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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 45 49 37
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 9 7 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.284% 1.528% 5.485%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.091% 7.216% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 26
Average salary £22,250 £22,400 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.66% -17.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,850 £19,300 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £22,650 £26,000 £29,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
99 97 120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 25.13% 21.18% 25.32%
Number of salaries quoted 92 90 114
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Northamptonshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 9 (75.00%) MS Office
2 9 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
4 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (50.00%) MCP
5 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (50.00%) Windows Vista
5 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (41.67%) MCSE
6 5 (41.67%) MCSA
6 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
6 5 (41.67%) SLA
7 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
7 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (33.33%) MCITP
7 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
8 3 (25.00%) WAN
8 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
8 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (25.00%) LAN
8 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
9 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
9 2 (16.67%) Linux
9 2 (16.67%) Citrix
9 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (16.67%) Fedora
9 2 (16.67%) Samba
9 2 (16.67%) Debian

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 Platforms
1 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (25.00%) WAN
2 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (8.333%) PABX
3 1 (8.333%) SAN
3 1 (8.333%) VoIP
3 1 (8.333%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Support Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Support Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (8.333%) Network Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Network Support
6 1 (8.333%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Senior Technical Support
6 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
5 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (16.67%) Fedora
5 2 (16.67%) Debian
6 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
6 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (50.00%) MCP
3 5 (41.67%) MCSE
3 5 (41.67%) MCSA
4 4 (33.33%) MCITP
4 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Samba
3 1 (8.333%) XenApp
3 1 (8.333%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix
Northampton, Northamptonshire
IT Support, Helpdesk Support, 1st Line, Windows XP / 7 / 8, Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory (AD), MCITP, Microsoft, Customer Service, Degree. We have an outstanding opportunity for an...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
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Posted: 24 May 2013