The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 13 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 30 86 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 14.15% 21.50% 21.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 62.50% 56.21% 65.85%
Number of salaries quoted 28 57 44
Average salary £43,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.50% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,850 £28,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £54,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
48 153 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 22.64% 38.25% 32.67%
Number of salaries quoted 45 104 67
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% +15.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,000 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Gloucestershire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheltenham Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 48 (64.86%) C#
2 47 (63.51%) .NET
3 44 (59.46%) C++
4 34 (45.95%) Linux
5 30 (40.54%) Ethernet
5 30 (40.54%) Microsoft
5 30 (40.54%) C
6 29 (39.19%) Aerospace
7 28 (37.84%) Military
7 28 (37.84%) SQL
8 25 (33.78%) SQL Server
9 24 (32.43%) Embedded C
10 23 (31.08%) VxWorks
10 23 (31.08%) CAN bus
11 15 (20.27%) OO
12 14 (18.92%) PL/SQL
12 14 (18.92%) T-SQL
13 13 (17.57%) Oracle
13 13 (17.57%) MFC
13 13 (17.57%) ASP.NET
13 13 (17.57%) XML
13 13 (17.57%) Windows Server 2008
14 12 (16.22%) Visual Studio
15 11 (14.86%) Finance
15 11 (14.86%) VC++
15 11 (14.86%) SQL Server 2008
16 10 (13.51%) Unit Testing
16 10 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (13.51%) Logistics
16 10 (13.51%) Banking

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 47 (63.51%) .NET
2 13 (17.57%) MFC
2 13 (17.57%) ASP.NET
2 13 (17.57%) XML
3 9 (12.16%) CSS
3 9 (12.16%) HTML
4 6 (8.108%) WCF
5 5 (6.757%) ASP.NET 2.0
6 4 (5.405%) .NET Framework
6 4 (5.405%) Sphinx
6 4 (5.405%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 2 (2.703%) XSLT
7 2 (2.703%) COM
8 1 (1.351%) LAMP
8 1 (1.351%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.757%) IIS
1 5 (6.757%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.405%) MS Exchange
3 3 (4.054%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.703%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (8.108%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.405%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 30 (40.54%) Ethernet
2 7 (9.459%) FTP
3 5 (6.757%) SMTP
3 5 (6.757%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.405%) Firewall
5 3 (4.054%) LAN
5 3 (4.054%) WAN
5 3 (4.054%) DNS
5 3 (4.054%) DHCP
6 2 (2.703%) HTTP
6 2 (2.703%) VPN
6 2 (2.703%) Broadband
7 1 (1.351%) VLAN
7 1 (1.351%) Wireless
7 1 (1.351%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (33.78%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.054%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.703%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.703%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.351%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) Visual Studio
2 6 (8.108%) Subversion
2 6 (8.108%) Hudson
3 3 (4.054%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.703%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (1.351%) WiX
5 1 (1.351%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.351%) Rational Functional Tester
5 1 (1.351%) PVCS
5 1 (1.351%) TestDirector
5 1 (1.351%) LoadRunner
General
1 29 (39.19%) Aerospace
2 28 (37.84%) Military
3 11 (14.86%) Finance
4 10 (13.51%) Banking
5 5 (6.757%) Marketing
5 5 (6.757%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.405%) Advertising
7 2 (2.703%) Back Office
8 1 (1.351%) Automotive
8 1 (1.351%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 32 (43.24%) Software Engineer
2 27 (36.49%) Developer
3 22 (29.73%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 22 (29.73%) Real Time Engineer
4 12 (16.22%) Software Developer
4 12 (16.22%) C++ Developer
4 12 (16.22%) C++ Software Developer
5 8 (10.81%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (9.459%) .NET Developer
6 7 (9.459%) Database Developer
7 5 (6.757%) Applications Developer
8 4 (5.405%) Support Engineer
8 4 (5.405%) Analyst
8 4 (5.405%) ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (5.405%) C# Developer
8 4 (5.405%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (5.405%) CRM Developer
8 4 (5.405%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (2.703%) Test Analyst
9 2 (2.703%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.08%) CAN bus
2 6 (8.108%) Open Source
2 6 (8.108%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (6.757%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.405%) PMI
5 2 (2.703%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.351%) CMDB
6 1 (1.351%) PDA
6 1 (1.351%) CCTV
6 1 (1.351%) EPoS
6 1 (1.351%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.351%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 34 (45.95%) Linux
2 23 (31.08%) VxWorks
3 13 (17.57%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (6.757%) Windows XP
5 3 (4.054%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (4.054%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.703%) UNIX
6 2 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.351%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.27%) OO
2 10 (13.51%) Unit Testing
2 10 (13.51%) Logistics
3 8 (10.81%) Software Engineering
4 7 (9.459%) TDD
5 6 (8.108%) CRM
6 5 (6.757%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (5.405%) MVC
7 4 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (5.405%) Scrum
7 4 (5.405%) Web Development
7 4 (5.405%) Kanban
7 4 (5.405%) Dependency Injection
8 3 (4.054%) Test Scripting
8 3 (4.054%) UML
9 2 (2.703%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (2.703%) ITIL
9 2 (2.703%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (2.703%) SysML
9 2 (2.703%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (64.86%) C#
2 44 (59.46%) C++
3 30 (40.54%) C
4 28 (37.84%) SQL
5 24 (32.43%) Embedded C
6 14 (18.92%) PL/SQL
6 14 (18.92%) T-SQL
7 11 (14.86%) VC++
8 9 (12.16%) JavaScript
9 6 (8.108%) VB
10 5 (6.757%) XPath
10 5 (6.757%) Java
10 5 (6.757%) XQuery
11 1 (1.351%) Ada
11 1 (1.351%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 7 (9.459%) Degree
1 7 (9.459%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.108%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.405%) PMI Certification
3 4 (5.405%) MCAD
3 4 (5.405%) MCITP
4 3 (4.054%) MCSD
4 3 (4.054%) MCSE
5 2 (2.703%) ISEB
5 2 (2.703%) CCA
5 2 (2.703%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.703%) MCDST
6 1 (1.351%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.351%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.351%) MCSA
6 1 (1.351%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.351%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.054%) DO-178B
2 2 (2.703%) TickIT
2 2 (2.703%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (6.757%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.405%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.054%) Terminal Services
4 2 (2.703%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.351%) XenApp
5 1 (1.351%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.351%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.351%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (1.351%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.351%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (6.757%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.351%) Sysprep
2 1 (1.351%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) Oracle
3 8 (10.81%) VMware
4 6 (8.108%) Citrix
4 6 (8.108%) Borland
5 3 (4.054%) Cisco
6 2 (2.703%) Symantec
6 2 (2.703%) AppSense
7 1 (1.351%) Aruba
7 1 (1.351%) Altiris
7 1 (1.351%) Websense
7 1 (1.351%) Intel
7 1 (1.351%) Adobe
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The candidate will be skilled in delivering and supporting Windows Server, Citrix XenApp or VMware solutions and associated applications.(Exchange, Active Directory)This is an excellent opportunity for...
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Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum + Inc Pension, Health etc
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