The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 128 146 186
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +40
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 228 197 153
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.955% 1.508% 0.992%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.557% 6.021% 4.076%
Number of salaries quoted 178 189 138
Average salary £44,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,700 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £57,500 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3017 3272 3754
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 25.86% 25.04% 24.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2684 3038 3328
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £29,100 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
London

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 473 (100.00%) Windows
2 247 (52.22%) Active Directory
3 238 (50.32%) Microsoft
4 191 (40.38%) Windows XP
5 170 (35.94%) Windows Server 2008
6 155 (32.77%) MS Office
7 132 (27.91%) MS Excel
8 128 (27.06%) Citrix
9 122 (25.79%) Finance
10 113 (23.89%) Windows Server 2003
11 107 (22.62%) VMware
12 100 (21.14%) MS Exchange
13 85 (17.97%) ITIL
14 80 (16.91%) Blackberry
15 77 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
16 75 (15.86%) SQL Server
17 72 (15.22%) SCCM
18 70 (14.80%) Microsoft Certification
19 62 (13.11%) Law
20 58 (12.26%) Degree
20 58 (12.26%) Microsoft App-V
20 58 (12.26%) Exchange Server 2010
21 57 (12.05%) Application Packaging
22 53 (11.21%) MSI
22 53 (11.21%) DNS
23 50 (10.57%) SharePoint
23 50 (10.57%) Banking
24 47 (9.937%) TCP/IP
24 47 (9.937%) Cisco
25 46 (9.725%) DHCP

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 57 (12.05%) Application Packaging
2 31 (6.554%) .NET
3 26 (5.497%) WSH
4 13 (2.748%) COM
5 11 (2.326%) WCF
6 10 (2.114%) WPF
6 10 (2.114%) Software Packaging
6 10 (2.114%) ASP.NET
7 9 (1.903%) REST
8 7 (1.480%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.057%) WF
9 5 (1.057%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.846%) Hibernate
10 4 (0.846%) XML
10 4 (0.846%) J2EE
11 3 (0.634%) ODBC
12 2 (0.423%) Spring
12 2 (0.423%) DAO
12 2 (0.423%) OLE
12 2 (0.423%) OLE DB
Application Platforms
1 100 (21.14%) MS Exchange
2 58 (12.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 50 (10.57%) SharePoint
4 43 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 28 (5.920%) IIS
5 28 (5.920%) Exchange Server 2003
6 23 (4.863%) Exchange Server 2007
7 19 (4.017%) Lotus Notes
8 16 (3.383%) Lync
9 9 (1.903%) Apache
10 7 (1.480%) WorkSite
11 5 (1.057%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.634%) WebSphere Application Server
12 3 (0.634%) CMS
12 3 (0.634%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 3 (0.634%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (0.634%) nginx
12 3 (0.634%) Amazon AWS
13 2 (0.423%) Windows Azure
13 2 (0.423%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 155 (32.77%) MS Office
2 132 (27.91%) MS Excel
3 12 (2.537%) MS PowerPoint
3 12 (2.537%) MS Project
4 9 (1.903%) Office 365
5 6 (1.268%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.634%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.211%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.211%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.211%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.211%) Maya
7 1 (0.211%) PaintShop Pro
7 1 (0.211%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.211%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.211%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 5 (1.057%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.634%) Maximo
3 2 (0.423%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.423%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.423%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.211%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.211%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.211%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.211%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.211%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 53 (11.21%) DNS
2 47 (9.937%) TCP/IP
3 46 (9.725%) DHCP
4 36 (7.611%) VPN
5 34 (7.188%) Firewall
5 34 (7.188%) LAN
6 32 (6.765%) SAN
7 20 (4.228%) PBX
8 18 (3.805%) WAN
9 15 (3.171%) DMZ
10 14 (2.960%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (2.960%) Unified Communications
11 12 (2.537%) Cisco PIX
11 12 (2.537%) Cisco IOS
12 9 (1.903%) VoIP
12 9 (1.903%) Wireless
13 8 (1.691%) Internet
14 6 (1.268%) NAS
14 6 (1.268%) Network Security
14 6 (1.268%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (15.86%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.440%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (3.383%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (2.326%) MySQL
5 8 (1.691%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.268%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (1.057%) InterSystems Cache
7 5 (1.057%) SSDT
8 4 (0.846%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (0.634%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (0.634%) MS Access
9 3 (0.634%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (0.423%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (0.423%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.211%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.211%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 53 (11.21%) MSI
2 26 (5.497%) Wise Package Studio
3 15 (3.171%) InstallShield
4 9 (1.903%) Git (software)
5 8 (1.691%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (1.480%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.268%) NUnit
8 5 (1.057%) WiX
