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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Manchester 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank7266
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads134191
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.080 %
As % of the category below15.42 %14.11 %
Salaries quoted116140
Average minimum salary£22,414£30,713
Average salary£23,606£35,512
% change on same period last year-33.52 %
Average maximum salary£24,798£40,311
UK excluding London average salary£26,044£27,274
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads8691354
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.481 %0.568 %
Salaries quoted7161204
Average minimum salary£26,552£30,365
Average salary£28,877£33,448
% change on same period last year-13.66 %
Average maximum salary£31,202£36,531
UK excluding London average salary£34,069£34,572
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Windows XP North WestWindows XP
North West

Windows XP
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
SalfordUp+1220£21,275-32.67 %
AltrinchamNew entry-8£28,438-
CheadleNew entry-3£32,000-
SaleDown-102--
StockportUp+11£22,000+18.91 %
Ashton-under-LyneDown-31£20,000+18.29 %
BuryNew entry-1£21,000-
Windows XP North WestWindows XP
North West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1300 (100.00 %)Windows
2186 (62.00 %)Windows Server 2003
3159 (53.00 %)Active Directory
4124 (41.33 %)Windows 2000
5114 (38.00 %)MS Exchange
6111 (37.00 %)MS Office
7109 (36.33 %)Windows Vista
884 (28.00 %)MS Excel
983 (27.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
1081 (27.00 %)TCP/IP
1180 (26.67 %)Microsoft
1264 (21.33 %)WAN
1363 (21.00 %)SQL Server
1461 (20.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
1558 (19.33 %)Cisco
1649 (16.33 %)DNS
1748 (16.00 %)Microsoft Certification
1843 (14.33 %)VPN
1843 (14.33 %)Firewall
1941 (13.67 %)Citrix
2040 (13.33 %)LAN
2139 (13.00 %)MCSE
2235 (11.67 %)Finance
2333 (11.00 %)Broadband
2430 (10.00 %)ITIL
2529 (9.667 %)DHCP
2529 (9.667 %)Cisco PIX
2628 (9.333 %)Internet
2628 (9.333 %)Wireless
2628 (9.333 %)Telecoms

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (1.000 %).NET
22 (0.667 %)WAP
22 (0.667 %)HTML
31 (0.333 %)WSH
31 (0.333 %)LAMP
31 (0.333 %)WMI
31 (0.333 %)Application Packaging
31 (0.333 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.333 %)SOAP
31 (0.333 %)WebServices
31 (0.333 %)XML
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1114 (38.00 %)MS Exchange
261 (20.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
320 (6.667 %)IIS
415 (5.000 %)SharePoint
510 (3.333 %)Lotus Notes
66 (2.000 %)Exchange Server 2007
73 (1.000 %)WorkSite
73 (1.000 %)Exchange Server 5.5
73 (1.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
82 (0.667 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.333 %)BizTalk Server
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1111 (37.00 %)MS Office
284 (28.00 %)MS Excel
31 (0.333 %)MS Visio
31 (0.333 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.333 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.333 %)Photoshop
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.000 %)e-Work
21 (0.333 %)SAP Business One
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
181 (27.00 %)TCP/IP
264 (21.33 %)WAN
349 (16.33 %)DNS
443 (14.33 %)Firewall
443 (14.33 %)VPN
540 (13.33 %)LAN
633 (11.00 %)Broadband
729 (9.667 %)DHCP
729 (9.667 %)Cisco PIX
828 (9.333 %)Wireless
828 (9.333 %)Internet
923 (7.667 %)VLAN
1017 (5.667 %)ADSL
117 (2.333 %)SAN
117 (2.333 %)LLU
126 (2.000 %)IP Telephony
135 (1.667 %)SMS
142 (0.667 %)VoIP
142 (0.667 %)GPRS
142 (0.667 %)GSM
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
163 (21.00 %)SQL Server
26 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (1.000 %)MS Access
42 (0.667 %)MySQL
42 (0.667 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.333 %)BusinessObjects
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (3.000 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.333 %)Ant
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (11.67 %)Finance
228 (9.333 %)Telecoms
320 (6.667 %)Pensions
417 (5.667 %)Legal
511 (3.667 %)Health
69 (3.000 %)Law
