The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 2 9 11
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 212 162 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 19.47% 17.03% 11.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 74.91% 70.13% 64.38%
Number of salaries quoted 196 139 97
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £41,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% -1.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,300 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
283 231 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 25.99% 24.29% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 256 206 154
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £53,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
East of England

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Windows Salary Histogram

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 Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bedford +1 78 £40,000 -5.88%
Luton +9 69 £37,500 -8.53%
Dunstable +1 18 £29,000 -47.51%
Shefford - 1 £37,500 -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 282 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 220 (46.81%) SQL Server
3 168 (35.74%) VMware
4 147 (31.28%) SQL
5 146 (31.06%) .NET
6 129 (27.45%) C#
7 119 (25.32%) MS Excel
8 116 (24.68%) SAN
9 112 (23.83%) Active Directory
10 111 (23.62%) Linux
11 108 (22.98%) Windows Server 2008
12 104 (22.13%) TCP/IP
13 98 (20.85%) SQL Server 2008
14 93 (19.79%) Cisco
15 90 (19.15%) Microsoft Certification
15 90 (19.15%) VMware Infrastructure
16 86 (18.30%) ASP.NET
17 85 (18.09%) IIS
17 85 (18.09%) VMware ESX
18 84 (17.87%) vSphere
19 82 (17.45%) iSCSI
19 82 (17.45%) .NET Framework
19 82 (17.45%) Windows Server 2003
20 78 (16.60%) MS Exchange
21 77 (16.38%) TDD
22 75 (15.96%) Oracle
23 74 (15.74%) DNS
24 73 (15.53%) ITIL
24 73 (15.53%) SQL Server 2005
25 71 (15.11%) MCSE

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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
1 146 (31.06%) .NET
2 86 (18.30%) ASP.NET
3 82 (17.45%) .NET Framework
4 55 (11.70%) XML
5 54 (11.49%) WCF
6 47 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 44 (9.362%) Web Services
8 36 (7.660%) HTML
9 35 (7.447%) WPF
10 34 (7.234%) WinForms
11 33 (7.021%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 32 (6.809%) LINQ
13 26 (5.532%) Silverlight
14 24 (5.106%) CSS
15 16 (3.404%) WF
16 15 (3.191%) jQuery
17 12 (2.553%) ADO.NET
17 12 (2.553%) Ajax
18 11 (2.340%) ASP
19 10 (2.128%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 85 (18.09%) IIS
2 78 (16.60%) MS Exchange
3 57 (12.13%) Exchange Server 2010
4 50 (10.64%) SharePoint
5 45 (9.574%) Apache
6 43 (9.149%) Windows Azure
7 42 (8.936%) Exchange Server 2007
8 24 (5.106%) SharePoint Server
9 23 (4.894%) Lync
10 16 (3.404%) Office Communications Server
11 14 (2.979%) SharePoint 2010
11 14 (2.979%) Exstream Dialogue
12 12 (2.553%) Exchange Server 2003
13 8 (1.702%) BizTalk Server
14 6 (1.277%) SharePoint 2013
15 4 (0.851%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 4 (0.851%) WebSphere Message Broker
15 4 (0.851%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
16 3 (0.638%) Oracle Workflow
16 3 (0.638%) CMS
Applications
1 119 (25.32%) MS Excel
2 47 (10.00%) MS Office
3 20 (4.255%) DOC1
4 14 (2.979%) PrintSoft PReS
5 3 (0.638%) MS Project
6 2 (0.426%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.213%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.213%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (3.404%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (3.191%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 116 (24.68%) SAN
2 104 (22.13%) TCP/IP
3 82 (17.45%) iSCSI
4 74 (15.74%) DNS
5 65 (13.83%) DHCP
6 49 (10.43%) Fibre Channel
7 47 (10.00%) Firewall
8 35 (7.447%) LAN
9 34 (7.234%) NAS
10 33 (7.021%) WAN
10 33 (7.021%) Network Security
11 32 (6.809%) Internet
12 14 (2.979%) VLAN
13 13 (2.766%) VPN
14 11 (2.340%) IP Telephony
14 11 (2.340%) Wireless
14 11 (2.340%) MPLS
15 10 (2.128%) FTP
15 10 (2.128%) HTTP
15 10 (2.128%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (46.81%) SQL Server