9 3 (0.634%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.423%) JIRA
11 1 (0.211%) Dreamweaver
11 1 (0.211%) ReSharper
11 1 (0.211%) Selenium
11 1 (0.211%) FitNesse
11 1 (0.211%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.211%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.211%) SpecFlow
General
1 122 (25.79%) Finance
2 62 (13.11%) Law
3 50 (10.57%) Banking
4 41 (8.668%) Legal
5 26 (5.497%) Investment Banking
6 20 (4.228%) Front Office
7 17 (3.594%) Retail
8 15 (3.171%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.326%) Advertising
10 10 (2.114%) Marketing
11 7 (1.480%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.423%) Publishing
12 2 (0.423%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.211%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.211%) Games
13 1 (0.211%) Back Office
13 1 (0.211%) German Language
13 1 (0.211%) Billing
Job Titles
1 142 (30.02%) Analyst
2 79 (16.70%) Support Analyst
3 73 (15.43%) Desktop Support
4 52 (10.99%) Administrator
5 43 (9.091%) Support Engineer
6 37 (7.822%) Desktop Analyst
7 36 (7.611%) Applications Packager
8 32 (6.765%) Service Analyst
8 32 (6.765%) Systems Administrator
8 32 (6.765%) Service Desk Analyst
9 31 (6.554%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 28 (5.920%) Desktop Engineer
11 21 (4.440%) 2nd Line Support
11 21 (4.440%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 19 (4.017%) Windows Administrator
13 18 (3.805%) IT Support
14 17 (3.594%) Consultant
15 16 (3.383%) Help Desk Analyst
16 15 (3.171%) Team Leader
17 14 (2.960%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 80 (16.91%) Blackberry
2 18 (3.805%) Computer Science
3 17 (3.594%) Client/Server
4 14 (2.960%) Hedge funds
5 10 (2.114%) Mathematics
6 9 (1.903%) iPhone
7 8 (1.691%) iPad
7 8 (1.691%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.480%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.057%) PMI
9 5 (1.057%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.057%) Statistics
10 4 (0.846%) Digital Media
10 4 (0.846%) Fat Client
10 4 (0.846%) Thin Client
11 3 (0.634%) E-Learning
12 2 (0.423%) New Media
12 2 (0.423%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.423%) Open Source
12 2 (0.423%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 473 (100.00%) Windows
2 191 (40.38%) Windows XP
3 170 (35.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 113 (23.89%) Windows Server 2003
5 32 (6.765%) Linux
5 32 (6.765%) Windows Vista
6 23 (4.863%) UNIX
7 22 (4.651%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (3.594%) Windows 2000 Server
9 16 (3.383%) Windows 8
10 14 (2.960%) Mac OS X
11 10 (2.114%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.903%) Windows 2000
13 8 (1.691%) Apple iOS
13 8 (1.691%) Android
13 8 (1.691%) Solaris
14 4 (0.846%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.846%) SUSE
15 3 (0.634%) Windows NT
16 2 (0.423%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (17.97%) ITIL
2 30 (6.342%) Migration
3 28 (5.920%) Document Management
4 26 (5.497%) Project Management
5 23 (4.863%) Service Delivery
6 19 (4.017%) PRINCE2
7 18 (3.805%) E-Commerce
8 14 (2.960%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (2.960%) Software Deployment
9 13 (2.748%) Workflow
9 13 (2.748%) Project Planning
10 12 (2.537%) Security Architecture
11 11 (2.326%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (1.903%) Multithreading
12 9 (1.903%) Asset Management
12 9 (1.903%) Change Control
13 7 (1.480%) CRM
13 7 (1.480%) Incident Management
13 7 (1.480%) Problem Management
14 6 (1.268%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.725%) SQL
2 44 (9.302%) PowerShell
3 38 (8.034%) VB
4 24 (5.074%) C#
5 13 (2.748%) Java
6 9 (1.903%) VBA
6 9 (1.903%) VBScript
7 7 (1.480%) Perl
8 4 (0.846%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.634%) C
9 3 (0.634%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.634%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.634%) Bash shell
10 2 (0.423%) XPath
10 2 (0.423%) Korn
10 2 (0.423%) Python
10 2 (0.423%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.423%) XQuery
11 1 (0.211%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.211%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 70 (14.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 58 (12.26%) Degree
3 44 (9.302%) MCSE
4 24 (5.074%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (5.074%) MCITP
5 23 (4.863%) MCP
6 19 (4.017%) CCNA
6 19 (4.017%) ITIL Certification
7 16 (3.383%) MCSA
8 15 (3.171%) MCTS
9 12 (2.537%) CISSP
10 10 (2.114%) A+ Certification
11 9 (1.903%) NVQ Level 3
11 9 (1.903%) MCDST
12 8 (1.691%) SC Cleared
12 8 (1.691%) Security Cleared
13 6 (1.268%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.268%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (1.057%) PMP
14 5 (1.057%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.554%) SLA
2 3 (0.634%) QA
3 2 (0.423%) COBIT
4 1 (0.211%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 247 (52.22%) Active Directory
2 77 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (12.26%) Microsoft App-V
4 43 (9.091%) Hyper-V
5 37 (7.822%) XenApp
6 22 (4.651%) vSphere
7 17 (3.594%) XenDesktop
7 17 (3.594%) VMware ESX
8 12 (2.537%) ProxySG
9 10 (2.114%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 9 (1.903%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (1.268%) XenServer
11 6 (1.268%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (1.057%) MetaFrame
12 5 (1.057%) Terminal Server
13 4 (0.846%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.846%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.634%) Forefront TMG
14 3 (0.634%) UAG
15 2 (0.423%) IAG
Systems Management
1 72 (15.22%) SCCM
2 13 (2.748%) Norton AntiVirus
3 12 (2.537%) WSUS
3 12 (2.537%) SCOM
