Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Berkshire region.

 Microsoft Windows
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank611
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads5567592249
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire14.18 %16.11 %19.30 %
As % of the Operating Systems category59.91 %62.73 %68.67 %
Salaries quoted4596341936
Average salary£36,000£36,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+2.850 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,500£21,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£53,250£52,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£31,500£31,500
% change year-on-year
+3.170 %-
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
92812103275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire23.67 %25.69 %28.10 %
Salaries quoted81010012767
Average salary£37,500£38,000£36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.310 %+4.100 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£51,800£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows South EastWindows
South East

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-1197£37,000+2.77 %
SloughDown-861£32,500-16.12 %
BracknellDown-739£32,500+8.33 %
MaidenheadDown-1129£37,500+15.38 %
NewburyNo change025£37,500-
WindsorDown-116£35,000-16.66 %
WokinghamDown-115£32,500+25.00 %
AscotUp+64£27,500-33.73 %
ThatchamNew entry-1£28,500-
Windows South EastWindows
South East

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1479 (38.60 %)Windows Server 2003
2366 (29.49 %)Active Directory
3333 (26.83 %)Microsoft
4328 (26.43 %)UNIX
5275 (22.16 %)Linux
6260 (20.95 %)SQL
7218 (17.57 %)SQL Server
8214 (17.24 %)Firewall
9212 (17.08 %)IIS
10209 (16.84 %)Windows XP
11200 (16.12 %)TCP/IP
12182 (14.67 %)Windows 2000
12182 (14.67 %).NET
13180 (14.50 %)Oracle
14168 (13.54 %)VMware
15165 (13.30 %)Microsoft Certification
16164 (13.22 %)Security Cleared
17137 (11.04 %)DNS
17137 (11.04 %)Cisco
17137 (11.04 %)MCSE
18134 (10.80 %)Citrix
19132 (10.64 %)Solaris
20128 (10.31 %)MS Exchange
21125 (10.07 %)C#
22119 (9.589 %)XML
22119 (9.589 %)Degree
23114 (9.186 %)German Language
24108 (8.703 %)MS Excel
25102 (8.219 %)SAN
26101 (8.139 %)Java

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1182 (14.67 %).NET
2119 (9.589 %)XML
380 (6.446 %)HTML
474 (5.963 %)WebSphere
564 (5.157 %)Web Services
652 (4.190 %)ASP.NET
743 (3.465 %)CSS
743 (3.465 %)J2EE
837 (2.981 %)ASP
837 (2.981 %)AJAX
924 (1.934 %)MFC
1020 (1.612 %)jQuery
1118 (1.450 %)Application Packaging
1118 (1.450 %)WCF
1217 (1.370 %)WinForms
1316 (1.289 %).NET Framework
1414 (1.128 %)Spring
1513 (1.048 %)Hibernate
1513 (1.048 %)XSLT
1612 (0.967 %)MVC
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1212 (17.08 %)IIS
2128 (10.31 %)MS Exchange
374 (5.963 %)WebLogic
468 (5.479 %)SharePoint
554 (4.351 %)Apache
650 (4.029 %)Exchange Server 2007
749 (3.948 %)Tomcat
845 (3.626 %)Exchange Server 2003
936 (2.901 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1029 (2.337 %)Lotus Notes
1118 (1.450 %)BizTalk Server
1217 (1.370 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1316 (1.289 %)Exchange Server 2000
1413 (1.048 %)Lotus Domino
159 (0.725 %)SAS
167 (0.564 %)Office Communications Server
176 (0.483 %)TIBCO EMS
176 (0.483 %)Oracle Application Server
185 (0.403 %)LiveLink
185 (0.403 %)WorkSite
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1108 (8.703 %)MS Excel
272 (5.802 %)MS Office
317 (1.370 %)InfoPath
413 (1.048 %)MS Visio
511 (0.886 %)Photoshop
610 (0.806 %)Adobe Illustrator
79 (0.725 %)MS PowerPoint
83 (0.242 %)MS Project
83 (0.242 %)Fireworks
92 (0.161 %)Simulink
101 (0.081 %)PageMaker
101 (0.081 %)3ds Max
101 (0.081 %)LightWave 3D
101 (0.081 %)Acrobat
101 (0.081 %)PrintSoft PReS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.725 %)BusinessWorks
