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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Croydon region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank517
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads11679
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.034 %
As % of the category below60.10 %64.75 %
Salaries quoted10868
Average minimum salary£29,944£31,382
Average salary£32,042£33,243
% change on same period last year-3.61 %
Average maximum salary£34,139£35,103
UK excluding London average salary£33,026£33,011
% change on same period last year+0.04 %
Croydon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads193122
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.053 %
Salaries quoted181102
Average minimum salary£33,813£35,645
Average salary£35,779£37,464
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Average maximum salary£37,745£39,283
UK excluding London average salary£34,290£34,404
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
Windows LondonWindows
London

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Croydon Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Croydon region.

Croydon Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Croydon Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

1110 (49.11 %)Active Directory
288 (39.29 %)Microsoft
377 (34.38 %)Windows Server 2003
470 (31.25 %)Windows XP
557 (25.45 %)LAN
655 (24.55 %)WAN
751 (22.77 %)MS Exchange
848 (21.43 %)SQL
944 (19.64 %)SQL Server
944 (19.64 %)MS Office
1039 (17.41 %)Cisco
1133 (14.73 %)Linux
1133 (14.73 %)MS Excel
1232 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
1331 (13.84 %)Exchange Server 2003
1430 (13.39 %)IIS
1528 (12.50 %)Firewall
1627 (12.05 %)Oracle
1726 (11.61 %)Telecoms
1825 (11.16 %)Windows 2000
1825 (11.16 %)Citrix
1825 (11.16 %)CheckPoint
1825 (11.16 %)Windows 2000 Server
1924 (10.71 %)Windows Vista
1924 (10.71 %)TCP/IP
2023 (10.27 %)MCSE
2023 (10.27 %)Document Management
2122 (9.821 %)Disaster Recovery
2122 (9.821 %)PHP
2221 (9.375 %)Apache

