Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank8265
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads16875926
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.478 %2.971 %
As % of the Operating Systems category10.21 %12.01 %
Salaries quoted14915234
Average salary£27,500£26,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year+5.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,000£18,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£41,958
UK excluding London average salary£25,250£24,000
% change on same period last year+5.200 %
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1652649348
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK24.27 %24.74 %
Salaries quoted1394041154
Average salary£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows XP within the UK.

Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-181621£27,500+3.77 %
LondonDown-32611£30,000+3.44 %
South EastDown-16333£29,000+16.00 %
East of EnglandUp+29206£30,000+20.00 %
City of LondonDown-15201£35,500+12.69 %
BerkshireUp+18150£32,500+35.41 %
South WestUp+26111£23,250-5.10 %
West MidlandsDown-1104£27,000+20.00 %
East MidlandsUp+492£21,000-6.66 %
North WestDown-992£24,000+11.62 %
HertfordshireUp+4381£33,000+32.00 %
YorkshireDown-2080£22,000-5.37 %
ReadingUp+1875£35,000+27.27 %
EssexUp+357£30,000+30.43 %
West YorkshireDown-1149£22,000-4.34 %
HampshireDown-1846£51,250+86.36 %
ManchesterDown-140£20,000-11.11 %
LeicestershireUp+938£25,500+13.33 %
CambridgeshireUp+2536£29,000-3.33 %
ScotlandUp+3333£25,000-
SurreyDown-4733£24,500-9.25 %
BristolUp+432£19,240-16.34 %
WalesUp+332£24,500+22.50 %
ColchesterUp+3830£30,000+22.44 %
CambridgeUp+1029£28,000-6.66 %
OxfordshireDown-529£25,250+14.77 %
GloucestershireUp+2026£29,500+11.32 %
BuckinghamshireDown-626£20,000-14.89 %
South WalesDown-524£28,500+42.50 %
LeedsDown-724£24,000+4.34 %

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

14121 (100.00 %)Windows
22281 (55.35 %)Windows Server 2003
31646 (39.94 %)Active Directory
41569 (38.07 %)Microsoft
51285 (31.18 %)MS Office
61247 (30.26 %)Windows 2000
71105 (26.81 %)MS Exchange
8987 (23.95 %)MS Excel
9952 (23.10 %)Windows Vista
10888 (21.55 %)TCP/IP
11839 (20.36 %)Microsoft Certification
12681 (16.53 %)SQL
13624 (15.14 %)SQL Server
14610 (14.80 %)LAN
15607 (14.73 %)Exchange Server 2003
16601 (14.58 %)MCSE
17522 (12.67 %)Firewall
18514 (12.47 %)WAN
19498 (12.08 %)Windows 2000 Server
20480 (11.65 %)Citrix
21462 (11.21 %)Cisco
22448 (10.87 %)Finance
23439 (10.65 %)Linux
24426 (10.34 %)MCP
25417 (10.12 %)DNS
26377 (9.148 %)UNIX
27367 (8.906 %)ITIL
28362 (8.784 %)Blackberry
29355 (8.614 %)VMware
30343 (8.323 %)VPN

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1200 (4.853 %).NET
2154 (3.737 %)HTML
3137 (3.324 %)XML
486 (2.087 %)ASP.NET
571 (1.723 %)ASP
638 (0.922 %)Application Packaging
731 (0.752 %)CSS
824 (0.582 %)WebServices
921 (0.510 %)Spring
1018 (0.437 %).NET Framework
1116 (0.388 %)WebSphere
1215 (0.364 %)Software Packaging
1314 (0.340 %)EJB
1413 (0.315 %)JDBC
1512 (0.291 %)Flash
