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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Wigan 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows XP
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2417
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads24
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below16.67 %26.67 %
Salaries quoted24
Average minimum salary£23,000£18,700
Average salary£23,750£19,475
% change on same period last year+21.95 %
Average maximum salary£24,500£20,250
UK excluding London average salary£27,232£26,813
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads1215
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
Salaries quoted914
Average minimum salary£25,783£19,844
Average salary£27,565£21,234
% change on same period last year+29.81 %
Average maximum salary£29,348£22,625
UK excluding London average salary£34,399£34,145
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Windows XP ManchesterWindows XP
Manchester

Windows XP
Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Wigan Windows XP Salary Histogram

Windows XP
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

12 (100.00 %)MS Office
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
12 (100.00 %)Lotus Notes
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)VPN
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
12 (100.00 %)Lotus
12 (100.00 %)Terminal Services
12 (100.00 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
21 (50.00 %)VERITAS

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

Wigan IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)Lotus Notes
Wigan IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)MS Office
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
12 (100.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Wigan IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)VPN
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)2nd Line Support
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
Wigan IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
12 (100.00 %)Terminal Services
21 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Lotus
21 (50.00 %)VERITAS