The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 180 217 -
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 39 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.749% 0.081% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.431% 0.272% -
Number of salaries quoted 35 5 0
Average salary £26,000 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.26% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,750 -
% change year-on-year
-28.96% -
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1604 1837 1474
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 30.79% 29.82% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1312 1524 1236
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £60,200 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
South East

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Berkshire Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the Berkshire 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
Reading +13 19 £32,500 -31.57%
Newbury - 13 £25,000 -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Windows 8
South East

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 68 (100.00%) Windows
2 40 (58.82%) Windows 7
3 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
4 31 (45.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 25 (36.76%) SharePoint
6 24 (35.29%) Android
7 21 (30.88%) Windows Server 2003
8 19 (27.94%) Symantec
8 19 (27.94%) Firewall
8 19 (27.94%) iPad
9 18 (26.47%) MS Exchange
10 17 (25.00%) Migration
10 17 (25.00%) Network Security
11 16 (23.53%) jQuery
11 16 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
11 16 (23.53%) SQL Server
11 16 (23.53%) DNS
12 15 (22.06%) CSS
12 15 (22.06%) HTML
13 14 (20.59%) MS Office
13 14 (20.59%) Active Directory
14 13 (19.12%) C#
14 13 (19.12%) MS Excel
15 12 (17.65%) Cisco
15 12 (17.65%) Blackberry
16 11 (16.18%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (16.18%) .NET
16 11 (16.18%) iPhone
16 11 (16.18%) Windows Server 2012
17 10 (14.71%) ASP.NET

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (23.53%) jQuery
2 15 (22.06%) CSS
2 15 (22.06%) HTML
3 11 (16.18%) .NET
4 10 (14.71%) ASP.NET
5 9 (13.24%) Web Services
6 7 (10.29%) XML
6 7 (10.29%) HTML5
7 5 (7.353%) K2 blackpearl
8 1 (1.471%) Spring
8 1 (1.471%) Ajax
8 1 (1.471%) COM
8 1 (1.471%) Silverlight
8 1 (1.471%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 25 (36.76%) SharePoint
2 18 (26.47%) MS Exchange
3 16 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (14.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 9 (13.24%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (10.29%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (5.882%) IIS
8 2 (2.941%) Windows Azure
8 2 (2.941%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (20.59%) MS Office
2 13 (19.12%) MS Excel
3 7 (10.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (10.29%) InDesign
3 7 (10.29%) Photoshop
4 4 (5.882%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.471%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.471%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.471%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.94%) Firewall
2 17 (25.00%) Network Security
3 16 (23.53%) DNS
4 8 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 8 (11.76%) VPN
5 6 (8.824%) Internet
5 6 (8.824%) LAN
5 6 (8.824%) WAN
5 6 (8.824%) DHCP
6 5 (7.353%) ADSL
7 3 (4.412%) VoIP
7 3 (4.412%) MPLS
8 2 (2.941%) Asterisk PBX
8 2 (2.941%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.941%) iSCSI
8 2 (2.941%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (2.941%) SAN
8 2 (2.941%) PBX
8 2 (2.941%) SSL
8 2 (2.941%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.471%) MySQL
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (11.76%) MSI
2 1 (1.471%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.471%) JIRA
2 1 (1.471%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (14.71%) Finance
2 9 (13.24%) Telecoms
2 9 (13.24%) Retail
3 7 (10.29%) Marketing
4 1 (1.471%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (16.18%) Developer
2 10 (14.71%) Consultant
3 9 (13.24%) Support Engineer
3 9 (13.24%) .NET Developer
4 8 (11.76%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 8 (11.76%) Designer
4 8 (11.76%) Graphic Designer
4 8 (11.76%) Technical Consultant
5 7 (10.29%) Administrator
5 7 (10.29%) Technical Support
5 7 (10.29%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.412%) Analyst
7 3 (4.412%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (4.412%) Team Leader
7 3 (4.412%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (4.412%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (4.412%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.412%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 2 (2.941%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.94%) iPad
2 12 (17.65%) Blackberry
3 11 (16.18%) iPhone
4 7 (10.29%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.941%) Open Source
6 1 (1.471%) Statistics
6 1 (1.471%) FMCG
6 1 (1.471%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (100.00%) Windows
2 40 (58.82%) Windows 7
3 31 (45.59%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (35.29%) Android
5 21 (30.88%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (16.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (7.353%) Windows Vista
8 4 (5.882%) Windows XP
9 2 (2.941%) Windows Phone
9 2 (2.941%) Mac OS X
9 2 (2.941%) Linux
10 1 (1.471%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.00%) Migration
2 9 (13.24%) Project Management
2 9 (13.24%) Business Analysis
2 9 (13.24%) Data Migration
3 8 (11.76%) SEO
4 7 (10.29%) Web Design
5 6 (8.824%) Network Management
6 3 (4.412%) OO
7 2 (2.941%) Time Management
7 2 (2.941%) Load Balancing
7 2 (2.941%) PRINCE2
7 2 (2.941%) CRM
7 2 (2.941%) ITIL
7 2 (2.941%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (2.941%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.471%) Scrum
8 1 (1.471%) Workflow
8 1 (1.471%) TDD
8 1 (1.471%) Software Engineering
8 1 (1.471%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) C#
2 9 (13.24%) JavaScript
3 8 (11.76%) Java
4 3 (4.412%) SQL
5 2 (2.941%) VBScript
6 1 (1.471%) XAML
6 1 (1.471%) C
6 1 (1.471%) X++
6 1 (1.471%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.353%) MCITP
3 4 (5.882%) MCP
4 3 (4.412%) MCSE
5 2 (2.941%) ACSP
5 2 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.941%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.824%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.412%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.941%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.471%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (2.941%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.471%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.471%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 19 (27.94%) Symantec
3 12 (17.65%) Cisco
4 10 (14.71%) Oracle
5 9 (13.24%) Fujitsu
6 8 (11.76%) Citrix
7 7 (10.29%) Adobe
8 4 (5.882%) VMware
9 2 (2.941%) Acronis
9 2 (2.941%) Apple
10 1 (1.471%) Cadence
10 1 (1.471%) IBM
10 1 (1.471%) NetApp
10 1 (1.471%) Veritas
10 1 (1.471%) Dell
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
As a business they are experiencing rapid growth following the development of contracts with 2 major brands. You will be responsible for all technical pre-sales support and...
Roc Search
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
ASP.NET, .NET Developer, CSS, HTML, jQuery, C#, Sharepoint Server 2007... The role involves working in a dynamic C# team developing their award winning portal software using C#,...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newbury
Reporting to the head of development you are expected to manage your own time affectively ensuring any issues are reported and deadlines are met.Essential skills required are:...
Joanne Senior
Salary: £24k - 26k per year + flexible working and pension
Posted: 14 May 2013