The first part of the table below 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

Microsoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank125138113
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Down-25
Matching permanent IT job ads249822591888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.072 %1.842 %1.977 %
As % of the Operating Systems category7.753 %7.400 %8.097 %
Number of salaries quoted225219391629
Average salary£29,500£27,500£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.27 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£20,000£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£26,500£25,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
+6.00 %-
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
322193052723318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.72 %24.90 %24.42 %
Number of salaries quoted276442574319496
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+92328£30,000+9.09 %
LondonUp+161160£32,500+8.33 %
South EastDown-7513£28,000+5.66 %
City of LondonUp+12245£32,500+8.33 %
East of EnglandUp+1169£27,500-5.17 %
SurreyDown-24135£27,500+3.77 %
North WestUp+2130£26,000+15.55 %
YorkshireDown-5111£21,000-6.66 %
South WestDown-18105£27,500-15.38 %
ScotlandUp+1686£28,500+32.55 %
ManchesterNo change085£27,500+27.90 %
HampshireDown-2784£24,000-11.11 %
West MidlandsUp+180£25,000+8.69 %
BerkshireDown-1279£30,000+9.09 %
HertfordshireUp+3769£27,250-16.15 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3369£26,250+11.70 %
West SussexUp+1565£45,000+100.00 %
West YorkshireDown-564£21,500-2.27 %
EssexDown-746£25,750+3.00 %
East MidlandsDown-1445£21,125-20.28 %
LeedsUp+941£21,500-
WiltshireUp+1240£31,500+34.04 %
SouthamptonDown-1140£23,000-19.29 %
OxfordshireUp+1134£29,500+31.11 %
CrawleyUp+134£45,000+104.54 %
EdinburghUp+3331£29,125+30.89 %
MerseysideUp+130£28,750+10.57 %
Milton KeynesUp+2029£45,000+100.00 %
South YorkshireDown-629£19,000-26.57 %
BristolDown-2626£31,500-3.07 %

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

14971 (100.00 %)Windows
22636 (53.03 %)Microsoft
32598 (52.26 %)Active Directory
42232 (44.90 %)Windows Server 2003
52070 (41.64 %)MS Office
62047 (41.18 %)Windows 7
71958 (39.39 %)Windows Server 2008
81722 (34.64 %)MS Exchange
91644 (33.07 %)MS Excel
101143 (22.99 %)Windows Vista
111042 (20.96 %)Microsoft Certification
121017 (20.46 %)VMware
13972 (19.55 %)ITIL
14929 (18.69 %)TCP/IP
15927 (18.65 %)Citrix
16913 (18.37 %)SQL
17847 (17.04 %)Blackberry
18823 (16.56 %)SQL Server
19760 (15.29 %)Finance
20708 (14.24 %)DNS
21693 (13.94 %)VMware Infrastructure
22691 (13.90 %)Exchange Server 2003
23688 (13.84 %)Exchange Server 2010
24657 (13.22 %)Exchange Server 2007
25627 (12.61 %)VPN
26622 (12.51 %)LAN
27603 (12.13 %)MCSE
28598 (12.03 %)Firewall
29594 (11.95 %)Cisco
30576 (11.59 %)DHCP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1252 (5.069 %).NET
2168 (3.380 %)XML
3131 (2.635 %)Application Packaging
4127 (2.555 %)ASP.NET
5120 (2.414 %)HTML
679 (1.589 %)WSH
769 (1.388 %)CSS
868 (1.368 %)Web Services
960 (1.207 %).NET Framework
1042 (0.845 %)WPF
1136 (0.724 %)Software Packaging
1136 (0.724 %)jQuery
1235 (0.704 %)Ajax
1235 (0.704 %)ASP
1334 (0.684 %)WinForms
1433 (0.664 %)COM
1528 (0.563 %)WebSphere
1626 (0.523 %)WCF
1626 (0.523 %)XSLT
1722 (0.443 %)Silverlight
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11722 (34.64 %)MS Exchange
2691 (13.90 %)Exchange Server 2003
3688 (13.84 %)Exchange Server 2010
4657 (13.22 %)Exchange Server 2007
5375 (7.544 %)SharePoint
6305 (6.136 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
7271 (5.452 %)IIS
8220 (4.426 %)Lotus Notes
965 (1.308 %)Lync
1053 (1.066 %)Apache
1149 (0.986 %)SharePoint 2010
1248 (0.966 %)Exchange Server 2000
1334 (0.684 %)BizTalk Server
1426 (0.523 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1525 (0.503 %)WorkSite
1621 (0.422 %)Lotus Domino
1718 (0.362 %)WebSphere Application Server
1718 (0.362 %)IBM HTTP Server
1718 (0.362 %)WebSphere Portal
1816 (0.322 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12070 (41.64 %)MS Office
21644 (33.07 %)MS Excel
3155 (3.118 %)MS PowerPoint
467 (1.348 %)MS Visio
515 (0.302 %)Office 365
613 (0.262 %)Acrobat
712 (0.241 %)InfoPath
810 (0.201 %)MS Project
810 (0.201 %)AutoCAD
98 (0.161 %)Photoshop
98 (0.161 %)Adobe Captivate
106 (0.121 %)Vectorworks
115 (0.101 %)CINEMA 4D
115 (0.101 %)Fireworks
115 (0.101 %)DeltaView
124 (0.080 %)Adobe Illustrator
124 (0.080 %)InDesign
124 (0.080 %)Final Cut Pro
133 (0.060 %)Spreadsheet
142 (0.040 %)Revit
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
127 (0.543 %)SoftGrid
226 (0.523 %)Dynamics CRM
314 (0.282 %)assyst
412 (0.241 %)Dynamics AX
511 (0.221 %)Summit
69 (0.181 %)Line 50
77 (0.141 %)SAP ERP
77 (0.141 %)Line 500
77 (0.141 %)Sage 200
85 (0.101 %)GoldMine
85 (0.101 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
85 (0.101 %)Rolfe and Nolan
85 (0.101 %)SyteLine
85 (0.101 %)Dynamics NAV
85 (0.101 %)Oracle Applications
94 (0.080 %)SAP FI/CO
94 (0.080 %)Maximo
94 (0.080 %)SAP FI
94 (0.080 %)SAP CO
94 (0.080 %)Dynamics GP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1929 (18.69 %)TCP/IP
2708 (14.24 %)DNS
3627 (12.61 %)VPN
4622 (12.51 %)LAN
5598 (12.03 %)Firewall
6576 (11.59 %)DHCP
7563 (11.33 %)WAN
8326 (6.558 %)SAN
9256 (5.150 %)Internet
10223 (4.486 %)VoIP
11133 (2.676 %)VLAN
12120 (2.414 %)Wireless
13106 (2.132 %)NAS
1475 (1.509 %)Cisco ASA
1571 (1.428 %)ADSL
1668 (1.368 %)SSL
1759 (1.187 %)Wi-Fi
1854 (1.086 %)Ethernet
1952 (1.046 %)HTTP
1952 (1.046 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1823 (16.56 %)SQL Server
2230 (4.627 %)SQL Server 2005
3199 (4.003 %)SQL Server 2008
4151 (3.038 %)SQL Server 2000
593 (1.871 %)MySQL
686 (1.730 %)Oracle 8/8i
745 (0.905 %)Oracle 10g
842 (0.845 %)Crystal Reports
842 (0.845 %)RDBMS
939 (0.785 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1025 (0.503 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1122 (0.443 %)Oracle 11g
1220 (0.402 %)DB2
1220 (0.402 %)MS Access
1318 (0.362 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1417 (0.342 %)ETL
1417 (0.342 %)TOAD
1516 (0.322 %)Data Warehouse
1615 (0.302 %)Oracle Reports
1712 (0.241 %)QlikView
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1130 (2.615 %)MSI
283 (1.670 %)Wise Package Studio
364 (1.287 %)Visual Studio
431 (0.624 %)InstallShield
526 (0.523 %)Team Foundation Server
625 (0.503 %)Subversion
716 (0.322 %)TestDirector
