The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheadle region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheadle region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 24 14 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheadle 42.11% 34.15% 31.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 77.42% 100.00% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 10 6
Average salary £35,000 £33,750 £26,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.70% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,450 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,150 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Cheadle
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
31 14 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheadle 54.39% 34.15% 42.11%
Number of salaries quoted 24 10 7
Average salary £43,750 £37,500 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,500 £25,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £39,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Manchester

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheadle Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Cheadle region.

Cheadle Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Cheadle region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheadle Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheadle 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.

1 10 (41.67%) C++
1 10 (41.67%) Visual Studio
1 10 (41.67%) ATL
1 10 (41.67%) N-Tier
1 10 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (33.33%) UNIX
2 8 (33.33%) Linux
2 8 (33.33%) .NET
3 7 (29.17%) C
3 7 (29.17%) C#
3 7 (29.17%) Mac OS X
3 7 (29.17%) Degree
4 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (25.00%) MS Office
4 6 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
5 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET
5 5 (20.83%) jQuery
5 5 (20.83%) Back Office
5 5 (20.83%) MVC
5 5 (20.83%) Finance
5 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
7 3 (12.50%) Automated Testing
7 3 (12.50%) VMware
7 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
7 3 (12.50%) Windows Vista
7 3 (12.50%) ISTQB
7 3 (12.50%) CRM

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheadle 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
1 10 (41.67%) ATL
2 8 (33.33%) .NET
3 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET
3 5 (20.83%) jQuery
3 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (8.333%) XML
4 2 (8.333%) XSL
4 2 (8.333%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.167%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 3 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.333%) IIS
2 2 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (20.83%) Back Office
1 5 (20.83%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Developer
2 10 (41.67%) C++ Developer
3 4 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Software Tester
4 3 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Tester
4 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Deskside Support
6 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Junior Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (4.167%) C++ Software Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Junior .NET Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) N-Tier
1 10 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.167%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) UNIX
1 8 (33.33%) Linux
2 7 (29.17%) Mac OS X
3 6 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 3 (12.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) MVC
2 3 (12.50%) Automated Testing
2 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (12.50%) CRM
3 2 (8.333%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.167%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) C++
2 7 (29.17%) C
2 7 (29.17%) C#
3 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.333%) SQL
4 2 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 3 (12.50%) ISEB
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (4.167%) Cisco
Cheadle, North West
Skills *Microsoft Active Directory (2008 & 2010) *Microsoft Exchange (2010) *Microsoft SharePoint (2010) *Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Desirable not essential) *Computer hardware experience and knowledge. *Windows 7, Vista and XP.
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + Medical Insurance, Pension
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheadle, Cheshire
Skills *Microsoft Active Directory (2008 & 2010) *Microsoft Exchange (2010) *Microsoft SharePoint (2010) *Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Desirable not essential) *Computer hardware experience and knowledge. *Windows 7, Vista and XP.
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + Medical Insurance, Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013