The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Herefordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 21 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 Herefordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank - - 7
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 0 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire - - 15.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £19,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 25 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 43.33% 31.65% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 12 25 9
Average salary £42,500 £28,500 £19,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+49.12% +46.15%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Lumension
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Lumension
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) VMware