The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chelmsford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Chelmsford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 1 24 14
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 26 10 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 40.63% 6.250% 11.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 29.41% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 25 8 13
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Chelmsford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
26 34 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 40.63% 21.25% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25 32 18
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £41,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Essex

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Chelmsford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Chelmsford Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 21 (51.22%) SQL Server
2 20 (48.78%) Microsoft
3 19 (46.34%) C#
3 19 (46.34%) SQL
3 19 (46.34%) MS Excel
4 16 (39.02%) .NET
5 14 (34.15%) Cisco
6 12 (29.27%) Active Directory
6 12 (29.27%) C++
6 12 (29.27%) C
7 11 (26.83%) TCP/IP
7 11 (26.83%) Lync
8 10 (24.39%) Embedded C
8 10 (24.39%) Embedded C++
8 10 (24.39%) VoIP
8 10 (24.39%) MySQL
8 10 (24.39%) Manufacturing
8 10 (24.39%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (21.95%) Office Communications Server
9 9 (21.95%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (21.95%) Handset
9 9 (21.95%) Firewall
9 9 (21.95%) HTML
9 9 (21.95%) CCNA
9 9 (21.95%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (21.95%) Ethernet
9 9 (21.95%) MCSE
9 9 (21.95%) CheckPoint
9 9 (21.95%) Unified Communications

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 16 (39.02%) .NET
2 9 (21.95%) HTML
3 6 (14.63%) XML
3 6 (14.63%) ADO.NET
3 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET
3 6 (14.63%) CSS
3 6 (14.63%) .NET Framework
4 3 (7.317%) Web Services
5 2 (4.878%) Qt
5 2 (4.878%) MFC
5 2 (4.878%) OpenGL
5 2 (4.878%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 11 (26.83%) Lync
2 9 (21.95%) Office Communications Server
3 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
3 6 (14.63%) MS Exchange
4 3 (7.317%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (2.439%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (46.34%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.317%) MS Office
3 2 (4.878%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.83%) TCP/IP
2 10 (24.39%) VoIP
3 9 (21.95%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (21.95%) Firewall
3 9 (21.95%) Ethernet
3 9 (21.95%) Unified Communications
4 3 (7.317%) WAN
4 3 (7.317%) LAN
4 3 (7.317%) SMS
5 2 (4.878%) ADSL
5 2 (4.878%) SAN
5 2 (4.878%) DHCP
5 2 (4.878%) DNS
6 1 (2.439%) SMTP
6 1 (2.439%) NGN
6 1 (2.439%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (51.22%) SQL Server
2 10 (24.39%) MySQL
2 10 (24.39%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (7.317%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (4.878%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 10 (24.39%) Manufacturing
2 4 (9.756%) Finance
3 1 (2.439%) Banking
3 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Software Developer
1 16 (39.02%) Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Consultant
2 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 3 (7.317%) Analyst
3 3 (7.317%) Genesys Consultant
3 3 (7.317%) Senior Genesys Consultant
3 3 (7.317%) IT Support
3 3 (7.317%) Microsoft Consultant
3 3 (7.317%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (4.878%) Administrator
4 2 (4.878%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (4.878%) Support Analyst
4 2 (4.878%) Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.878%) Service Manager
4 2 (4.878%) Systems Manager
4 2 (4.878%) Business Manager
4 2 (4.878%) C Software Engineer
4 2 (4.878%) Business Systems Manager
4 2 (4.878%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows CE
1 6 (14.63%) Windows Mobile
2 5 (12.20%) Windows 7
3 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (7.317%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.878%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (4.878%) Linux
5 2 (4.878%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.439%) UNIX
6 1 (2.439%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.439%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.51%) OO
2 6 (14.63%) OOP
3 3 (7.317%) Project Management
3 3 (7.317%) WFM
3 3 (7.317%) Quality Management
4 2 (4.878%) Service Delivery
4 2 (4.878%) Multithreading
4 2 (4.878%) ITIL
4 2 (4.878%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.439%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (2.439%) IT Governance
5 1 (2.439%) Operations Management
5 1 (2.439%) System Testing
5 1 (2.439%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.439%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) C#
1 19 (46.34%) SQL
2 12 (29.27%) C++
2 12 (29.27%) C
3 10 (24.39%) Embedded C
3 10 (24.39%) Embedded C++
4 6 (14.63%) Delphi
5 3 (7.317%) Java
5 3 (7.317%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.878%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) CCNA
1 9 (21.95%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (21.95%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.878%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (29.27%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.756%) vSphere
3 3 (7.317%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.439%) DFS Replication
4 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.439%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) ZENworks
1 1 (2.439%) HP SIM
1 1 (2.439%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (48.78%) Microsoft
2 14 (34.15%) Cisco
3 9 (21.95%) CheckPoint
4 5 (12.20%) VMware
5 3 (7.317%) Genesys
5 3 (7.317%) Business Objects
5 3 (7.317%) Verint
6 2 (4.878%) Oracle
7 1 (2.439%) Clearswift
7 1 (2.439%) HP
7 1 (2.439%) Dell