Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the England region.

 Microsoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1027258
Rank change year-on-year
Down-30Down-14
Matching permanent IT job ads164022556301
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England2.018 %2.812 %3.276 %
As % of the Operating Systems category9.186 %11.28 %13.05 %
Salaries quoted145419905526
Average salary£26,000£26,000£27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--3.700 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£18,000£18,500£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£24,000£25,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-4.000 %-
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
178541999948271
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England21.97 %24.94 %25.10 %
Salaries quoted151161695940476
Average salary£38,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows XP UKWindows XP
UK

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

England Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP across the England region.

England Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-24722£30,000+1.69 %
South EastDown-52279£26,000-1.88 %
East of EnglandDown-12140£26,500+6.00 %
YorkshireDown-21133£19,500-18.75 %
North WestDown-10114£22,000-10.20 %
East MidlandsUp+1988£23,250-2.10 %
West MidlandsUp+1484£25,000-
South WestDown-3379£25,000+8.69 %
North EastDown-35£25,000-
MidlandsUp+12--
HumbersideNew entry-1£16,500-
Windows XP UKWindows XP
UK

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the 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.

13166 (100.00 %)Windows
21552 (49.02 %)Windows Server 2003
31247 (39.39 %)Active Directory
41239 (39.13 %)Microsoft
51101 (34.78 %)MS Office
6853 (26.94 %)MS Excel
7847 (26.75 %)MS Exchange
8835 (26.37 %)Windows Vista
9673 (21.26 %)Windows 2000
10660 (20.85 %)TCP/IP
11530 (16.74 %)SQL
12517 (16.33 %)Microsoft Certification
13513 (16.20 %)Finance
14502 (15.86 %)SQL Server
15486 (15.35 %)Exchange Server 2003
16422 (13.33 %)ITIL
17399 (12.60 %)Windows Server 2008
18394 (12.44 %)Citrix
19374 (11.81 %)Cisco
20359 (11.34 %)Blackberry
21340 (10.74 %)MCSE
22333 (10.52 %)Exchange Server 2007
23327 (10.33 %)LAN
24315 (9.949 %)VPN
24315 (9.949 %)Firewall
25309 (9.760 %)Windows 2000 Server
26308 (9.728 %)DNS
27288 (9.097 %)Degree
28287 (9.065 %)VMware
29280 (8.844 %)UNIX

