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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 42 30 40
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 2 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 0.722% 0.637% 2.174%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.444% 2.941% 6.977%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 6
Average salary £17,500 £25,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +19.04%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
45 34 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 16.25% 21.66% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 19 58
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% +41.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,500 £20,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
North Yorkshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) Xen
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) VoIP
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Finance

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Technician
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Xen
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat