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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 8 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.425% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.133% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £43,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
706 759 785
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.51% 38.35% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 606 632 713
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,050 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
Cambridgeshire

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows 7
3 4 (44.44%) Degree
3 4 (44.44%) SCCM
3 4 (44.44%) SCOM
3 4 (44.44%) SCVMM
3 4 (44.44%) MCITP
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (44.44%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) MFC
3 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) C#
3 4 (44.44%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Objective-C
4 1 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
4 1 (11.11%) Android
4 1 (11.11%) iPhone
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) MFC
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (44.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
2 1 (11.11%) iPhone Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior iPhone Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
1 1 (11.11%) iPhone
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows 7
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C#
1 4 (44.44%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (44.44%) MCITP
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) SCCM
1 4 (44.44%) SCOM
1 4 (44.44%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft