The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 17 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 64 53 56
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 7 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.171% 2.105% 0.526%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.000% 11.54% 2.778%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 3
Average salary £22,000 £23,500 £18,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.38% +27.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,300 £20,600 £16,900
10% offered a salary of more than £28,900 £32,750 £21,300
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
100 104 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 16.72% 18.25% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 86 89 83
Average salary £32,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.47% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £42,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Stafford - 2 £26,500 -
Tamworth - 2 £17,250 -
Windows XP
West Midlands

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 11 (73.33%) MS Office
4 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
5 8 (53.33%) LAN
5 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
5 8 (53.33%) WAN
6 6 (40.00%) VMware
7 5 (33.33%) DHCP
7 5 (33.33%) VPN
7 5 (33.33%) DNS
7 5 (33.33%) Lotus
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 5 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
8 4 (26.67%) VoIP
8 4 (26.67%) MS Exchange
8 4 (26.67%) LDAP
8 4 (26.67%) MPLS
8 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
8 4 (26.67%) Validation
8 4 (26.67%) SAN
8 4 (26.67%) Windows Vista
8 4 (26.67%) CMDB
8 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (20.00%) Citrix
9 3 (20.00%) Cisco
10 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
10 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (6.667%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (26.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.667%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 11 (73.33%) MS Office
2 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (13.33%) Google Apps
3 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
3 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) LAN
1 8 (53.33%) WAN
2 5 (33.33%) DHCP
2 5 (33.33%) VPN
2 5 (33.33%) DNS
3 4 (26.67%) SAN
3 4 (26.67%) MPLS
3 4 (26.67%) VoIP
3 4 (26.67%) LDAP
4 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (13.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (26.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Help Desk Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) IT Support
4 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (13.33%) Desktop Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Storage Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support
5 1 (6.667%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Support Technician
5 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Network Support
5 1 (6.667%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (26.67%) Windows Vista
4 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (13.33%) Windows 2000
6 1 (6.667%) Ubuntu
6 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
1 4 (26.67%) Validation
2 2 (13.33%) ERP
3 1 (6.667%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.667%) MCP
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) Lotus
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco
4 3 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (13.33%) Google
6 1 (6.667%) Altiris
6 1 (6.667%) HP
6 1 (6.667%) Dell
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