The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 23 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 54 42 59
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +17
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 4 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.769% 2.964% 1.958%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.740% 10.71% 7.179%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 9
Average salary £33,000 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
146 140 195
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 28.08% 27.67% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 117 122 135
Average salary £48,500 £40,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.25% -6.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £58,050
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) Windows 7
3 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
4 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (41.67%) LAN
6 3 (25.00%) VoIP
6 3 (25.00%) OO
6 3 (25.00%) VC++
6 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (25.00%) CRM
6 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
6 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 3 (25.00%) C#
6 3 (25.00%) C++
6 3 (25.00%) HTML
6 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (25.00%) .NET
6 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (25.00%) IIS
6 3 (25.00%) MS Office
6 3 (25.00%) ASP
6 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (25.00%) ATL
6 3 (25.00%) COM
6 3 (25.00%) XML
6 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (25.00%) HTML
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
1 3 (25.00%) ASP
1 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (25.00%) ATL
1 3 (25.00%) COM
1 3 (25.00%) XML
1 3 (25.00%) WCF
1 3 (25.00%) WPF
2 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (25.00%) IIS
1 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (16.67%) MS Project Server
2 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (16.67%) Line 50
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) LAN
2 3 (25.00%) VoIP
3 2 (16.67%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) DHCP
3 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (8.333%) Broadband
4 1 (8.333%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MSI
General
1 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Developer
1 3 (25.00%) CRM Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Support Assistant
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Support
3 1 (8.333%) Support Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Applications Packager
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (16.67%) FMCG
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Smartphone
2 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 1 (8.333%) Statistics
3 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Windows 7
3 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (25.00%) UNIX
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) OO
1 3 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (16.67%) CAD
3 1 (8.333%) ITIL
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) VC++
1 3 (25.00%) C#
1 3 (25.00%) C++
1 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) CCNA
2 1 (8.333%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCDST
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Remedy
2 2 (16.67%) Sage
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco
3 1 (8.333%) VMware