The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 21 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 Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 12 11
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 37 38 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 22.42% 21.23% 14.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.91% 79.17% 65.31%
Number of salaries quoted 24 33 32
Average salary £55,000 £38,000 £33,125
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.73% +14.71%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
57 48 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 34.55% 26.82% 21.88%
Number of salaries quoted 44 43 49
Average salary £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Essex

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Colchester Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 37 (63.79%) C++
2 30 (51.72%) VC++
2 30 (51.72%) Software Engineering
2 30 (51.72%) Multithreading
3 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.52%) Active Directory
3 9 (15.52%) C#
4 8 (13.79%) Linux
4 8 (13.79%) Degree
5 7 (12.07%) VMware
5 7 (12.07%) MS Excel
6 6 (10.34%) Citrix
6 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (8.621%) WPF
7 5 (8.621%) Finance
7 5 (8.621%) Windows XP
7 5 (8.621%) TCP/IP
7 5 (8.621%) Windows 7
8 4 (6.897%) VPN
8 4 (6.897%) OOD
8 4 (6.897%) PHP
8 4 (6.897%) SQL
8 4 (6.897%) MySQL
8 4 (6.897%) MS Office
8 4 (6.897%) Visual Studio
8 4 (6.897%) Web Services
8 4 (6.897%) Avaya
8 4 (6.897%) Apple
8 4 (6.897%) Firewall

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 5 (8.621%) WPF
2 4 (6.897%) Web Services
3 2 (3.448%) .NET
4 1 (1.724%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.448%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.724%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.897%) MS Office
3 3 (5.172%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (3.448%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.724%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.724%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.621%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.897%) VPN
2 4 (6.897%) Firewall
2 4 (6.897%) Network Security
3 2 (3.448%) SAN
4 1 (1.724%) DNS
4 1 (1.724%) LAN
4 1 (1.724%) VoIP
4 1 (1.724%) WAN
4 1 (1.724%) DHCP
4 1 (1.724%) Intranet
4 1 (1.724%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.897%) MySQL
2 2 (3.448%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.724%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.724%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.724%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (6.897%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (8.621%) Finance
2 3 (5.172%) Law
3 2 (3.448%) Banking
4 1 (1.724%) French Language
4 1 (1.724%) German Language
4 1 (1.724%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) C++ Software Engineer
1 18 (31.03%) Software Engineer
2 12 (20.69%) Team Leader
2 12 (20.69%) Software Team Leader
3 6 (10.34%) IT Support
4 5 (8.621%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (6.897%) Administrator
5 4 (6.897%) Developer
5 4 (6.897%) Analyst
5 4 (6.897%) Junior
5 4 (6.897%) IT Support Manager
5 4 (6.897%) Support Manager
5 4 (6.897%) Software Manager
6 3 (5.172%) C# Developer
7 2 (3.448%) Help Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.448%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.448%) Systems Manager
7 2 (3.448%) Business Systems Manager
7 2 (3.448%) Business Manager
7 2 (3.448%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.724%) Fat Client
1 1 (1.724%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (1.724%) Clustering
1 1 (1.724%) Blackberry
1 1 (1.724%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Linux
2 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (8.621%) Windows XP
3 5 (8.621%) Windows 7
4 3 (5.172%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (5.172%) Windows Vista
5 2 (3.448%) UNIX
6 1 (1.724%) Solaris
6 1 (1.724%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (51.72%) Software Engineering
1 30 (51.72%) Multithreading
2 4 (6.897%) OOD
3 3 (5.172%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (5.172%) Project Management
4 2 (3.448%) Change Management
4 2 (3.448%) E-Commerce
4 2 (3.448%) Incident Management
5 1 (1.724%) Data Migration
5 1 (1.724%) Problem Management
5 1 (1.724%) Data Analysis
5 1 (1.724%) Programme Management
5 1 (1.724%) Migration
5 1 (1.724%) Scrum
5 1 (1.724%) ERP
5 1 (1.724%) ITIL
5 1 (1.724%) PRINCE2
5 1 (1.724%) Configuration Management
5 1 (1.724%) Waterfall
5 1 (1.724%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 37 (63.79%) C++
2 30 (51.72%) VC++
3 9 (15.52%) C#
4 4 (6.897%) PHP
4 4 (6.897%) SQL
4 4 (6.897%) XAML
5 2 (3.448%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.448%) VB
5 2 (3.448%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.724%) VBA
6 1 (1.724%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.724%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 1 (1.724%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (1.724%) PMP
2 1 (1.724%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.724%) APMP
2 1 (1.724%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (15.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.172%) vSphere
4 1 (1.724%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.724%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.724%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) SCCM
1 3 (5.172%) SCOM
2 2 (3.448%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.07%) VMware
3 6 (10.34%) Citrix
4 4 (6.897%) Avaya
4 4 (6.897%) Apple
5 3 (5.172%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.448%) Cisco
6 2 (3.448%) HP
6 2 (3.448%) Symantec
6 2 (3.448%) Oracle
7 1 (1.724%) Tandberg
7 1 (1.724%) Google
7 1 (1.724%) Wyse
7 1 (1.724%) SAP
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