The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Blackburn region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Blackburn region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 15 18 14
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 12 6 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 17.65% 7.895% 12.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 54.55% 85.71% 29.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 10
Average salary £21,000 £24,750 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.15% +7.60%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £18,265 £20,950
10% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £37,500 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Blackburn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 7 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 32.35% 9.211% 42.53%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 36
Average salary £21,000 £24,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.15% -41.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £17,030 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £47,000 £39,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Lancashire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Blackburn region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Blackburn Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 12 (66.67%) VMware
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (50.00%) Citrix
3 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
5 7 (38.89%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (38.89%) Internet
6 4 (22.22%) SQL
7 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
7 3 (16.67%) Back Office
7 3 (16.67%) Italian Language
8 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (11.11%) Cisco
9 1 (5.556%) Java
9 1 (5.556%) Sun
9 1 (5.556%) CCSP
9 1 (5.556%) CCNA
9 1 (5.556%) VB
9 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
9 1 (5.556%) .NET
9 1 (5.556%) MySQL
9 1 (5.556%) Oracle
9 1 (5.556%) MS Office
9 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
9 1 (5.556%) ITIL
9 1 (5.556%) UNIX
9 1 (5.556%) MCSE
9 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) WinForms
1 1 (5.556%) Ajax
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (16.67%) Back Office
1 3 (16.67%) Italian Language
2 1 (5.556%) Electronics
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Advertising
2 1 (5.556%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Service Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Account Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) VB Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Sales Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.556%) VB6 Developer
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.556%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.556%) ITIL
1 1 (5.556%) Test Scripting
1 1 (5.556%) Time Management
1 1 (5.556%) Automated Testing
1 1 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (5.556%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Java
2 1 (5.556%) VB
2 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
2 1 (5.556%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.556%) CCSP
2 1 (5.556%) CCNA
2 1 (5.556%) MCSE
2 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.556%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (5.556%) MCITP
2 1 (5.556%) VCDX
2 1 (5.556%) NCDA
2 1 (5.556%) NCIE
2 1 (5.556%) VCAP
2 1 (5.556%) VTSP
2 1 (5.556%) CCEE
2 1 (5.556%) CCAA
2 1 (5.556%) CCIA
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (38.89%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.556%) XenApp
4 1 (5.556%) XenServer
4 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
4 1 (5.556%) vSphere
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) VMware
2 9 (50.00%) Citrix
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (5.556%) Sun
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle
4 1 (5.556%) NetApp
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