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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank48
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads682541
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.334 %0.232 %
As % of the category below70.53 %57.86 %
Salaries quoted615504
Average minimum salary£29,755£27,700
Average salary£32,187£30,076
% change on same period last year+7.01 %
Average maximum salary£34,620£32,453
UK excluding London average salary£32,401£32,753
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Operating Systems CheshireOperating Systems
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads967935
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.473 %0.402 %
Salaries quoted889853
Average minimum salary£31,298£29,917
Average salary£34,049£32,699
% change on same period last year+4.12 %
Average maximum salary£36,799£35,482
UK excluding London average salary£34,684£34,941
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Windows North WestWindows
North West

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cheshire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

Cheshire Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1WarringtonUp+3183£29,389+2.29 %
2ChesterNo change094£26,769+0.86 %
3KnutsfordNo change047£33,089-8.08 %
4RuncornUp+1139£33,566+4.07 %
5WinsfordNew entry-32£21,935-
6CreweDown-322£31,125+17.47 %
7NorthwichNew entry-8£26,442-
8Ellesmere PortNew entry-7£21,250-
9MacclesfieldUp+13£24,333+19.28 %
9NantwichDown-23£41,667+44.30 %
9DaresburyNew entry-3£40,000-
10WilmslowUp+12£37,500+23.62 %
10MiddlewichNew entry-2£16,783-
11LymmNew entry-1£24,000-
Windows North WestWindows
North West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1342 (26.74 %)Microsoft
2335 (26.19 %)SQL
3278 (21.74 %)SQL Server
4256 (20.02 %)Windows 2000
5252 (19.70 %)Unix
6241 (18.84 %)Citrix
7228 (17.83 %)MS Excel
8221 (17.28 %)Active Directory
9180 (14.07 %)C#
10178 (13.92 %)Finance
11170 (13.29 %)MS Exchange
12158 (12.35 %)C++
13157 (12.28 %)TCP/IP
14154 (12.04 %)Pensions
15146 (11.42 %)Microsoft Certification
16143 (11.18 %).NET
16143 (11.18 %)MS Office
17138 (10.79 %)Banking
18136 (10.63 %)Windows XP
19119 (9.304 %)Mainframe
20117 (9.148 %)SAN
21114 (8.913 %)ITIL
21114 (8.913 %)Health
22110 (8.600 %)Windows NT
23109 (8.522 %)MCSE
23109 (8.522 %)IIS
24108 (8.444 %)Exchange Server 2003
25105 (8.210 %)Oracle
26101 (7.897 %)VMware
2798 (7.662 %)Windows Server 2003

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1143 (11.18 %).NET
284 (6.568 %)XML
372 (5.629 %)HTML
461 (4.769 %)Middleware
554 (4.222 %)MFC
651 (3.987 %)ASP.NET
750 (3.909 %)XSLT
845 (3.518 %)WinForms
931 (2.424 %)DCOM
1027 (2.111 %)WebServices
1126 (2.033 %)AJAX
1225 (1.955 %)CSS
1320 (1.564 %)J2EE
1415 (1.173 %)ActiveX
1415 (1.173 %)XHTML
1511 (0.860 %).NET Framework
1511 (0.860 %)ASP
1610 (0.782 %)BREW
179 (0.704 %)WAP
187 (0.547 %)COM
Application Platforms
1170 (13.29 %)MS Exchange
2109 (8.522 %)IIS
3108 (8.444 %)Exchange Server 2003
481 (6.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
562 (4.848 %)Lotus Notes
619 (1.486 %)Exchange Server 2007
717 (1.329 %)Exchange Server 5.5
811 (0.860 %)Apache
910 (0.782 %)JBoss
108 (0.625 %)SAS
117 (0.547 %)Oracle Application Server
125 (0.391 %)WebSphere Application Server
125 (0.391 %)Tomcat
125 (0.391 %)SharePoint
134 (0.313 %)Lotus Domino
134 (0.313 %)NetWeaver
134 (0.313 %)SharePoint Portal Server
143 (0.235 %)Oracle 10gAS
143 (0.235 %)ColdFusion
152 (0.156 %)Oracle 9iAS