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the 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.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1196 (6.191 %).NET
2107 (3.380 %)HTML
383 (2.622 %)ASP.NET
383 (2.622 %)XML
470 (2.211 %)ASP
534 (1.074 %)WebSphere
633 (1.042 %)Spring
732 (1.011 %)J2EE
828 (0.884 %)CSS
927 (0.853 %)Application Packaging
1026 (0.821 %)WMI
1125 (0.790 %)COM
1224 (0.758 %)Web Services
1323 (0.726 %)Swing
1323 (0.726 %)FIX Protocol
1323 (0.726 %)WPF
1421 (0.663 %)Silverlight
1421 (0.663 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1519 (0.600 %).NET Framework
1519 (0.600 %)WCF
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1847 (26.75 %)MS Exchange
2486 (15.35 %)Exchange Server 2003
3333 (10.52 %)Exchange Server 2007
4196 (6.191 %)IIS
5152 (4.801 %)SharePoint
6134 (4.232 %)Lotus Notes
791 (2.874 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
872 (2.274 %)Exchange Server 2000
942 (1.327 %)Apache
1033 (1.042 %)GroupWise
1127 (0.853 %)Lotus Domino
1216 (0.505 %)WebLogic
1216 (0.505 %)Tomcat
1314 (0.442 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1314 (0.442 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1410 (0.316 %)GlassFish
158 (0.253 %)WorkSite
167 (0.221 %)Progress Apama
176 (0.190 %)SmartSockets
176 (0.190 %)CMS
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11101 (34.78 %)MS Office
2853 (26.94 %)MS Excel
380 (2.527 %)MS PowerPoint
436 (1.137 %)MS Visio
519 (0.600 %)Acrobat
615 (0.474 %)MS Project
79 (0.284 %)Spreadsheet
87 (0.221 %)Photoshop
96 (0.190 %)QuarkXPress
104 (0.126 %)Pro/ENGINEER
113 (0.095 %)AutoCAD
113 (0.095 %)SPSS
122 (0.063 %)DeltaView
131 (0.032 %)Fireworks
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
143 (1.358 %)RMDS
213 (0.411 %)SoftGrid
312 (0.379 %)Microsoft CRM
410 (0.316 %)Dynamics CRM
58 (0.253 %)Dynamics AX
58 (0.253 %)assyst
66 (0.190 %)Movex
75 (0.158 %)Dynamics GP
84 (0.126 %)Oracle Applications
84 (0.126 %)SAP R/3
93 (0.095 %)Great Plains
93 (0.095 %)GoldMine
102 (0.063 %)Global One
111 (0.032 %)SAP CRM
111 (0.032 %)Axapta
111 (0.032 %)Oracle Financials
111 (0.032 %)SyteLine
111 (0.032 %)Remedy AR System
111 (0.032 %)Apache OFBiz
111 (0.032 %)3000 Xtra
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1660 (20.85 %)TCP/IP
2327 (10.33 %)LAN
3315 (9.949 %)VPN
3315 (9.949 %)Firewall
4308 (9.728 %)DNS
5273 (8.623 %)WAN
6203 (6.412 %)DHCP
7167 (5.275 %)Internet
8106 (3.348 %)VoIP
980 (2.527 %)SAN
1071 (2.243 %)Wireless
1158 (1.832 %)Intranet
1231 (0.979 %)VLAN
1328 (0.884 %)ADSL
1426 (0.821 %)SMS
1525 (0.790 %)Ethernet
1621 (0.663 %)Wi-Fi
1720 (0.632 %)FTP
1816 (0.505 %)SSL
1816 (0.505 %)IP Telephony
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1502 (15.86 %)SQL Server
2246 (7.770 %)SQL Server 2005
3169 (5.338 %)SQL Server 2000
464 (2.021 %)SQL Server 2008
541 (1.295 %)MySQL
625 (0.790 %)Crystal Reports
723 (0.726 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
822 (0.695 %)Oracle 10g
822 (0.695 %)TOAD
921 (0.663 %)Oracle 8/8i
1020 (0.632 %)DB2
1118 (0.569 %)MS Access
1118 (0.569 %)BusinessObjects
1216 (0.505 %)RDBMS
1314 (0.442 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1314 (0.442 %)DTS
1411 (0.347 %)Datawarehouse
1411 (0.347 %)SQL Server Integration Services
159 (0.284 %)ETL
168 (0.253 %)Oracle 11g
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
152 (1.642 %)Visual Studio
236 (1.137 %)InstallShield
331 (0.979 %)StarTeam
427 (0.853 %)Ant
525 (0.790 %)JUnit
525 (0.790 %)ClearCase
624 (0.758 %)TestDirector
723 (0.726 %)Dreamweaver
813 (0.411 %)Oracle Forms
99 (0.284 %)QuickTest Pro
99 (0.284 %)Subversion
106 (0.190 %)Oracle APEX
115 (0.158 %)TeamCity
115 (0.158 %)NCover
115 (0.158 %)NUnit
115 (0.158 %)CruiseControl
124 (0.126 %)TeamTrack
124 (0.126 %)Maven
124 (0.126 %)LoadRunner
124 (0.126 %)WinRunner
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1513 (16.20 %)Finance
2162 (5.117 %)Banking
3129 (4.075 %)Front Office
4108 (3.411 %)Law
591 (2.874 %)Telecoms
686 (2.716 %)Legal
778 (2.464 %)Health
876 (2.401 %)Insurance
970 (2.211 %)Education
1069 (2.179 %)Pensions
1164 (2.021 %)Investment Banking
1254 (1.706 %)Marketing
1351 (1.611 %)Retail
1436 (1.137 %)Government
1535 (1.105 %)Back Office
1622 (0.695 %)Advertising
1720 (0.632 %)Financial Institution
1819 (0.600 %)Publishing
1917 (0.537 %)Manufacturing
2014 (0.442 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11103 (34.84 %)Analyst
2780 (24.64 %)Support Analyst
3409 (12.92 %)IT Support
4347 (10.96 %)Support Engineer
5337 (10.64 %)Desktop Support
6214 (6.759 %)2nd Line Support
7198 (6.254 %)Helpdesk Analyst
8190 (6.001 %)Desktop Analyst
9184 (5.812 %)Administrator
10182 (5.749 %)Technical Support
11175 (5.527 %)Developer
11175 (5.527 %)Helpdesk Support
12166 (5.243 %)Desktop Support Analyst
13131 (4.138 %)Systems Administrator
14129 (4.075 %)IT Support Analyst
15127 (4.011 %)3rd Line Support
16123 (3.885 %)Support Technician
17119 (3.759 %)Technical Analyst
18113 (3.569 %)Service Analyst
19110 (3.474 %)Consultant
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1359 (11.34 %)Blackberry
289 (2.811 %)Client/Server
353 (1.674 %)PDA
444 (1.390 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
543 (1.358 %)Equities
634 (1.074 %)Fixed Income
634 (1.074 %)Thin Client
634 (1.074 %)German Language
634 (1.074 %)Fat Client
733 (1.042 %)EPoS
832 (1.011 %)Computer Science
929 (0.916 %)Derivative
1028 (0.884 %)Video Conferencing
1126 (0.821 %)Clustering
1221 (0.663 %)Management Information System
1318 (0.569 %)Replication
1318 (0.569 %)Mathematics
1416 (0.505 %)French Language
1514 (0.442 %)SaaS
168 (0.253 %)AS400
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13166 (100.00 %)Windows
21552 (49.02 %)Windows Server 2003
3835 (26.37 %)Windows Vista
4673 (21.26 %)Windows 2000
5399 (12.60 %)Windows Server 2008
6309 (9.760 %)Windows 2000 Server
7280 (8.844 %)UNIX
8278 (8.781 %)Linux
9198 (6.254 %)Windows 7
10172 (5.433 %)Windows NT
1198 (3.095 %)Solaris
1285 (2.685 %)Mac OS X
1344 (1.390 %)AIX
1435 (1.105 %)Red Hat Linux
1531 (0.979 %)Mac OS
1623 (0.726 %)NetWare
1714 (0.442 %)Windows Mobile
1813 (0.411 %)Windows CE
1911 (0.347 %)Mac OS X Server
208 (0.253 %)CentOS
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1422 (13.33 %)ITIL
276 (2.401 %)Service Delivery
375 (2.369 %)Disaster Recovery
465 (2.053 %)CRM
557 (1.800 %)Migration
557 (1.800 %)Electronic Trading
654 (1.706 %)Project Management
747 (1.485 %)Service Management
844 (1.390 %)OO
