The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 19 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 3 5 15
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 138 57 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 21.36% 16.24% 11.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 61.88% 63.33% 59.55%
Number of salaries quoted 98 54 50
Average salary £37,000 £28,000 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.14% -23.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £37,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
223 90 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 34.52% 25.64% 19.26%
Number of salaries quoted 171 87 82
Average salary £38,500 £30,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.33% -26.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £24,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Coventry Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

1 110 (41.51%) Microsoft
2 78 (29.43%) SQL Server
3 69 (26.04%) Active Directory
4 64 (24.15%) MS Exchange
5 61 (23.02%) SharePoint
6 58 (21.89%) Linux
7 57 (21.51%) UNIX
8 53 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 52 (19.62%) VMware
10 50 (18.87%) MS Excel
11 49 (18.49%) Windows 7
12 47 (17.74%) SQL
13 44 (16.60%) ITIL
14 42 (15.85%) Windows Server 2003
15 41 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
16 40 (15.09%) MS Office
17 39 (14.72%) Blackberry
18 36 (13.58%) C#
18 36 (13.58%) .NET
19 35 (13.21%) Windows XP
19 35 (13.21%) PBX
20 33 (12.45%) Microsoft Certification
20 33 (12.45%) Cisco
21 32 (12.08%) Oracle
21 32 (12.08%) Wireless
22 29 (10.94%) DNS
22 29 (10.94%) Retail
23 28 (10.57%) Exchange Server 2010
24 27 (10.19%) Solaris
24 27 (10.19%) MCSE

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 36 (13.58%) .NET
2 21 (7.925%) ASP.NET
3 16 (6.038%) XML
4 15 (5.660%) HTML
5 12 (4.528%) ASP.NET MVC
5 12 (4.528%) .NET Framework
6 10 (3.774%) CSS
6 10 (3.774%) HTML5
6 10 (3.774%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 10 (3.774%) jQuery
7 9 (3.396%) WebSphere
8 7 (2.642%) Silverlight
8 7 (2.642%) J2EE
9 5 (1.887%) Java EE 5
9 5 (1.887%) Web Services
9 5 (1.887%) EJB
9 5 (1.887%) Web Dynpro
10 4 (1.509%) XSLT
11 3 (1.132%) Spring
11 3 (1.132%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 64 (24.15%) MS Exchange
2 61 (23.02%) SharePoint
3 28 (10.57%) Exchange Server 2010
4 21 (7.925%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (6.415%) Lync
6 16 (6.038%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 11 (4.151%) Exchange Server 2003
7 11 (4.151%) SharePoint 2010
8 9 (3.396%) Tomcat
9 5 (1.887%) SAP Portal
9 5 (1.887%) IIS
9 5 (1.887%) NetWeaver
10 4 (1.509%) IBM Notes
10 4 (1.509%) Lotus Domino
10 4 (1.509%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.377%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (0.377%) Apache
Applications
1 50 (18.87%) MS Excel
2 40 (15.09%) MS Office
3 3 (1.132%) Office 365
4 2 (0.755%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.377%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 19 (7.170%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.377%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.21%) PBX
2 32 (12.08%) Wireless
3 29 (10.94%) DNS
4 24 (9.057%) VoIP
5 21 (7.925%) LAN
5 21 (7.925%) WAN
5 21 (7.925%) Firewall
6 18 (6.792%) DECT
6 18 (6.792%) SAN
7 13 (4.906%) Unified Communications
7 13 (4.906%) DHCP
8 8 (3.019%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.642%) VPN
10 5 (1.887%) NAS
10 5 (1.887%) LDAP
11 3 (1.132%) Network Security
11 3 (1.132%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.132%) DMZ
12 2 (0.755%) 3G
12 2 (0.755%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (29.43%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.660%) DB2
2 15 (5.660%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (4.528%) Oracle 10g
3 12 (4.528%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (3.774%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (2.264%) MySQL
5 6 (2.264%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.887%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.887%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.887%) PerformancePoint
6 5 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.887%) OLAP
6 5 (1.887%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.377%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.264%) Selenium
2 5 (1.887%) Xcode
3 4 (1.509%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.132%) Maven
4 3 (1.132%) JIRA
4 3 (1.132%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.132%) Hudson
4 3 (1.132%) Ant
4 3 (1.132%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.377%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.377%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (10.94%) Retail
2 11 (4.151%) Finance
3 9 (3.396%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.509%) Games
4 4 (1.509%) Publishing
4 4 (1.509%) Legal
5 3 (1.132%) Banking
6 2 (0.755%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.755%) Automotive
7 1 (0.377%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 65 (24.53%) Analyst
2 40 (15.09%) Administrator
3 27 (10.19%) Consultant
4 26 (9.811%) Developer
5 18 (6.792%) Systems Administrator
6 17 (6.415%) Applications Support
7 16 (6.038%) Support Analyst
7 16 (6.038%) Security Analyst
8 15 (5.660%) Team Leader
9 12 (4.528%) Windows Administrator
