The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Darlington region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 20 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 Darlington region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 13 3 2
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2 12 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Darlington 7.692% 27.91% 45.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 66.67% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 11
Average salary - £32,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -15.58%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Darlington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2 18 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Darlington 7.692% 41.86% 63.64%
Number of salaries quoted 0 17 17
Average salary - £36,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.49%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Durham

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Darlington 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 Darlington region.

Darlington Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Darlington 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 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (60.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) MS Office
3 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
4 3 (30.00%) SLA
4 3 (30.00%) WAN
4 3 (30.00%) Thin Client
4 3 (30.00%) LAN
4 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Firewall
4 3 (30.00%) VMware
4 3 (30.00%) VLAN
4 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (30.00%) Fat Client
4 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (20.00%) .NET
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) MCSE
5 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Darlington 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 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (10.00%) Lync
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (10.00%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Office
2 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (30.00%) VPN
2 3 (30.00%) WAN
2 3 (30.00%) LAN
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) VLAN
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Technical Support
1 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (30.00%) Technical Support Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Technical Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (30.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) SOA
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) MCSE
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) HNC
2 1 (10.00%) HND
2 1 (10.00%) MCDST
2 1 (10.00%) MCTS
2 1 (10.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
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Posted: 5 June 2013