2 98 (20.85%) SQL Server 2008
3 73 (15.53%) SQL Server 2005
4 52 (11.06%) MySQL
5 43 (9.149%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 24 (5.106%) RDBMS
7 21 (4.468%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (4.468%) MS Access
7 21 (4.468%) Crystal Reports
8 19 (4.043%) SQL Server 2012
9 18 (3.830%) Oracle Reports
10 14 (2.979%) SQL Server 2000
11 12 (2.553%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.702%) GIS
13 6 (1.277%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (1.064%) Oracle 8/8i
15 2 (0.426%) Informix
15 2 (0.426%) Oracle 10g
15 2 (0.426%) Oracle 11g
16 1 (0.213%) SQL Server 7
Development Applications
1 55 (11.70%) Team Foundation Server
2 40 (8.511%) Visual Studio
3 21 (4.468%) Subversion
4 16 (3.404%) Selenium
5 12 (2.553%) Moq
6 8 (1.702%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.702%) WebDriver
7 7 (1.489%) WATIR
8 5 (1.064%) MSTest
8 5 (1.064%) Visual Studio Team System
8 5 (1.064%) NUnit
9 4 (0.851%) PowerBuilder
9 4 (0.851%) JIRA
9 4 (0.851%) Git (software)
10 3 (0.638%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.213%) Rhino Mocks
11 1 (0.213%) AppScan
11 1 (0.213%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 37 (7.872%) Finance
2 11 (2.340%) Advertising
3 8 (1.702%) Telecoms
4 7 (1.489%) Legal
5 6 (1.277%) Games
5 6 (1.277%) Electronics
5 6 (1.277%) Retail
6 5 (1.064%) Publishing
7 4 (0.851%) Marketing
8 3 (0.638%) Billing
8 3 (0.638%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.213%) Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (19.15%) Developer
2 88 (18.72%) Analyst
3 46 (9.787%) C# Developer
4 44 (9.362%) Administrator
5 39 (8.298%) Linux Engineer
6 36 (7.660%) Systems Engineer
7 34 (7.234%) C# .NET Developer
8 32 (6.809%) Wintel Engineer
9 29 (6.170%) Support Analyst
9 29 (6.170%) Support Engineer
9 29 (6.170%) Architect
10 28 (5.957%) .NET Developer
11 27 (5.745%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (5.745%) Consultant
12 25 (5.319%) Systems Administrator
12 25 (5.319%) Linux Administrator
13 20 (4.255%) Software Engineer
13 20 (4.255%) Linux Systems Administrator
14 19 (4.043%) 3rd Line Support
15 18 (3.830%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.64%) SaaS
2 37 (7.872%) Computer Science
3 25 (5.319%) N-Tier
4 20 (4.255%) Mathematics
5 19 (4.043%) Physics
6 11 (2.340%) Clustering
7 10 (2.128%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.702%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.489%) Replication
10 6 (1.277%) Blackberry
10 6 (1.277%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.277%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (1.064%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 4 (0.851%) Wiki
12 4 (0.851%) iSeries
12 4 (0.851%) Inversion of Control
13 2 (0.426%) Firmware
13 2 (0.426%) Social Network
13 2 (0.426%) Data Integration
13 2 (0.426%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 111 (23.62%) Linux
2 108 (22.98%) Windows Server 2008
3 82 (17.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 62 (13.19%) Windows 7
5 28 (5.957%) Windows XP
6 19 (4.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (3.191%) UNIX
8 10 (2.128%) Windows Vista
9 4 (0.851%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.426%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.213%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.213%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.213%) Android
11 1 (0.213%) Debian
11 1 (0.213%) Solaris
11 1 (0.213%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (16.38%) TDD
2 73 (15.53%) ITIL
3 69 (14.68%) MVC
4 66 (14.04%) Change Management
5 57 (12.13%) Scrum
6 53 (11.28%) OO
7 39 (8.298%) E-Commerce
8 38 (8.085%) Problem Management
9 34 (7.234%) Service Management
10 33 (7.021%) Web Development
11 26 (5.532%) Multithreading
12 25 (5.319%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (5.106%) Agile Software Development
13 24 (5.106%) Supplier Management
14 23 (4.894%) Software Engineering
15 21 (4.468%) BDD
16 19 (4.043%) OOD
16 19 (4.043%) Root Cause Analysis
17 18 (3.830%) CRM