78 (2.667 %)Retail
86 (2.000 %)Games
94 (1.333 %)Banking
94 (1.333 %)Manufacturing
94 (1.333 %)Pharmaceutical
94 (1.333 %)Back Office
103 (1.000 %)Construction
103 (1.000 %)Education
112 (0.667 %)Government
121 (0.333 %)Marketing
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
170 (23.33 %)Analyst
245 (15.00 %)Support Engineer
332 (10.67 %)Support Analyst
332 (10.67 %)2nd Line Support
426 (8.667 %)Technical Support
525 (8.333 %)Network Support
623 (7.667 %)Network Manager
722 (7.333 %)Support Technician
722 (7.333 %)Technical Engineer
820 (6.667 %)Technical Support Engineer
919 (6.333 %)Administrator
919 (6.333 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1015 (5.000 %)Desktop Support
1114 (4.667 %)Consultant
1114 (4.667 %)IT Support Engineer
1213 (4.333 %)2nd Line Support Technician
1213 (4.333 %)Network Engineer
1310 (3.333 %)1st Line Support
149 (3.000 %)Helpdesk Support
149 (3.000 %)Deployment Engineer
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (5.333 %)Management Information System
213 (4.333 %)Client/Server
37 (2.333 %)Mathematics
37 (2.333 %)Physics
46 (2.000 %)Blackberry
53 (1.000 %)Replication
62 (0.667 %)Clustering
62 (0.667 %)Handset
71 (0.333 %)N-Tier
71 (0.333 %)EPoS
71 (0.333 %)PDA
71 (0.333 %)Computer Science
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1300 (100.00 %)Windows
2186 (62.00 %)Windows Server 2003
3124 (41.33 %)Windows 2000
4109 (36.33 %)Windows Vista
583 (27.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
620 (6.667 %)Linux
718 (6.000 %)NetWare
817 (5.667 %)Windows NT
98 (2.667 %)UNIX
98 (2.667 %)Windows XP Embedded
104 (1.333 %)Windows Server 2008
113 (1.000 %)AIX
113 (1.000 %)Solaris
122 (0.667 %)Symbian OS
122 (0.667 %)Windows Mobile
131 (0.333 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.333 %)Windows CE
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (10.00 %)ITIL
210 (3.333 %)OO
37 (2.333 %)Software Engineering
46 (2.000 %)Project Management
55 (1.667 %)Migration
55 (1.667 %)Stakeholder Management
55 (1.667 %)Supplier Management
64 (1.333 %)PRINCE2
64 (1.333 %)Problem Management
73 (1.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
73 (1.000 %)Security Cleared
82 (0.667 %)Network Load Balancing
82 (0.667 %)Software Testing
82 (0.667 %)Time Management
82 (0.667 %)Systems Analysis
82 (0.667 %)UML
91 (0.333 %)CRM
91 (0.333 %)ERP
91 (0.333 %)Document Management
91 (0.333 %)Network Design
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (7.333 %)SQL
210 (3.333 %)VB
39 (3.000 %)C++
42 (0.667 %)Java
42 (0.667 %)PHP
51 (0.333 %)PL/SQL
51 (0.333 %)VB6
51 (0.333 %)C#
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
148 (16.00 %)Microsoft Certification
239 (13.00 %)MCSE
326 (8.667 %)MCP
418 (6.000 %)Novell Certification
514 (4.667 %)Degree
69 (3.000 %)MCSA
76 (2.000 %)MCDST
84 (1.333 %)Cisco Certification
84 (1.333 %)ITIL Certification
84 (1.333 %)CCNA
93 (1.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.333 %)A+ Certification
101 (0.333 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.333 %)Network+ Certification
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (3.333 %)SLA
22 (0.667 %)QA
31 (0.333 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1159 (53.00 %)Active Directory
210 (3.333 %)Backup Exec
36 (2.000 %)Novell eDirectory
45 (1.667 %)Terminal Services
45 (1.667 %)ISA Server
54 (1.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (0.667 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.667 %)VMware ESX
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (4.000 %)ZENworks
29 (3.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
35 (1.667 %)DameWare
35 (1.667 %)ServiceCenter
43 (1.000 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.333 %)Nagios
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
180 (26.67 %)Microsoft
258 (19.33 %)Cisco
341 (13.67 %)Citrix
428 (9.333 %)VMware
522 (7.333 %)Symantec
621 (7.000 %)Novell
717 (5.667 %)McAfee Security
813 (4.333 %)HP
910 (3.333 %)Oracle
910 (3.333 %)Lotus
910 (3.333 %)Altiris
106 (2.000 %)CheckPoint
106 (2.000 %)SAP
113 (1.000 %)Compaq
113 (1.000 %)Interwoven
113 (1.000 %)Remedy
113 (1.000 %)Metastorm
122 (0.667 %)Symbian
122 (0.667 %)NetApp
122 (0.667 %)VERITAS