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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 80 62 68
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 15 15 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.295% 1.786% 1.564%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.644% 7.282% 5.976%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 10
Average salary £27,500 £40,000 £23,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.25% +72.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,600 £19,950 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,000 £33,750
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
323 206 251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 27.89% 24.52% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 174 131 174
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Scotland

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

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

Glasgow Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
3 16 (59.26%) MS Excel
4 14 (51.85%) MS Office
5 13 (48.15%) Active Directory
6 11 (40.74%) MS Exchange
6 11 (40.74%) Windows 7
7 10 (37.04%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2007
8 8 (29.63%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (29.63%) VMware
9 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (25.93%) Lotus
9 7 (25.93%) Lotus Notes
10 6 (22.22%) ITIL
10 6 (22.22%) Windows Vista
10 6 (22.22%) vSphere
10 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (22.22%) PDA
11 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2003
11 5 (18.52%) Dutch Language
11 5 (18.52%) Blackberry
12 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
12 4 (14.81%) SQL
12 4 (14.81%) Oracle
12 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
12 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
12 4 (14.81%) VPN
13 3 (11.11%) IIS

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (3.704%) XML
1 1 (3.704%) XML Schema
1 1 (3.704%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (40.74%) MS Exchange
2 8 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (25.93%) Lotus Notes
4 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (11.11%) Apache
6 3 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (59.26%) MS Excel
2 14 (51.85%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
1 4 (14.81%) VPN
2 3 (11.11%) Internet
2 3 (11.11%) Wireless
3 2 (7.407%) Firewall
3 2 (7.407%) DNS
3 2 (7.407%) SAN
3 2 (7.407%) DHCP
4 1 (3.704%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.704%) LAN
4 1 (3.704%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (18.52%) Dutch Language
2 2 (7.407%) French Language
3 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Support Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Service Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Applications Support
4 3 (11.11%) Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Support
5 2 (7.407%) Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Server Support
5 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (7.407%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) PDA
2 5 (18.52%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.704%) Cryptography
3 1 (3.704%) iPhone
3 1 (3.704%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (40.74%) Windows 7
3 10 (37.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (22.22%) Windows Vista
6 1 (3.704%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) ITIL
2 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
3 3 (11.11%) Document Management
3 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 2 (7.407%) Migration
5 1 (3.704%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.704%) Performance Management
5 1 (3.704%) Security Architecture
5 1 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.704%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.704%) VBScript
3 1 (3.704%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.407%) MCSE
2 2 (7.407%) Degree
3 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.704%) MCP
3 1 (3.704%) MCDST
System Software
1 13 (48.15%) Active Directory
2 8 (29.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (22.22%) vSphere
4 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
5 2 (7.407%) XenApp
5 2 (7.407%) XenServer
5 2 (7.407%) XenDesktop
6 1 (3.704%) Terminal Server
6 1 (3.704%) Terminal Services
6 1 (3.704%) ISA Server
6 1 (3.704%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) Backup Exec
1 1 (3.704%) WSUS
1 1 (3.704%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 8 (29.63%) VMware
3 7 (25.93%) Lotus
4 4 (14.81%) Oracle
5 3 (11.11%) JBoss
5 3 (11.11%) Symantec
6 2 (7.407%) Cisco
6 2 (7.407%) Intel
6 2 (7.407%) Citrix
7 1 (3.704%) Avaya
7 1 (3.704%) NetApp
7 1 (3.704%) Veritas
7 1 (3.704%) IBM
7 1 (3.704%) McAfee
7 1 (3.704%) Websense
7 1 (3.704%) SurfControl
7 1 (3.704%) Dell
7 1 (3.704%) EMC
Glasgow, Scotland
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire
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Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + On call & call out allowance
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