The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 24 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 52 34 47
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +13
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 3 12 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.917% 4.545% 1.370%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.439% 13.95% 8.000%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 4
Average salary £25,250 £38,000 £49,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.55% -23.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,650 £31,700 £31,100
10% offered a salary of more than £27,850 £42,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
123 86 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 37.61% 32.58% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 117 75 48
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +18.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Suffolk

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) MS Office
3 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (37.50%) MCP
5 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (25.00%) CCNA
6 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 2 (25.00%) Service Management
6 2 (25.00%) Firewall
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (12.50%) vSphere
7 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
7 1 (12.50%) Silverlight
7 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (12.50%) Advertising
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (12.50%) LAN
7 1 (12.50%) WAN

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 1 (12.50%) Silverlight
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) IT Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) MCP
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco