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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the London region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6267
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads23442910
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.357 %1.252 %
As % of the category below12.66 %10.40 %
Salaries quoted20402392
Average minimum salary£30,335£33,245
Average salary£32,329£35,344
% change on same period last year-8.53 %
Average maximum salary£34,323£37,444
UK excluding London average salary£26,579£26,717
% change on same period last year-0.51 %
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1851427989
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.72 %12.04 %
Salaries quoted1545421856
Average minimum salary£42,126£43,512
Average salary£45,445£47,287
% change on same period last year-3.89 %
Average maximum salary£48,765£51,061
UK excluding London average salary£34,285£34,402
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Windows XP EnglandWindows XP
England

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

London Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP across the London region.

London Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+5621£33,701-9.77 %
CroydonUp+2136£25,409-15.72 %
LutonUp+324£29,389-27.27 %
BromleyUp+421£23,476+17.38 %
Docklands, LondonDown-118£33,233-40.59 %
UxbridgeDown-1817£33,286+0.86 %
WimbledonUp+3016£32,667-4.27 %
Canary WharfUp+1015£35,731-28.85 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+1314£33,214-3.25 %
BarnetNew entry-12£20,042-
ClaphamNew entry-10£37,000-
HounslowNew entry-8£22,813-
HammersmithUp+77£26,071-15.21 %
WestminsterNew entry-6£32,792-
SouthwarkDown-15£29,800+61.08 %
TwickenhamUp+105£24,000-7.56 %
WembleyUp+115£34,167+23.55 %
BarkingNew entry-5£29,300-
PaddingtonDown-75£26,600+6.40 %
TeddingtonNo change04£27,250+13.54 %
ChessingtonNew entry-4£24,125-
HarrowDown-74£37,250+140.32 %
EalingDown-53£38,000+40.74 %
New MaldenUp+13£25,000-5.06 %
BrentfordUp+192£29,500+41.60 %
South CroydonNew entry-2£25,000-
GreenfordNew entry-2£32,500-
GraysNew entry-2£32,000-
IsleworthUp+22£24,000-14.28 %
IlfordNew entry-2£20,000-
RomfordUp+41--
EnfieldDown-111£29,000+23.40 %
DagenhamNew entry-1£18,000-
OrpingtonNew entry-1£20,000-
CoulsdonNew entry-1£25,500-
Windows XP EnglandWindows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

14801 (100.00 %)Windows
22219 (46.22 %)Windows Server 2003
31897 (39.51 %)Active Directory
41731 (36.05 %)MS Office
51666 (34.70 %)Microsoft
61651 (34.39 %)Windows 2000
71182 (24.62 %)MS Excel
81067 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
91028 (21.41 %)Finance
10925 (19.27 %)TCP/IP
11860 (17.91 %)Windows Vista
12800 (16.66 %)Microsoft Certification
13711 (14.81 %)SQL Server
14690 (14.37 %)SQL
15658 (13.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
16614 (12.79 %)Blackberry
17606 (12.62 %)Citrix
18553 (11.52 %)MCSE
19527 (10.98 %)LAN
20506 (10.54 %)Windows 2000 Server
21480 (9.998 %)Cisco
22463 (9.644 %)ITIL
23462 (9.623 %)MCP
24454 (9.456 %)WAN
25433 (9.019 %)Degree
26380 (7.915 %)Linux
27361 (7.519 %)VPN
28360 (7.498 %)Law
29357 (7.436 %)Bloomberg
30353 (7.353 %)Banking

