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 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 44 58 37
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -21
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 8 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 2.254% 1.623% 1.730%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.000% 4.848% 4.808%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 4
Average salary £20,500 £23,250 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.82% +22.36%
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
100 165 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 28.17% 33.47% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 79 153 96
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £21,500 £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 17 May 2013.

Warrington Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) MS Office
3 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
4 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
4 9 (69.23%) MS Exchange
4 9 (69.23%) Windows 7
5 8 (61.54%) TCP/IP
5 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (46.15%) MCTS
6 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (46.15%) VPN
6 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
6 6 (46.15%) MCP
7 5 (38.46%) ITIL
8 4 (30.77%) MCSA
8 4 (30.77%) VMware
8 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (30.77%) Citrix
9 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (23.08%) Cisco
9 3 (23.08%) Linux
10 2 (15.38%) MCSE
10 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
10 2 (15.38%) C
10 2 (15.38%) LAN
10 2 (15.38%) WAN
10 2 (15.38%) DNS
10 2 (15.38%) HP

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 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 9 (69.23%) MS Exchange
2 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (15.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 11 (84.62%) MS Office
2 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) TCP/IP
2 6 (46.15%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) SAN
3 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 2 (15.38%) LAN
3 2 (15.38%) WAN
General
1 1 (7.692%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Support Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (46.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Desktop Support
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Support
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Desktop Manager
4 1 (7.692%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Desktop Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Desktop Support
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
1 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows 7
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C
2 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (46.15%) MCP
2 6 (46.15%) MCTS
3 4 (30.77%) MCSA
4 2 (15.38%) MCSE
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) XenApp
3 2 (15.38%) vSphere
3 2 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Citrix
2 4 (30.77%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) SonicWALL
4 2 (15.38%) Draytek
4 2 (15.38%) Apple
4 2 (15.38%) Symantec
4 2 (15.38%) Sophos
5 1 (7.692%) NETGEAR