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (8.929 %)HTML
211 (4.911 %)ASP
211 (4.911 %)XML
310 (4.464 %)WebServices
49 (4.018 %)CSS
49 (4.018 %).NET
58 (3.571 %)Drupal
66 (2.679 %)ASP.NET
74 (1.786 %)AJAX
83 (1.339 %)WebSphere
83 (1.339 %)Middleware
91 (0.446 %).NET Framework
91 (0.446 %)ASP.NET 2.0
91 (0.446 %)COM
91 (0.446 %)MFC
91 (0.446 %)ADO.NET
Croydon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
151 (22.77 %)MS Exchange
231 (13.84 %)Exchange Server 2003
330 (13.39 %)IIS
421 (9.375 %)Apache
519 (8.482 %)LiveLink
614 (6.250 %)Lotus Notes
79 (4.018 %)SharePoint
88 (3.571 %)Tomcat
97 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2000
106 (2.679 %)Exchange Server 2007
115 (2.232 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
123 (1.339 %)CMS
123 (1.339 %)EPiServer
123 (1.339 %)WebSphere MQ
132 (0.893 %)Lotus Domino
141 (0.446 %)Commerce Server
Croydon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (19.64 %)MS Office
233 (14.73 %)MS Excel
38 (3.571 %)MS Visio
41 (0.446 %)MS Project
Croydon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
157 (25.45 %)LAN
255 (24.55 %)WAN
328 (12.50 %)Firewall
424 (10.71 %)TCP/IP
518 (8.036 %)Internet
617 (7.589 %)DNS
617 (7.589 %)VLAN
716 (7.143 %)VPN
812 (5.357 %)DHCP
96 (2.679 %)ADSL
96 (2.679 %)MPLS
105 (2.232 %)VoIP
113 (1.339 %)IP Telephony
113 (1.339 %)Intrusion Detection
122 (0.893 %)Cisco IOS
122 (0.893 %)Cisco ASA
122 (0.893 %)Broadband
122 (0.893 %)SMS
131 (0.446 %)SMTP
131 (0.446 %)Wireless
Croydon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
144 (19.64 %)SQL Server
219 (8.482 %)MySQL
39 (4.018 %)BusinessObjects
46 (2.679 %)Oracle Reports
55 (2.232 %)Crystal Reports
64 (1.786 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (1.339 %)DB2
73 (1.339 %)MS Access
73 (1.339 %)SQL Server 2000
82 (0.893 %)OLAP
82 (0.893 %)DB2 UDB
82 (0.893 %)Oracle OLAP
Croydon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (2.679 %)Subversion
21 (0.446 %)Visual Studio
Croydon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (11.61 %)Telecoms
214 (6.250 %)Finance
214 (6.250 %)Pensions
311 (4.911 %)Marketing
311 (4.911 %)Retail
49 (4.018 %)Insurance
49 (4.018 %)Health
57 (3.125 %)Back Office
64 (1.786 %)Banking
64 (1.786 %)Law
73 (1.339 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (1.339 %)Financial Institution
73 (1.339 %)Construction
73 (1.339 %)Education
82 (0.893 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.446 %)Auditing
91 (0.446 %)Government
91 (0.446 %)Manufacturing
Croydon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
183 (37.05 %)Analyst
244 (19.64 %)Support Analyst
341 (18.30 %)Support Engineer
429 (12.95 %)Network Analyst
522 (9.821 %)Security Analyst
522 (9.821 %)Network Support
522 (9.821 %)Network Security Analyst
620 (8.929 %)Network Engineer
715 (6.696 %)Senior Network Engineer
814 (6.250 %)Technical Analyst
814 (6.250 %)IT Support Engineer
814 (6.250 %)Desktop Support
913 (5.804 %)Developer
913 (5.804 %)Helpdesk Support
1012 (5.357 %)Senior Support Engineer
1111 (4.911 %)Senior Network Support
1111 (4.911 %)Technical Support
1210 (4.464 %)Network Support Engineer
1210 (4.464 %)IT Support Analyst
1210 (4.464 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
Croydon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (8.482 %)Blackberry
24 (1.786 %)Management Information System
32 (0.893 %)Fat Client
32 (0.893 %)Mainframe
32 (0.893 %)EPoS
32 (0.893 %)Thin Client
41 (0.446 %)Clustering
41 (0.446 %)Computer Science
Croydon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
177 (34.38 %)Windows Server 2003
270 (31.25 %)Windows XP
333 (14.73 %)Linux
425 (11.16 %)Windows 2000
425 (11.16 %)Windows 2000 Server
524 (10.71 %)Windows Vista
617 (7.589 %)Red Hat Linux
716 (7.143 %)UNIX
810 (4.464 %)Windows Server 2008
97 (3.125 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
105 (2.232 %)zOS
105 (2.232 %)Windows NT
111 (0.446 %)Solaris
111 (0.446 %)VMS
111 (0.446 %)NetWare
111 (0.446 %)Mac OS X
Croydon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (10.27 %)Document Management
222 (9.821 %)Disaster Recovery
310 (4.464 %)OOP
49 (4.018 %)UML
49 (4.018 %)ERP
49 (4.018 %)SOA
58 (3.571 %)ITIL
58 (3.571 %)E-Commerce
66 (2.679 %)User Acceptance Testing
66 (2.679 %)Asset Management
75 (2.232 %)Business Continuity
75 (2.232 %)Web Development
84 (1.786 %)Email Marketing
93 (1.339 %)Logistics
93 (1.339 %)Test Scripting
102 (0.893 %)Supplier Management
102 (0.893 %)Workflow
102 (0.893 %)OO
111 (0.446 %)DSDM
111 (0.446 %)CRM
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
148 (21.43 %)SQL
222 (9.821 %)PHP
316 (7.143 %)JavaScript
49 (4.018 %)PL/SQL
56 (2.679 %)C
63 (1.339 %)Perl
63 (1.339 %)VB
63 (1.339 %)VB.NET
63 (1.339 %)Python
72 (0.893 %)PHP4
72 (0.893 %)C#
72 (0.893 %)C++
81 (0.446 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.446 %)VB6
Croydon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
223 (10.27 %)MCSE
320 (8.929 %)MCP
410 (4.464 %)Degree
57 (3.125 %)Cisco Certification
57 (3.125 %)MCSA
57 (3.125 %)CCNA
65 (2.232 %)RHCE
65 (2.232 %)HP ASE
65 (2.232 %)HP APS
65 (2.232 %)MCTS
74 (1.786 %)ISEB
83 (1.339 %)DCSE
83 (1.339 %)HP AIS
92 (0.893 %)A+ Certification
92 (0.893 %)CCVP
92 (0.893 %)MCDST
Croydon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.232 %)SLA
Croydon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1110 (49.11 %)Active Directory
212 (5.357 %)Backup Exec
311 (4.911 %)Terminal Services
49 (4.018 %)Citrix Presentation Server
57 (3.125 %)MetaFrame
66 (2.679 %)ISA Server
73 (1.339 %)VMware ESX
82 (0.893 %)VMware Infrastructure
91 (0.446 %)MailMarshal
Croydon IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.893 %)MOM
12 (0.893 %)ZENworks
12 (0.893 %)WSUS
21 (0.446 %)Tivoli
21 (0.446 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Croydon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
188 (39.29 %)Microsoft
239 (17.41 %)Cisco
327 (12.05 %)Oracle
425 (11.16 %)Citrix
425 (11.16 %)CheckPoint
517 (7.589 %)Red Hat
517 (7.589 %)Open Text
616 (7.143 %)VMware
715 (6.696 %)Lotus
814 (6.250 %)VERITAS
913 (5.804 %)HP
1012 (5.357 %)Symantec
119 (4.018 %)Business Objects
119 (4.018 %)PeopleSoft
119 (4.018 %)SAP
119 (4.018 %)Cognos
126 (2.679 %)Adobe
126 (2.679 %)Compaq
126 (2.679 %)Intel
134 (1.786 %)Novell