The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 5 5 21
Rank change year-on-year
0 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows 78 49 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 31.33% 25.79% 11.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 84.78% 90.74% 72.00%
Number of salaries quoted 75 45 17
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,900 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £59,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
92 54 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 36.95% 28.42% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 88 50 22
Average salary £39,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.05% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,600 £24,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Bedfordshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bedford Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 88 (60.27%) Microsoft
2 65 (44.52%) SQL Server
3 57 (39.04%) C#
4 53 (36.30%) VMware
5 51 (34.93%) SQL
6 48 (32.88%) .NET
7 42 (28.77%) Linux
8 41 (28.08%) WCF
9 40 (27.40%) ASP.NET
9 40 (27.40%) SAN
10 36 (24.66%) Active Directory
11 35 (23.97%) MVC
12 33 (22.60%) TCP/IP
13 32 (21.92%) MS Excel
13 32 (21.92%) TDD
14 30 (20.55%) SQL Server 2008
15 29 (19.86%) WPF
15 29 (19.86%) .NET Framework
15 29 (19.86%) SharePoint
16 28 (19.18%) MS Exchange
16 28 (19.18%) Windows Server 2008
17 27 (18.49%) Degree
18 26 (17.81%) Microsoft Certification
18 26 (17.81%) Team Foundation Server
19 25 (17.12%) Exchange Server 2010
19 25 (17.12%) OO
19 25 (17.12%) WinForms
20 24 (16.44%) ASP.NET MVC
21 23 (15.75%) vSphere
21 23 (15.75%) Scrum

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 48 (32.88%) .NET
2 41 (28.08%) WCF
3 40 (27.40%) ASP.NET
4 29 (19.86%) WPF
4 29 (19.86%) .NET Framework
5 25 (17.12%) WinForms
6 24 (16.44%) ASP.NET MVC
7 19 (13.01%) Silverlight
7 19 (13.01%) LINQ
7 19 (13.01%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 18 (12.33%) CSS
9 15 (10.27%) HTML
10 12 (8.219%) XML
11 10 (6.849%) WF
12 9 (6.164%) ASP
13 8 (5.479%) Qt
14 6 (4.110%) Web Services
15 5 (3.425%) Software Packaging
16 4 (2.740%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 3 (2.055%) LINQ to SQL
Application Platforms
1 29 (19.86%) SharePoint
2 28 (19.18%) MS Exchange
3 25 (17.12%) Exchange Server 2010
4 17 (11.64%) IIS
5 16 (10.96%) Exchange Server 2007
5 16 (10.96%) Windows Azure
6 12 (8.219%) Apache
6 12 (8.219%) SharePoint Server
7 11 (7.534%) SharePoint 2010
8 5 (3.425%) SharePoint 2013
8 5 (3.425%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (1.370%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 2 (1.370%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
10 1 (0.685%) FormScape
10 1 (0.685%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 32 (21.92%) MS Excel
2 11 (7.534%) MS Office
3 1 (0.685%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 9 (6.164%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 40 (27.40%) SAN
2 33 (22.60%) TCP/IP
3 19 (13.01%) Fibre Channel
4 15 (10.27%) Network Security
5 12 (8.219%) DNS
5 12 (8.219%) iSCSI
6 9 (6.164%) NAS
6 9 (6.164%) VoIP
6 9 (6.164%) HTTP
6 9 (6.164%) HTTPS
7 8 (5.479%) SS7
7 8 (5.479%) IP Telephony
8 7 (4.795%) Firewall
9 6 (4.110%) SSL
10 4 (2.740%) VPN
10 4 (2.740%) DHCP
10 4 (2.740%) VLAN
11 2 (1.370%) WAN
11 2 (1.370%) Internet
11 2 (1.370%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (44.52%) SQL Server
2 30 (20.55%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (8.904%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (8.904%) MySQL
4 11 (7.534%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (7.534%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (6.164%) RDBMS
6 8 (5.479%) SQL Server 2012
7 6 (4.110%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (2.740%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (2.740%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (1.370%) Informix
9 2 (1.370%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.370%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (1.370%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (1.370%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (1.370%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 26 (17.81%) Team Foundation Server
2 18 (12.33%) Subversion
3 15 (10.27%) Visual Studio
4 11 (7.534%) Moq
5 8 (5.479%) MSTest
6 4 (2.740%) PowerBuilder
6 4 (2.740%) JIRA
6 4 (2.740%) Visual Studio Team System
6 4 (2.740%) NUnit
7 3 (2.055%) Rhino Mocks
8 2 (1.370%) Dreamweaver
8 2 (1.370%) NetBeans
General
1 2 (1.370%) Marketing
1 2 (1.370%) Billing
1 2 (1.370%) Games
1 2 (1.370%) Finance
2 1 (0.685%) Legal
2 1 (0.685%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 37 (25.34%) Developer
2 27 (18.49%) Analyst
3 23 (15.75%) Support Engineer
4 16 (10.96%) Systems Engineer
5 15 (10.27%) Software Engineer
6 14 (9.589%) 3rd Line Support
6 14 (9.589%) C# Developer
7 13 (8.904%) Administrator
7 13 (8.904%) Graduate
8 12 (8.219%) Support Analyst
8 12 (8.219%) Linux Engineer
9 11 (7.534%) Server Analyst
10 10 (6.849%) Data Centre Engineer
11 9 (6.164%) C# .NET Developer
11 9 (6.164%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 9 (6.164%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 8 (5.479%) Network Engineer
12 8 (5.479%) C Software Engineer
12 8 (5.479%) Software Support Engineer
12 8 (5.479%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.219%) Computer Science
1 12 (8.219%) SaaS
2 11 (7.534%) Mathematics
2 11 (7.534%) Physics
3 10 (6.849%) N-Tier
4 7 (4.795%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.425%) Clustering
5 5 (3.425%) Replication
6 4 (2.740%) Wiki
7 3 (2.055%) Inversion of Control
7 3 (2.055%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.370%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (1.370%) iSeries
9 1 (0.685%) FMCG
9 1 (0.685%) Social Network
9 1 (0.685%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 42 (28.77%) Linux
2 28 (19.18%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (13.01%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (7.534%) Windows XP
5 10 (6.849%) Windows 7
6 9 (6.164%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.685%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.97%) MVC
2 32 (21.92%) TDD
3 25 (17.12%) OO
4 23 (15.75%) Scrum
5 16 (10.96%) OOD
6 13 (8.904%) Multithreading
7 12 (8.219%) Supplier Management
7 12 (8.219%) Software Engineering
8 11 (7.534%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (7.534%) Kanban
9 10 (6.849%) CRM
9 10 (6.849%) ITIL
10 7 (4.795%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (3.425%) Migration
11 5 (3.425%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (3.425%) Incident Management
11 5 (3.425%) Change Management
11 5 (3.425%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (3.425%) Business Intelligence
12 4 (2.740%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 57 (39.04%) C#
2 51 (34.93%) SQL
3 21 (14.38%) T-SQL
4 19 (13.01%) C++
5 15 (10.27%) JavaScript
6 9 (6.164%) Python
6 9 (6.164%) C
6 9 (6.164%) Java
7 6 (4.110%) VBScript
8 4 (2.740%) VB
8 4 (2.740%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.740%) VB6
9 3 (2.055%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.055%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (18.49%) Degree
2 26 (17.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (14.38%) MCSE
4 16 (10.96%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (10.96%) CCNA
5 13 (8.904%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (7.534%) MCP
7 10 (6.849%) MCITP
8 6 (4.110%) CCNP
9 5 (3.425%) CCSP
9 5 (3.425%) CCIP
10 4 (2.740%) MCSA
10 4 (2.740%) MCTS
11 3 (2.055%) MCAD
11 3 (2.055%) MCSD
12 1 (0.685%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.685%) CCIE
12 1 (0.685%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.685%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.110%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (24.66%) Active Directory
2 23 (15.75%) vSphere
3 15 (10.27%) VMware ESX
4 12 (8.219%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (4.110%) ISA Server
5 6 (4.110%) Forefront TMG
5 6 (4.110%) UAG
6 5 (3.425%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.425%) Novell eDirectory
7 2 (1.370%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.370%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.685%) XenApp
8 1 (0.685%) XenServer
8 1 (0.685%) Samba
8 1 (0.685%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (3.425%) SCCM
1 5 (3.425%) ZENworks
2 4 (2.740%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.685%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (60.27%) Microsoft
2 53 (36.30%) VMware
3 21 (14.38%) Oracle
4 20 (13.70%) Cisco
5 7 (4.795%) Citrix
6 6 (4.110%) HP
6 6 (4.110%) CommVault
6 6 (4.110%) LANDesk
6 6 (4.110%) FalconStor
7 5 (3.425%) Nimsoft
7 5 (3.425%) Novell
7 5 (3.425%) Salesforce.com
8 4 (2.740%) Dell
8 4 (2.740%) Symantec
8 4 (2.740%) Telerik
9 3 (2.055%) Capita
9 3 (2.055%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.370%) SAP
Bedford, Bedfordshire
An experienced C# Developer who has a broad knowledge of the following technologies would be suitable: - C# - .NET 4.0 / 4.5 - SQL OR Oracle - ASP.NET - ASP...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
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Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
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A FTSE100 software house are hiring a strong Development Team Leader to manage a team of skilled C# Software Developers working on NEW enterprise development of Web and...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Bupa, 25 days
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Technical Lead / Development Team Leader (Microsoft Gold Partner - C#, ASP.Net, WCF) We are looking for a Technical Lead / Development Team Leader (multiple roles) with good experience in...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
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Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £23000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
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Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
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Bedford, Bedfordshire
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare, Bonus
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