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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the last 3 months to 21 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to 21 May 2008Same period last year
Rank8087
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads210156
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.104 %0.068 %
As % of the category below9.896 %7.903 %
Salaries quoted183132
Average minimum salary£22,477£21,093
Average salary£23,762£22,912
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
Average maximum salary£25,048£24,732
UK excluding London average salary£25,823£27,131
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Operating Systems West MidlandsOperating Systems
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads21221974
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.052 %0.857 %
Salaries quoted18651565
Average minimum salary£29,306£29,216
Average salary£31,364£31,459
% change on same period last year-0.29 %
Average maximum salary£33,422£33,701
UK excluding London average salary£34,643£34,992
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
Windows XP EnglandWindows XP
England

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows XP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands Windows XP Demand Trend

Windows XP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows XP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+1578£22,273+1.17 %
SolihullUp+1653£24,837+27.36 %
WarwickshireDown-2017£25,647+12.53 %
CoventryDown-2213£25,318+0.21 %
ShropshireNew entry-8£20,714-
StaffordshireDown-108£24,000+18.66 %
WorcestershireDown-227£27,214+4.16 %
HerefordshireDown-257£29,167+20.27 %
Sutton ColdfieldUp+16£19,417-2.91 %
DudleyUp+73£18,000+38.46 %
WalsallDown-41£16,500-8.33 %
TiptonDown-21£17,000+6.25 %
WolverhamptonDown-51£20,000-13.97 %
Windows XP EnglandWindows XP
England

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows XP.

1371 (98.93 %)Windows
2185 (49.33 %)Microsoft
3166 (44.27 %)Active Directory
4139 (37.07 %)Microsoft Certification
5113 (30.13 %)MS Office
6110 (29.33 %)MCP
7108 (28.80 %)MCSE
895 (25.33 %)MS Excel
990 (24.00 %)TCP/IP
1078 (20.80 %)LAN
1177 (20.53 %)MS Exchange
1267 (17.87 %)WAN
1360 (16.00 %)SQL
1456 (14.93 %)Cisco
1555 (14.67 %)SQL Server
1654 (14.40 %)Windows 2000
1654 (14.40 %)Exchange Server 2003
1744 (11.73 %)Firewall
1839 (10.40 %)VPN
1938 (10.13 %)ITIL
1938 (10.13 %)Degree
2037 (9.867 %)VBScript
2037 (9.867 %)MCSA
2037 (9.867 %)Windows Server 2003
2135 (9.333 %)LANDesk
2233 (8.800 %)Exchange Server 2000
2233 (8.800 %)SLA
2332 (8.533 %)Application Packaging
2431 (8.267 %)Remedy
2530 (8.000 %)DNS

