The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Abingdon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 17 18
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 60 5 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 40.54% 4.717% 8.889%
As % of the Operating Systems category 98.36% 62.50% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 51 5 12
Average salary £28,000 £33,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.15% +32.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,700 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £39,000 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Abingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
61 8 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 41.22% 7.547% 8.889%
Number of salaries quoted 52 8 12
Average salary £30,000 £28,750 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% +10.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £41,050
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Oxfordshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Abingdon 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 Abingdon region.

Abingdon Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Abingdon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Abingdon Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon 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 44 (51.16%) Microsoft
2 35 (40.70%) Windows XP
3 34 (39.53%) SQL
4 32 (37.21%) MS Excel
4 32 (37.21%) Active Directory
5 28 (32.56%) MS Office
6 26 (30.23%) MS Exchange
7 24 (27.91%) Cisco
7 24 (27.91%) VMware
8 21 (24.42%) C#
9 20 (23.26%) VoIP
10 18 (20.93%) Linux
10 18 (20.93%) SAN
10 18 (20.93%) Blackberry
11 17 (19.77%) Apple
11 17 (19.77%) Citrix
11 17 (19.77%) TCP/IP
11 17 (19.77%) Python
11 17 (19.77%) SQL Server
12 16 (18.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 16 (18.60%) WatchGuard
12 16 (18.60%) Cisco IOS
12 16 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
13 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (13.95%) IIS
15 11 (12.79%) Windows 7
15 11 (12.79%) Windows Vista
15 11 (12.79%) QA
15 11 (12.79%) .NET
15 11 (12.79%) UNIX

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon 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 11 (12.79%) .NET
2 9 (10.47%) ASP.NET
3 8 (9.302%) XHTML
4 2 (2.326%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.326%) WCF
4 2 (2.326%) WPF
5 1 (1.163%) jQuery
5 1 (1.163%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (1.163%) CSS3
5 1 (1.163%) HTML5
5 1 (1.163%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.163%) Ajax
5 1 (1.163%) HTML
5 1 (1.163%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 26 (30.23%) MS Exchange
2 16 (18.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 12 (13.95%) IIS
4 5 (5.814%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (5.814%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.326%) Lync
5 2 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 32 (37.21%) MS Excel
2 28 (32.56%) MS Office
3 8 (9.302%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 20 (23.26%) VoIP
2 18 (20.93%) SAN
3 17 (19.77%) TCP/IP
4 16 (18.60%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (11.63%) Firewall
6 8 (9.302%) Internet
6 8 (9.302%) Extranet
7 5 (5.814%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (5.814%) DNS
7 5 (5.814%) DHCP
8 4 (4.651%) LAN
9 3 (3.488%) BIG-IP
9 3 (3.488%) WAN
10 2 (2.326%) SSL
10 2 (2.326%) OSPF
10 2 (2.326%) BGP
10 2 (2.326%) EIGRP
10 2 (2.326%) WLAN
10 2 (2.326%) Wireless
10 2 (2.326%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.77%) SQL Server
2 13 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (9.302%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (5.814%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (5.814%) DTS
5 3 (3.488%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (9.302%) Visual Studio
1 8 (9.302%) CMake
1 8 (9.302%) MSBuild
2 3 (3.488%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.163%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.163%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.163%) Hudson
3 1 (1.163%) Subversion
3 1 (1.163%) MSI
General
1 3 (3.488%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.163%) Billing
2 1 (1.163%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.163%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (23.26%) 2nd Line Support
2 18 (20.93%) Support Engineer
3 15 (17.44%) Systems Engineer
4 13 (15.12%) Developer
4 13 (15.12%) Analyst
5 12 (13.95%) IT Support
6 11 (12.79%) Administrator
7 10 (11.63%) Systems Administrator
7 10 (11.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 9 (10.47%) Windows Systems Engineer
9 8 (9.302%) Graduate
9 8 (9.302%) Systems Developer
10 7 (8.140%) Support Analyst
11 6 (6.977%) 1st Line Support
11 6 (6.977%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (6.977%) Graduate Systems Engineer
12 5 (5.814%) IT Support Engineer
12 5 (5.814%) Data Analyst
13 4 (4.651%) Software Engineer
13 4 (4.651%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.93%) Blackberry
2 4 (4.651%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.326%) SaaS
4 1 (1.163%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 35 (40.70%) Windows XP
2 18 (20.93%) Linux
3 11 (12.79%) Windows 7
3 11 (12.79%) Windows Vista
3 11 (12.79%) UNIX
3 11 (12.79%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (9.302%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (3.488%) Windows NT
6 1 (1.163%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (12.79%) Project Management
2 8 (9.302%) Configuration Management
2 8 (9.302%) Software Engineering
3 7 (8.140%) Information Management
4 3 (3.488%) Business Development
4 3 (3.488%) ITIL V3
4 3 (3.488%) Web Application Development
4 3 (3.488%) PRINCE2
4 3 (3.488%) ITIL
5 2 (2.326%) OOP
5 2 (2.326%) OO
5 2 (2.326%) Migration
5 2 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (2.326%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.163%) Performance Management
6 1 (1.163%) Release Management
6 1 (1.163%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (1.163%) TDD
6 1 (1.163%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (1.163%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 34 (39.53%) SQL
2 21 (24.42%) C#
3 17 (19.77%) Python
4 9 (10.47%) Shell Script
5 8 (9.302%) Perl
6 3 (3.488%) C++
7 2 (2.326%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.326%) VB
7 2 (2.326%) VB6
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (10.47%) MCP
3 8 (9.302%) CCNA
4 7 (8.140%) CCNP
5 6 (6.977%) MCSE
5 6 (6.977%) MCITP
6 5 (5.814%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (4.651%) Degree
8 3 (3.488%) MCDST
9 2 (2.326%) CCDA
9 2 (2.326%) CCDP
9 2 (2.326%) CCIE
10 1 (1.163%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.79%) QA
System Software
1 32 (37.21%) Active Directory
2 16 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.326%) SCCM
1 2 (2.326%) SCOM
2 1 (1.163%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 44 (51.16%) Microsoft
2 24 (27.91%) Cisco
2 24 (27.91%) VMware
3 17 (19.77%) Apple
3 17 (19.77%) Citrix
4 16 (18.60%) WatchGuard
5 5 (5.814%) F5
6 4 (4.651%) CheckPoint
7 3 (3.488%) HP
7 3 (3.488%) Dell
7 3 (3.488%) NetApp
8 1 (1.163%) Perforce
8 1 (1.163%) Salesforce.com
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