Applications
1228 (17.83 %)MS Excel
2143 (11.18 %)MS Office
38 (0.625 %)Adobe Illustrator
38 (0.625 %)Photoshop
38 (0.625 %)MS Project
47 (0.547 %)Fireworks
52 (0.156 %)Acrobat
52 (0.156 %)QuarkXPress
52 (0.156 %)MS Visio
61 (0.078 %)SPSS
61 (0.078 %)SmartSuite
61 (0.078 %)MATLAB
61 (0.078 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
111 (0.860 %)Oracle 11i
111 (0.860 %)Oracle EBS
111 (0.860 %)Oracle Applications
27 (0.547 %)Remedy ITSM
36 (0.469 %)Line 500
42 (0.156 %)MAXIMO
42 (0.156 %)SoftGrid
51 (0.078 %)SalesLogix
51 (0.078 %)SageBI
Communications & Networking
1157 (12.28 %)TCP/IP
2117 (9.148 %)SAN
397 (7.584 %)Firewall
493 (7.271 %)LAN
585 (6.646 %)WAN
679 (6.177 %)Internet
773 (5.708 %)DNS
865 (5.082 %)VPN
956 (4.378 %)Wireless
1054 (4.222 %)Broadband
1142 (3.284 %)ADSL
1228 (2.189 %)DHCP
1324 (1.876 %)WINS
1423 (1.798 %)HTTP
1521 (1.642 %)VoIP
1620 (1.564 %)3G
1716 (1.251 %)Intranet
1815 (1.173 %)SMS
1914 (1.095 %)GPRS
1914 (1.095 %)GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1278 (21.74 %)SQL Server
293 (7.271 %)SQL Server 2000
349 (3.831 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (1.486 %)Oracle 10g
518 (1.407 %)Oracle 9i
615 (1.173 %)SQL Server 7
710 (0.782 %)MySQL
710 (0.782 %)Crystal Reports
89 (0.704 %)DTS
97 (0.547 %)MS Access
97 (0.547 %)RDBMS
106 (0.469 %)Oracle Reports
114 (0.313 %)Oracle 8/8i
123 (0.235 %)DB2
123 (0.235 %)ETL
131 (0.078 %)Oracle Discoverer
131 (0.078 %)Datawarehouse
131 (0.078 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
131 (0.078 %)SQL Anywhere
Development Applications
119 (1.486 %)Visual Studio
217 (1.329 %)LoadRunner
311 (0.860 %)Dreamweaver
311 (0.860 %)TestDirector
410 (0.782 %)Flash
59 (0.704 %)Rational Rose
59 (0.704 %)WinRunner
68 (0.625 %)QuickTest Pro
77 (0.547 %)Oracle Forms
85 (0.391 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91 (0.078 %)Rational Robot
91 (0.078 %)Bugzilla
91 (0.078 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.078 %)Subversion
General
1178 (13.92 %)Finance
2154 (12.04 %)Pensions
3138 (10.79 %)Banking
4114 (8.913 %)Health
568 (5.317 %)Telecoms
621 (1.642 %)Education
714 (1.095 %)Retail
812 (0.938 %)Insurance
910 (0.782 %)Marketing
109 (0.704 %)Auditing
109 (0.704 %)Legal
117 (0.547 %)Graphic Design
125 (0.391 %)Manufacturing
125 (0.391 %)Financial Institution
134 (0.313 %)Pharmaceutical
134 (0.313 %)Government
134 (0.313 %)Games
143 (0.235 %)Construction
143 (0.235 %)Advertising
143 (0.235 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1213 (16.65 %)Analyst
2158 (12.35 %)Developer
3109 (8.522 %)Support Analyst
498 (7.662 %)Tester
593 (7.271 %)Technical Support
676 (5.942 %)Software Developer
772 (5.629 %)Project Manager
867 (5.238 %)Software Tester
966 (5.160 %)C# Developer
1065 (5.082 %)Software Engineer
1164 (5.004 %)Support Engineer
1262 (4.848 %)3rd Line Support
1359 (4.613 %)Architect
1450 (3.909 %)Consultant
1450 (3.909 %)Team Leader
1547 (3.675 %)Server Support
1646 (3.597 %)Administrator
1741 (3.206 %)Test Analyst
1838 (2.971 %)DBA
1838 (2.971 %)2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1119 (9.304 %)Mainframe
250 (3.909 %)Clustering
331 (2.424 %)Client/Server
420 (1.564 %)Blackberry
420 (1.564 %)Tandem
519 (1.486 %)Device Driver
616 (1.251 %)IBM Mainframe
713 (1.016 %)Computer Science
713 (1.016 %)IVR
88 (0.625 %)Mathematics
88 (0.625 %)Pocket PC
97 (0.547 %)German Language
106 (0.469 %)Multithreading
106 (0.469 %)PKI
106 (0.469 %)EPoS
115 (0.391 %)Management Information System
115 (0.391 %)SecurID
