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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads763680
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.403 %0.278 %
As % of the category below63.53 %62.16 %
Salaries quoted702555
Average minimum salary£32,612£31,224
Average salary£35,799£34,048
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Average maximum salary£38,987£36,873
UK excluding London average salary£32,377£32,950
% change on same period last year-1.74 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads12011094
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.634 %0.448 %
Salaries quoted1097890
Average minimum salary£33,566£31,106
Average salary£36,614£34,024
% change on same period last year+7.61 %
Average maximum salary£39,662£36,941
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Windows CambridgeshireWindows
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Windows
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cambridge Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1411 (29.59 %)C++
2372 (26.78 %)Degree
3349 (25.13 %)Microsoft
4347 (24.98 %)Linux
5333 (23.97 %)UNIX
6313 (22.53 %)C#
7293 (21.09 %).NET
8253 (18.21 %)SQL
9252 (18.14 %)C
10203 (14.61 %)Active Directory
11195 (14.04 %)SQL Server
11195 (14.04 %)Computer Science
12185 (13.32 %)MS Excel
13172 (12.38 %)MS Office
14171 (12.31 %)Java
15165 (11.88 %)Windows 2000
16160 (11.52 %)Python
16160 (11.52 %)Microsoft Certification
17155 (11.16 %)Windows Server 2003
18137 (9.863 %)OO
19131 (9.431 %)TCP/IP
20122 (8.783 %)Windows XP
21119 (8.567 %)Pensions
22118 (8.495 %)Exchange Server 2003
23117 (8.423 %)MS Exchange
24115 (8.279 %)Health
25110 (7.919 %)XML
26109 (7.847 %)Cisco
26109 (7.847 %)Citrix
27107 (7.703 %)VB

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1293 (21.09 %).NET
2110 (7.919 %)XML
390 (6.479 %)MFC
487 (6.263 %)HTML
580 (5.760 %)ASP.NET
665 (4.680 %)WinForms
758 (4.176 %)STL
851 (3.672 %)WebServices
937 (2.664 %)WPF
1035 (2.520 %)CSS
1131 (2.232 %)J2EE
1226 (1.872 %)WCF
1325 (1.800 %).NET Framework
1325 (1.800 %)AJAX
1424 (1.728 %)Silverlight
1424 (1.728 %)SOAP
1523 (1.656 %)JSP
1622 (1.584 %)ASP
1721 (1.512 %)WSDL
1814 (1.008 %)J2ME
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1118 (8.495 %)Exchange Server 2003
2117 (8.423 %)MS Exchange
354 (3.888 %)IIS
441 (2.952 %)Apache
537 (2.664 %)Exchange Server 2000
626 (1.872 %)Smallworld
722 (1.584 %)Exchange Server 2007
816 (1.152 %)Lotus Notes
915 (1.080 %)SharePoint
1013 (0.936 %)Tomcat
118 (0.576 %)BizTalk Server
118 (0.576 %)Office Communications Server
126 (0.432 %)GroupWise
126 (0.432 %)Exchange Server 5.5
133 (0.216 %)JBoss
133 (0.216 %)SharePoint Server 2007
142 (0.144 %)SharePoint Portal Server
142 (0.144 %)Lotus Domino
151 (0.072 %)WebSphere Application Server
151 (0.072 %)CMS
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1185 (13.32 %)MS Excel
2172 (12.38 %)MS Office
343 (3.096 %)MS Visio
414 (1.008 %)MS PowerPoint
510 (0.720 %)MATLAB
66 (0.432 %)MS Project
75 (0.360 %)Pro/ENGINEER
83 (0.216 %)Adobe Illustrator
83 (0.216 %)Photoshop
92 (0.144 %)Acrobat
92 (0.144 %)InfoPath
101 (0.072 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.072 %)FrameMaker
101 (0.072 %)Maya
101 (0.072 %)3ds Max
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.792 %)Summit
24 (0.288 %)Dynamics AX
33 (0.216 %)Line 50
