Windows XP Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Windows XP
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Windows XP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 184 127
Rank change year-on-year +19 -57 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.031% 0.024% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.24% 0.15% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £28,259
25th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 £29,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% - -
75th Percentile £28,750 £43,750 £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £27,500 £65,000 £33,250
% change year-on-year -57.69% +95.49% +10.83%

All Operating Systems
East of England

Windows XP falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 415 652 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.67% 15.48% 21.14%
Number of salaries quoted 320 373 337
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £25,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £51,500 £60,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -16.00% -1.93% -2.89%

Windows XP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows XP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Windows XP job vacancy trend in the East of England

Windows XP
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows XP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows XP

Windows XP
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 1 £27,500 -
Windows XP
England

Windows XP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCDST
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware