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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 82 81 78
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 11 15 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.905% 1.298% 1.230%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.780% 4.412% 4.869%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 9
Average salary £23,250 £23,000 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.08% +4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,700 £18,200 £18,800
10% offered a salary of more than £25,750 £27,500 £28,800
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
291 340 267
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 23.95% 29.41% 25.26%
Number of salaries quoted 274 273 253
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £24,000
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
UK

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Wales region.

Wales Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

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

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 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
South Wales +3 10 £23,250 -1.06%
Windows XP
UK

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (56.00%) Windows 7
3 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
5 9 (36.00%) WAN
5 9 (36.00%) Wireless
6 7 (28.00%) MS Office
6 7 (28.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (24.00%) MS Exchange
7 6 (24.00%) LAN
7 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (20.00%) VMware
8 5 (20.00%) SQL
9 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (16.00%) Firewall
9 4 (16.00%) Windows Vista
9 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
10 3 (12.00%) Physics
10 3 (12.00%) ZigBee
10 3 (12.00%) Statistics
10 3 (12.00%) SCCM
10 3 (12.00%) SCOM
10 3 (12.00%) Multithreading
10 3 (12.00%) System Testing
10 3 (12.00%) JTAG
10 3 (12.00%) HSPA
10 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
10 3 (12.00%) Degree

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 3 (12.00%) .NET
1 3 (12.00%) HTML
1 3 (12.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (24.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.000%) Site Server
4 1 (4.000%) IIS
4 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) MS Office
2 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) WAN
1 9 (36.00%) Wireless
2 6 (24.00%) LAN
3 4 (16.00%) Firewall
4 3 (12.00%) ZigBee
4 3 (12.00%) HSPA
4 3 (12.00%) SAN
4 3 (12.00%) HTTP
4 3 (12.00%) SNMP
4 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (12.00%) UMTS
4 3 (12.00%) Bluetooth
4 3 (12.00%) GPRS
4 3 (12.00%) LDAP
4 3 (12.00%) IP Telephony
4 3 (12.00%) SSH
4 3 (12.00%) TELNET
5 2 (8.000%) IPv6
5 2 (8.000%) DNS
6 1 (4.000%) VPN
General
1 3 (12.00%) Electronics
1 3 (12.00%) Retail
2 2 (8.000%) Back Office
2 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Service Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Development Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (8.000%) Software Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) IT Support
4 2 (8.000%) Software Development Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) 1st Line Support Technician
5 1 (4.000%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 1 (4.000%) Helpdesk Technician
5 1 (4.000%) Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.000%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Support Technician
5 1 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (12.00%) Physics
1 3 (12.00%) Statistics
1 3 (12.00%) Firmware
2 2 (8.000%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.000%) Replication
3 1 (4.000%) PACS
3 1 (4.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (56.00%) Windows 7
3 7 (28.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (16.00%) Windows Vista
6 2 (8.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Multithreading
1 3 (12.00%) System Testing
1 3 (12.00%) ITIL
1 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (4.000%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) Assembly Language
2 3 (12.00%) C
2 3 (12.00%) C#
2 3 (12.00%) C++
2 3 (12.00%) Java
3 1 (4.000%) Embedded C
3 1 (4.000%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.000%) MCSE
3 2 (8.000%) MCP
3 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) JTAG
2 1 (4.000%) DICOM
2 1 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.000%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.000%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.000%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) SCCM
1 3 (12.00%) SCOM
2 2 (8.000%) SCVMM
3 1 (4.000%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) Atmel
4 2 (8.000%) Novell
4 2 (8.000%) Fujitsu
5 1 (4.000%) WatchGuard
5 1 (4.000%) Polycom
5 1 (4.000%) Kaspersky
5 1 (4.000%) Veeam
5 1 (4.000%) HP
5 1 (4.000%) Dell
5 1 (4.000%) Cisco
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...
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Salary: To £18K + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013