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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 21 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 21 May 2008Same period last year
Rank64
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads186133
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.058 %
As % of the category below72.09 %59.38 %
Salaries quoted153107
Average minimum salary£31,650£31,252
Average salary£34,194£33,290
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Average maximum salary£36,739£35,327
UK excluding London average salary£32,333£32,747
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Operating Systems BedfordshireOperating Systems
Bedfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads258224
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.097 %
Salaries quoted214175
Average minimum salary£32,110£33,158
Average salary£34,865£35,392
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Average maximum salary£37,620£37,626
UK excluding London average salary£34,643£34,992
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
Windows East of EnglandWindows
East of England

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bedfordshire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Bedfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Bedfordshire Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Bedfordshire region over the past 3 months.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordDown-240£33,609+12.52 %
DunstableUp+916£32,000+8.21 %
Leighton BuzzardNew entry-1--
Windows East of EnglandWindows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1140 (36.27 %)SQL
2130 (33.68 %)SQL Server
3125 (32.38 %).NET
4111 (28.76 %)Microsoft
5107 (27.72 %)C#
678 (20.21 %)Oracle
774 (19.17 %)Active Directory
866 (17.10 %)ASP.NET
963 (16.32 %)C++
963 (16.32 %)Microsoft Certification
1059 (15.28 %)WinForms
1158 (15.03 %)Windows Server 2003
1158 (15.03 %)TCP/IP
1257 (14.77 %)IIS
1351 (13.21 %)XML
1449 (12.69 %)Windows 2000
1545 (11.66 %)HTML
1643 (11.14 %)JavaScript
1739 (10.10 %)MS Excel
1837 (9.585 %)OO
1837 (9.585 %)MS Office
1936 (9.326 %)Java
1936 (9.326 %)Unix
1936 (9.326 %)Cisco
2032 (8.290 %)MCSE
2131 (8.031 %)Linux
2229 (7.513 %)Visual Studio
2229 (7.513 %)OOP
2328 (7.254 %)Exchange Server 2003
2328 (7.254 %).NET Framework

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1125 (32.38 %).NET
266 (17.10 %)ASP.NET
359 (15.28 %)WinForms
451 (13.21 %)XML
545 (11.66 %)HTML
628 (7.254 %).NET Framework
722 (5.699 %)WebServices
818 (4.663 %)ASP
818 (4.663 %)MFC
912 (3.109 %)STL
912 (3.109 %)WebSphere
1010 (2.591 %)COM
116 (1.554 %)Adobe Flex
116 (1.554 %)ASP.NET 2.0
125 (1.295 %)Windows SharePoint Services
134 (1.036 %)WF
134 (1.036 %)J2EE
143 (0.777 %)ATL
152 (0.518 %)ADO.NET
152 (0.518 %)DCOM
Application Platforms
157 (14.77 %)IIS
228 (7.254 %)Exchange Server 2003
327 (6.995 %)MS Exchange
416 (4.145 %)Exchange Server 2000
511 (2.850 %)Lotus Notes
610 (2.591 %)WebLogic
79 (2.332 %)Tomcat
88 (2.073 %)SharePoint
96 (1.554 %)Exchange Server 5.5
96 (1.554 %)Exchange Server 2007
104 (1.036 %)MQSeries
104 (1.036 %)Apache
111 (0.259 %)BizTalk Server
111 (0.259 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
111 (0.259 %)CMS
111 (0.259 %)Oracle Application Server
111 (0.259 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
139 (10.10 %)MS Excel
237 (9.585 %)MS Office
Business Applications
15 (1.295 %)LabWindows
24 (1.036 %)Retail-J
32 (0.518 %)SoftGrid
41 (0.259 %)Remedy AR System
41 (0.259 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.259 %)Axapta
41 (0.259 %)Navision
41 (0.259 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
158 (15.03 %)TCP/IP
221 (5.440 %)WAN
318 (4.663 %)Firewall
318 (4.663 %)LAN
411 (2.850 %)WINS
411 (2.850 %)SAN
59 (2.332 %)DNS
67 (1.813 %)DHCP
74 (1.036 %)VPN
83 (0.777 %)FTP
91 (0.259 %)SNMP
91 (0.259 %)ADSL
91 (0.259 %)ISDN
91 (0.259 %)CTI
91 (0.259 %)Intranet
91 (0.259 %)Internet
91 (0.259 %)Extranet
91 (0.259 %)Wireless
91 (0.259 %)IP Telephony
91 (0.259 %)VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1130 (33.68 %)SQL Server
221 (5.440 %)SQL Server 2000
320 (5.181 %)RDBMS
418 (4.663 %)Oracle 10g
517 (4.404 %)SQL Server 2005
69 (2.332 %)MySQL
69 (2.332 %)Oracle 9i
69 (2.332 %)Oracle Reports
76 (1.554 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (1.295 %)Oracle 8/8i
94 (1.036 %)TOAD
101 (0.259 %)SQL Server 7
101 (0.259 %)DB2
101 (0.259 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
129 (7.513 %)Visual Studio
214 (3.627 %)Oracle Forms
39 (2.332 %)Oracle Developer 2000
39 (2.332 %)PVCS
45 (1.295 %)NUnit
54 (1.036 %)TestDirector
54 (1.036 %)Ant
54 (1.036 %)ProC
61 (0.259 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.259 %)Eclipse
61 (0.259 %)JUnit
General
123 (5.959 %)Telecoms
217 (4.404 %)Finance
217 (4.404 %)Health
316 (4.145 %)Retail
415 (3.886 %)Marketing
514 (3.627 %)Government
611 (2.850 %)Pensions
710 (2.591 %)Legal
87 (1.813 %)Education
93 (0.777 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (0.518 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.259 %)Insurance
111 (0.259 %)Back Office
Job Titles
181 (20.98 %)Developer
254 (13.99 %)Consultant
349 (12.69 %)Analyst
443 (11.14 %)Technical Consultant
537 (9.585 %)C# Developer
537 (9.585 %)Systems Engineer
537 (9.585 %)Team Leader
635 (9.067 %)Software Engineer
732 (8.290 %)Architect
732 (8.290 %)Applications Support
827 (6.995 %).NET Developer
925 (6.477 %)Support Analyst
925 (6.477 %)Support Engineer
1023 (5.959 %)Server Support
1023 (5.959 %)Desktop Support
1023 (5.959 %)2nd Line Support
1122 (5.699 %)Administrator
1122 (5.699 %)Server Engineer
1122 (5.699 %).NET Architect
1219 (4.922 %)Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
118 (4.663 %)Data Extraction
215 (3.886 %)AS400
311 (2.850 %)EPoS
46 (1.554 %)Thin Client
46 (1.554 %)Fat Client
55 (1.295 %)Blackberry
64 (1.036 %)Asset Management
64 (1.036 %)PDA
73 (0.777 %)Data Protection Act
73 (0.777 %)Management Information System
73 (0.777 %)N-Tier
81 (0.259 %)NHS
81 (0.259 %)Replication
81 (0.259 %)Clustering
81 (0.259 %)IVR
81 (0.259 %)Mathematics
81 (0.259 %)Physics
81 (0.259 %)Chemistry
81 (0.259 %)Computer Science
81 (0.259 %)German Language
Operating Systems
158 (15.03 %)Windows Server 2003
249 (12.69 %)Windows 2000
336 (9.326 %)Unix
431 (8.031 %)Linux
511 (2.850 %)Windows XP
610 (2.591 %)Windows NT
75 (1.295 %)Solaris
82 (0.518 %)HPUX
91 (0.259 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.259 %)SUSE
91 (0.259 %)Debian
91 (0.259 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
137 (9.585 %)OO
229 (7.513 %)OOP
323 (5.959 %)ITIL
323 (5.959 %)Project Management
417 (4.404 %)Network Design
417 (4.404 %)Release Management
516 (4.145 %)Change Management
613 (3.368 %)Service Management
712 (3.109 %)Business Development
810 (2.591 %)Logistics
810 (2.591 %)Service Delivery
810 (2.591 %)Security Cleared
99 (2.332 %)GAP Analysis
99 (2.332 %)Incident Management
108 (2.073 %)CRM
115 (1.295 %)Disaster Recovery
115 (1.295 %)Software Engineering
124 (1.036 %)Workflow
124 (1.036 %)ERP
133 (0.777 %)UML
Programming Languages
1140 (36.27 %)SQL
2107 (27.72 %)C#
363 (16.32 %)C++
443 (11.14 %)JavaScript
536 (9.326 %)Java
622 (5.699 %)C
719 (4.922 %)VB
817 (4.404 %)Transact-SQL
817 (4.404 %)PL/SQL
96 (1.554 %)VC++
103 (0.777 %)PHP
103 (0.777 %)Delphi
111 (0.259 %)DHTML
111 (0.259 %)Assembly Language
111 (0.259 %)VBScript
Qualifications
163 (16.32 %)Microsoft Certification
232 (8.290 %)MCSE
314 (3.627 %)Degree
411 (2.850 %)MCP
57 (1.813 %)CCNA
57 (1.813 %)Cisco Certification
64 (1.036 %)MCSA
72 (0.518 %)MCSD
72 (0.518 %)MCDST
81 (0.259 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.259 %)CISSP
81 (0.259 %)PhD
81 (0.259 %)CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
116 (4.145 %)SLA
25 (1.295 %)ISO9000
25 (1.295 %)QA
33 (0.777 %)21 CFR Part 11
33 (0.777 %)ISO27001
System Software
174 (19.17 %)Active Directory
25 (1.295 %)Backup Exec
33 (0.777 %)WebMarshal
33 (0.777 %)ISA Server
33 (0.777 %)Samba
42 (0.518 %)VMware Workstation
51 (0.259 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
13 (0.777 %)MOM
13 (0.777 %)SCOM
22 (0.518 %)OpenView
22 (0.518 %)DameWare
31 (0.259 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.259 %)ARCserve
Vendors
1111 (28.76 %)Microsoft
278 (20.21 %)Oracle
336 (9.326 %)Cisco
422 (5.699 %)Citrix
516 (4.145 %)VMware
611 (2.850 %)Lotus
710 (2.591 %)Dell
89 (2.332 %)VERITAS
96 (1.554 %)IBM
96 (1.554 %)Remedy
105 (1.295 %)HP
114 (1.036 %)Red Hat
123 (0.777 %)McAfee Security
123 (0.777 %)3Com
123 (0.777 %)Altiris
123 (0.777 %)LANDesk
123 (0.777 %)WatchGuard
132 (0.518 %)Apple
141 (0.259 %)NetIQ
141 (0.259 %)Scalix
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