The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 122 131 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 4 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.224% 0.150% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.738% 0.495% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 0
Average salary £57,500 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.05% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
542 606 468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 30.38% 30.27% 27.92%
Number of salaries quoted 432 545 391
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,650 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
North West

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Macclesfield - 3 £57,500 -
Windows 8
North West

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (68.00%) Windows 7
3 13 (52.00%) Finance
4 8 (32.00%) MSI
4 8 (32.00%) Telecoms
4 8 (32.00%) Retail
4 8 (32.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 8 (32.00%) C#
4 8 (32.00%) Java
4 8 (32.00%) .NET
4 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (32.00%) Citrix
4 8 (32.00%) Fujitsu
5 7 (28.00%) C++
6 6 (24.00%) MVC
6 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (20.00%) Qt
7 5 (20.00%) Android
7 5 (20.00%) iPhone
7 5 (20.00%) OpenAL
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Phone 7
7 5 (20.00%) WCF
7 5 (20.00%) WPF
7 5 (20.00%) jQuery
7 5 (20.00%) NFC
7 5 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Phone 8
7 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Phone

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 8 (32.00%) .NET
2 5 (20.00%) Qt
2 5 (20.00%) OpenAL
2 5 (20.00%) WCF
2 5 (20.00%) WPF
2 5 (20.00%) jQuery
2 5 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 5 (20.00%) BREW
2 5 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 5 (20.00%) JSON
2 5 (20.00%) HTML
2 5 (20.00%) Web Services
2 5 (20.00%) OpenGL
2 5 (20.00%) Middleware
2 5 (20.00%) Flash
2 5 (20.00%) J2ME
2 5 (20.00%) SVG
3 2 (8.000%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) NFC
1 5 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (20.00%) DVB
1 5 (20.00%) Bluetooth
1 5 (20.00%) GPRS
1 5 (20.00%) GSM
1 5 (20.00%) UMTS
1 5 (20.00%) VoIP
1 5 (20.00%) WLAN
1 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (20.00%) MySQL
1 5 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MSI
2 5 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (32.00%) Retail
3 5 (20.00%) Back Office
3 5 (20.00%) Electronics
3 5 (20.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (4.000%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Consultant
3 8 (32.00%) Technical Consultant
3 8 (32.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 6 (24.00%) Software Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Senior Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Senior Security Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Architect
6 2 (8.000%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) iPhone
1 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 5 (20.00%) Speech Recognition
1 5 (20.00%) Device Driver
1 5 (20.00%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (68.00%) Windows 7
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (20.00%) Android
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Phone 7
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Phone 8
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Phone
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
4 5 (20.00%) Nucleus RTOS
4 5 (20.00%) Linux
5 3 (12.00%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) MVC
2 5 (20.00%) Web Development
2 5 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (20.00%) OO
2 5 (20.00%) Mobile Commerce
2 5 (20.00%) DRM
2 5 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.000%) Migration
4 1 (4.000%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.000%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) C#
1 8 (32.00%) Java
2 7 (28.00%) C++
3 5 (20.00%) C
3 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (20.00%) SQL
3 5 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) MCSE
3 1 (4.000%) MCTS
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (32.00%) Citrix
1 8 (32.00%) Fujitsu
2 5 (20.00%) Avaya
2 5 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.000%) Altiris
3 1 (4.000%) LANDesk