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1297 (6.186 %).NET
2193 (4.020 %)XML
3155 (3.228 %)ASP.NET
4117 (2.437 %)HTML
5101 (2.104 %)ASP
670 (1.458 %)WMI
765 (1.354 %)WebServices
860 (1.250 %)Application Packaging
958 (1.208 %)J2EE
1044 (0.916 %)CSS
1141 (0.854 %).NET Framework
1239 (0.812 %)MFC
1337 (0.771 %)STL
1434 (0.708 %)Servlets
1532 (0.667 %)Struts
1630 (0.625 %)JSP
1727 (0.562 %)DOM
1727 (0.562 %)XSL
1727 (0.562 %)AJAX
1727 (0.562 %)MVC
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11067 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
2658 (13.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
3293 (6.103 %)IIS
4220 (4.582 %)Lotus Notes
5196 (4.082 %)Exchange Server 2000
6178 (3.708 %)SharePoint
7108 (2.250 %)Exchange Server 2007
885 (1.770 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
952 (1.083 %)Apache
1045 (0.937 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1144 (0.916 %)WorkSite
1233 (0.687 %)Tomcat
1322 (0.458 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1421 (0.437 %)CMS
1518 (0.375 %)JBoss
1617 (0.354 %)Lotus Domino
1712 (0.250 %)WebLogic
1712 (0.250 %)MQSeries
1811 (0.229 %)Umbraco
199 (0.187 %)GroupWise
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11731 (36.05 %)MS Office
21182 (24.62 %)MS Excel
358 (1.208 %)MS PowerPoint
445 (0.937 %)DeltaView
540 (0.833 %)Acrobat
636 (0.750 %)MS Visio
726 (0.542 %)Spreadsheet
825 (0.521 %)Photoshop
913 (0.271 %)MS Project
1012 (0.250 %)QuarkXPress
117 (0.146 %)Adobe Illustrator
125 (0.104 %)AutoCAD
134 (0.083 %)InDesign
143 (0.062 %)PageMaker
143 (0.062 %)FrameMaker
143 (0.062 %)3ds Max
143 (0.062 %)Quicktime
143 (0.062 %)SmartSuite
152 (0.042 %)Fireworks
161 (0.021 %)Revit
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
151 (1.062 %)SoftGrid
224 (0.500 %)assyst
36 (0.125 %)RMDS
45 (0.104 %)GoldMine
45 (0.104 %)Oracle Applications
45 (0.104 %)Microsoft CRM
54 (0.083 %)Line 100
62 (0.042 %)SAP Business One
62 (0.042 %)arcHouse
62 (0.042 %)Great Plains
62 (0.042 %)SalesLogix
71 (0.021 %)Kondor+
71 (0.021 %)Retail-J
71 (0.021 %)e-Work
71 (0.021 %)Summit
71 (0.021 %)Minerva
71 (0.021 %)Eagle PACE
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1925 (19.27 %)TCP/IP
2527 (10.98 %)LAN
3454 (9.456 %)WAN
4361 (7.519 %)VPN
5350 (7.290 %)Firewall
6347 (7.228 %)DNS
7298 (6.207 %)Internet
8266 (5.541 %)DHCP
9136 (2.833 %)VoIP
10108 (2.250 %)SAN
11100 (2.083 %)Intranet
1280 (1.666 %)Wireless
1358 (1.208 %)3G
1443 (0.896 %)Cisco PIX
1542 (0.875 %)SMS
1633 (0.687 %)ADSL
1633 (0.687 %)IP Telephony
1731 (0.646 %)VLAN
1731 (0.646 %)Network Security
1830 (0.625 %)FTP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1711 (14.81 %)SQL Server
2234 (4.874 %)SQL Server 2005
3197 (4.103 %)SQL Server 2000
485 (1.770 %)RDBMS
549 (1.021 %)Crystal Reports
633 (0.687 %)BusinessObjects
731 (0.646 %)MySQL
826 (0.542 %)MS Access
925 (0.521 %)Oracle 10g
1020 (0.417 %)Oracle 9i
1118 (0.375 %)Datawarehouse
1216 (0.333 %)SQL Server 7
1314 (0.292 %)FileMaker
1413 (0.271 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1413 (0.271 %)Oracle Reports
1512 (0.250 %)ETL
167 (0.146 %)SQL Server Integration Services
176 (0.125 %)Informix
185 (0.104 %)TOAD
185 (0.104 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