1611 (0.267 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1611 (0.267 %)MFC
1611 (0.267 %)STL
1611 (0.267 %)Swing
1710 (0.243 %)EJB 3.0
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11105 (26.81 %)MS Exchange
2607 (14.73 %)Exchange Server 2003
3226 (5.484 %)IIS
4222 (5.387 %)SharePoint
5169 (4.101 %)Exchange Server 2007
6157 (3.810 %)Exchange Server 2000
7117 (2.839 %)Lotus Notes
878 (1.893 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
947 (1.140 %)Apache
1031 (0.752 %)WorkSite
1127 (0.655 %)Lotus Domino
1226 (0.631 %)WebLogic
1226 (0.631 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1322 (0.534 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1419 (0.461 %)Tomcat
1511 (0.267 %)BizTalk Server
168 (0.194 %)GroupWise
177 (0.170 %)CMS
186 (0.146 %)Documentum
186 (0.146 %)SAS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11285 (31.18 %)MS Office
2987 (23.95 %)MS Excel
355 (1.335 %)MS PowerPoint
415 (0.364 %)Acrobat
510 (0.243 %)MS Project
69 (0.218 %)MS Visio
74 (0.097 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.073 %)Doxygen
83 (0.073 %)Fireworks
83 (0.073 %)QuarkXPress
92 (0.049 %)RoboHelp
92 (0.049 %)SPSS
92 (0.049 %)Photoshop
92 (0.049 %)Adobe Illustrator
92 (0.049 %)DeltaView
101 (0.024 %)Quicktime
101 (0.024 %)MicroStation
101 (0.024 %)ProjectWise
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
132 (0.777 %)SoftGrid
225 (0.607 %)Dynamics CRM
320 (0.485 %)Microsoft CRM
413 (0.315 %)RMDS
512 (0.291 %)Dynamics AX
68 (0.194 %)Axapta
68 (0.194 %)Oracle 11i
77 (0.170 %)Dynamics GP
77 (0.170 %)Navision
84 (0.097 %)Exchequer
84 (0.097 %)Great Plains
84 (0.097 %)Pegasus Opera
84 (0.097 %)SAP R/3
84 (0.097 %)assyst
93 (0.073 %)Teamcenter
93 (0.073 %)arcHouse
93 (0.073 %)Line 100
93 (0.073 %)Line 500
93 (0.073 %)Oracle EBS
102 (0.049 %)Sage MMS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1888 (21.55 %)TCP/IP
2610 (14.80 %)LAN
3522 (12.67 %)Firewall
4514 (12.47 %)WAN
5417 (10.12 %)DNS
6343 (8.323 %)VPN
7261 (6.333 %)DHCP
8183 (4.441 %)Internet
9177 (4.295 %)Wireless
10153 (3.713 %)SAN
11140 (3.397 %)VoIP
1251 (1.238 %)Intranet
1350 (1.213 %)SMS
1449 (1.189 %)Network Security
1540 (0.971 %)ADSL
1639 (0.946 %)Ethernet
1727 (0.655 %)IP Telephony
1826 (0.631 %)FTP
1826 (0.631 %)Cisco PIX
1925 (0.607 %)ISDN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1624 (15.14 %)SQL Server
2182 (4.416 %)SQL Server 2005
3119 (2.888 %)SQL Server 2000
461 (1.480 %)MySQL
555 (1.335 %)MS Access
641 (0.995 %)Crystal Reports
731 (0.752 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
731 (0.752 %)Oracle 10g
827 (0.655 %)Oracle 8/8i
922 (0.534 %)RDBMS
1019 (0.461 %)BusinessObjects
1116 (0.388 %)Oracle 9i
1212 (0.291 %)Oracle Reports
139 (0.218 %)SQL Server 2008
148 (0.194 %)Informix
148 (0.194 %)SQL Server Integration Services
155 (0.121 %)DB2
155 (0.121 %)DTS
164 (0.097 %)SQL Navigator
173 (0.073 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
179 (1.917 %)Visual Studio
268 (1.650 %)TestDirector
352 (1.262 %)MSI
429 (0.704 %)StarTeam
528 (0.679 %)WinRunner
626 (0.631 %)VSS/SourceSafe
718 (0.437 %)LoadRunner
718 (0.437 %)JIRA
