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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 50 53 55
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 11 29 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.461% 4.309% 2.160%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.091% 11.46% 8.547%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 9
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £21,250 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £28,700 £44,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
121 253 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 27.07% 37.59% 25.27%
Number of salaries quoted 96 230 101
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +12.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
North West

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Windows XP Salary Trend

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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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
Liverpool +10 9 £27,500 -8.33%
Windows XP
North West

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (72.22%) Windows 7
4 9 (50.00%) MS Office
5 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
5 8 (44.44%) DHCP
5 8 (44.44%) DNS
5 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
7 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
7 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
7 6 (33.33%) VPN
7 6 (33.33%) VMware
7 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
8 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
8 5 (27.78%) VB6
8 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
8 5 (27.78%) ITIL
8 5 (27.78%) SQL
8 5 (27.78%) VB
8 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
8 5 (27.78%) .NET
9 4 (22.22%) MCSA
9 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
9 4 (22.22%) Finance
10 3 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (27.78%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) ASP
2 2 (11.11%) COM
2 2 (11.11%) MAPI
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 5 (27.78%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) MS Office
2 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
3 2 (11.11%) Google Apps
3 2 (11.11%) Office 365
3 2 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) DHCP
1 8 (44.44%) DNS
2 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 6 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (11.11%) Network Security
3 2 (11.11%) IMAP
3 2 (11.11%) DMZ
3 2 (11.11%) SMTP
3 2 (11.11%) VLAN
4 1 (5.556%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) MS Access
2 2 (11.11%) MySQL
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
1 5 (27.78%) VB Developer
1 5 (27.78%) VB6 Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support
3 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) IT Support
4 2 (11.11%) Senior IT Support
4 2 (11.11%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Support
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
2 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Windows 7
3 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
1 5 (27.78%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) VB6
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
1 5 (27.78%) VB
1 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
2 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (22.22%) MCSA
3 3 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (16.67%) MCITP
3 3 (16.67%) MCP
3 3 (16.67%) MCSE
4 1 (5.556%) MCTS
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.556%) CCNA
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) Draytek
3 2 (11.11%) NETGEAR
3 2 (11.11%) Kaseya
3 2 (11.11%) NetApp
3 2 (11.11%) Apple
3 2 (11.11%) Fidessa
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) Google
3 2 (11.11%) Bloomberg