157 (1.187 %)Visual Studio
252 (1.083 %)MSI
335 (0.729 %)VSS/SourceSafe
426 (0.542 %)JIRA
525 (0.521 %)PVCS
621 (0.437 %)Dreamweaver
719 (0.396 %)ClearCase
818 (0.375 %)InstallShield
916 (0.333 %)Flash
1012 (0.250 %)ClearQuest
1012 (0.250 %)FrontPage
117 (0.146 %)Subversion
117 (0.146 %)Bugzilla
126 (0.125 %)Eclipse
126 (0.125 %)LoadRunner
126 (0.125 %)WinRunner
126 (0.125 %)TestDirector
135 (0.104 %)Ant
135 (0.104 %)JUnit
144 (0.083 %)AdminStudio
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11028 (21.41 %)Finance
2360 (7.498 %)Law
3353 (7.353 %)Banking
4324 (6.749 %)Legal
5178 (3.708 %)Pensions
6153 (3.187 %)Investment Banking
7128 (2.666 %)Telecoms
8121 (2.520 %)Front Office
9118 (2.458 %)Insurance
10112 (2.333 %)Health
11104 (2.166 %)Financial Institution
1296 (2.000 %)Marketing
1395 (1.979 %)Retail
1489 (1.854 %)Back Office
1588 (1.833 %)Education
1658 (1.208 %)Games
1745 (0.937 %)Advertising
1842 (0.875 %)Publishing
1935 (0.729 %)Government
2020 (0.417 %)Construction
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11644 (34.24 %)Analyst
21099 (22.89 %)Support Analyst
3747 (15.56 %)Desktop Support
4526 (10.96 %)Support Engineer
5393 (8.186 %)Administrator
6356 (7.415 %)Helpdesk Analyst
7342 (7.124 %)Desktop Analyst
8324 (6.749 %)2nd Line Support
9306 (6.374 %)Desktop Support Analyst
10295 (6.145 %)Developer
11259 (5.395 %)Helpdesk Support
12256 (5.332 %)Systems Administrator
13232 (4.832 %)IT Support Analyst
14218 (4.541 %)Desktop Engineer
15170 (3.541 %)Desktop Support Engineer
16164 (3.416 %)1st Line Support
17152 (3.166 %)Service Analyst
18149 (3.104 %)Technical Support
19138 (2.874 %)Team Leader
20134 (2.791 %)Service Desk Analyst
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1614 (12.79 %)Blackberry
2127 (2.645 %)PDA
3115 (2.395 %)Derivative
492 (1.916 %)Equities
557 (1.187 %)Fixed Income
654 (1.125 %)Computer Science
744 (0.916 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
840 (0.833 %)EPoS
939 (0.812 %)Client/Server
1032 (0.667 %)Clustering
1032 (0.667 %)Equity Derivative
1131 (0.646 %)Management Information System
1230 (0.625 %)Video Conferencing
1327 (0.562 %)Fat Client
1327 (0.562 %)Thin Client
1426 (0.542 %)Replication
1524 (0.500 %)Multithreading
1622 (0.458 %)German Language
1720 (0.417 %)Mathematics
1819 (0.396 %)Social Network
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14801 (100.00 %)Windows
22219 (46.22 %)Windows Server 2003
31651 (34.39 %)Windows 2000
4860 (17.91 %)Windows Vista
5506 (10.54 %)Windows 2000 Server
6380 (7.915 %)Linux
7348 (7.248 %)UNIX
8233 (4.853 %)Windows NT
9169 (3.520 %)Mac OS X
10161 (3.353 %)Solaris
11120 (2.499 %)Windows Server 2008
1264 (1.333 %)Red Hat Linux
1318 (0.375 %)Windows Mobile
1417 (0.354 %)HPUX
1417 (0.354 %)Mac OS X Server
1511 (0.229 %)SUSE
1610 (0.208 %)AIX
179 (0.187 %)NetWare
188 (0.167 %)CentOS
194 (0.083 %)Debian
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1463 (9.644 %)ITIL
2138 (2.874 %)Investment Management
3110 (2.291 %)Document Management
4107 (2.229 %)Project Management
583 (1.729 %)Asset Management
678 (1.625 %)Disaster Recovery
776 (1.583 %)Security Cleared
873 (1.521 %)Service Delivery
961 (1.271 %)Electronic Trading
1057 (1.187 %)CRM
