The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 10 5 20
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows 44 39 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 14.38% 23.49% 15.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 62.86% 72.22% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 35 44
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £26,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +23.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,400 £26,400 £16,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,800 £36,200 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
70 54 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 22.88% 32.53% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 31 48 47
Average salary £35,750 £32,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +20.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,980 £23,500 £16,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £34,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Cheshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Chester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Chester Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 31 (43.06%) SQL
2 27 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 27 (37.50%) ITIL
3 20 (27.78%) Linux
4 17 (23.61%) C#
4 17 (23.61%) VMware
5 16 (22.22%) .NET
6 15 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
7 14 (19.44%) Degree
7 14 (19.44%) Finance
7 14 (19.44%) ASP.NET
7 14 (19.44%) SAS
8 13 (18.06%) UNIX
8 13 (18.06%) PHP
8 13 (18.06%) VB.NET
9 12 (16.67%) OO
9 12 (16.67%) Financial Institution
10 11 (15.28%) Project Management
10 11 (15.28%) IBM
11 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
11 10 (13.89%) Active Directory
11 10 (13.89%) Change Control
12 9 (12.50%) Capacity Management
12 9 (12.50%) HP
12 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (12.50%) Risk Management
13 8 (11.11%) VMware ESX
13 8 (11.11%) Web Services
13 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
14 7 (9.722%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 16 (22.22%) .NET
2 14 (19.44%) ASP.NET
3 8 (11.11%) Web Services
4 6 (8.333%) CSS
4 6 (8.333%) HTML
5 4 (5.556%) ISPF
6 2 (2.778%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.778%) WCF
6 2 (2.778%) jQuery
6 2 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.778%) HTML5
6 2 (2.778%) CSS3
6 2 (2.778%) Ajax
7 1 (1.389%) ODBC
7 1 (1.389%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 14 (19.44%) SAS
2 6 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.333%) MS Exchange
3 4 (5.556%) CICS
3 4 (5.556%) MQSeries
4 2 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.778%) IIS
5 1 (1.389%) Apache
5 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.389%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (9.722%) MS Office
2 4 (5.556%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.389%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.389%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.556%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.722%) SAN
2 5 (6.944%) HTTP
2 5 (6.944%) Firewall
2 5 (6.944%) NAS
3 4 (5.556%) Internet
4 3 (4.167%) DNS
5 2 (2.778%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.778%) VPN
5 2 (2.778%) LAN
6 1 (1.389%) VoIP
6 1 (1.389%) WAN
6 1 (1.389%) DHCP
6 1 (1.389%) ADSL
6 1 (1.389%) ATM
6 1 (1.389%) Broadband
6 1 (1.389%) ISDN
6 1 (1.389%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.389%) VLAN
6 1 (1.389%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (9.722%) RDBMS
2 7 (9.722%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (6.944%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (6.944%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (5.556%) Base SAS
5 4 (5.556%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (5.556%) DB2
6 3 (4.167%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (2.778%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (2.778%) Oracle 9i
7 2 (2.778%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (2.778%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (2.778%) MySQL
8 1 (1.389%) Data Mart
8 1 (1.389%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (19.44%) Finance
2 12 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 6 (8.333%) Banking
3 6 (8.333%) Retail
4 5 (6.944%) Investment Banking
4 5 (6.944%) Retail Banking
4 5 (6.944%) Private Banking
4 5 (6.944%) Electronics
5 3 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.778%) Advertising
6 2 (2.778%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (29.17%) Administrator
2 15 (20.83%) Developer
2 15 (20.83%) Systems Administrator
3 9 (12.50%) Analyst
3 9 (12.50%) SAS Administrator
4 7 (9.722%) Software Developer
5 6 (8.333%) Delphi Developer
5 6 (8.333%) Windows Administrator
6 5 (6.944%) SQL Developer
6 5 (6.944%) SQL DBA
6 5 (6.944%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.944%) DBA
7 4 (5.556%) Consultant
7 4 (5.556%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.556%) Automation Specialist
7 4 (5.556%) Mainframe Consultant
7 4 (5.556%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.167%) UNIX Administrator
8 3 (4.167%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.722%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.944%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (6.944%) Mainframe
2 5 (6.944%) Online Banking
3 4 (5.556%) LPAR
4 3 (4.167%) Replication
5 2 (2.778%) Clustering
5 2 (2.778%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.778%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.778%) FMCG
5 2 (2.778%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.389%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.389%) iPhone
6 1 (1.389%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.389%) EqualLogic
6 1 (1.389%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.78%) Linux
2 15 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (18.06%) UNIX
4 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (5.556%) zOS
5 4 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (5.556%) MVS
5 4 (5.556%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.167%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (4.167%) AIX
7 2 (2.778%) Solaris
7 2 (2.778%) Windows XP
7 2 (2.778%) Windows CE
7 2 (2.778%) CentOS
7 2 (2.778%) Fedora
8 1 (1.389%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.389%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.389%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (37.50%) ITIL
2 12 (16.67%) OO
3 11 (15.28%) Project Management
4 10 (13.89%) Change Control
5 9 (12.50%) Capacity Management
5 9 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 7 (9.722%) RAD
7 6 (8.333%) E-Commerce
7 6 (8.333%) Asset Management
8 5 (6.944%) Software Engineering
8 5 (6.944%) Supplier Management
8 5 (6.944%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (6.944%) Migration
8 5 (6.944%) Wealth Management
8 5 (6.944%) Web Testing
8 5 (6.944%) Investment Management
9 4 (5.556%) Network Management
9 4 (5.556%) Configuration Management
9 4 (5.556%) Change Management
10 3 (4.167%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 31 (43.06%) SQL
2 17 (23.61%) C#
3 13 (18.06%) PHP
3 13 (18.06%) VB.NET
4 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
5 7 (9.722%) Delphi
6 6 (8.333%) JavaScript
7 5 (6.944%) C++
7 5 (6.944%) Shell Script
8 4 (5.556%) JCL
8 4 (5.556%) VBA
8 4 (5.556%) VBScript
9 2 (2.778%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.389%) VB
10 1 (1.389%) Perl
10 1 (1.389%) Bash shell
10 1 (1.389%) Korn
10 1 (1.389%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 14 (19.44%) Degree
2 7 (9.722%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.333%) MCSA
3 6 (8.333%) MCTS
3 6 (8.333%) MCITP
4 1 (1.389%) HND
4 1 (1.389%) CCNA
4 1 (1.389%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.389%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.389%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 10 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.11%) VMware ESX
3 7 (9.722%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.556%) vSphere
5 3 (4.167%) XenApp
6 2 (2.778%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (2.778%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (1.389%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 4 (5.556%) Tivoli
1 4 (5.556%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 4 (5.556%) OMEGAMON
2 2 (2.778%) SCCM
2 2 (2.778%) Legato
3 1 (1.389%) SCOM
3 1 (1.389%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.389%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (23.61%) VMware
2 11 (15.28%) IBM
3 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
4 9 (12.50%) HP
5 7 (9.722%) EMC
6 6 (8.333%) Citrix
7 4 (5.556%) Red Hat
7 4 (5.556%) Twitter
8 3 (4.167%) Oracle
9 2 (2.778%) Sun
9 2 (2.778%) Dell
9 2 (2.778%) Symantec
9 2 (2.778%) Teradata
9 2 (2.778%) Alterian
9 2 (2.778%) Unica
10 1 (1.389%) NetApp
10 1 (1.389%) Cisco
Chester, North West
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Salary: £35000.00 per annum
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Salary: £15.00 - £17.00 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Chester, North West
The SQL / BI Developer must have good experience with SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS... The ideal candidate will be a combination of BI developer, ETL developer, and data analyst.
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + flexible benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
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Salary: Negotiable + Package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
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Salary: £22,000 per annum £22k basic plus benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Chester, North West
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Salary: £1 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Lorien Resourcing
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