The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 21 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 106 124 105
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -19
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 64 45 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 2.073% 1.327% 1.724%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.843% 5.675% 8.689%
Number of salaries quoted 59 42 57
Average salary £32,500 £21,125 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -20.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £17,600 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,200 £36,750 £30,400
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
816 793 702
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 26.43% 23.38% 19.84%
Number of salaries quoted 688 711 623
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leicestershire +12 23 £35,000 +29.62%
Lincolnshire -8 14 £24,500 -27.40%
Northamptonshire +5 13 £23,500 +3.29%
Nottinghamshire 0 6 £27,500 -21.42%
Derbyshire -4 4 £35,000 +77.21%
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 112 (100.00%) Windows
2 84 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 84 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 49 (43.75%) Windows Vista
4 47 (41.96%) Microsoft
4 47 (41.96%) MS Exchange
5 45 (40.18%) IIS
6 44 (39.29%) SQL
7 43 (38.39%) Active Directory
8 36 (32.14%) SQL Server
8 36 (32.14%) Degree
9 34 (30.36%) Windows 7
10 32 (28.57%) Finance
11 31 (27.68%) MS Office
11 31 (27.68%) Test Scripting
12 30 (26.79%) Agile Software Development
12 30 (26.79%) Cyber Security
12 30 (26.79%) Biometrics
12 30 (26.79%) Smartcard
12 30 (26.79%) Identity Management
13 24 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
14 23 (20.54%) TCP/IP
14 23 (20.54%) Firewall
14 23 (20.54%) Exchange Server 2003
15 18 (16.07%) LAN
15 18 (16.07%) MS Excel
16 17 (15.18%) Symantec
16 17 (15.18%) Exchange Server 2010
17 16 (14.29%) MCP
18 13 (11.61%) Back Office

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (1.786%) Web Services
2 1 (0.893%) .NET
2 1 (0.893%) XML
2 1 (0.893%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.893%) EDI
2 1 (0.893%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 47 (41.96%) MS Exchange
2 45 (40.18%) IIS
3 23 (20.54%) Exchange Server 2003
4 17 (15.18%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (11.61%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (5.357%) SharePoint
7 5 (4.464%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.786%) Lotus Notes
9 1 (0.893%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.893%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.893%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.893%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 31 (27.68%) MS Office
2 18 (16.07%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.893%) Office 365
3 1 (0.893%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 23 (20.54%) TCP/IP
1 23 (20.54%) Firewall
2 18 (16.07%) LAN
3 13 (11.61%) WAN
4 11 (9.821%) DHCP
5 9 (8.036%) SAN
6 8 (7.143%) FTP
7 7 (6.250%) VPN
7 7 (6.250%) DNS
8 4 (3.571%) Wireless
8 4 (3.571%) Internet
9 3 (2.679%) VoIP
9 3 (2.679%) SSL
9 3 (2.679%) SMTP
10 1 (0.893%) ADSL
10 1 (0.893%) BGP
10 1 (0.893%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.893%) PABX
10 1 (0.893%) VLAN
10 1 (0.893%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (32.14%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.821%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (8.929%) SQL Server 2000
4 7 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (4.464%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (0.893%) TestDirector
General
1 32 (28.57%) Finance
2 13 (11.61%) Back Office
3 6 (5.357%) Retail
3 6 (5.357%) Marketing
4 2 (1.786%) Local Government
4 2 (1.786%) Law
5 1 (0.893%) Advertising
5 1 (0.893%) Dutch Language
5 1 (0.893%) French Language
5 1 (0.893%) Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (23.21%) Tester
1 26 (23.21%) Software Tester
2 24 (21.43%) Analyst
3 23 (20.54%) Support Engineer
4 19 (16.96%) IT Support
5 17 (15.18%) IT Support Engineer
6 16 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
7 14 (12.50%) Support Analyst
8 13 (11.61%) Senior IT Support
8 13 (11.61%) Senior Support Engineer
9 8 (7.143%) Administrator
10 7 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (5.357%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
11 6 (5.357%) Desktop Support
11 6 (5.357%) Service Analyst
11 6 (5.357%) Service Desk Analyst
12 5 (4.464%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (4.464%) Field Engineer
12 5 (4.464%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 30 (26.79%) Biometrics
1 30 (26.79%) Smartcard
2 4 (3.571%) Blackberry
2 4 (3.571%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.893%) Thin Client
3 1 (0.893%) AS400
3 1 (0.893%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (0.893%) Data Integration
3 1 (0.893%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 112 (100.00%) Windows
2 84 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 84 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 49 (43.75%) Windows Vista
4 34 (30.36%) Windows 7
5 12 (10.71%) Windows 2000 Server
6 11 (9.821%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (8.929%) Windows 2000
8 9 (8.036%) Windows 8
9 7 (6.250%) Linux
10 4 (3.571%) Windows Mobile
10 4 (3.571%) Apple iOS
10 4 (3.571%) UNIX
11 2 (1.786%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.786%) Fedora
11 2 (1.786%) Debian
12 1 (0.893%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.893%) Windows Phone
