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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 124 150 -
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 15 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.584% 0.035% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.728% 0.105% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,750 -
% change year-on-year
-28.96% -
All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
868 948 984
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 33.80% 32.96% 32.84%
Number of salaries quoted 771 795 865
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
East of England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +8 9 £42,500 -
St Neots - 3 £40,000 -
Windows 8
East of England

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Windows 7
3 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
4 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
5 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (31.25%) SCCM
6 5 (31.25%) SCOM
6 5 (31.25%) MCITP
6 5 (31.25%) ITIL
6 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (31.25%) MS Office
7 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
7 4 (25.00%) C#
7 4 (25.00%) C++
7 4 (25.00%) .NET
7 4 (25.00%) MFC
7 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
7 4 (25.00%) Degree
7 4 (25.00%) Electronics
7 4 (25.00%) SCVMM
7 4 (25.00%) Lync
8 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
8 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
8 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
8 2 (12.50%) Cisco
8 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
9 1 (6.250%) Java

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (25.00%) .NET
1 4 (25.00%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (25.00%) Lync
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.250%) iPhone Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior iPhone Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Smartphone
1 1 (6.250%) Mobile App
1 1 (6.250%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Windows 7
3 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (6.250%) Android
5 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.250%) Project Management
3 1 (6.250%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (6.250%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C#
1 4 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (6.250%) Java
2 1 (6.250%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) MCITP
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) SCCM
1 5 (31.25%) SCOM
2 4 (25.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (6.250%) Twitter