The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 73 64 36
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -28
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 11 14 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 1.230% 1.958% 4.318%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.044% 7.910% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 18
Average salary £27,500 £19,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.02% -32.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £17,500 £19,350
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £43,800 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
272 177 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 30.43% 24.76% 26.14%
Number of salaries quoted 227 167 105
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +11.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Surrey

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

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

Guildford Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (84.00%) Active Directory
3 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
4 13 (52.00%) Citrix
5 12 (48.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (48.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (48.00%) XenApp
6 11 (44.00%) MS Exchange
7 9 (36.00%) SharePoint
8 8 (32.00%) TCP/IP
8 8 (32.00%) DNS
8 8 (32.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 8 (32.00%) SCCM
9 7 (28.00%) Firewall
9 7 (28.00%) VMware
10 6 (24.00%) HP
10 6 (24.00%) SAN
10 6 (24.00%) VPN
10 6 (24.00%) MS Office
10 6 (24.00%) ITIL
11 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (20.00%) Cisco
11 5 (20.00%) MPLS
11 5 (20.00%) Blackberry
11 5 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 5 (20.00%) iPhone
11 5 (20.00%) Altiris
11 5 (20.00%) Incident Management

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 Platforms
1 11 (44.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (36.00%) SharePoint
3 8 (32.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) MS Office
2 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (32.00%) DNS
2 7 (28.00%) Firewall
3 6 (24.00%) SAN
3 6 (24.00%) VPN
4 5 (20.00%) MPLS
5 4 (16.00%) SSL
5 4 (16.00%) IPsec
6 2 (8.000%) DHCP
6 2 (8.000%) LAN
7 1 (4.000%) WAN
7 1 (4.000%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) IT Support
4 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Technician
5 3 (12.00%) Server Engineer
6 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (8.000%) Citrix Specialist
6 2 (8.000%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Desktop Technician
6 2 (8.000%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (8.000%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (4.000%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (4.000%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 5 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
1 5 (20.00%) iPhone
1 5 (20.00%) iPad
2 2 (8.000%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (48.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (16.00%) Linux
3 4 (16.00%) UNIX
3 4 (16.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (12.00%) AIX
4 3 (12.00%) Solaris
4 3 (12.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (8.000%) CentOS
6 1 (4.000%) Windows 8
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (16.00%) Software Deployment
4 3 (12.00%) Change Management
4 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (4.000%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (4.000%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.000%) Project Management
5 1 (4.000%) Service Management
5 1 (4.000%) Quality Management
5 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (4.000%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.00%) MCSE
2 4 (16.00%) MCSA
3 3 (12.00%) CCNA
3 3 (12.00%) CCDA
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.000%) CCAA
4 2 (8.000%) CCA
4 2 (8.000%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (8.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (4.000%) MCDST
5 1 (4.000%) MCITP
5 1 (4.000%) Degree
5 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.000%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) SLA
2 1 (4.000%) QA
System Software
1 21 (84.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (48.00%) XenApp
3 5 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (16.00%) XenDesktop
5 1 (4.000%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (32.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (52.00%) Citrix
3 7 (28.00%) VMware
4 6 (24.00%) HP
5 5 (20.00%) Cisco
5 5 (20.00%) Altiris
6 4 (16.00%) CheckPoint
7 2 (8.000%) AppSense
8 1 (4.000%) Remedy
8 1 (4.000%) Avaya
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Posted: 23 April 2013