816 (0.388 %)Ant
914 (0.340 %)QuickTest Pro
1012 (0.291 %)Subversion
1110 (0.243 %)Eclipse
1110 (0.243 %)InstallShield
1110 (0.243 %)AdminStudio
129 (0.218 %)PowerBuilder
138 (0.194 %)JUnit
147 (0.170 %)NUnit
147 (0.170 %)QARun
156 (0.146 %)Team Foundation Server
156 (0.146 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1448 (10.87 %)Finance
2189 (4.586 %)Legal
3180 (4.368 %)Law
4141 (3.421 %)Pensions
5127 (3.082 %)Insurance
6116 (2.815 %)Education
7109 (2.645 %)Banking
899 (2.402 %)Health
989 (2.160 %)Telecoms
1083 (2.014 %)Retail
1153 (1.286 %)Military
1246 (1.116 %)Government
1345 (1.092 %)Back Office
1444 (1.068 %)Marketing
1531 (0.752 %)Manufacturing
1628 (0.679 %)Investment Banking
1727 (0.655 %)Front Office
1825 (0.607 %)Financial Institution
1923 (0.558 %)Publishing
1923 (0.558 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11275 (30.94 %)Analyst
2922 (22.37 %)Support Analyst
3569 (13.81 %)Support Engineer
4438 (10.63 %)Desktop Support
5329 (7.983 %)Administrator
6286 (6.940 %)2nd Line Support
7236 (5.727 %)Helpdesk Support
8233 (5.654 %)Desktop Analyst
9228 (5.533 %)Helpdesk Analyst
10222 (5.387 %)Technical Support
11213 (5.169 %)Desktop Support Analyst
12175 (4.247 %)1st Line Support
13170 (4.125 %)Systems Administrator
14169 (4.101 %)Support Technician
14169 (4.101 %)Developer
15155 (3.761 %)Consultant
16152 (3.688 %)3rd Line Support
17148 (3.591 %)IT Support Analyst
18142 (3.446 %)Systems Engineer
19141 (3.421 %)Applications Support
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1362 (8.784 %)Blackberry
297 (2.354 %)PDA
368 (1.650 %)Client/Server
455 (1.335 %)Clustering
554 (1.310 %)Computer Science
653 (1.286 %)Video Conferencing
739 (0.946 %)Derivative
833 (0.801 %)Fat Client
833 (0.801 %)Thin Client
932 (0.777 %)Management Information System
1029 (0.704 %)EPoS
1123 (0.558 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1221 (0.510 %)German Language
1221 (0.510 %)Equities
1320 (0.485 %)Fixed Income
1419 (0.461 %)Replication
1518 (0.437 %)Handset
1617 (0.413 %)Spanish Language
1716 (0.388 %)Equity Derivative
1815 (0.364 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14121 (100.00 %)Windows
22281 (55.35 %)Windows Server 2003
31247 (30.26 %)Windows 2000
4952 (23.10 %)Windows Vista
5498 (12.08 %)Windows 2000 Server
6439 (10.65 %)Linux
7377 (9.148 %)UNIX
8202 (4.902 %)Windows Server 2008
9183 (4.441 %)Windows NT
10164 (3.980 %)Solaris
1185 (2.063 %)Mac OS X
1265 (1.577 %)Red Hat Linux
1355 (1.335 %)HPUX
1426 (0.631 %)AIX
1522 (0.534 %)Windows Mobile
1522 (0.534 %)Mac OS X Server
1620 (0.485 %)Mac OS
1718 (0.437 %)Debian
1814 (0.340 %)SUSE
1911 (0.267 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1367 (8.906 %)ITIL
2103 (2.499 %)Migration
395 (2.305 %)Document Management
471 (1.723 %)Time Management
569 (1.674 %)Service Delivery
665 (1.577 %)CRM
760 (1.456 %)Test Scripting
850 (1.213 %)Disaster Recovery
947 (1.140 %)Service Management
1040 (0.971 %)Project Management
1139 (0.946 %)Asset Management
1234 (0.825 %)Incident Management
1330 (0.728 %)Change Management
1330 (0.728 %)Problem Management
