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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 66 59 73
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 38 28 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 2.930% 2.718% 1.913%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.383% 10.98% 5.625%
Number of salaries quoted 32 15 12
Average salary £26,000 £45,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.22% +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
405 255 320
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 31.23% 24.76% 34.01%
Number of salaries quoted 355 216 285
Average salary £39,000 £35,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.85% -1.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Buckinghamshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (57.41%) Active Directory
3 27 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 27 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 27 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 19 (35.19%) MS Office
5 17 (31.48%) Blackberry
6 14 (25.93%) ITIL
6 14 (25.93%) Retail
7 13 (24.07%) Oracle
7 13 (24.07%) SQL Server
7 13 (24.07%) SQL
7 13 (24.07%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
8 12 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
8 12 (22.22%) MS Exchange
8 12 (22.22%) SLA
8 12 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (20.37%) Tomcat
9 11 (20.37%) T-SQL
10 10 (18.52%) PL/SQL
10 10 (18.52%) Linux
10 10 (18.52%) TCP/IP
10 10 (18.52%) Problem Management
11 9 (16.67%) PDA
12 8 (14.81%) Incident Management
12 8 (14.81%) Windows Vista
12 8 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
12 8 (14.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (7.407%) JSystem
Application Platforms
1 12 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 11 (20.37%) Tomcat
3 8 (14.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (5.556%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (5.556%) SharePoint
5 3 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 27 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 19 (35.19%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.407%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 6 (11.11%) LAN
2 6 (11.11%) WAN
3 3 (5.556%) DHCP
3 3 (5.556%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.704%) ADSL
5 1 (1.852%) VPN
5 1 (1.852%) Wireless
5 1 (1.852%) Firewall
5 1 (1.852%) Internet
5 1 (1.852%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.07%) SQL Server
2 12 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
2 12 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
General
1 14 (25.93%) Retail
2 7 (12.96%) Finance
3 4 (7.407%) Spanish Language
4 3 (5.556%) Banking
5 2 (3.704%) Law
5 2 (3.704%) Legal
5 2 (3.704%) Games
Job Titles
1 24 (44.44%) Analyst
2 16 (29.63%) Support Analyst
3 11 (20.37%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (16.67%) Support Manager
5 8 (14.81%) Service Desk Technician
5 8 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (12.96%) Service Analyst
6 7 (12.96%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 7 (12.96%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (9.259%) Desktop Support
8 5 (9.259%) Support Engineer
9 4 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (7.407%) 1st Line Support
10 3 (5.556%) Administrator
10 3 (5.556%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 3 (5.556%) Network Administrator
11 2 (3.704%) Technical Support Analyst
11 2 (3.704%) Technical Analyst
11 2 (3.704%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) Blackberry
2 9 (16.67%) PDA
3 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
4 6 (11.11%) EFT
5 5 (9.259%) iPad
6 3 (5.556%) iPhone
7 1 (1.852%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 13 (24.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (18.52%) Linux
6 8 (14.81%) Windows Vista
7 6 (11.11%) Windows 8
7 6 (11.11%) Mac OS
8 5 (9.259%) Apple iOS
9 3 (5.556%) Windows 2000
9 3 (5.556%) Mac OS X
10 2 (3.704%) Windows Mobile
10 2 (3.704%) Android
10 2 (3.704%) Windows NT
11 1 (1.852%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) ITIL
2 10 (18.52%) Problem Management
3 8 (14.81%) Incident Management
3 8 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (12.96%) Change Management
5 2 (3.704%) Data Security
6 1 (1.852%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.852%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) SQL
2 11 (20.37%) T-SQL
3 10 (18.52%) PL/SQL
4 3 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.556%) CCNA
3 1 (1.852%) MCSE
3 1 (1.852%) MCSA
3 1 (1.852%) Degree
3 1 (1.852%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (57.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.407%) Backup Exec
2 2 (3.704%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.852%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 27 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.07%) Oracle
3 6 (11.11%) Remedy
4 5 (9.259%) Sage
4 5 (9.259%) Mitel
5 3 (5.556%) Cisco
5 3 (5.556%) McAfee
5 3 (5.556%) Lotus
5 3 (5.556%) Apple
5 3 (5.556%) VMware
6 2 (3.704%) Sophos
6 2 (3.704%) Symantec
6 2 (3.704%) Citrix
7 1 (1.852%) CA
7 1 (1.852%) Bloomberg