The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bridgend 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 Bridgend region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 7 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bridgend 7.292% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,750 -
% change year-on-year
-28.96% -
All Operating Systems
Bridgend
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bridgend 36.46% 55.56% -
Number of salaries quoted 35 10 0
Average salary £22,500 £32,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.68% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
South Wales

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bridgend 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 Bridgend region.

Bridgend Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bridgend 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 9 (100.00%) IIS
1 9 (100.00%) UNIX
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Apache
1 9 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 9 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 9 (100.00%) VoIP
1 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 9 (100.00%) VPN
1 9 (100.00%) DNS
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) MySQL
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 9 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 9 (100.00%) SaaS
1 9 (100.00%) Office 365
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Intune
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) HIPAA
3 2 (22.22%) Communications Security
3 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bridgend 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 Platforms
1 9 (100.00%) IIS
1 9 (100.00%) Apache
1 9 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 9 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 9 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 9 (100.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) VoIP
1 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 9 (100.00%) VPN
1 9 (100.00%) DNS
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) MySQL
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) UNIX
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Communications Security
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) HIPAA
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Intune
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft