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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 754 720
Rank change year-on-year +104 -34 +370
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 1 6 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.002% 0.009% 0.041%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.016% 0.067% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 22
10th Percentile - £50,750 £23,430
25th Percentile - - £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year - +113.12% +1.67%
75th Percentile - - £38,750
90th Percentile - - £57,125
UK median annual salary - £65,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year - +113.12% +1.67%

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 6,067 8,982 9,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.04% 13.01% 17.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,922 5,580 7,540
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -

Windows XP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Windows XP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows XP 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 18 September 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
London +62 1 - - 1
Windows XP
UK

Windows XP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) DB2 Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) DB2 DBA
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM