The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeenshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Aberdeenshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 2 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 3 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeenshire 42.86% 4.348% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £25,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Aberdeenshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeenshire 42.86% 4.348% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £25,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeenshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Aberdeenshire Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Aberdeenshire region.

Aberdeenshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Aberdeenshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Peterhead - 1 - -
Westhill - 1 - -
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeenshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows.

1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) WinForms
2 1 (25.00%) Mitel
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) WCF
2 1 (25.00%) WPF
2 1 (25.00%) LINQ
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeenshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (25.00%) WCF
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
1 1 (25.00%) LINQ
1 1 (25.00%) jQuery
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
1 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Mitel
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco