The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista 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 Vista over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 111 118 103
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Vista 9 6 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.503% 0.311% 0.785%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.661% 1.019% 2.725%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 12
Average salary £17,000 £27,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.18% -18.51%
UK excluding London average salary £27,150 £30,000 £26,125
% change year-on-year
-9.50% +14.83%
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
542 589 477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 30.30% 30.57% 28.79%
Number of salaries quoted 431 527 396
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 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Vista
North West

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Windows Vista Salary Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire Windows Vista Salary Histogram

Windows Vista
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warrington +14 2 - -
Lymm - 1 £30,000 -
Windows Vista
North West

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (89.47%) Windows XP
3 16 (84.21%) MS Exchange
4 15 (78.95%) Windows 7
5 10 (52.63%) MS Office
5 10 (52.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (47.37%) MCSE
6 9 (47.37%) CCNA
6 9 (47.37%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (47.37%) MCITP
7 8 (42.11%) SharePoint 2010
7 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
8 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
8 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
8 7 (36.84%) Citrix
8 7 (36.84%) VMware
8 7 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
9 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (21.05%) ITIL
10 4 (21.05%) Blackberry
11 3 (15.79%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2003
11 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (10.53%) iPhone
12 2 (10.53%) Apple
12 2 (10.53%) Cisco

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 16 (84.21%) MS Exchange
2 9 (47.37%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
3 8 (42.11%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (15.79%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (52.63%) MS Office
2 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) WAN
2 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.263%) VPN
2 1 (5.263%) Internet
2 1 (5.263%) Firewall
2 1 (5.263%) LAN
2 1 (5.263%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Support Technician
2 4 (21.05%) Support Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Desktop Support
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (21.05%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support
3 2 (10.53%) Help Desk Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (10.53%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Blackberry
2 2 (10.53%) iPhone
3 1 (5.263%) Thin Client
3 1 (5.263%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.263%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (89.47%) Windows XP
3 15 (78.95%) Windows 7
4 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (10.53%) Linux
6 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000
6 1 (5.263%) UNIX
6 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (5.263%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
2 1 (5.263%) PRINCE
2 1 (5.263%) Project Management
2 1 (5.263%) Service Management
2 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
2 1 (5.263%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
2 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (5.263%) Software Deployment
2 1 (5.263%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) VBScript
1 1 (5.263%) VB
1 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (47.37%) MCSE
2 9 (47.37%) CCNA
2 9 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (47.37%) MCITP
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.263%) MCTS
4 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (5.263%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) ISO 9000
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
1 7 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.263%) XenApp
2 1 (5.263%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (5.263%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
1 1 (5.263%) WSUS
1 1 (5.263%) SCCM
1 1 (5.263%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
1 7 (36.84%) Citrix
1 7 (36.84%) VMware
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco
2 2 (10.53%) McAfee
2 2 (10.53%) Apple
2 2 (10.53%) HP
3 1 (5.263%) Symantec
3 1 (5.263%) Sophos