X-Windows
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for X-Windows skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited X-Windows over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 972 1213
Rank change year-on-year +104 +241 -298
Permanent jobs citing X-Windows 9 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.006% 0.008%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.043% 0.019% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 11
10th Percentile - £31,250 -
25th Percentile £25,500 £31,313 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £34,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +23.64% -44.72%
75th Percentile £26,500 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £35,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £32,750 £25,000
% change year-on-year +29.77% +31.00% -49.75%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

X-Windows is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,058 31,283 63,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.37% 30.13% 40.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15,741 19,277 30,292
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

X-Windows
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing X-Windows as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing X-Windows.

Salary trend for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing X-Windows over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for X-Windows in the UK

X-Windows
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing X-Windows within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +90 9 £26,000 -23.53% 2
London +128 7 £26,000 -25.71%
UK excluding London -3 2 £42,500 +29.77% 2
South West -26 2 £42,500 +30.77%

X-Windows
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Remote Desktop
1 7 (77.78%) Wi-Fi
1 7 (77.78%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) MPLS
2 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) IT Technician
2 6 (66.67%) IT Support
3 4 (44.44%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (44.44%) Support Technician
4 3 (33.33%) Help Desk Technician
5 2 (22.22%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 7 (77.78%) Mac OS X
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 7
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) CRM
1 2 (22.22%) ERP
1 2 (22.22%) Network Management
1 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
1 2 (22.22%) Project Management
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (22.22%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Dell
1 2 (22.22%) Meraki
1 2 (22.22%) VMware