Microsoft Windows XP
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows XP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows XP over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 874 | 914 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +40 | +263 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows XP | 0 | 33 | 54 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.032% | 0.056% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.23% | 0.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 30 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,200 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £39,000 | £23,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £52,000 | £30,808 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +68.79% | +2.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £59,000 | £39,688 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £59,600 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £42,500 | £26,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +63.46% | -5.45% |
All Operating Systems
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 7,159 | 14,054 | 15,540 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 12.82% | 13.56% | 16.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,235 | 10,700 | 10,440 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,250 | £26,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £62,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £80,000 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -5.56% | - |
Windows XP
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows XP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows XP
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows XP.