Microsoft Windows XP
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows XP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows XP over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 863 939 1132
Rank change year-on-year +76 +193 -277
Permanent jobs citing Windows XP 31 54 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.052% 0.052%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.22% 0.32% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 28 49 74
10th Percentile £26,100 - £21,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £23,500 £23,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £28,500 £29,250
Median % change year-on-year +49.12% -2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £59,000 £47,500 £47,813
90th Percentile - £90,000 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £26,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +63.46% -5.45% +19.57%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows XP is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,126 16,679 29,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.39% 15.92% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,937 11,263 16,749
10th Percentile £25,759 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows XP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows XP in the UK

Windows XP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows XP.

Salary trend for Windows XP in the UK

Windows XP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows XP over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows XP in the UK

Windows XP
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
England +96 31 £42,500 +49.12% 6
UK excluding London -13 30 £42,500 +63.46% 5
South East +24 18 £59,000 +145.83% 2
Work from Home +79 10 £40,000 +66.67%
East of England +23 5 £42,500 +63.46%
South West - 4 £30,250 - 1
North of England +40 2 £22,000 -32.31%
North West +6 2 £22,000 -51.11%
London +129 1 - - 2
Midlands +4 1 £26,500 -14.52% 1
East Midlands -18 1 £26,500 -7.02% 1

Windows XP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Eikon
1 1 (3.23%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (58.06%) Azure
2 14 (45.16%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (38.71%) OCI
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (70.97%) DHCP
2 20 (64.52%) DNS
3 16 (51.61%) Firewall
4 12 (38.71%) SAN
5 7 (22.58%) LAN
5 7 (22.58%) WAN
6 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
7 3 (9.68%) Internet
7 3 (9.68%) VoIP
8 2 (6.45%) VPN
8 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
9 1 (3.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) MSI
General
1 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Automotive
3 2 (6.45%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Retail
4 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.23%) Front Office
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) PowerShell Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) VMware Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Senior
4 5 (16.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support
6 3 (9.68%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Server Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Storage Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) IT Support
7 2 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Support
8 1 (3.23%) IT Technician
8 1 (3.23%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (80.65%) Windows 10
3 22 (70.97%) Windows Server
4 17 (54.84%) Windows Server 2012
4 17 (54.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (54.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (38.71%) Linux
6 7 (22.58%) Windows 2000
6 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (19.35%) Windows 8
7 6 (19.35%) Windows NT
8 5 (16.13%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (12.90%) Android
9 4 (12.90%) Apple iOS
9 4 (12.90%) Mac OS X
9 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) ITIL
2 17 (54.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (48.39%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (41.94%) Break/Fix
5 12 (38.71%) Converged Infrastructure
5 12 (38.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (38.71%) Performance Monitoring
5 12 (38.71%) Performance Tuning
5 12 (38.71%) Proactive Monitoring
5 12 (38.71%) Project Management
5 12 (38.71%) Server Management
5 12 (38.71%) Storage Management
6 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
7 5 (16.13%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (16.13%) Patch Management
8 4 (12.90%) Email Migration
8 4 (12.90%) Migration
9 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (6.45%) SDLC
10 1 (3.23%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.45%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) Degree
2 12 (38.71%) CCNA
2 12 (38.71%) CCNP
2 12 (38.71%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (38.71%) DV Cleared
2 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
2 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) MCP
4 2 (6.45%) MCDST
4 2 (6.45%) MCITP
4 2 (6.45%) MCSA
4 2 (6.45%) MCSE
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (80.65%) Active Directory
2 24 (77.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (58.06%) Hyper-V
4 12 (38.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (70.97%) SCCM
2 18 (58.06%) WSUS
3 17 (54.84%) SCOM
4 12 (38.71%) EMC NetWorker
4 12 (38.71%) NetBackup
4 12 (38.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (87.10%) Microsoft
2 24 (77.42%) VMware
3 17 (54.84%) HP
4 16 (51.61%) Dell
5 12 (38.71%) 3PAR
5 12 (38.71%) Cisco
5 12 (38.71%) EMC
5 12 (38.71%) Extreme Networks
5 12 (38.71%) Juniper
5 12 (38.71%) Oracle
5 12 (38.71%) Palo Alto
5 12 (38.71%) Symantec
5 12 (38.71%) Veeam
6 6 (19.35%) Citrix
7 1 (3.23%) Adobe
7 1 (3.23%) Apple
7 1 (3.23%) Bloomberg
7 1 (3.23%) Murex
7 1 (3.23%) Reuters
7 1 (3.23%) SAP