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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Runcorn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 10 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn 61.90% 20.41% 31.82%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 6
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £31,000 £31,775
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,750 £52,450
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Cheshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Runcorn 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 Runcorn region.

Runcorn Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) HP
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
3 4 (66.67%) PBX
3 4 (66.67%) WLAN
3 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix
3 4 (66.67%) SAN
3 4 (66.67%) NetApp
3 4 (66.67%) Red Hat
3 4 (66.67%) Linux
3 4 (66.67%) Wireless
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 4 (66.67%) VMware ESX
3 4 (66.67%) Mitel
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (66.67%) ProCurve
3 4 (66.67%) HP APS
3 4 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (66.67%) XenApp
3 4 (66.67%) XenDesktop
3 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
3 4 (66.67%) PBX
3 4 (66.67%) WLAN
3 4 (66.67%) SAN
3 4 (66.67%) Wireless
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Support
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Support Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) HP APS
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) VMware ESX
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (66.67%) XenApp
1 4 (66.67%) XenDesktop
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) HP
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) NetApp
2 4 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Mitel
2 4 (66.67%) ProCurve
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Sophos