3 12 (2.537%) Cisco CUCM
4 11 (2.326%) Backup Exec
5 8 (1.691%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (1.057%) Nagios
6 5 (1.057%) HP Data Protector
7 4 (0.846%) AppDNA
7 4 (0.846%) ARCserve
8 2 (0.423%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 2 (0.423%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.211%) OpenView
9 1 (0.211%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.211%) WMI
9 1 (0.211%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.211%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.211%) Sysprep
9 1 (0.211%) CFEngine
Vendors
1 238 (50.32%) Microsoft
2 128 (27.06%) Citrix
3 107 (22.62%) VMware
4 47 (9.937%) Cisco
5 32 (6.765%) HP
6 29 (6.131%) Oracle
7 25 (5.285%) Symantec
7 25 (5.285%) Apple
8 24 (5.074%) Bloomberg
9 20 (4.228%) Reuters
10 19 (4.017%) Lotus
11 17 (3.594%) AppSense
12 13 (2.748%) Red Hat
12 13 (2.748%) Blue Coat
13 12 (2.537%) CheckPoint
13 12 (2.537%) Nokia
13 12 (2.537%) Akamai
14 11 (2.326%) Remedy
14 11 (2.326%) Altiris
15 10 (2.114%) LANDesk
City, London
The qualifications gained include: - CompTIA A+ - Microsoft MCTS: Windows 7 - Microsoft MCTS: Server 2008 - NVQ Level 3 in ICT from City and Guilds The Just IT Advanced Apprenticeship...
Just IT Recruitment
Salary: £125 - £150 per week
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
ICT Support Analyst - Windows 7/Active Directory - London - £28k. Location: London Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 + benefits Organisation: Government Organisation Role: Ensure that all staff are served by...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
The global engineering team sit alongside the Solution Architecture Capability and are responsible for ensuring the detailed design is globally standardised, commoditised and adheres to the Solution Architecture...
Montash Associates
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
You will provide support on: Hardware, Citrix, Windows 7, MS Office and Active Directory.You will be an experienced Service Desk Engineer who is looking to progress their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £27000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
City of London
You will provide support on: Hardware, Citrix, Windows 7, MS Office and Active Directory.You will be an experienced Service Desk Engineer who is looking to progress their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £27000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The Application Support team provides 3rd line support on Microsoft desktop and Citrix based applications... SCCM. Citrix Presentation Server / XenApp. Experience working a structured / ITIL environment... Windows 7...
Refreshing Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bens, 35hr wk, 10-4pm core hrs
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
In order to be suitable for this role of significant responsibility you MUST have proven experience of supporting Windows Server 2003/2008, Exchange 2007/2010, Windows 7, Office...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
The development and maintenance of internal Microsoft Word templates including liaising with the firm's supplier and providing internal support, testing and issue validation.- Microsoft Office 2003 and...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
City, London
Microsoft Office 2003 and 2010 experience. - Taking a key role in a desktop software upgrade from Windows XP/ Office 2003 to Windows 7/ Office 2010... - Good knowledge of...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
SCCM Desktop Design Specialist - SCCM - Packaging - App-V - MSI - AD, Windows 7 - Server - London - £50-60,000... o Creation and deployment of custom Windows XP and Windows 7...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Microsoft Office 2003 and 2010 experience. - Taking a key role in a desktop software upgrade from Windows XP/ Office 2003 to Windows 7/ Office 2010... - Good knowledge of...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Strong knowledge of Windows XP Professional / Windows 7 / Wintel environment - Exceptional working knowledge of all products within the Microsoft Office 2010 Suite - Very high level knowledge of Active...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Circa 10% Bonus & Excellent Benefi
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Working understanding of MS Exchange and Active Directory... - Degree level qualification and/or relevant work experience - Solid experience with Microsoft products including Windows XP, Windows 7, Microsoft 8,...
Bloomberg LP
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Calling upon solid Microsoft Office 2003 and 2010 competence, take a decisive role in the current desktop software upgrade from Windows XP/Office 2003 to Windows 7/Office...
Cogence Search
Salary: £38000 - £41000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Investment Bank - Infrastructure, Project Manager, Exchange 2010, Windows 7... This is a mid-level Infrastructure Project Management role. Responsibilities: Project manage a Windows 7 Programme. Project manage an...
Cititec
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Build Automation... Google Apps for Business. Active directory... Apache Tomcat services. IIS services... Google Apps... Office 2010, Windows 7, Server 2008, SQL, IIS, WDS, MDT, WSUS, DFS, AD,...
Morgan Cassidy UK Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Perform daily, routine checks ensuring proactive steps are taken to remedy issues before the customer is aware... *Work alongside the Events Marketing team and business sponsors in supporting...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Package and bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013