Windows XP Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows XP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows XP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 671 641
Rank change year-on-year +63 -30 +307
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 1 2 30
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.002% 0.004% 0.066%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.022% 0.026% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 28
10th Percentile - - £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -11.76% +63.46%
75th Percentile £28,750 £38,750 £56,250
90th Percentile - - £59,000
UK median annual salary £27,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% -11.76% +63.46%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,561 7,650 7,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.75% 15.39% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,484 4,414 6,390
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,667
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,021 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +0.04% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +1.00% -4.76%

Windows XP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows XP job vacancy trend in England

Windows XP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows XP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows XP

Windows XP
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
East of England - 1 £27,500 -
Windows XP
UK

Windows XP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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