27 (0.564 %)Oracle Applications
33 (0.242 %)Google Analytics
42 (0.161 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.081 %)Apache OFBiz
51 (0.081 %)Oracle EBS R12
51 (0.081 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.081 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.081 %)Microsoft CRM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1214 (17.24 %)Firewall
2200 (16.12 %)TCP/IP
3137 (11.04 %)DNS
4102 (8.219 %)SAN
593 (7.494 %)VPN
683 (6.688 %)DHCP
776 (6.124 %)LAN
864 (5.157 %)WAN
959 (4.754 %)Internet
1046 (3.707 %)LDAP
1143 (3.465 %)VoIP
1237 (2.981 %)ISDN
1336 (2.901 %)IP Telephony
1434 (2.740 %)Network Security
1434 (2.740 %)SMTP
1529 (2.337 %)Intrusion Detection
1627 (2.176 %)SMS
1723 (1.853 %)NAS
1814 (1.128 %)Wireless
1814 (1.128 %)Ethernet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1218 (17.57 %)SQL Server
269 (5.560 %)SQL Server 2005
349 (3.948 %)SQL Server 2000
448 (3.868 %)MySQL
526 (2.095 %)RDBMS
620 (1.612 %)DB2
620 (1.612 %)SQL Server 2008
712 (0.967 %)OLAP
810 (0.806 %)Oracle 8/8i
99 (0.725 %)Oracle OLAP
107 (0.564 %)Oracle 9i
116 (0.483 %)Oracle 10g
125 (0.403 %)ETL
125 (0.403 %)EDMS
134 (0.322 %)PostgreSQL
134 (0.322 %)Oracle 11g
134 (0.322 %)SQL Server Integration Services
143 (0.242 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
143 (0.242 %)EDRMS
143 (0.242 %)BusinessObjects
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (3.143 %)Visual Studio
228 (2.256 %)StarTeam
320 (1.612 %)ClearCase
418 (1.450 %)TestDirector
515 (1.209 %)ClearQuest
515 (1.209 %)InstallShield
612 (0.967 %)AdminStudio
710 (0.806 %)Team Foundation Server
88 (0.645 %)JUnit
88 (0.645 %)WinRunner
96 (0.483 %)LoadRunner
105 (0.403 %)Eclipse
105 (0.403 %)NUnit
105 (0.403 %)Subversion
113 (0.242 %)JIRA
113 (0.242 %)Selenium
113 (0.242 %)FitNesse
113 (0.242 %)EasyMock
122 (0.161 %)TeamCity
122 (0.161 %)PVCS
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
152 (4.190 %)Finance
248 (3.868 %)Telecoms
337 (2.981 %)Education
436 (2.901 %)Marketing
531 (2.498 %)Government
628 (2.256 %)Pensions
721 (1.692 %)Health
813 (1.048 %)Publishing
912 (0.967 %)Military
109 (0.725 %)Insurance
109 (0.725 %)Electronics
118 (0.645 %)Retail
127 (0.564 %)Animation
136 (0.483 %)Aerospace
145 (0.403 %)Back Office
154 (0.322 %)Financial Institution
154 (0.322 %)Legal
154 (0.322 %)Billing
163 (0.242 %)Auditing
172 (0.161 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1213 (17.16 %)Support Engineer
2190 (15.31 %)Technical Support
3172 (13.86 %)Developer
4141 (11.36 %)Analyst
5134 (10.80 %)Technical Engineer
6107 (8.622 %)Technical Support Engineer
799 (7.977 %)Consultant
891 (7.333 %)Support Analyst
988 (7.091 %)Architect
1070 (5.641 %)Administrator
1145 (3.626 %)Systems Administrator
1240 (3.223 %)Technical Analyst
1339 (3.143 %)Software Engineer
1437 (2.981 %)Systems Engineer
1535 (2.820 %)Software Developer
1631 (2.498 %)3rd Line Support
1631 (2.498 %)Technical Support Analyst
1730 (2.417 %)2nd Line Support
1730 (2.417 %)Support Consultant
1827 (2.176 %)Solutions Architect
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1114 (9.186 %)German Language
288 (7.091 %)French Language
339 (3.143 %)Clustering
438 (3.062 %)Dutch Language
529 (2.337 %)Computer Science
628 (2.256 %)Spanish Language
720 (1.612 %)Replication
720 (1.612 %)Blackberry
818 (1.450 %)Japanese Language
916 (1.289 %)Fat Client
916 (1.289 %)Thin Client
1015 (1.209 %)Management Information System
1015 (1.209 %)AS400
118 (0.645 %)Client/Server
118 (0.645 %)Italian Language
127 (0.564 %)iPhone
127 (0.564 %)iSeries
136 (0.483 %)Video on Demand
136 (0.483 %)Mathematics
136 (0.483 %)Mainframe
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1479 (38.60 %)Windows Server 2003
2328 (26.43 %)UNIX
3275 (22.16 %)Linux
4209 (16.84 %)Windows XP
5182 (14.67 %)Windows 2000
6132 (10.64 %)Solaris
792 (7.413 %)Windows Server 2008