33 (0.216 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.144 %)Axapta
42 (0.144 %)Sage 1000
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1131 (9.431 %)TCP/IP
293 (6.695 %)WAN
389 (6.407 %)Internet
483 (5.976 %)LAN
561 (4.392 %)SAN
657 (4.104 %)Firewall
746 (3.312 %)VPN
845 (3.240 %)Wireless
943 (3.096 %)Intranet
1035 (2.520 %)DNS
1128 (2.016 %)DHCP
1128 (2.016 %)HTTP
1220 (1.440 %)SNMP
1319 (1.368 %)FTP
1417 (1.224 %)SSL
1516 (1.152 %)VoIP
1613 (0.936 %)Ethernet
1710 (0.720 %)Network Security
189 (0.648 %)Intrusion Detection
198 (0.576 %)IP Telephony
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1195 (14.04 %)SQL Server
251 (3.672 %)SQL Server 2005
340 (2.880 %)Crystal Reports
435 (2.520 %)GIS
530 (2.160 %)RDBMS
629 (2.088 %)SQL Server 7
727 (1.944 %)SQL Server 2000
816 (1.152 %)MySQL
816 (1.152 %)MS Access
98 (0.576 %)Oracle 8/8i
98 (0.576 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
98 (0.576 %)SQL Server Integration Services
106 (0.432 %)Text Mining
113 (0.216 %)FileMaker
122 (0.144 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.144 %)Datawarehouse
131 (0.072 %)Oracle Discoverer
131 (0.072 %)Cognos Impromptu
131 (0.072 %)BusinessObjects
131 (0.072 %)dBASE
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
174 (5.328 %)Visual Studio
237 (2.664 %)MSI
311 (0.792 %)ClearQuest
410 (0.720 %)InstallShield
54 (0.288 %)LabVIEW
63 (0.216 %)Subversion
63 (0.216 %)JUnit
72 (0.144 %)PVCS
72 (0.144 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (0.144 %)Flash
72 (0.144 %)ClearCase
72 (0.144 %)Eclipse
81 (0.072 %)TestPartner
81 (0.072 %)StarTeam
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1119 (8.567 %)Pensions
2115 (8.279 %)Health
382 (5.904 %)Electronics
469 (4.968 %)Finance
559 (4.248 %)Pharmaceutical
649 (3.528 %)Insurance
730 (2.160 %)Telecoms
829 (2.088 %)Education
925 (1.800 %)Animation
1023 (1.656 %)Publishing
1120 (1.440 %)3D Graphics
1218 (1.296 %)Back Office
1315 (1.080 %)Government
1414 (1.008 %)Games
1512 (0.864 %)Retail
167 (0.504 %)Automotive
175 (0.360 %)Electric
184 (0.288 %)Banking
184 (0.288 %)Manufacturing
184 (0.288 %)Advertising
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1328 (23.61 %)Developer
2316 (22.75 %)Software Engineer
3166 (11.95 %)Software Developer
4158 (11.38 %)Analyst
5109 (7.847 %)Support Analyst
6104 (7.487 %)Administrator
796 (6.911 %)C++ Developer
875 (5.400 %)Test Engineer
973 (5.256 %)C# Developer
1070 (5.040 %)Systems Administrator
1162 (4.464 %)C++ Software Developer
1258 (4.176 %)Programmer
1355 (3.960 %)Technical Support
1453 (3.816 %)C++ Software Engineer
1552 (3.744 %)Support Engineer
1649 (3.528 %)2nd Line Support
1748 (3.456 %)Software Test Engineer
1846 (3.312 %)Helpdesk Support
1945 (3.240 %).NET Developer
2040 (2.880 %)Team Leader
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1195 (14.04 %)Computer Science
290 (6.479 %)Mathematics
330 (2.160 %)Multithreading
425 (1.800 %)Physics
519 (1.368 %)Cryptography
618 (1.296 %)Wiki
717 (1.224 %)Web 2.0
814 (1.008 %)Statistics
814 (1.008 %)Chemistry
912 (0.864 %)Biology
912 (0.864 %)Client/Server
1010 (0.720 %)Blackberry
118 (0.576 %)Device Driver
118 (0.576 %)Life Science
118 (0.576 %)German Language
127 (0.504 %)PKI
136 (0.432 %)French Language
136 (0.432 %)Spanish Language
136 (0.432 %)Biotechnology
145 (0.360 %)Handset
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1347 (24.98 %)Linux
