613%) C
5 1 (1.613%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (37.10%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (12.90%) MCP
4 6 (9.677%) MCSE
4 6 (9.677%) MCSA
4 6 (9.677%) MCITP
5 5 (8.065%) Degree
6 2 (3.226%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.613%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 36 (58.06%) Active Directory
2 22 (35.48%) vSphere
2 22 (35.48%) Hyper-V
3 16 (25.81%) XenApp
4 10 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (9.677%) Terminal Services
6 3 (4.839%) ISA Server
7 1 (1.613%) XenServer
7 1 (1.613%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (8.065%) Backup Exec
2 2 (3.226%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 51 (82.26%) Microsoft
2 34 (54.84%) VMware
3 27 (43.55%) Citrix
4 16 (25.81%) NetApp
4 16 (25.81%) EMC
5 7 (11.29%) Oracle
6 6 (9.677%) Sage
7 5 (8.065%) Symantec
8 4 (6.452%) LANDesk
9 3 (4.839%) Cisco
10 2 (3.226%) JD Edwards
10 2 (3.226%) HP
10 2 (3.226%) SAP
11 1 (1.613%) Apple
11 1 (1.613%) McAfee