115 (0.391 %)Statistics
124 (0.313 %)PDA
124 (0.313 %)Replication
Operating Systems
1256 (20.02 %)Windows 2000
2252 (19.70 %)Unix
3136 (10.63 %)Windows XP
4110 (8.600 %)Windows NT
598 (7.662 %)Windows Server 2003
663 (4.926 %)Linux
745 (3.518 %)Windows Mobile
823 (1.798 %)Solaris
823 (1.798 %)AIX
95 (0.391 %)Symbian OS
95 (0.391 %)Windows CE
104 (0.313 %)HPUX
113 (0.235 %)Debian
121 (0.078 %)Windows XP Embedded
121 (0.078 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.078 %)VMS
121 (0.078 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1114 (8.913 %)ITIL
291 (7.115 %)PRINCE2
388 (6.880 %)OO
474 (5.786 %)Stakeholder Management
565 (5.082 %)Software Testing
565 (5.082 %)Matrix Management
645 (3.518 %)Automated Testing
744 (3.440 %)UML
836 (2.815 %)Performance Testing
935 (2.737 %)Service Delivery
1033 (2.580 %)Project Management
1131 (2.424 %)E-Commerce
1229 (2.267 %)OOD
1326 (2.033 %)Service Management
1423 (1.798 %)ERP
1520 (1.564 %)Disaster Recovery
1619 (1.486 %)Test Scripting
1717 (1.329 %)OOA/OOD
1816 (1.251 %)Web Development
1915 (1.173 %)Change Management
Programming Languages
1335 (26.19 %)SQL
2180 (14.07 %)C#
3158 (12.35 %)C++
482 (6.411 %)VB
572 (5.629 %)C
657 (4.457 %)Perl
750 (3.909 %)Transact-SQL
849 (3.831 %)JavaScript
947 (3.675 %)VB.NET
1032 (2.502 %)VBScript
1131 (2.424 %)Java
1131 (2.424 %)VC++
1219 (1.486 %)PL/SQL
1317 (1.329 %)DHTML
1410 (0.782 %)PHP
155 (0.391 %)Delphi
155 (0.391 %)Python
155 (0.391 %)Shell Script
164 (0.313 %)Pascal
173 (0.235 %)VB6
Qualifications
1146 (11.42 %)Microsoft Certification
2109 (8.522 %)MCSE
374 (5.786 %)Degree
472 (5.629 %)MCP
565 (5.082 %)PMP
565 (5.082 %)PMI Certification
649 (3.831 %)MCSA
732 (2.502 %)ISEB
732 (2.502 %)HND
820 (1.564 %)MCDST
913 (1.016 %)ITIL Certification
1012 (0.938 %)Citrix Certification
119 (0.704 %)Cisco Certification
128 (0.625 %)PRINCE2 Certification
137 (0.547 %)CCA
146 (0.469 %)A+ Certification
155 (0.391 %)CCEA
164 (0.313 %)Postgraduate
164 (0.313 %)CCNP
164 (0.313 %)CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
195 (7.428 %)SLA
249 (3.831 %)QA
33 (0.235 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.078 %)ISO27001
41 (0.078 %)BS7799
41 (0.078 %)ISO17799
41 (0.078 %)ISO9000
System Software
1221 (17.28 %)Active Directory
261 (4.769 %)ISA Server
360 (4.691 %)Terminal Server
446 (3.597 %)NetBackup
514 (1.095 %)Terminal Services
611 (0.860 %)MetaFrame
710 (0.782 %)Oracle RAC
89 (0.704 %)Oracle RMAN
95 (0.391 %)VMware ESX
104 (0.313 %)Backup Exec
104 (0.313 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
160 (4.691 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
230 (2.346 %)OpenView Configuration Management
322 (1.720 %)MOM
418 (1.407 %)Tivoli
512 (0.938 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
512 (0.938 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
69 (0.704 %)OpenView
73 (0.235 %)Tivoli Monitoring
73 (0.235 %)BMC PATROL
73 (0.235 %)BMC Marimba
81 (0.078 %)Norton AntiVirus
81 (0.078 %)OMEGAMON
81 (0.078 %)Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1342 (26.74 %)Microsoft
2241 (18.84 %)Citrix
3105 (8.210 %)Oracle
4101 (7.897 %)VMware
576 (5.942 %)Cisco
662 (4.848 %)Lotus
750 (3.909 %)HP
843 (3.362 %)VERITAS
937 (2.893 %)Symbian
1029 (2.267 %)IBM
1122 (1.720 %)CheckPoint
1217 (1.329 %)Sage
1316 (1.251 %)Remedy
1414 (1.095 %)Juniper
1414 (1.095 %)WatchGuard
1513 (1.016 %)Dell
1611 (0.860 %)Novell
1710 (0.782 %)Adobe
1710 (0.782 %)Sun
189 (0.704 %)Red Hat
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