The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 20 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 39 54 56
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 5 3 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.773% 0.862% 2.594%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.505% 1.754% 6.395%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 7
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +56.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,100 £23,200 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £64,500
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+3.77% +6.00%
All Operating Systems
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
111 171 172
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 39.36% 49.14% 40.57%
Number of salaries quoted 94 103 105
Average salary £42,250 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.62% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Hertfordshire

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Watford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Watford Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (94.44%) Active Directory
2 17 (94.44%) Windows 7
3 14 (77.78%) MS Excel
4 13 (72.22%) LAN
5 12 (66.67%) MS Visio
5 12 (66.67%) MS Project
5 12 (66.67%) ISEB
5 12 (66.67%) SAN
5 12 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
5 12 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (55.56%) QA
6 10 (55.56%) Test Management
6 10 (55.56%) Test Scripting
7 8 (44.44%) Integration Testing
7 8 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (33.33%) SAP
9 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (22.22%) Test Strategy
10 3 (16.67%) Degree
10 3 (16.67%) Citrix
10 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (16.67%) MS Office
10 3 (16.67%) MCSE
10 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
11 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
11 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
11 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
11 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (77.78%) MS Excel
2 12 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 12 (66.67%) MS Project
3 3 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) LAN
2 12 (66.67%) SAN
3 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.556%) WAN
General
1 1 (5.556%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Technical Test Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Test Leader
3 6 (33.33%) Test Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Support Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Service Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Technical Support
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (94.44%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (55.56%) Test Management
2 10 (55.56%) Test Scripting
3 8 (44.44%) Integration Testing
3 8 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (22.22%) Test Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.556%) ITIL
6 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
6 1 (5.556%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) ISEB
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (16.67%) MCSE
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) HND
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.556%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) QA
2 1 (5.556%) ISO 9000
2 1 (5.556%) SLA
2 1 (5.556%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (94.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco