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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Cardiff region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 9 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank410
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads12197
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.062 %0.040 %
As % of the category below61.73 %62.58 %
Salaries quoted11890
Average minimum salary£27,407£24,378
Average salary£29,301£27,569
% change on same period last year+6.28 %
Average maximum salary£31,195£30,761
UK excluding London average salary£32,265£32,820
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Operating Systems CardiffOperating Systems
Cardiff
Matching permanent IT job ads196155
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.065 %
Salaries quoted192137
Average minimum salary£31,152£29,523
Average salary£33,457£32,616
% change on same period last year+2.57 %
Average maximum salary£35,761£35,708
UK excluding London average salary£34,437£35,018
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Windows South WalesWindows
South Wales

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

Cardiff Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

159 (26.82 %)Microsoft
159 (26.82 %)Active Directory
256 (25.45 %)SQL Server
354 (24.55 %)C++
446 (20.91 %)Microsoft Certification
542 (19.09 %)SQL
640 (18.18 %)MCSE
735 (15.91 %)C
735 (15.91 %)Finance
832 (14.55 %)Exchange Server 2003
832 (14.55 %)MS Office
832 (14.55 %)Tomcat
832 (14.55 %)Unix
832 (14.55 %)Windows XP
931 (14.09 %)Symbian
931 (14.09 %)Cisco
931 (14.09 %)Smartphone
1030 (13.64 %)Pocket PC
1030 (13.64 %)Windows CE
1030 (13.64 %)CodeWarrior
1030 (13.64 %)MS Exchange
1030 (13.64 %)ATL
1030 (13.64 %)Oracle
1030 (13.64 %)Perl
1030 (13.64 %)PHP
1129 (13.18 %)ISEB
1228 (12.73 %)Linux
1327 (12.27 %)AS400
1426 (11.82 %)TCP/IP
1525 (11.36 %)Windows 2000

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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
130 (13.64 %)ATL
216 (7.273 %).NET
37 (3.182 %)HTML
46 (2.727 %)ASP.NET
54 (1.818 %)XML
54 (1.818 %)DCOM
62 (0.909 %)STL
62 (0.909 %)WAP
62 (0.909 %)AJAX
62 (0.909 %)WebSphere
62 (0.909 %)MFC
62 (0.909 %)ASP
Application Platforms
132 (14.55 %)Tomcat
132 (14.55 %)Exchange Server 2003
230 (13.64 %)MS Exchange
318 (8.182 %)Exchange Server 2000
414 (6.364 %)Lotus Notes
55 (2.273 %)IIS
63 (1.364 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.455 %)SharePoint
Applications
132 (14.55 %)MS Office
223 (10.45 %)MS Excel
34 (1.818 %)MS Project
42 (0.909 %)Photoshop
42 (0.909 %)AutoCAD
42 (0.909 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
11 (0.455 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.455 %)Line 500
Communications & Networking
126 (11.82 %)TCP/IP
222 (10.00 %)Firewall
319 (8.636 %)LAN
416 (7.273 %)WAN
514 (6.364 %)DNS
612 (5.455 %)DHCP
711 (5.000 %)SMS
89 (4.091 %)VoIP
98 (3.636 %)WINS
105 (2.273 %)Cisco PIX
114 (1.818 %)VPN
114 (1.818 %)Internet
123 (1.364 %)Broadband
132 (0.909 %)ADSL
132 (0.909 %)RTP
132 (0.909 %)NetScreen
132 (0.909 %)Wireless
132 (0.909 %)SAN
141 (0.455 %)Ethernet
141 (0.455 %)SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
156 (25.45 %)SQL Server
222 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (7.273 %)Oracle 10g
413 (5.909 %)SQL Server 2000
512 (5.455 %)Oracle 9i
610 (4.545 %)SQL Server 7
79 (4.091 %)RDBMS
85 (2.273 %)Datawarehouse
92 (0.909 %)MySQL
101 (0.455 %)DB2
101 (0.455 %)Informix
101 (0.455 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.455 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.455 %)SQLPlus
Development Applications
130 (13.64 %)CodeWarrior
24 (1.818 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (1.818 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.818 %)Rational Rose
32 (0.909 %)Eclipse
General
135 (15.91 %)Finance
210 (4.545 %)Pensions
39 (4.091 %)Health
47 (3.182 %)Telecoms
56 (2.727 %)Back Office
56 (2.727 %)Manufacturing
56 (2.727 %)Banking
64 (1.818 %)Government
64 (1.818 %)Insurance
73 (1.364 %)Multimedia
82 (0.909 %)Education
91 (0.455 %)Retail
91 (0.455 %)Legal
91 (0.455 %)Auditing
Job Titles
153 (24.09 %)Analyst
249 (22.27 %)Developer
334 (15.45 %)C++ Developer
426 (11.82 %)Support Analyst
520 (9.091 %)Symbian Developer
617 (7.727 %)Administrator
617 (7.727 %)Test Analyst
714 (6.364 %)Infrastructure Engineer
813 (5.909 %)Software Engineer
813 (5.909 %)Tester
813 (5.909 %)Technical Analyst
912 (5.455 %)Systems Administrator
912 (5.455 %)Technical Support
1011 (5.000 %)C++ Software Engineer
1011 (5.000 %)Technical Support Analyst
1110 (4.545 %)Software Developer
129 (4.091 %)Helpdesk Analyst
129 (4.091 %)Support Engineer
129 (4.091 %)Java Developer
138 (3.636 %)Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
131 (14.09 %)Smartphone
230 (13.64 %)Pocket PC
327 (12.27 %)AS400
46 (2.727 %)Competitive Intelligence
53 (1.364 %)IPTV
53 (1.364 %)Computer Science
62 (0.909 %)Video Conferencing
62 (0.909 %)Web 2.0
62 (0.909 %)Replication
62 (0.909 %)N-Tier
62 (0.909 %)Blackberry
71 (0.455 %)Mainframe
71 (0.455 %)Management Information System
71 (0.455 %)NHS
Operating Systems
132 (14.55 %)Unix
132 (14.55 %)Windows XP
230 (13.64 %)Windows CE
328 (12.73 %)Linux
425 (11.36 %)Windows 2000
515 (6.818 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (1.364 %)Windows NT
72 (0.909 %)AIX
72 (0.909 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
118 (8.182 %)ITIL
217 (7.727 %)System Testing
217 (7.727 %)Security Cleared
314 (6.364 %)Test Scripting
410 (4.545 %)Software Testing
410 (4.545 %)Change Management
410 (4.545 %)CRM
59 (4.091 %)Benchmarking
66 (2.727 %)Business Continuity
66 (2.727 %)Regression Testing
66 (2.727 %)Disaster Recovery
66 (2.727 %)Automated Testing
75 (2.273 %)Unit Testing
75 (2.273 %)Integration Testing
75 (2.273 %)Information Security
84 (1.818 %)Project Management
84 (1.818 %)UML
84 (1.818 %)OO
84 (1.818 %)Test Management
84 (1.818 %)Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
154 (24.55 %)C++
242 (19.09 %)SQL
335 (15.91 %)C
430 (13.64 %)Perl
430 (13.64 %)PHP
522 (10.00 %)Java
617 (7.727 %)VB
714 (6.364 %)VBScript
812 (5.455 %)Korn
911 (5.000 %)VB6
1010 (4.545 %)C#
115 (2.273 %)JavaScript
124 (1.818 %)VB.NET
132 (0.909 %)VBA
132 (0.909 %)VC++
132 (0.909 %)Shell Script
141 (0.455 %)PL/SQL
Qualifications
146 (20.91 %)Microsoft Certification
240 (18.18 %)MCSE
329 (13.18 %)ISEB
415 (6.818 %)Cisco Certification
415 (6.818 %)CCNA
512 (5.455 %)Degree
65 (2.273 %)MCP
74 (1.818 %)ISTQB
82 (0.909 %)CCNP
82 (0.909 %)PRINCE2 Certification
82 (0.909 %)A+ Certification
91 (0.455 %)MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.273 %)QA
24 (1.818 %)BS7799
31 (0.455 %)SLA
31 (0.455 %)PCI DSS
System Software
159 (26.82 %)Active Directory
24 (1.818 %)Backup Exec
33 (1.364 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.455 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.455 %)ISA Server
41 (0.455 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
12 (0.909 %)MOM
12 (0.909 %)MIIS
12 (0.909 %)WSUS
21 (0.455 %)Oracle Statspack
21 (0.455 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.455 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.455 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
159 (26.82 %)Microsoft
231 (14.09 %)Symbian
231 (14.09 %)Cisco
330 (13.64 %)Oracle
421 (9.545 %)Citrix
514 (6.364 %)Lotus
69 (4.091 %)VMware
77 (3.182 %)IBM
84 (1.818 %)VERITAS
84 (1.818 %)WatchGuard
93 (1.364 %)Dell
93 (1.364 %)HP
93 (1.364 %)Symantec
93 (1.364 %)Sybase
102 (0.909 %)Alcatel
111 (0.455 %)MicroStrategy
111 (0.455 %)Novell
111 (0.455 %)Sophos
111 (0.455 %)Websense
111 (0.455 %)Sage
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