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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 31 49 36
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 6 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 2.076% 0.592% 1.083%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.455% 2.326% 4.412%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 3
Average salary £32,000 £22,073 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.97% -36.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £20,531 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £23,615 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
110 86 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 38.06% 25.44% 24.55%
Number of salaries quoted 98 82 64
Average salary £41,500 £39,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.41% -8.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Croydon Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (66.67%) MS Exchange
4 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
4 5 (55.56%) VPN
4 5 (55.56%) Symantec
5 4 (44.44%) MS Office
5 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (44.44%) MCITP
6 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (33.33%) SCCM
6 3 (33.33%) MCDST
6 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
6 3 (33.33%) ITIL
6 3 (33.33%) Windows 2000
6 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 3 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (33.33%) Sophos
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (22.22%) Finance
7 2 (22.22%) SAN
7 2 (22.22%) MSI
7 2 (22.22%) Cisco
7 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
7 2 (22.22%) VLAN
7 2 (22.22%) Mitel
7 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 6 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (11.11%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
2 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (11.11%) Office 365
3 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) SAN
2 2 (22.22%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
3 1 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) DHCP
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MSI
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Service Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Network Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 2000
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) MCITP
2 3 (33.33%) MCDST
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
1 3 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
3 1 (11.11%) SCOM
3 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Symantec
3 3 (33.33%) Sophos
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
4 2 (22.22%) Mitel
5 1 (11.11%) Adobe
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix
5 1 (11.11%) VMware