716 (0.322 %)Eclipse
814 (0.282 %)VSS/SourceSafe
912 (0.241 %)NetBeans
109 (0.181 %)AdminStudio
118 (0.161 %)Dreamweaver
126 (0.121 %)Rhino Mocks
135 (0.101 %)Rational Functional Tester
135 (0.101 %)Bugzilla
135 (0.101 %)QuickTest Pro
144 (0.080 %)WinRunner
144 (0.080 %)Oracle Forms
144 (0.080 %)TeamCity
144 (0.080 %)Oracle APEX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1760 (15.29 %)Finance
2272 (5.472 %)Law
3245 (4.929 %)Legal
4233 (4.687 %)Banking
5166 (3.339 %)Telecoms
6140 (2.816 %)Retail
7139 (2.796 %)Back Office
884 (1.690 %)French Language
981 (1.629 %)Financial Institution
1073 (1.469 %)German Language
1163 (1.267 %)Investment Banking
1256 (1.127 %)Spanish Language
1351 (1.026 %)Manufacturing
1447 (0.945 %)Italian Language
1538 (0.764 %)Marketing
1633 (0.664 %)Front Office
1732 (0.644 %)Arabic Language
1830 (0.604 %)Advertising
1925 (0.503 %)Publishing
2024 (0.483 %)Dutch Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11613 (32.45 %)Analyst
21078 (21.69 %)Support Analyst
3758 (15.25 %)Support Engineer
4570 (11.47 %)IT Support
5546 (10.98 %)Desktop Support
6524 (10.54 %)2nd Line Support
7351 (7.061 %)Service Desk Analyst
8350 (7.041 %)Service Analyst
9347 (6.980 %)Administrator
10321 (6.457 %)Technical Support
11242 (4.868 %)Desktop Analyst
12231 (4.647 %)Desktop Support Analyst
13226 (4.546 %)3rd Line Support
14215 (4.325 %)1st Line Support
15207 (4.164 %)Systems Administrator
16191 (3.842 %)IT Support Analyst
17190 (3.822 %)Helpdesk Support
18188 (3.782 %)Technical Analyst
19187 (3.762 %)IT Support Engineer
20172 (3.460 %)Helpdesk Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1847 (17.04 %)Blackberry
2123 (2.474 %)Management Information System
2123 (2.474 %)Hedge funds
3120 (2.414 %)Computer Science
4115 (2.313 %)iPhone
5104 (2.092 %)PDA
6101 (2.032 %)Video Conferencing
780 (1.609 %)Replication
870 (1.408 %)Clustering
969 (1.388 %)Thin Client
969 (1.388 %)Fat Client
1054 (1.086 %)iPad
1151 (1.026 %)Client/Server
1247 (0.945 %)EPoS
1247 (0.945 %)E-Learning
1335 (0.704 %)Handset
1434 (0.684 %)Smartphone
1531 (0.624 %)Mathematics
1630 (0.604 %)Open Source
1729 (0.583 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14971 (100.00 %)Windows
22232 (44.90 %)Windows Server 2003
32047 (41.18 %)Windows 7
41958 (39.39 %)Windows Server 2008
51143 (22.99 %)Windows Vista
6552 (11.10 %)Linux
7484 (9.736 %)Windows 2000
8260 (5.230 %)UNIX
9256 (5.150 %)Windows 2000 Server
10155 (3.118 %)Mac OS X
11101 (2.032 %)Mac OS
1291 (1.831 %)Windows NT
1373 (1.469 %)Solaris
1455 (1.106 %)Windows Mobile
1554 (1.086 %)Android
1642 (0.845 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1731 (0.624 %)AIX
1829 (0.583 %)Apple iOS
1922 (0.443 %)Ubuntu
2021 (0.422 %)Mac OS X Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1972 (19.55 %)ITIL
2201 (4.043 %)Service Management
2201 (4.043 %)Incident Management
3184 (3.701 %)Service Delivery
4178 (3.581 %)Document Management
5157 (3.158 %)Disaster Recovery
5157 (3.158 %)Project Management
6117 (2.354 %)CRM
7115 (2.313 %)Problem Management
8102 (2.052 %)Time Management
990 (1.811 %)Configuration Management
1088 (1.770 %)Migration
1169 (1.388 %)Change Management
1268 (1.368 %)Network Management
1367 (1.348 %)PRINCE2