12 1 (0.893%) CentOS
12 1 (0.893%) Mac OS X Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.68%) Test Scripting
2 30 (26.79%) Agile Software Development
2 30 (26.79%) Cyber Security
2 30 (26.79%) Identity Management
3 9 (8.036%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (6.250%) ITIL
4 7 (6.250%) Time Management
5 6 (5.357%) Problem Management
5 6 (5.357%) Information Security
5 6 (5.357%) Direct Marketing
5 6 (5.357%) Change Control
6 5 (4.464%) E-Commerce
6 5 (4.464%) ERP
6 5 (4.464%) Incident Management
7 4 (3.571%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (1.786%) Software Testing
8 2 (1.786%) Project Planning
8 2 (1.786%) Business Continuity
9 1 (0.893%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (0.893%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 44 (39.29%) SQL
2 9 (8.036%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.357%) VBScript
4 2 (1.786%) C
4 2 (1.786%) VB
5 1 (0.893%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (32.14%) Degree
2 24 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (14.29%) MCP
4 11 (9.821%) MCTS
5 8 (7.143%) MCITP
5 8 (7.143%) MCSE
6 4 (3.571%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.571%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.679%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.679%) CCNA
8 2 (1.786%) MCSA
9 1 (0.893%) ISEB
9 1 (0.893%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.786%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (38.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.464%) VMware Workstation
2 5 (4.464%) vSphere
2 5 (4.464%) XenApp
2 5 (4.464%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.786%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.786%) Samba
3 2 (1.786%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.893%) NFS
4 1 (0.893%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (10.71%) Backup Exec
2 6 (5.357%) SCCM
2 6 (5.357%) WSUS
3 5 (4.464%) Norton AntiVirus
4 4 (3.571%) SCOM
5 1 (0.893%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.893%) ARCserve
5 1 (0.893%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 47 (41.96%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.18%) Symantec
3 11 (9.821%) VMware
4 9 (8.036%) Citrix
5 6 (5.357%) HP
6 5 (4.464%) Apple
6 5 (4.464%) LANDesk
7 4 (3.571%) Dell
7 4 (3.571%) Oracle
8 3 (2.679%) Cisco
8 3 (2.679%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.679%) Sophos
9 2 (1.786%) ION Trading
9 2 (1.786%) Remedy
9 2 (1.786%) Lotus
10 1 (0.893%) Juniper
10 1 (0.893%) McAfee
10 1 (0.893%) Twitter
10 1 (0.893%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.893%) Veeam
Nottinghamshire
The Helpdesk Support Analyst will be motivated by supporting client and eager to resolve technical issues surrounding Microsoft Operating Systems, Windows XP and Server. Any knowledge of Linux...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £0 - 19k per year + Plus £2k Shift Allowance
Posted: 20 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
IT Support, Helpdesk Support, 1st Line, Windows XP / 7 / 8, Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory (AD), MCITP, Microsoft, Customer Service, Degree. We have an outstanding opportunity for an...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £20,000 to £24,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Northamptonshire
Technical Helpdesk experience - 3 years * Customer Service experience - 2 years * A thorough working knowledge of Windows XP Professional/Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Exchange 2003, Exchange...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £21000 - £23000 per annum + ben+training
Posted: 20 May 2013
Northamptonshire
Essential Skills: Networking experience including troubleshooting of TCP/IP, LAN, WAN and DNS... Experience in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.0. Experience in Server 2003/2008 R1/...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000.00 - £23500.00 per annum + mileage allowance
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicester, East Midlands
They will also have strong knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft technologies in the Server/ Pc and application arenas.Knowledge of the following technologies is required: Windows...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Windows XP/7. Microsoft Active Directory. Group Policy configuration & Deployment, Microsoft IIS 6/7, VBScript, TCP/IP, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008... HP/Dell Server Hardware. HP/...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum + excellent benefits - see below
Posted: 15 May 2013
Markfield, Leicestershire
VLAN's) If you are an existing Network/Administrator and ready for your next career move then this is your perfect opportunity to join a leading retail business...
Macintosh UK
Salary: £21k - 26k per year + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Coalville
Due to the successful integration of the two brands we are looking to strengthen their Head Office team with the additional appointment of a Helpdesk Administrator.Based in...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £15k - 20k per year + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Markfield, Leicestershire
In this 1st line support role of Helpdesk Administrator you will need to have some previous experience as a Helpdesk Administrator of providing support (ideally in a retail...
Macintosh UK
Salary: £15k - 20k per year + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013