The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 23 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 144 130 131
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 127 170 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 1.550% 1.948% 1.661%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.052% 6.511% 5.939%
Number of salaries quoted 116 150 143
Average salary £29,250 £27,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.36% -5.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £19,500 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,250 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2514 2611 2711
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 30.69% 29.93% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2159 2141 2271
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hertfordshire -9 56 £29,250 +10.37%
Cambridgeshire +16 34 £27,500 -
Essex -7 15 £27,500 +10.00%
Bedfordshire -16 8 £40,000 +42.85%
Suffolk -22 8 £26,000 -30.66%
East Anglia - 5 £30,000 -
Norfolk -1 1 £17,000 -46.03%
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 276 (100.00%) Windows
2 164 (59.42%) Microsoft
3 154 (55.80%) Windows 7
4 144 (52.17%) Active Directory
5 121 (43.84%) Windows Server 2003
6 101 (36.59%) Windows Server 2008
7 96 (34.78%) MS Office
8 83 (30.07%) MS Exchange
9 81 (29.35%) MS Excel
10 79 (28.62%) Windows Vista
11 60 (21.74%) Cisco
12 57 (20.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 56 (20.29%) TCP/IP
14 52 (18.84%) VMware
15 48 (17.39%) Citrix
16 45 (16.30%) DNS
16 45 (16.30%) LAN
16 45 (16.30%) ITIL
17 41 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
17 41 (14.86%) Exchange Server 2010
18 36 (13.04%) SQL Server
19 32 (11.59%) Firewall
19 32 (11.59%) Exchange Server 2007
20 30 (10.87%) MCP
20 30 (10.87%) WAN
21 28 (10.14%) SAN
21 28 (10.14%) Exchange Server 2003
22 27 (9.783%) SQL
23 26 (9.420%) DHCP
23 26 (9.420%) Finance

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 5 (1.812%) .NET
2 3 (1.087%) HTML
2 3 (1.087%) COM
2 3 (1.087%) CSS
2 3 (1.087%) SOAP
2 3 (1.087%) Web Services
2 3 (1.087%) XML
2 3 (1.087%) jQuery
3 2 (0.725%) REST
3 2 (0.725%) Application Packaging
3 2 (0.725%) Ajax
3 2 (0.725%) WSDL
3 2 (0.725%) VXML
3 2 (0.725%) XSLT
3 2 (0.725%) DCOM
3 2 (0.725%) MFC
4 1 (0.362%) Silverlight
4 1 (0.362%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 83 (30.07%) MS Exchange
2 41 (14.86%) Exchange Server 2010
3 32 (11.59%) Exchange Server 2007
4 28 (10.14%) Exchange Server 2003
5 12 (4.348%) WebLogic
5 12 (4.348%) IIS
5 12 (4.348%) SharePoint
6 9 (3.261%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (1.812%) Lotus Notes
8 3 (1.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (1.087%) Windows Azure
9 2 (0.725%) Site Server
9 2 (0.725%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.725%) Apache
10 1 (0.362%) CMS
10 1 (0.362%) Lync
10 1 (0.362%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 96 (34.78%) MS Office
2 81 (29.35%) MS Excel
3 13 (4.710%) MS Visio
3 13 (4.710%) MS Project
4 2 (0.725%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.362%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.362%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.362%) Visualfiles
1 1 (0.362%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 56 (20.29%) TCP/IP
2 45 (16.30%) DNS
2 45 (16.30%) LAN
3 32 (11.59%) Firewall
4 30 (10.87%) WAN
5 28 (10.14%) SAN
6 26 (9.420%) DHCP
7 19 (6.884%) VPN
8 11 (3.986%) Network Security
9 10 (3.623%) HTTP
9 10 (3.623%) VoIP
10 8 (2.899%) Internet
10 8 (2.899%) HTTPS
10 8 (2.899%) Broadband
11 7 (2.536%) 3G
12 6 (2.174%) SSL
12 6 (2.174%) ADSL
12 6 (2.174%) GPRS
13 5 (1.812%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.449%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.435%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (3.986%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.087%) MySQL
5 1 (0.362%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.362%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.362%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.362%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.362%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.362%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.536%) MSI
2 5 (1.812%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.812%) LabVIEW
3 2 (0.725%) Subversion
4 1 (0.362%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.362%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 26 (9.420%) Finance
2 18 (6.522%) Telecoms
3 16 (5.797%) Retail
4 6 (2.174%) Hebrew Language
4 6 (2.174%) French Language
4 6 (2.174%) Manufacturing
4 6 (2.174%) Banking
5 5 (1.812%) Italian Language
5 5 (1.812%) Spanish Language
6 4 (1.449%) Advertising
7 3 (1.087%) Back Office
7 3 (1.087%) Electronics
7 3 (1.087%) Local Government
8 1 (0.362%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.362%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.362%) Legal
8 1 (0.362%) German Language
Job Titles
1 93 (33.70%) Analyst
2 64 (23.19%) Support Analyst
3 53 (19.20%) Support Engineer
4 36 (13.04%) IT Support
5 34 (12.32%) Technical Support
6 23 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
7 20 (7.246%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (6.522%) 3rd Line Support
9 16 (5.797%) IT Support Analyst
9 16 (5.797%) Desktop Support
10 14 (5.072%) Technical Support Analyst
11 13 (4.710%) Help Desk Support