941 (1.295 %)Configuration Management
1039 (1.232 %)E-Commerce
1138 (1.200 %)Asset Management
1138 (1.200 %)Unit Testing
1237 (1.169 %)Incident Management
1336 (1.137 %)Agile Software Development
1435 (1.105 %)Test Scripting
1532 (1.011 %)Web Development
1631 (0.979 %)User Acceptance Testing
1730 (0.948 %)Time Management
1730 (0.948 %)ERP
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1530 (16.74 %)SQL
2144 (4.548 %)C#
3141 (4.454 %)Java
4108 (3.411 %)VB
599 (3.127 %)VBScript
696 (3.032 %)C
780 (2.527 %)C++
867 (2.116 %)JavaScript
954 (1.706 %)PL/SQL
1049 (1.548 %)T-SQL
1139 (1.232 %)PHP
1228 (0.884 %)PowerShell
1228 (0.884 %)Shell Script
1327 (0.853 %)Perl
1327 (0.853 %)VB.NET
1419 (0.600 %)Python
1515 (0.474 %)VBA
169 (0.284 %)VC++
178 (0.253 %)VB6
186 (0.190 %)JCL
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1517 (16.33 %)Microsoft Certification
2340 (10.74 %)MCSE
3288 (9.097 %)Degree
4251 (7.928 %)MCP
5134 (4.232 %)Security Cleared
6131 (4.138 %)MCSA
7120 (3.790 %)Cisco Certification
8114 (3.601 %)CCNA
973 (2.306 %)SC Cleared
1045 (1.421 %)MCITP
1140 (1.263 %)MCDST
1237 (1.169 %)A+ Certification
1335 (1.105 %)ITIL Certification
1420 (0.632 %)MOS
1519 (0.600 %)Network+ Certification
1618 (0.569 %)ISEB
1716 (0.505 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1815 (0.474 %)CCNP
1911 (0.347 %)ISTQB
2010 (0.316 %)SCJA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1148 (4.675 %)SLA
224 (0.758 %)QA
312 (0.379 %)PCI DSS
48 (0.253 %)COBIT
55 (0.158 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.063 %)HL7
71 (0.032 %)ISO27001
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11247 (39.39 %)Active Directory
2195 (6.159 %)VMware Infrastructure
370 (2.211 %)Terminal Services
458 (1.832 %)VMware ESX
542 (1.327 %)Citrix Presentation Server
641 (1.295 %)ISA Server
730 (0.948 %)VMware Workstation
826 (0.821 %)MetaFrame
922 (0.695 %)Hyper-V
1018 (0.569 %)Terminal Server
1110 (0.316 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1110 (0.316 %)XenServer
128 (0.253 %)XenApp
136 (0.190 %)vSphere
136 (0.190 %)VMware GSX
145 (0.158 %)Samba
145 (0.158 %)Xen
154 (0.126 %)VMware Server
154 (0.126 %)XenDesktop
163 (0.095 %)Kerio MailServer
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1124 (3.917 %)Backup Exec
286 (2.716 %)SCCM
380 (2.527 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
448 (1.516 %)Norton AntiVirus
540 (1.263 %)MSI
639 (1.232 %)SCOM
724 (0.758 %)WSUS
823 (0.726 %)OpenView Configuration Management
919 (0.600 %)McAfee ePO
1016 (0.505 %)Tivoli
1114 (0.442 %)NetBackup
1213 (0.411 %)HP Quality Center
1213 (0.411 %)DameWare
1312 (0.379 %)Sysprep
1410 (0.316 %)MOM
155 (0.158 %)OpenView
155 (0.158 %)Unicenter
155 (0.158 %)EMC NetWorker
155 (0.158 %)SCVMM
164 (0.126 %)ARCserve
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11239 (39.13 %)Microsoft
2394 (12.44 %)Citrix
3374 (11.81 %)Cisco
4287 (9.065 %)VMware
5229 (7.233 %)HP
6178 (5.622 %)Oracle
7138 (4.359 %)Lotus
8128 (4.043 %)Bloomberg
9120 (3.790 %)Reuters
10107 (3.380 %)Symantec
1197 (3.064 %)Dell
1291 (2.874 %)IBM
1379 (2.495 %)Apple
1472 (2.274 %)Remedy
1571 (2.243 %)Adobe
1667 (2.116 %)Avaya
1759 (1.864 %)Altiris
1848 (1.516 %)Intel
1942 (1.327 %)Veritas
2036 (1.137 %)Borland