The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 107 78 87
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Vista 9 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.537% 0.964% 0.526%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.302% 4.516% 2.536%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 7
Average salary £31,500 £22,000 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+43.18% -
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £20,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £22,500 £27,750
UK excluding London average salary £27,150 £30,000 £26,125
% change year-on-year
-9.50% +14.83%
All Operating Systems
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
391 310 276
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 23.33% 21.34% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 341 290 244
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,950 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Vista
West Midlands

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Windows Vista Salary Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Windows Vista Salary Histogram

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
3 17 (73.91%) Windows XP
4 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
5 15 (65.22%) Windows 7
6 14 (60.87%) MS Excel
6 14 (60.87%) SCCM
6 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2008
7 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (52.17%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (47.83%) Windows 2000
10 9 (39.13%) MCSE
11 7 (30.43%) MCP
12 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
12 6 (26.09%) WAN
12 6 (26.09%) MCITP
12 6 (26.09%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (21.74%) Advertising
13 5 (21.74%) VMware
13 5 (21.74%) Citrix
13 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
14 4 (17.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 4 (17.39%) LAN
14 4 (17.39%) MS Office
14 4 (17.39%) MSI
14 4 (17.39%) Time Management
15 3 (13.04%) SCOM
15 3 (13.04%) Windows XP Embedded
15 3 (13.04%) Technical Architecture
15 3 (13.04%) Xen

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
2 3 (13.04%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 14 (60.87%) MS Excel
2 4 (17.39%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) WAN
2 4 (17.39%) LAN
3 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.696%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.348%) IP Telephony
5 1 (4.348%) Network Security
5 1 (4.348%) VPN
5 1 (4.348%) DNS
5 1 (4.348%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MSI
General
1 5 (21.74%) Advertising
2 1 (4.348%) French Language
2 1 (4.348%) German Language
2 1 (4.348%) Italian Language
2 1 (4.348%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Designer
5 2 (8.696%) Lead Architect
5 2 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (8.696%) Designer
6 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (4.348%) Network Support
6 1 (4.348%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) IT Support
6 1 (4.348%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (73.91%) Windows XP
3 15 (65.22%) Windows 7
4 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (52.17%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (47.83%) Windows 2000
7 3 (13.04%) Windows XP Embedded
8 2 (8.696%) Linux
9 1 (4.348%) Mac OS X
9 1 (4.348%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Time Management
2 3 (13.04%) ITIL
2 3 (13.04%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (8.696%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (8.696%) Change Control
3 2 (8.696%) Build Automation
3 2 (8.696%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (39.13%) MCSE
3 7 (30.43%) MCP
4 6 (26.09%) MCITP
5 2 (8.696%) MCSA
5 2 (8.696%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (4.348%) MCDST
System Software
1 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (13.04%) Xen
4 3 (13.04%) Terminal Services
5 2 (8.696%) XenApp
5 2 (8.696%) XenDesktop
5 2 (8.696%) vSphere
5 2 (8.696%) IAG
Systems Management
1 14 (60.87%) SCCM
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (13.04%) SCOM
4 1 (4.348%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (4.348%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Citrix
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 3 (13.04%) Lotus
3 3 (13.04%) Symantec
4 2 (8.696%) Remedy
4 2 (8.696%) AppSense