2333 (23.97 %)UNIX
3165 (11.88 %)Windows 2000
4155 (11.16 %)Windows Server 2003
5122 (8.783 %)Windows XP
655 (3.960 %)Solaris
733 (2.376 %)Windows NT
821 (1.512 %)Windows Mobile
916 (1.152 %)Windows CE
1011 (0.792 %)Debian
1110 (0.720 %)AIX
1110 (0.720 %)Ubuntu
129 (0.648 %)OpenBSD
135 (0.360 %)Embedded Linux
135 (0.360 %)Windows Vista
144 (0.288 %)NetWare
152 (0.144 %)Mac OS X
152 (0.144 %)Symbian OS
152 (0.144 %)SUSE
152 (0.144 %)VxWorks
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1137 (9.863 %)OO
269 (4.968 %)ITIL
361 (4.392 %)Project Management
459 (4.248 %)E-Commerce
545 (3.240 %)Software Engineering
640 (2.880 %)CAD
739 (2.808 %)Software Testing
836 (2.592 %)Scrum
935 (2.520 %)Automated Testing
1034 (2.448 %)Agile Software Development
1131 (2.232 %)OOD
1230 (2.160 %)Data Security
1326 (1.872 %)Content Management
1423 (1.656 %)Test Scripting
1520 (1.440 %)System Testing
1617 (1.224 %)Operations Management
1617 (1.224 %)TDD
1617 (1.224 %)Validation
1617 (1.224 %)CAE
1716 (1.152 %)Web Development
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1411 (29.59 %)C++
2313 (22.53 %)C#
3253 (18.21 %)SQL
4252 (18.14 %)C
5171 (12.31 %)Java
6160 (11.52 %)Python
7107 (7.703 %)VB
8103 (7.415 %)Perl
972 (5.184 %)JavaScript
1057 (4.104 %)PHP
1143 (3.096 %)VC++
1231 (2.232 %)VB6
1231 (2.232 %)VBA
1326 (1.872 %)Magik
1423 (1.656 %)VB.NET
1522 (1.584 %)PowerShell
1618 (1.296 %)DHTML
1712 (0.864 %)Delphi
1811 (0.792 %)Shell Script
1910 (0.720 %)Embedded C++
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1372 (26.78 %)Degree
2160 (11.52 %)Microsoft Certification
3104 (7.487 %)MCSE
472 (5.184 %)MCP
544 (3.168 %)PhD
614 (1.008 %)MCSA
712 (0.864 %)ISEB
810 (0.720 %)Cisco Certification
810 (0.720 %)A+ Certification
98 (0.576 %)ITIL Certification
98 (0.576 %)RHCE
104 (0.288 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
113 (0.216 %)ISTQB
113 (0.216 %)CISSP
113 (0.216 %)CCA
113 (0.216 %)Citrix Certification
122 (0.144 %)CCEA
122 (0.144 %)HND
122 (0.144 %)Postgraduate
122 (0.144 %)CCNA
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
175 (5.400 %)QA
223 (1.656 %)SLA
223 (1.656 %)ISO27001
32 (0.144 %)JTAG
41 (0.072 %)PCI DSS
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1203 (14.61 %)Active Directory
231 (2.232 %)VMware ESX
329 (2.088 %)VMware Infrastructure
416 (1.152 %)NetBackup
513 (0.936 %)Backup Exec
612 (0.864 %)Terminal Services
612 (0.864 %)ISA Server
76 (0.432 %)Xen
76 (0.432 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.216 %)NFS
91 (0.072 %)VMware Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
133 (2.376 %)MOM
216 (1.152 %)SCOM
312 (0.864 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
49 (0.648 %)ZENworks
49 (0.648 %)Nessus
53 (0.216 %)WSUS
53 (0.216 %)Norton AntiVirus
62 (0.144 %)CiscoWorks
62 (0.144 %)Tivoli
71 (0.072 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1349 (25.13 %)Microsoft
2109 (7.847 %)Cisco
2109 (7.847 %)Citrix
385 (6.120 %)Oracle
385 (6.120 %)VMware
434 (2.448 %)Perforce
533 (2.376 %)HP
624 (1.728 %)Red Hat
723 (1.656 %)NetApp
820 (1.440 %)Novell
820 (1.440 %)Sophos
919 (1.368 %)Lotus
919 (1.368 %)CheckPoint
1016 (1.152 %)Symbian
1016 (1.152 %)Macrovision
1113 (0.936 %)Symantec
1113 (0.936 %)VERITAS
1212 (0.864 %)Tripwire
1212 (0.864 %)WatchGuard
1311 (0.792 %)Sun
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