The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 51 33 48
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 1 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.297% 0.641% 1.190%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.282% 2.128% 8.108%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
Average salary £20,000 £37,000 £15,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.94% +146.66%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
78 47 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 23.15% 30.13% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 35 43 34
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £28,005 £15,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,000 £37,702
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Cheshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Chester Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Chester region.

Chester Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Fat Client
3 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (66.67%) vSphere
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix
3 4 (66.67%) Thin Client
3 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (50.00%) HP
4 3 (50.00%) Dell
4 3 (50.00%) MS Project
4 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (50.00%) AutoCAD
4 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (50.00%) DNS
5 2 (33.33%) Firewall
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (16.67%) XenApp
6 1 (16.67%) VPN
6 1 (16.67%) ITIL
6 1 (16.67%) ADSL

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Project
1 3 (50.00%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) ADSL
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Fat Client
1 4 (66.67%) Thin Client
2 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (66.67%) vSphere
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) XenApp
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) HP
2 3 (50.00%) Dell
Chester, Cheshire
The role will report to a Project Manager on the application compatibility and packaging project for a Windows 7 desktop migration programme... Use of MS-Office suite inclusive...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013