1367 (1.348 %)Asset Management
1464 (1.287 %)ERP
1561 (1.227 %)OO
1655 (1.106 %)Software Engineering
1754 (1.086 %)Business Continuity
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1913 (18.37 %)SQL
2210 (4.225 %)VB
3209 (4.204 %)C#
4160 (3.219 %)C++
5130 (2.615 %)PowerShell
6126 (2.535 %)C
797 (1.951 %)JavaScript
893 (1.871 %)VBScript
986 (1.730 %)VB.NET
1083 (1.670 %)Java
1180 (1.609 %)T-SQL
1180 (1.609 %)Perl
1242 (0.845 %)VBA
1333 (0.664 %)VC++
1432 (0.644 %)PHP
1530 (0.604 %)Shell Script
1628 (0.563 %)Python
1720 (0.402 %)XAML
1815 (0.302 %)FoxPro (VFP)
1815 (0.302 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11042 (20.96 %)Microsoft Certification
2603 (12.13 %)MCSE
3559 (11.25 %)MCP
4482 (9.696 %)Degree
5367 (7.383 %)MCITP
6319 (6.417 %)MCSA
7295 (5.934 %)Cisco Certification
8239 (4.808 %)CCNA
9172 (3.460 %)Security Cleared
10145 (2.917 %)MCDST
1199 (1.992 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1297 (1.951 %)SC Cleared
1394 (1.891 %)Citrix Certification
1479 (1.589 %)CCA
1569 (1.388 %)MCTS
1665 (1.308 %)ITIL Certification
1754 (1.086 %)A+ Certification
1848 (0.966 %)JNCIA
1944 (0.885 %)VTSP
1944 (0.885 %)CCSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1361 (7.262 %)SLA
2113 (2.273 %)QA
337 (0.744 %)ISO 9001
419 (0.382 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
518 (0.362 %)ISO/IEC 27001
66 (0.121 %)PCI DSS
75 (0.101 %)ISO 9000
83 (0.060 %)BS7799
91 (0.020 %)HL7
91 (0.020 %)DICOM
91 (0.020 %)BS25999
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12598 (52.26 %)Active Directory
2693 (13.94 %)VMware Infrastructure
3265 (5.331 %)Hyper-V
4256 (5.150 %)vSphere
5240 (4.828 %)XenApp
6188 (3.782 %)Terminal Services
7187 (3.762 %)VMware ESX
8126 (2.535 %)VMware ESXi
9119 (2.394 %)XenDesktop
1075 (1.509 %)XenServer
1172 (1.448 %)Terminal Server
1270 (1.408 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1349 (0.986 %)ISA Server
1438 (0.764 %)VMware Workstation
1529 (0.583 %)MetaFrame
1624 (0.483 %)VMware Server
1723 (0.463 %)UAG
1820 (0.402 %)NFS
1919 (0.382 %)Xen
209 (0.181 %)IAG
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1351 (7.061 %)SCCM
2187 (3.762 %)Backup Exec
3100 (2.012 %)SCOM
495 (1.911 %)WSUS
586 (1.730 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
679 (1.589 %)Norton AntiVirus
755 (1.106 %)vCenter
838 (0.764 %)McAfee ePO
935 (0.704 %)WMI
1028 (0.563 %)NetBackup
1123 (0.463 %)Tivoli
1222 (0.443 %)DameWare
1319 (0.382 %)ARCserve
1319 (0.382 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
1319 (0.382 %)OpenView
1418 (0.362 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1516 (0.322 %)SCVMM
1516 (0.322 %)HP Quality Center
1614 (0.282 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1614 (0.282 %)MOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12636 (53.03 %)Microsoft
21017 (20.46 %)VMware
3927 (18.65 %)Citrix
4594 (11.95 %)Cisco
5316 (6.357 %)HP
6236 (4.748 %)Symantec
7227 (4.566 %)Lotus
8225 (4.526 %)Oracle
9174 (3.500 %)Apple
10171 (3.440 %)Dell
11143 (2.877 %)Bloomberg
12130 (2.615 %)Avaya
13125 (2.515 %)Reuters
13125 (2.515 %)CheckPoint
14120 (2.414 %)Altiris
1591 (1.831 %)McAfee
1687 (1.750 %)Adobe
1785 (1.710 %)NetApp
1871 (1.428 %)Remedy
1970 (1.408 %)IBM