1153 (1.104 %)OO
1251 (1.062 %)Migration
1341 (0.854 %)SC Cleared
1341 (0.854 %)Problem Management
1439 (0.812 %)User Acceptance Testing
1439 (0.812 %)Time Management
1439 (0.812 %)Configuration Management
1439 (0.812 %)Software Engineering
1537 (0.771 %)Incident Management
1636 (0.750 %)Practice Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1690 (14.37 %)SQL
2300 (6.249 %)C#
3221 (4.603 %)C++
4186 (3.874 %)VB
5150 (3.124 %)Java
6129 (2.687 %)VBScript
7103 (2.145 %)C
870 (1.458 %)Perl
965 (1.354 %)JavaScript
1060 (1.250 %)Transact-SQL
1157 (1.187 %)VBA
1250 (1.041 %)VB.NET
1341 (0.854 %)VB6
1440 (0.833 %)PHP
1534 (0.708 %)Shell Script
1626 (0.542 %)DHTML
1626 (0.542 %)ActionScript
1720 (0.417 %)Python
1816 (0.333 %)VC++
199 (0.187 %)PL/SQL
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1800 (16.66 %)Microsoft Certification
2553 (11.52 %)MCSE
3462 (9.623 %)MCP
4433 (9.019 %)Degree
5192 (3.999 %)MCSA
6187 (3.895 %)Cisco Certification
7144 (2.999 %)CCNA
883 (1.729 %)MOS
964 (1.333 %)MCDST
1062 (1.291 %)CCNP
1141 (0.854 %)A+ Certification
1240 (0.833 %)ITIL Certification
1335 (0.729 %)HP APS
1429 (0.604 %)ISEB
1522 (0.458 %)Network+ Certification
1618 (0.375 %)Novell Certification
1618 (0.375 %)HND
1714 (0.292 %)Citrix Certification
1813 (0.271 %)MCDBA
1813 (0.271 %)MCTS
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1126 (2.624 %)SLA
230 (0.625 %)QA
37 (0.146 %)HL7
37 (0.146 %)DICOM
44 (0.083 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.083 %)ISO9001
51 (0.021 %)COBIT
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11897 (39.51 %)Active Directory
2190 (3.958 %)VMware Infrastructure
3158 (3.291 %)Backup Exec
483 (1.729 %)Citrix Presentation Server
561 (1.271 %)VMware ESX
654 (1.125 %)Terminal Services
743 (0.896 %)MetaFrame
838 (0.792 %)Terminal Server
927 (0.562 %)ISA Server
1018 (0.375 %)VMware Workstation
1018 (0.375 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1116 (0.333 %)Xen
1210 (0.208 %)NetBackup
137 (0.146 %)Samba
146 (0.125 %)VMware GSX
154 (0.083 %)MailMarshal
162 (0.042 %)VMware Server
171 (0.021 %)NFS
171 (0.021 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
171 (0.021 %)Oracle RAC
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
178 (1.625 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
258 (1.208 %)Norton AntiVirus
341 (0.854 %)WSUS
433 (0.687 %)ServiceCenter
531 (0.646 %)MOM
625 (0.521 %)SCCM
721 (0.437 %)DameWare
815 (0.312 %)ARCserve
912 (0.250 %)ZENworks
912 (0.250 %)Legato
109 (0.187 %)OpenView
109 (0.187 %)Nagios
117 (0.146 %)Netcool
117 (0.146 %)BMC Marimba
126 (0.125 %)HP Data Protector
135 (0.104 %)EMC NetWorker
135 (0.104 %)OVSD
135 (0.104 %)Unicenter
135 (0.104 %)MIMEsweeper
144 (0.083 %)OpenView Configuration Management
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11666 (34.70 %)Microsoft
2606 (12.62 %)Citrix
3480 (9.998 %)Cisco
4357 (7.436 %)Bloomberg
5337 (7.019 %)Reuters
6318 (6.624 %)HP
7252 (5.249 %)VMware
8231 (4.811 %)Lotus
9221 (4.603 %)Oracle
10148 (3.083 %)Apple
11142 (2.958 %)Remedy
12130 (2.708 %)Symantec
13120 (2.499 %)Interwoven
14118 (2.458 %)VERITAS
15111 (2.312 %)Dell
1695 (1.979 %)Novell
1787 (1.812 %)Adobe
1876 (1.583 %)IBM
1967 (1.396 %)Red Hat
2058 (1.208 %)Altiris