10 11 (4.151%) Technical Specialist
10 11 (4.151%) Support Team Leader
10 11 (4.151%) 3rd Line Support
10 11 (4.151%) Systems Analyst
11 10 (3.774%) DBA
11 10 (3.774%) Technical Consultant
12 9 (3.396%) Information Security Analyst
12 9 (3.396%) Capacity Analyst
12 9 (3.396%) Designer
12 9 (3.396%) Build Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.72%) Blackberry
2 13 (4.906%) iPhone
3 12 (4.528%) iSeries
3 12 (4.528%) Computer Science
4 9 (3.396%) AS400
4 9 (3.396%) Replication
5 8 (3.019%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.019%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.264%) Clustering
6 6 (2.264%) Physics
7 5 (1.887%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.509%) IVR
8 4 (1.509%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.509%) Cryptography
9 2 (0.755%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.755%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.377%) PKI
10 1 (0.377%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.377%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.377%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 58 (21.89%) Linux
2 57 (21.51%) UNIX
3 53 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 49 (18.49%) Windows 7
5 42 (15.85%) Windows Server 2003
6 35 (13.21%) Windows XP
7 27 (10.19%) Solaris
8 21 (7.925%) Windows Phone
9 19 (7.170%) OpenVMS
10 17 (6.415%) Windows 2000
11 11 (4.151%) Windows 2000 Server
12 9 (3.396%) Windows Vista
13 6 (2.264%) Windows NT
13 6 (2.264%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (2.264%) Android
14 5 (1.887%) Windows Phone 7
15 4 (1.509%) SUSE
15 4 (1.509%) Windows Phone 8
16 2 (0.755%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.377%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.60%) ITIL
2 21 (7.925%) Penetration Testing
3 20 (7.547%) Service Delivery
3 20 (7.547%) Information Security
4 19 (7.170%) Risk Management
5 13 (4.906%) Project Management
6 11 (4.151%) Security Management
7 8 (3.019%) Migration
7 8 (3.019%) Scrum
7 8 (3.019%) Service Management
7 8 (3.019%) OO
7 8 (3.019%) Capacity Planning
7 8 (3.019%) Software Distribution
7 8 (3.019%) Risk Analysis
7 8 (3.019%) Data Protection
7 8 (3.019%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (2.642%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (2.642%) Network Design
8 7 (2.642%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (2.642%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.74%) SQL
2 36 (13.58%) C#
3 25 (9.434%) Java
4 17 (6.415%) T-SQL
4 17 (6.415%) VB
5 13 (4.906%) C++
6 11 (4.151%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.396%) VBScript
8 8 (3.019%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.642%) Python
9 7 (2.642%) C
10 4 (1.509%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.509%) Delphi
11 2 (0.755%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.377%) Ruby
12 1 (0.377%) XPath
12 1 (0.377%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.377%) ABAP
12 1 (0.377%) PHP
12 1 (0.377%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (12.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (10.19%) MCSE
3 25 (9.434%) MCITP
4 12 (4.528%) Degree
5 10 (3.774%) MCTS
6 8 (3.019%) CISA
6 8 (3.019%) CISM
6 8 (3.019%) CISSP
6 8 (3.019%) CEH
6 8 (3.019%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (2.642%) MCP
8 6 (2.264%) ISEB
8 6 (2.264%) Postgraduate
8 6 (2.264%) PhD
9 5 (1.887%) CCEE
9 5 (1.887%) CCAA
9 5 (1.887%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (1.509%) CCNA
10 4 (1.509%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.509%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.057%) SLA
2 10 (3.774%) QA
3 8 (3.019%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.642%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.377%) COBIT
System Software
1 69 (26.04%) Active Directory
2 41 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (6.038%) vSphere
4 11 (4.151%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.151%) VMware ESX
5 9 (3.396%) XenApp
5 9 (3.396%) XenDesktop
6 7 (2.642%) XenServer
7 3 (1.132%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.755%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.377%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.377%) UAG
Systems Management
1 18 (6.792%) SCCM
2 8 (3.019%) ARCserve
3 7 (2.642%) Norton AntiVirus
4 6 (2.264%) Nagios
5 5 (1.887%) WSUS
5 5 (1.887%) Backup Exec
6 4 (1.509%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 3 (1.132%) Zenoss
7 3 (1.132%) WhatsUp Gold
7 3 (1.132%) Tivoli
7 3 (1.132%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.755%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.377%) Nessus
9 1 (0.377%) SCOM
9 1 (0.377%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.377%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.377%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 110 (41.51%) Microsoft
2 52 (19.62%) VMware
3 33 (12.45%) Cisco
4 32 (12.08%) Oracle
5 26 (9.811%) Citrix
6 25 (9.434%) SAP
7 23 (8.679%) Avaya
8 18 (6.792%) HP
9 16 (6.038%) Nortel
10 15 (5.660%) NetApp
10 15 (5.660%) Dialogic
10 15 (5.660%) Mitel
11 12 (4.528%) Remedy
11 12 (4.528%) McAfee
12 9 (3.396%) Sun
12 9 (3.396%) IBM
12 9 (3.396%) Symantec
13 8 (3.019%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.887%) Sybase
15 4 (1.509%) Lotus
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