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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 22 14 19
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 14 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 7.179% 6.452% 4.839%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.72% 29.63% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 6
Average salary £24,500 £33,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.40% +22.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £30,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £37,500 £32,750
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Lincolnshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
79 27 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 40.51% 21.77% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 50 24 21
Average salary £28,500 £37,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.00% +33.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £30,000 £20,850
10% offered a salary of more than £33,504 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
East Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire 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
Lincoln +1 7 £20,000 -46.66%
Grantham - 4 £32,500 -
Scunthorpe - 2 £27,250 -
Windows XP
East Midlands

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (52.63%) MS Exchange
2 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
3 9 (47.37%) Windows 7
4 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (36.84%) Citrix
5 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
5 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (26.32%) ITIL
6 5 (26.32%) LAN
6 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
6 5 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (21.05%) Windows Mobile
7 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
7 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
7 4 (21.05%) XenApp
7 4 (21.05%) VPN
7 4 (21.05%) MS Office
7 4 (21.05%) Apple
7 4 (21.05%) Blackberry
7 4 (21.05%) Firewall
8 3 (15.79%) Symantec
8 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (15.79%) Time Management
8 3 (15.79%) WSUS
9 2 (10.53%) Windows Vista
9 2 (10.53%) Local Government
9 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 (5.263%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 10 (52.63%) MS Exchange
2 5 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Office
2 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) LAN
2 4 (21.05%) VPN
2 4 (21.05%) Firewall
3 2 (10.53%) SAN
4 1 (5.263%) Wireless
4 1 (5.263%) VoIP
4 1 (5.263%) WAN
4 1 (5.263%) SMTP
4 1 (5.263%) SSL
4 1 (5.263%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.263%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (10.53%) Local Government
2 1 (5.263%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (21.05%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Desktop Support
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Administrator
3 3 (15.79%) Field Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Installations Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) IT Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) ICT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) Windows 7
3 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (21.05%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
6 2 (10.53%) Windows Vista
7 1 (5.263%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 3 (15.79%) Time Management
3 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) MCSE
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (21.05%) XenApp
3 1 (5.263%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) WSUS
2 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) Citrix
3 4 (21.05%) Apple
4 3 (15.79%) Symantec
5 1 (5.263%) Sophos
5 1 (5.263%) VMware
5 1 (5.263%) HP