17 18 (3.830%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 147 (31.28%) SQL
2 129 (27.45%) C#
3 47 (10.00%) T-SQL
4 32 (6.809%) JavaScript
5 31 (6.596%) C++
6 26 (5.532%) Java
7 21 (4.468%) VB
8 18 (3.830%) Python
9 17 (3.617%) VBA
10 15 (3.191%) VB.NET
11 12 (2.553%) C
11 12 (2.553%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.915%) Ruby
13 8 (1.702%) VBScript
14 7 (1.489%) VB6
14 7 (1.489%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.489%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.426%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (19.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 71 (15.11%) MCSE
3 68 (14.47%) Degree
4 40 (8.511%) MCITP
4 40 (8.511%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (8.085%) CCNA
6 37 (7.872%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 29 (6.170%) MCP
8 23 (4.894%) MCSA
9 16 (3.404%) MCTS
10 12 (2.553%) Security Cleared
11 11 (2.340%) SC Cleared
11 11 (2.340%) CCA
11 11 (2.340%) Citrix Certification
12 10 (2.128%) CCNP
13 6 (1.277%) CCSP
14 5 (1.064%) CCIP
14 5 (1.064%) PhD
15 4 (0.851%) Postgraduate
15 4 (0.851%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.383%) SLA
2 23 (4.894%) QA
3 14 (2.979%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.702%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.213%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 112 (23.83%) Active Directory
2 90 (19.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (18.09%) VMware ESX
4 84 (17.87%) vSphere
5 37 (7.872%) Hyper-V
6 33 (7.021%) XenApp
7 27 (5.745%) XenServer
8 22 (4.681%) XenDesktop
9 21 (4.468%) VMware ESXi
9 21 (4.468%) NFS
10 16 (3.404%) Microsoft App-V
11 10 (2.128%) Novell eDirectory
12 8 (1.702%) ISA Server
13 7 (1.489%) VMFS
13 7 (1.489%) Forefront TMG
14 6 (1.277%) UAG
15 5 (1.064%) Terminal Server
16 4 (0.851%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.851%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.638%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 26 (5.532%) WSUS
2 18 (3.830%) SCCM
3 13 (2.766%) ZENworks
4 6 (1.277%) SCOM
4 6 (1.277%) HP SIM
5 5 (1.064%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.213%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.213%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 282 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 168 (35.74%) VMware
3 93 (19.79%) Cisco
4 75 (15.96%) Oracle
5 70 (14.89%) HP
6 61 (12.98%) Citrix
7 41 (8.723%) LANDesk
8 20 (4.255%) CommVault
8 20 (4.255%) EMC
9 18 (3.830%) Red Hat
9 18 (3.830%) XMPie
10 13 (2.766%) Novell
11 11 (2.340%) Dell
12 9 (1.915%) Sybase
13 8 (1.702%) Symantec
14 7 (1.489%) F5
14 7 (1.489%) Nimsoft
14 7 (1.489%) Salesforce.com
15 6 (1.277%) CheckPoint
15 6 (1.277%) FalconStor
Bedfordshire
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Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bedfordshire
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Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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montreal
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Yearly Bonus and On call duty Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £23000.00 per annum
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Salary: £23000.00 per annum
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Salary: £23000.00 per annum
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
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GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Capita Resourcing
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
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Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
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Bedford, Bedfordshire
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Gregory James
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus scheme
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedfordshire
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benifits
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Firway Consulting
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