1428 (0.679 %)OO
1527 (0.655 %)Validation
1625 (0.607 %)Business Continuity
1723 (0.558 %)ERP
1822 (0.534 %)Workflow
1921 (0.510 %)UML
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1681 (16.53 %)SQL
2159 (3.858 %)VB
3131 (3.179 %)C
4126 (3.058 %)C#
596 (2.330 %)Java
692 (2.232 %)C++
791 (2.208 %)VB.NET
885 (2.063 %)JavaScript
984 (2.038 %)VBScript
1061 (1.480 %)VBA
1148 (1.165 %)Perl
1245 (1.092 %)Shell Script
1336 (0.874 %)PHP
1433 (0.801 %)PL/SQL
1515 (0.364 %)T-SQL
1614 (0.340 %)VB6
1713 (0.315 %)VC++
1812 (0.291 %)PowerShell
1812 (0.291 %)Delphi
1910 (0.243 %)AWK
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1839 (20.36 %)Microsoft Certification
2601 (14.58 %)MCSE
3426 (10.34 %)MCP
4328 (7.959 %)Degree
5250 (6.066 %)Security Cleared
6163 (3.955 %)Cisco Certification
7148 (3.591 %)CCNA
8140 (3.397 %)MCSA
997 (2.354 %)SC Cleared
1054 (1.310 %)ITIL Certification
1149 (1.189 %)A+ Certification
1245 (1.092 %)MCDST
1332 (0.777 %)CCNP
1427 (0.655 %)CCA
1427 (0.655 %)Citrix Certification
1524 (0.582 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1622 (0.534 %)DV Cleared
1720 (0.485 %)HND
1819 (0.461 %)Network+ Certification
1916 (0.388 %)HNC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1190 (4.611 %)SLA
228 (0.679 %)QA
318 (0.437 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.097 %)BS15000
51 (0.024 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11646 (39.94 %)Active Directory
2220 (5.339 %)VMware Infrastructure
3139 (3.373 %)Backup Exec
499 (2.402 %)VMware ESX
578 (1.893 %)Terminal Services
659 (1.432 %)NetBackup
757 (1.383 %)Terminal Server
850 (1.213 %)Citrix Presentation Server
949 (1.189 %)ISA Server
1036 (0.874 %)MetaFrame
1124 (0.582 %)VMware Workstation
1218 (0.437 %)NFS
1315 (0.364 %)Sendmail
1315 (0.364 %)Xen
1413 (0.315 %)Samba
1510 (0.243 %)Hyper-V
169 (0.218 %)Oracle RMAN
177 (0.170 %)Squid
177 (0.170 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
186 (0.146 %)Postfix
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
192 (2.232 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
274 (1.796 %)Norton AntiVirus
355 (1.335 %)OpenView Configuration Management
446 (1.116 %)MOM
539 (0.946 %)SCCM
630 (0.728 %)OpenView
729 (0.704 %)Unicenter
824 (0.582 %)DameWare
921 (0.510 %)ARCserve
1018 (0.437 %)Tivoli
1116 (0.388 %)HP Data Protector
1214 (0.340 %)ServiceCenter
1214 (0.340 %)Nessus
1313 (0.315 %)Netcool
1411 (0.267 %)WSUS
1411 (0.267 %)MIMEsweeper
1411 (0.267 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
159 (0.218 %)Netcool/Proviso
159 (0.218 %)SolarWinds Orion
159 (0.218 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11569 (38.07 %)Microsoft
2480 (11.65 %)Citrix
3462 (11.21 %)Cisco
4355 (8.614 %)VMware
5331 (8.032 %)HP
6298 (7.231 %)Oracle
7127 (3.082 %)Lotus
8126 (3.058 %)Symantec
9116 (2.815 %)Dell
1090 (2.184 %)Apple
1179 (1.917 %)IBM
1277 (1.868 %)CheckPoint
1376 (1.844 %)Reuters
1475 (1.820 %)Interwoven
1571 (1.723 %)Veritas
1670 (1.699 %)McAfee Security
1765 (1.577 %)Red Hat
1864 (1.553 %)Remedy
1962 (1.504 %)Bloomberg
2057 (1.383 %)Novell