11 13 (4.710%) Service Desk Analyst
11 13 (4.710%) Service Analyst
12 12 (4.348%) 1st Line Support
12 12 (4.348%) Field Engineer
13 11 (3.986%) Help Desk Analyst
14 10 (3.623%) Support Specialist
14 10 (3.623%) Technical Specialist
14 10 (3.623%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.072%) Blackberry
2 7 (2.536%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.812%) NHS
4 4 (1.449%) Computer Science
4 4 (1.449%) Fat Client
4 4 (1.449%) Firmware
4 4 (1.449%) Thin Client
4 4 (1.449%) EPoS
5 3 (1.087%) Replication
5 3 (1.087%) Device Driver
5 3 (1.087%) Mathematics
5 3 (1.087%) Blog
6 2 (0.725%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.725%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.725%) Open Source
6 2 (0.725%) Speech Recognition
6 2 (0.725%) Statistics
6 2 (0.725%) CCTV
6 2 (0.725%) IVR
7 1 (0.362%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 276 (100.00%) Windows
2 154 (55.80%) Windows 7
3 121 (43.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 101 (36.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 79 (28.62%) Windows Vista
6 25 (9.058%) Linux
7 20 (7.246%) Windows 8
8 15 (5.435%) Mac OS X
9 12 (4.348%) Solaris
10 9 (3.261%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (2.536%) Windows 2000
12 6 (2.174%) Windows 2000 Server
13 5 (1.812%) CentOS
14 4 (1.449%) Mac OS X Server
14 4 (1.449%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.725%) Android
15 2 (0.725%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.725%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.362%) UNIX
16 1 (0.362%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (16.30%) ITIL
2 21 (7.609%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (5.797%) Time Management
4 15 (5.435%) Service Management
4 15 (5.435%) Test Management
5 13 (4.710%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (3.986%) Project Management
7 10 (3.623%) Test Scripting
7 10 (3.623%) Incident Management
7 10 (3.623%) Service Delivery
7 10 (3.623%) Migration
8 9 (3.261%) Integration Testing
9 8 (2.899%) Test Automation
9 8 (2.899%) Regression Testing
10 7 (2.536%) OO
10 7 (2.536%) Change Management
11 6 (2.174%) Problem Management
11 6 (2.174%) Scrum
12 5 (1.812%) Software Testing
12 5 (1.812%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.783%) SQL
2 12 (4.348%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.623%) C#
3 10 (3.623%) C++
4 9 (3.261%) C
5 8 (2.899%) Python
6 5 (1.812%) VB
6 5 (1.812%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.449%) Perl
8 3 (1.087%) PHP
8 3 (1.087%) Java
8 3 (1.087%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.087%) Embedded C++
8 3 (1.087%) Ruby
9 1 (0.362%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.362%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.362%) VBScript
9 1 (0.362%) PHP5
9 1 (0.362%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 57 (20.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (10.87%) MCP
3 19 (6.884%) MCSE
4 17 (6.159%) Degree
4 17 (6.159%) MCITP
5 15 (5.435%) MCSA
6 13 (4.710%) ISEB
6 13 (4.710%) Security Cleared
6 13 (4.710%) MCTS
7 12 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.986%) CCNA
9 7 (2.536%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.174%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.174%) A+ Certification
10 6 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.812%) CCSP
11 5 (1.812%) CCNP
11 5 (1.812%) CCIP
12 3 (1.087%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.087%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.710%) QA
2 9 (3.261%) SLA
3 1 (0.362%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.362%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.362%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 144 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 41 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.261%) XenApp
4 8 (2.899%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.536%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (2.174%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.174%) Xen
6 6 (2.174%) Terminal Services
7 5 (1.812%) ISA Server
7 5 (1.812%) vSphere
7 5 (1.812%) Forefront TMG
7 5 (1.812%) UAG
8 4 (1.449%) VMware ESX
9 2 (0.725%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.725%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 2 (0.725%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.362%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 18 (6.522%) SCCM
2 13 (4.710%) HP Quality Center
3 7 (2.536%) Backup Exec
4 6 (2.174%) McAfee ePO
5 4 (1.449%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (1.087%) MAILsweeper
6 3 (1.087%) BladeLogic
6 3 (1.087%) WSUS
7 1 (0.362%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.362%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.362%) Sysprep
7 1 (0.362%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 164 (59.42%) Microsoft
2 60 (21.74%) Cisco
3 52 (18.84%) VMware
4 48 (17.39%) Citrix
5 18 (6.522%) HP
6 12 (4.348%) Veritas
7 11 (3.986%) Apple
8 10 (3.623%) Fujitsu
9 9 (3.261%) McAfee
10 6 (2.174%) Acronis
10 6 (2.174%) SAP
11 5 (1.812%) Oracle
11 5 (1.812%) Lotus
11 5 (1.812%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.812%) NetApp
12 4 (1.449%) Symantec
13 3 (1.087%) BMC
13 3 (1.087%) Mitel
13 3 (1.087%) SonicWALL
14 2 (0.725%) LANDesk
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