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows XP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
132 (8.533 %)Application Packaging
216 (4.267 %).NET
39 (2.400 %).NET Framework
47 (1.867 %)XML
53 (0.800 %)ASP.NET
62 (0.533 %)HTML
62 (0.533 %)WebSphere
71 (0.267 %)XSL
71 (0.267 %)WebServices
71 (0.267 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
177 (20.53 %)MS Exchange
254 (14.40 %)Exchange Server 2003
333 (8.800 %)Exchange Server 2000
421 (5.600 %)Lotus Notes
515 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2007
611 (2.933 %)IIS
77 (1.867 %)SharePoint
83 (0.800 %)Lotus Domino
83 (0.800 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
83 (0.800 %)Live Communications Server
83 (0.800 %)Exchange Server 5.5
92 (0.533 %)Tomcat
92 (0.533 %)JBoss
92 (0.533 %)GroupWise
101 (0.267 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.267 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
1113 (30.13 %)MS Office
295 (25.33 %)MS Excel
315 (4.000 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.800 %)MS Visio
52 (0.533 %)MS Project
61 (0.267 %)Acrobat
Business Applications
14 (1.067 %)SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
190 (24.00 %)TCP/IP
278 (20.80 %)LAN
367 (17.87 %)WAN
444 (11.73 %)Firewall
539 (10.40 %)VPN
630 (8.000 %)DNS
724 (6.400 %)Internet
814 (3.733 %)SAN
814 (3.733 %)SMS
913 (3.467 %)VoIP
107 (1.867 %)DHCP
115 (1.333 %)ADSL
115 (1.333 %)WINS
124 (1.067 %)NetScreen
124 (1.067 %)Wi-Fi
132 (0.533 %)Wireless
132 (0.533 %)TETRA
132 (0.533 %)HTTP
132 (0.533 %)IPX
132 (0.533 %)IPX/SPX
Database & Business Intelligence
155 (14.67 %)SQL Server
230 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
324 (6.400 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (2.133 %)Informix
56 (1.600 %)Crystal Reports
63 (0.800 %)Oracle 9i
63 (0.800 %)DB2
63 (0.800 %)Oracle 10g
72 (0.533 %)MS Access
72 (0.533 %)SQLPlus
81 (0.267 %)RDBMS
81 (0.267 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
126 (6.933 %)InstallShield
210 (2.667 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.267 %)Ant
General
119 (5.067 %)Pensions
218 (4.800 %)Manufacturing
315 (4.000 %)Health
315 (4.000 %)Insurance
49 (2.400 %)Telecoms
49 (2.400 %)Education
56 (1.600 %)Retail
64 (1.067 %)Electric
64 (1.067 %)Marketing
73 (0.800 %)Finance
82 (0.533 %)Investment Banking
82 (0.533 %)Banking
91 (0.267 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1140 (37.33 %)Analyst
278 (20.80 %)Support Analyst
352 (13.87 %)Support Engineer
352 (13.87 %)IT Support Analyst
442 (11.20 %)Technical Analyst
535 (9.333 %)IT Support Engineer
624 (6.400 %)Technical Support
721 (5.600 %)2nd Line Support
817 (4.533 %)Helpdesk Support
817 (4.533 %)Service Desk Analyst
817 (4.533 %)Service Analyst
915 (4.000 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1013 (3.467 %)Desktop Support
1013 (3.467 %)Administrator
1112 (3.200 %)Technical Support Analyst
1112 (3.200 %)Support Technician
1211 (2.933 %)Trainer
1211 (2.933 %)Developer
1211 (2.933 %)IT Trainer
1211 (2.933 %)Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
130 (8.000 %)EPoS
210 (2.667 %)Blackberry
39 (2.400 %)Asset Management
43 (0.800 %)Management Information System
43 (0.800 %)AS400
43 (0.800 %)Device Driver
43 (0.800 %)Clustering
52 (0.533 %)PDA
52 (0.533 %)Client/Server
61 (0.267 %)Physics
61 (0.267 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
1371 (98.93 %)Windows
254 (14.40 %)Windows 2000
337 (9.867 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (8.000 %)Windows NT
529 (7.733 %)Linux
627 (7.200 %)Unix
75 (1.333 %)Windows Vista
83 (0.800 %)NetWare
83 (0.800 %)Windows CE
92 (0.533 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
138 (10.13 %)ITIL
213 (3.467 %)Load Balancing
37 (1.867 %)Problem Management
37 (1.867 %)Project Management
46 (1.600 %)Disaster Recovery
46 (1.600 %)Security Management
46 (1.600 %)Migration
55 (1.333 %)Service Delivery
64 (1.067 %)ERP
64 (1.067 %)Logistics
64 (1.067 %)Systems Analysis
64 (1.067 %)Project Planning
73 (0.800 %)Incident Management
73 (0.800 %)Performance Management
73 (0.800 %)Risk Assessment
73 (0.800 %)Information Security
73 (0.800 %)ITSM
73 (0.800 %)Information Security Management
73 (0.800 %)Service Management
82 (0.533 %)OOP
Programming Languages
160 (16.00 %)SQL
237 (9.867 %)VBScript
319 (5.067 %)C++
418 (4.800 %)C#
512 (3.200 %)Java
610 (2.667 %)C
77 (1.867 %)COBOL
77 (1.867 %)VB
83 (0.800 %)VB.NET
83 (0.800 %)Perl
83 (0.800 %)Transact-SQL
92 (0.533 %)PHP
92 (0.533 %)Python
101 (0.267 %)VB6
101 (0.267 %)VBA
Qualifications
1139 (37.07 %)Microsoft Certification
2110 (29.33 %)MCP
3108 (28.80 %)MCSE
438 (10.13 %)Degree
537 (9.867 %)MCSA
613 (3.467 %)MCDST
710 (2.667 %)A+ Certification
87 (1.867 %)Cisco Certification
87 (1.867 %)Network+ Certification
94 (1.067 %)CCNA
103 (0.800 %)CCNP
103 (0.800 %)HNC
111 (0.267 %)HND
111 (0.267 %)MCDBA
111 (0.267 %)ECDL
111 (0.267 %)MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
133 (8.800 %)SLA
21 (0.267 %)QA
System Software
1166 (44.27 %)Active Directory
211 (2.933 %)Backup Exec
35 (1.333 %)ISA Server
44 (1.067 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.800 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.267 %)VMware Server
61 (0.267 %)VMware Workstation
61 (0.267 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
122 (5.867 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
29 (2.400 %)Norton AntiVirus
38 (2.133 %)EMC NetWorker
38 (2.133 %)Legato
45 (1.333 %)MOM
53 (0.800 %)ARCserve
53 (0.800 %)WSUS
62 (0.533 %)OpenView
71 (0.267 %)Unicenter
71 (0.267 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
71 (0.267 %)OpenView Configuration Management
71 (0.267 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
1185 (49.33 %)Microsoft
256 (14.93 %)Cisco
335 (9.333 %)LANDesk
431 (8.267 %)Remedy
526 (6.933 %)Citrix
621 (5.600 %)Oracle
621 (5.600 %)Lotus
719 (5.067 %)HP
719 (5.067 %)Mitel
817 (4.533 %)SAP
915 (4.000 %)Avaya
1012 (3.200 %)VERITAS
1110 (2.667 %)Symantec
129 (2.400 %)VMware
137 (1.867 %)Dell
137 (1.867 %)IBM
144 (1.067 %)Juniper
144 (1.067 %)Alcatel
144 (1.067 %)CA
144 (1.067 %)Exchequer
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