The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 50 51 41
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 10 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 2.740% 1.951% 2.098%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.51% 7.143% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 6
Average salary £38,000 £28,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% +21.73%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
74 112 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 20.27% 27.32% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 66 99 46
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +12.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £22,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,250 £43,872
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Leicestershire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Leicester Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (91.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 22 (91.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (83.33%) Microsoft
4 19 (79.17%) SQL Server
5 18 (75.00%) Active Directory
6 14 (58.33%) MS Exchange
7 13 (54.17%) IIS
8 12 (50.00%) MCP
8 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (50.00%) Back Office
9 11 (45.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (45.83%) MCTS
9 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2000
10 10 (41.67%) Windows 7
11 9 (37.50%) TCP/IP
12 8 (33.33%) MS Office
12 8 (33.33%) Windows Vista
13 7 (29.17%) FTP
13 7 (29.17%) Firewall
13 7 (29.17%) SharePoint
13 7 (29.17%) Symantec
14 6 (25.00%) Windows 2000
14 6 (25.00%) VBScript
14 6 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
14 6 (25.00%) Direct Marketing
14 6 (25.00%) LANDesk
14 6 (25.00%) Problem Management
14 6 (25.00%) Incident Management
14 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 14 (58.33%) MS Exchange
2 13 (54.17%) IIS
3 7 (29.17%) SharePoint
4 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (20.83%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (4.167%) IBM Notes
6 1 (4.167%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (4.167%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 7 (29.17%) FTP
2 7 (29.17%) Firewall
3 2 (8.333%) LAN
3 2 (8.333%) VoIP
3 2 (8.333%) WAN
3 2 (8.333%) DHCP
4 1 (4.167%) Wireless
4 1 (4.167%) Internet
4 1 (4.167%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (79.17%) SQL Server
2 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2000
3 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 12 (50.00%) Back Office
2 6 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Support Engineer
1 14 (58.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 14 (58.33%) IT Support
2 12 (50.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 12 (50.00%) Senior IT Support
3 8 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Support Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (4.167%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 1 (4.167%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (91.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 22 (91.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (45.83%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (41.67%) Windows 7
5 8 (33.33%) Windows Vista
6 6 (25.00%) Windows 2000
6 6 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (8.333%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (25.00%) Direct Marketing
1 6 (25.00%) Problem Management
1 6 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (25.00%) Information Security
1 6 (25.00%) Change Control
2 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
2 2 (8.333%) ERP
3 1 (4.167%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) VBScript
1 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (20.83%) SQL
3 1 (4.167%) Perl
3 1 (4.167%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) MCP
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (45.83%) MCTS
3 5 (20.83%) Degree
3 5 (20.83%) MCITP
System Software
1 18 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) SCCM
1 5 (20.83%) SCOM
2 2 (8.333%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (4.167%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) Symantec
3 6 (25.00%) LANDesk
4 5 (20.83%) HP
4 5 (20.83%) Dell
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco
6 1 (4.167%) VMware
6 1 (4.167%) Lotus
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