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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 86 80 121
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +41
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 57 70 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.319% 2.779% 1.426%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.734% 8.783% 4.881%
Number of salaries quoted 53 67 41
Average salary £29,500 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.27% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,120 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £42,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
737 797 963
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 29.98% 31.64% 29.22%
Number of salaries quoted 583 620 739
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hemel Hempstead -1 9 £31,500 +46.51%
Watford +19 6 £40,000 -
St Albans -7 6 £27,500 +1.85%
Hertford -3 5 £28,000 +40.00%
Stevenage +8 2 £25,000 -
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £17,500 -
Borehamwood - 2 £21,500 -
Letchworth - 1 - -
Potters Bar - 1 £24,500 -
Rickmansworth - 1 £25,000 -
Windows XP
East of England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 102 (100.00%) Windows
2 69 (67.65%) Windows 7
3 55 (53.92%) Microsoft
4 53 (51.96%) Windows Server 2003
5 50 (49.02%) Active Directory
6 48 (47.06%) Windows Server 2008
7 43 (42.16%) MS Excel
8 26 (25.49%) MS Exchange
8 26 (25.49%) MS Office
8 26 (25.49%) Windows Vista
9 24 (23.53%) LAN
10 22 (21.57%) TCP/IP
11 21 (20.59%) Cisco
11 21 (20.59%) Citrix
11 21 (20.59%) VMware
12 19 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
12 19 (18.63%) SQL
13 18 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (15.69%) SAN
14 16 (15.69%) DNS
15 15 (14.71%) ITIL
15 15 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
15 15 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2010
16 13 (12.75%) HP Quality Center
16 13 (12.75%) User Acceptance Testing
16 13 (12.75%) MS Project
16 13 (12.75%) SQL Server
16 13 (12.75%) ISEB
16 13 (12.75%) WAN
16 13 (12.75%) MS Visio

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (3.922%) .NET
2 3 (2.941%) CSS
2 3 (2.941%) SOAP
2 3 (2.941%) XML
2 3 (2.941%) COM
2 3 (2.941%) HTML
2 3 (2.941%) jQuery
3 2 (1.961%) Application Packaging
3 2 (1.961%) Ajax
3 2 (1.961%) REST
3 2 (1.961%) WSDL
3 2 (1.961%) MFC
3 2 (1.961%) DCOM
3 2 (1.961%) XSLT
3 2 (1.961%) Web Services
3 2 (1.961%) VXML
4 1 (0.980%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 26 (25.49%) MS Exchange
2 15 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (10.78%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (9.804%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (3.922%) SharePoint
5 4 (3.922%) IIS
5 4 (3.922%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (1.961%) Apache
6 2 (1.961%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.980%) Lync
7 1 (0.980%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.980%) CMS
Applications
1 43 (42.16%) MS Excel
2 26 (25.49%) MS Office
3 13 (12.75%) MS Project
3 13 (12.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.980%) Fireworks
4 1 (0.980%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.980%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 24 (23.53%) LAN
2 22 (21.57%) TCP/IP
3 16 (15.69%) SAN
3 16 (15.69%) DNS
4 13 (12.75%) WAN
5 12 (11.76%) Firewall
6 10 (9.804%) DHCP
7 9 (8.824%) VPN
8 8 (7.843%) Broadband
9 5 (4.902%) 3G
10 4 (3.922%) Bluetooth
10 4 (3.922%) GPRS
10 4 (3.922%) Internet
11 3 (2.941%) ADSL
11 3 (2.941%) VoIP
11 3 (2.941%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.961%) VLAN
12 2 (1.961%) Ethernet
12 2 (1.961%) ISDN
12 2 (1.961%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (2.941%) MySQL
3 3 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (3.922%) MSI
2 2 (1.961%) Subversion
2 2 (1.961%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (1.961%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.980%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (5.882%) Finance
2 5 (4.902%) Retail
3 3 (2.941%) Back Office
3 3 (2.941%) Local Government
4 2 (1.961%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.980%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 33 (32.35%) Analyst
2 22 (21.57%) Support Analyst
3 21 (20.59%) Support Engineer
4 17 (16.67%) IT Support
5 13 (12.75%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (10.78%) 3rd Line Support
6 11 (10.78%) Technical Analyst
7 10 (9.804%) Desktop Support
8 9 (8.824%) Help Desk Support
9 8 (7.843%) Technical Support
10 7 (6.863%) Test Leader
10 7 (6.863%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 7 (6.863%) Support Manager
10 7 (6.863%) Desktop Analyst
11 6 (5.882%) Technical Test Analyst
11 6 (5.882%) Network Support
11 6 (5.882%) Test Analyst
11 6 (5.882%) Server Support
12 5 (4.902%) Network Engineer
12 5 (4.902%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.863%) Blackberry
2 5 (4.902%) NHS
2 5 (4.902%) Computer Science
3 3 (2.941%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.961%) Replication
4 2 (1.961%) IVR
4 2 (1.961%) CCTV
4 2 (1.961%) Speech Recognition
4 2 (1.961%) Fat Client
4 2 (1.961%) Open Source
4 2 (1.961%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.980%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 102 (100.00%) Windows
2 69 (67.65%) Windows 7
3 53 (51.96%) Windows Server 2003
4 48 (47.06%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (25.49%) Windows Vista
6 9 (8.824%) Windows 8
7 4 (3.922%) Linux
8 3 (2.941%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (1.961%) Android
10 1 (0.980%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.980%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.980%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.980%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.980%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.71%) ITIL
1 15 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (12.75%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (9.804%) Test Management
3 10 (9.804%) Test Scripting
4 9 (8.824%) Integration Testing
5 7 (6.863%) OO
6 6 (5.882%) Migration
6 6 (5.882%) Project Management
7 4 (3.922%) Knowledge Management
7 4 (3.922%) Data Protection
7 4 (3.922%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (3.922%) Test Strategy
7 4 (3.922%) Data Security
8 3 (2.941%) Risk Management
8 3 (2.941%) PRINCE2
8 3 (2.941%) Problem Management
9 2 (1.961%) WFM
9 2 (1.961%) Time Management
9 2 (1.961%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.63%) SQL
2 7 (6.863%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.882%) C#
4 4 (3.922%) VB
5 3 (2.941%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.941%) PHP
6 2 (1.961%) C++
7 1 (0.980%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 18 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (12.75%) ISEB
3 8 (7.843%) MCP
4 7 (6.863%) Degree
5 6 (5.882%) MCSE
6 4 (3.922%) MCITP
7 3 (2.941%) MCSA
7 3 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.941%) MCTS
8 2 (1.961%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.961%) GNVQ
8 2 (1.961%) CCEE
8 2 (1.961%) CCAA
8 2 (1.961%) CCIA
8 2 (1.961%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (1.961%) CCNA
8 2 (1.961%) PhD
9 1 (0.980%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.980%) HND
9 1 (0.980%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.804%) QA
2 2 (1.961%) SLA
3 1 (0.980%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.980%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 50 (49.02%) Active Directory
2 19 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.843%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (4.902%) VMware ESX
5 4 (3.922%) Xen
6 2 (1.961%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (1.961%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.961%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.961%) vSphere
7 1 (0.980%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.980%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.980%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (12.75%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (7.843%) SCCM
3 6 (5.882%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (2.941%) WSUS
4 3 (2.941%) BladeLogic
5 2 (1.961%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.961%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.980%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.980%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 55 (53.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (20.59%) Cisco
2 21 (20.59%) Citrix
2 21 (20.59%) VMware
3 7 (6.863%) McAfee
4 6 (5.882%) Acronis
4 6 (5.882%) SAP
5 5 (4.902%) HP
6 4 (3.922%) Lotus
7 3 (2.941%) BMC
8 2 (1.961%) Altiris
8 2 (1.961%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.961%) Symantec
9 1 (0.980%) Sophos
9 1 (0.980%) Remedy
9 1 (0.980%) Apple
9 1 (0.980%) Northgate
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