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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 80 83 79
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 10 9 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.970% 0.919% 0.759%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.968% 3.051% 3.153%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 7
Average salary £23,250 £23,500 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.06% +17.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,700 £19,300 £17,600
10% offered a salary of more than £25,750 £25,500 £30,100
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
252 295 222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 24.44% 30.13% 24.08%
Number of salaries quoted 237 238 218
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £25,000
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
Wales

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cardiff -21 6 £23,250 -1.06%
Caerphilly - 1 £18,000 -
Windows XP
Wales

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 12 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 7 (38.89%) WAN
5 7 (38.89%) Wireless
6 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
6 6 (33.33%) LAN
6 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (27.78%) VMware
8 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (16.67%) SCCM
9 3 (16.67%) SCOM
9 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
9 3 (16.67%) IP Telephony
9 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
9 3 (16.67%) Statistics
9 3 (16.67%) SQL
9 3 (16.67%) MS Office
9 3 (16.67%) ITIL
9 3 (16.67%) SAN
10 2 (11.11%) IPv6
10 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (11.11%) DNS
10 2 (11.11%) Back Office
10 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (11.11%) Firewall
10 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 1 (5.556%) Ajax
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) Site Server
4 1 (5.556%) IIS
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) WAN
1 7 (38.89%) Wireless
2 6 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (16.67%) IP Telephony
3 3 (16.67%) SAN
4 2 (11.11%) IPv6
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) Firewall
5 1 (5.556%) HSPA
5 1 (5.556%) SSH
5 1 (5.556%) VLAN
5 1 (5.556%) ZigBee
5 1 (5.556%) TELNET
5 1 (5.556%) HTTP
5 1 (5.556%) SNMP
5 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.556%) VPN
5 1 (5.556%) UMTS
5 1 (5.556%) Bluetooth
5 1 (5.556%) GPRS
General
1 2 (11.11%) Back Office
2 1 (5.556%) Retail
2 1 (5.556%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support Technician
4 1 (5.556%) Development Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 1 (5.556%) Helpdesk Technician
4 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
2 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.556%) Physics
2 1 (5.556%) Replication
2 1 (5.556%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) Multithreading
2 1 (5.556%) System Testing
2 1 (5.556%) Performance Management
2 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Embedded C
2 1 (5.556%) Embedded C++
2 1 (5.556%) Assembly Language
2 1 (5.556%) C
2 1 (5.556%) C#
2 1 (5.556%) C++
2 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) JTAG
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
1 3 (16.67%) SCOM
2 2 (11.11%) SCVMM
3 1 (5.556%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) WatchGuard
3 1 (5.556%) Kaspersky
3 1 (5.556%) Veeam
3 1 (5.556%) Atmel
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) HP
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: 1st Line, Helpdesk, Technical, Support, Analyst, Windows 7, Windows, XP, Windows Vista, MS-Office 2010, MS-Outlook... With 1-2 years 1st Line Helpdesk Support experience...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £18K + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013