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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 39 47 58
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 20 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Woking 5.249% 1.628% 1.477%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% 5.426% 3.465%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 7
Average salary £23,250 £25,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.00% -5.66%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Woking
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
110 129 202
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Woking 28.87% 30.00% 42.62%
Number of salaries quoted 106 91 118
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,900 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,750 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows XP
Surrey

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking Windows XP Salary Trend

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Woking 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 41 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (75.61%) Windows 7
3 29 (70.73%) MS Office
4 25 (60.98%) Microsoft
5 16 (39.02%) Active Directory
6 14 (34.15%) MS Exchange
6 14 (34.15%) Windows Vista
7 13 (31.71%) Service Management
8 12 (29.27%) ITIL
8 12 (29.27%) Finance
9 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
10 10 (24.39%) Citrix
10 10 (24.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (21.95%) Russian Language
11 9 (21.95%) Windows Server 2003
11 9 (21.95%) Windows 2000
12 8 (19.51%) Infrastructure Management
13 6 (14.63%) LAN
14 5 (12.20%) WAN
14 5 (12.20%) Symantec
14 5 (12.20%) McAfee
14 5 (12.20%) Norton AntiVirus
14 5 (12.20%) Backup Exec
14 5 (12.20%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (9.756%) SLA
15 4 (9.756%) EPoS
16 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
16 2 (4.878%) Legal
16 2 (4.878%) Asset Management
17 1 (2.439%) VLAN

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Woking 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 14 (34.15%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.439%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (70.73%) MS Office
2 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.439%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) LAN
2 5 (12.20%) WAN
2 5 (12.20%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.439%) VLAN
3 1 (2.439%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.439%) SAN
3 1 (2.439%) VoIP
General
1 12 (29.27%) Finance
2 9 (21.95%) Russian Language
3 2 (4.878%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) IT Support
2 16 (39.02%) Help Desk Support
3 14 (34.15%) Analyst
4 12 (29.27%) Support Analyst
5 10 (24.39%) Help Desk Analyst
5 10 (24.39%) 1st Line Support
5 10 (24.39%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 9 (21.95%) Support Engineer
7 8 (19.51%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (9.756%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (9.756%) 3rd Line Support
9 2 (4.878%) Service Analyst
9 2 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (4.878%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 2 (4.878%) Help Desk Support Engineer
9 2 (4.878%) Hardware Engineer
9 2 (4.878%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (4.878%) Help Desk Engineer
10 1 (2.439%) Hardware Support Engineer
10 1 (2.439%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.756%) EPoS
2 1 (2.439%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 41 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (75.61%) Windows 7
3 14 (34.15%) Windows Vista
4 10 (24.39%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (21.95%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (21.95%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.439%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Service Management
2 12 (29.27%) ITIL
3 8 (19.51%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (4.878%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.439%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.439%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.439%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.439%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.439%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.756%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (39.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.439%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Norton AntiVirus
1 5 (12.20%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 25 (60.98%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) Citrix
3 5 (12.20%) Symantec
3 5 (12.20%) McAfee
4 1 (2.439%) VMware
Woking, Surrey
Service Desk Analystt with 6 months+ experience on a Service Desk, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office and service management system is required by my client based in Woking.
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
The successful candidate will require strong technical background in desktop support for Windows 7, XP, Microsoft Windows server technologies, MS Office and other 3rd party application installation and...
Fidessa
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 20 May 2013