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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 64 53 55
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 7 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 1.042% 2.099% 1.008%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.344% 6.635% 3.067%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 4
Average salary £25,000 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,800 £25,000 £21,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,250 £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
131 211 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 19.49% 31.63% 32.86%
Number of salaries quoted 116 163 124
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,350 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £49,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Berkshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Slough region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Slough Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 9 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (44.44%) Degree
3 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (33.33%) Mac OS X
6 5 (27.78%) CISSP
6 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (27.78%) McAfee
6 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
6 5 (27.78%) Security Management
6 5 (27.78%) GIAC
6 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
6 5 (27.78%) McAfee ePO
6 5 (27.78%) Mobile Device Management
7 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 4 (22.22%) ITIL
7 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
8 3 (16.67%) IIS
8 3 (16.67%) C#
8 3 (16.67%) .NET
8 3 (16.67%) VPN
8 3 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (16.67%) Change Management
8 3 (16.67%) QA
8 3 (16.67%) Problem Management
8 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (16.67%) Incident Management

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) IIS
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.556%) Lync
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.11%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.556%) VoIP
3 1 (5.556%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) NUnit
1 3 (16.67%) CruiseControl
1 3 (16.67%) NCover
General
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Security Specialist
2 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Junior
3 3 (16.67%) Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Junior Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Junior C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Junior .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Mid-Level C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Junior C# .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Mid-Level C# .NET Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
1 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (33.33%) Mac OS X
5 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (16.67%) Mac OS
7 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
8 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000
8 1 (5.556%) Windows NT
8 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Security Management
1 5 (27.78%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (22.22%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) Change Management
3 3 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.556%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) CISSP
2 5 (27.78%) GIAC
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.556%) MCP
5 1 (5.556%) MCSE
5 1 (5.556%) CCNA
5 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) McAfee
3 3 (16.67%) Mitel
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco
4 1 (5.556%) Apple