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 Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 22 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 Gloucestershire region.

 Microsoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank584546
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads72368
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire0.971 %2.357 %3.690 %
As % of the Operating Systems category3.398 %10.18 %19.32 %
Salaries quoted72364
Average salary£42,500£30,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.66 %+20.00 %
UK excluding London average salary£24,000£25,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-4.000 %-
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
206226352
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire28.57 %23.16 %19.10 %
Salaries quoted133183307
Average salary£36,000£33,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.460 %+3.070 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£26,900£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£55,000£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows XP South WestWindows XP
South West

Windows XP
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
TewkesburyNew entry-4£42,500-
CirencesterDown-92£23,500-21.66 %
CheltenhamUp+181£27,500-9.83 %
Windows XP South WestWindows XP
South West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

127 (100.00 %)Windows
216 (59.26 %)Microsoft
312 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (44.44 %)Windows 2000 Server
410 (37.04 %)MS Exchange
410 (37.04 %)Citrix
410 (37.04 %)Windows Vista
59 (33.33 %)Active Directory
68 (29.63 %)MS Excel
77 (25.93 %)MetaFrame
77 (25.93 %)Backup Exec
77 (25.93 %)Windows Server 2008
86 (22.22 %)C++
86 (22.22 %)SQL Server
86 (22.22 %)STL
86 (22.22 %)ITIL
86 (22.22 %)Project Management
86 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
95 (18.52 %)MS Office
95 (18.52 %)Windows 2000
95 (18.52 %)WAN
95 (18.52 %)FTP
95 (18.52 %)Borland
95 (18.52 %)Internet
95 (18.52 %)Symantec
95 (18.52 %)Norton AntiVirus
95 (18.52 %)Blackberry
95 (18.52 %)Exchange Server 2000
95 (18.52 %)Exchange Server 2007
104 (14.81 %)Microsoft Certification

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (22.22 %)STL
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (37.04 %)MS Exchange
26 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (18.52 %)Exchange Server 2007
35 (18.52 %)Exchange Server 2000
42 (7.407 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (29.63 %)MS Excel
25 (18.52 %)MS Office
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (11.11 %)assyst
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (18.52 %)WAN
15 (18.52 %)FTP
15 (18.52 %)Internet
23 (11.11 %)LAN
32 (7.407 %)TCP/IP
41 (3.704 %)VPN
41 (3.704 %)DNS
41 (3.704 %)SSL
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (22.22 %)SQL Server
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (7.407 %)Finance
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (22.22 %)Systems Administrator
16 (22.22 %)Systems Engineer
16 (22.22 %)2nd Line Support
16 (22.22 %)Administrator
16 (22.22 %)Team Leader
16 (22.22 %)C++ Team Leader
16 (22.22 %)Software Team Leader
23 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
23 (11.11 %)Analyst
32 (7.407 %)IT Support
32 (7.407 %)Support Engineer
32 (7.407 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
32 (7.407 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
41 (3.704 %)2nd Line Support Technician
41 (3.704 %)Support Specialist
41 (3.704 %)Senior Support Analyst
41 (3.704 %)IT Support Engineer
41 (3.704 %)Server Support Analyst
41 (3.704 %)Server Engineer
41 (3.704 %)IT Support Specialist
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (18.52 %)Blackberry
22 (7.407 %)German Language
22 (7.407 %)Client/Server
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
127 (100.00 %)Windows
212 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2003
212 (44.44 %)Windows 2000 Server
310 (37.04 %)Windows Vista
47 (25.93 %)Windows Server 2008
55 (18.52 %)Windows 2000
62 (7.407 %)Windows 7
71 (3.704 %)Windows NT
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (22.22 %)ITIL
16 (22.22 %)Project Management
22 (7.407 %)Change Management
31 (3.704 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (3.704 %)Asset Management
31 (3.704 %)Time Management
31 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (22.22 %)C++
22 (7.407 %)SQL
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (14.81 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (14.81 %)Security Cleared
23 (11.11 %)MCP
31 (3.704 %)MCSE
31 (3.704 %)SC Cleared
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (11.11 %)SLA
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (33.33 %)Active Directory
27 (25.93 %)MetaFrame
32 (7.407 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (3.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (3.704 %)Terminal Services
41 (3.704 %)VMware GSX
41 (3.704 %)VMware ESX
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (25.93 %)Backup Exec
25 (18.52 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (11.11 %)MOM
41 (3.704 %)WSUS
41 (3.704 %)McAfee ePO
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (59.26 %)Microsoft
210 (37.04 %)Citrix
35 (18.52 %)Borland
35 (18.52 %)Symantec
42 (7.407 %)Altiris
51 (3.704 %)NetApp
51 (3.704 %)McAfee
51 (3.704 %)VMware