879 (6.366 %)AIX
978 (6.285 %)HPUX
1068 (5.479 %)Windows Vista
1155 (4.432 %)Windows 2000 Server
1252 (4.190 %)Windows NT
1326 (2.095 %)Red Hat Linux
1423 (1.853 %)Mac OS
1513 (1.048 %)Windows Mobile
169 (0.725 %)OpenVMS
177 (0.564 %)SUSE
186 (0.483 %)Windows CE
186 (0.483 %)NetWare
186 (0.483 %)Mac OS X
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
178 (6.285 %)ITIL
241 (3.304 %)OO
334 (2.740 %)Migration
431 (2.498 %)Project Management
530 (2.417 %)Configuration Management
627 (2.176 %)Data Protection
726 (2.095 %)Test Scripting
822 (1.773 %)UML
921 (1.692 %)Technical Architecture
1020 (1.612 %)Agile Software Development
1119 (1.531 %)Software Engineering
1218 (1.450 %)Service Management
1218 (1.450 %)System Testing
1317 (1.370 %)Unit Testing
1317 (1.370 %)Disaster Recovery
1416 (1.289 %)Business Intelligence
1416 (1.289 %)Incident Management
1416 (1.289 %)Load Balancing
1416 (1.289 %)Time Management
1514 (1.128 %)OOP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1260 (20.95 %)SQL
2125 (10.07 %)C#
3101 (8.139 %)Java
481 (6.527 %)C++
568 (5.479 %)C
654 (4.351 %)VBScript
753 (4.271 %)JavaScript
753 (4.271 %)Perl
839 (3.143 %)PHP
937 (2.981 %)VB.NET
1034 (2.740 %)VB
1127 (2.176 %)VC++
1220 (1.612 %)T-SQL
1315 (1.209 %)PowerShell
1413 (1.048 %)Python
1510 (0.806 %)PL/SQL
168 (0.645 %)Shell Script
177 (0.564 %)XPath
186 (0.483 %)ActionScript 3.0
186 (0.483 %)ActionScript 2.0
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1165 (13.30 %)Microsoft Certification
2164 (13.22 %)Security Cleared
3137 (11.04 %)MCSE
4119 (9.589 %)Degree
5101 (8.139 %)SC Cleared
675 (6.044 %)Cisco Certification
773 (5.882 %)CCNA
832 (2.579 %)MCP
929 (2.337 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1028 (2.256 %)CISSP
1028 (2.256 %)Citrix Certification
1127 (2.176 %)MCSA
1226 (2.095 %)CCEA
1322 (1.773 %)MCITP
1421 (1.692 %)MCTS
1519 (1.531 %)DV Cleared
1618 (1.450 %)CCA
1714 (1.128 %)A+ Certification
1714 (1.128 %)MCDST
1812 (0.967 %)CISA
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
160 (4.835 %)QA
234 (2.740 %)SLA
312 (0.967 %)ISO27001
410 (0.806 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
54 (0.322 %)ISO9001
63 (0.242 %)PCI DSS
71 (0.081 %)WAI
71 (0.081 %)COBIT
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1366 (29.49 %)Active Directory
286 (6.930 %)VMware Infrastructure
336 (2.901 %)NFS
434 (2.740 %)XenApp
532 (2.579 %)ISA Server
629 (2.337 %)Citrix Presentation Server
725 (2.015 %)VMware ESX
824 (1.934 %)Hyper-V
922 (1.773 %)XenDesktop
1021 (1.692 %)XenServer
1021 (1.692 %)VMware Workstation
1117 (1.370 %)Terminal Services
1117 (1.370 %)Nmap
1213 (1.048 %)MSMQ
1213 (1.048 %)Sendmail
1312 (0.967 %)vSphere
1411 (0.886 %)Xen
158 (0.645 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
165 (0.403 %)MetaFrame
165 (0.403 %)OpenLDAP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
144 (3.546 %)OpenView Configuration Management
237 (2.981 %)SCCM
334 (2.740 %)NetBackup
427 (2.176 %)Backup Exec
521 (1.692 %)SCOM
620 (1.612 %)MSI
620 (1.612 %)Tivoli
717 (1.370 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
717 (1.370 %)Nessus
812 (0.967 %)MIMEsweeper
812 (0.967 %)MAILsweeper
910 (0.806 %)OpenView
106 (0.483 %)MOM
106 (0.483 %)Netcool
106 (0.483 %)HP Quality Center
115 (0.403 %)WSUS
124 (0.322 %)HP Data Protector
124 (0.322 %)ARCserve
124 (0.322 %)OVOW
133 (0.242 %)OVOU
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1333 (26.83 %)Microsoft
2180 (14.50 %)Oracle
3168 (13.54 %)VMware
4137 (11.04 %)Cisco
5134 (10.80 %)Citrix
681 (6.527 %)HP
751 (4.110 %)CheckPoint
850 (4.029 %)EMC
946 (3.707 %)Veritas
1045 (3.626 %)Altiris
1141 (3.304 %)Symantec
1141 (3.304 %)Sun
1236 (2.901 %)Websense
1335 (2.820 %)IBM
1434 (2.740 %)Lotus
1531 (2.498 %)Novell
1628 (2.256 %)StorageTek
1727 (2.176 %)Borland
1825 (2.015 %)Red Hat
1825 (2.015 %)Blue Coat