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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 45 57 36
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -21
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 8 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 2.228% 1.521% 2.465%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.000% 4.571% 6.863%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 6
Average salary £20,500 £23,250 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.82% +16.25%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Warrington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
100 175 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 27.86% 33.27% 35.92%
Number of salaries quoted 82 162 92
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,250 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Cheshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

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

Warrington Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) MS Office
2 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (66.67%) Windows 7
4 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (50.00%) MCTS
4 6 (50.00%) VPN
4 6 (50.00%) MCP
5 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
6 4 (33.33%) ITIL
6 4 (33.33%) MCSA
6 4 (33.33%) VMware
6 4 (33.33%) Citrix
6 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (16.67%) vSphere
7 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (16.67%) SonicWALL
7 2 (16.67%) Draytek
7 2 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (16.67%) SCCM
7 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (16.67%) XenApp
7 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (16.67%) Windows Vista

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 Platforms
1 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (83.33%) MS Office
2 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 6 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) SAN
3 2 (16.67%) LAN
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) DNS
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Support
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Support Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Desktop Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Desktop Support
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Vista
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (50.00%) MCTS
2 6 (50.00%) MCP
3 4 (33.33%) MCSA
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (16.67%) MCSE
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) vSphere
3 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (16.67%) XenApp
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) VMware
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) SonicWALL
3 2 (16.67%) Draytek
3 2 (16.67%) HP
3 2 (16.67%) Symantec
3 2 (16.67%) Sophos
3 2 (16.67%) Apple
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
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