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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 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 for the Wales region.

 Microsoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank634168
Rank change year-on-year
Down-22Up+27
Matching permanent IT job ads123132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales1.392 %3.609 %1.946 %
As % of the Operating Systems category5.381 %21.23 %7.619 %
Salaries quoted122325
Average salary£22,500£26,605£21,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.42 %+25.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£17,850£17,800£18,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£36,000£36,750
UK excluding London average salary£24,000£25,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-4.000 %-
Wales IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
223146420
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales25.87 %17.00 %25.55 %
Salaries quoted193130365
Average salary£29,500£30,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.660 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£21,000£23,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,700£44,500£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows XP UKWindows XP
UK

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. 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
North WalesUp+36£22,500+7.14 %
West WalesNo change03£32,500+27.45 %
Mid WalesNew entry-2£17,500-
South WalesDown-201£21,000-41.66 %
Windows XP UKWindows XP
UK

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

136 (100.00 %)Windows
228 (77.78 %)Windows Server 2003
313 (36.11 %)MS Exchange
313 (36.11 %)ITIL
410 (27.78 %)SQL
410 (27.78 %)Active Directory
410 (27.78 %)Back Office
59 (25.00 %)Citrix
68 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
68 (22.22 %)MCSE
68 (22.22 %)PRINCE
68 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
77 (19.44 %)Windows 2000
77 (19.44 %)MS Office
86 (16.67 %)MS Excel
86 (16.67 %)Microsoft
86 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
86 (16.67 %)Firewall
95 (13.89 %)VMware
95 (13.89 %)Cisco
95 (13.89 %)VMware Infrastructure
104 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2008
104 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
104 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
104 (11.11 %)SQL Server
113 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
113 (8.333 %)Service Delivery
113 (8.333 %)VoIP
113 (8.333 %)Degree
113 (8.333 %)Security Cleared

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (2.778 %)WebSphere
Wales IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (36.11 %)MS Exchange
28 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (2.778 %)SharePoint
Wales IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (19.44 %)MS Office
26 (16.67 %)MS Excel
31 (2.778 %)MS Visio
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
16 (16.67 %)Firewall
23 (8.333 %)VoIP
31 (2.778 %)IP Telephony
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.11 %)SQL Server
22 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (27.78 %)Back Office
21 (2.778 %)Finance
21 (2.778 %)Aerospace
21 (2.778 %)Education
21 (2.778 %)Military
Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (19.44 %)Analyst
26 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
35 (13.89 %)Helpdesk Support
35 (13.89 %)IT Support
44 (11.11 %)Technical Engineer
44 (11.11 %)Administrator
44 (11.11 %)Applications Support Analyst
44 (11.11 %)Systems Administrator
44 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
44 (11.11 %)Senior Systems Engineer
44 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
44 (11.11 %)Applications Support
53 (8.333 %)2nd Line Support
53 (8.333 %)IT Support Engineer
62 (5.556 %)Network Analyst
62 (5.556 %)Graduate
71 (2.778 %)Project Manager
71 (2.778 %)Helpdesk Manager
71 (2.778 %)Junior
71 (2.778 %)Network Engineer
Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (2.778 %)AS400
Wales IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
136 (100.00 %)Windows
228 (77.78 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (19.44 %)Windows 2000
44 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
44 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (2.778 %)Windows NT
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (36.11 %)ITIL
28 (22.22 %)PRINCE
33 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
33 (8.333 %)Service Delivery
42 (5.556 %)Change Management
42 (5.556 %)ERP
42 (5.556 %)Service Management
51 (2.778 %)Project Management
51 (2.778 %)Migration
51 (2.778 %)Asset Management
51 (2.778 %)Incident Management
51 (2.778 %)Technical Architecture
51 (2.778 %)Problem Management
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (27.78 %)SQL
22 (5.556 %)C
Wales IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (22.22 %)MCSE
18 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (8.333 %)Degree
23 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
32 (5.556 %)MCDST
41 (2.778 %)MCP
41 (2.778 %)HNC
41 (2.778 %)CCNP
41 (2.778 %)CCNA
41 (2.778 %)Cisco Certification
41 (2.778 %)SC Cleared
41 (2.778 %)DV Cleared
Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.556 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Wales IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (27.78 %)Active Directory
25 (13.89 %)VMware Infrastructure
Wales IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (5.556 %)Backup Exec
21 (2.778 %)WSUS
21 (2.778 %)Norton AntiVirus
Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (25.00 %)Citrix
26 (16.67 %)Microsoft
35 (13.89 %)Cisco
35 (13.89 %)VMware
42 (5.556 %)Cognos
42 (5.556 %)Veritas
42 (5.556 %)CheckPoint
42 (5.556 %)Symantec
51 (2.778 %)IBM
51 (2.778 %)HP
51 (2.778 %)Nortel