The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dartford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 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 Dartford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 1 7 7
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 25 9 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 47.17% 20.00% 36.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 86.21% 75.00% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 8 19
Average salary £26,000 £22,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -24.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £23,900 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Dartford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
29 12 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 54.72% 26.67% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 28 11 20
Average salary £27,000 £22,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.68% -24.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £20,250 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £44,250 £25,700
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Kent

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dartford 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 Dartford region.

Dartford Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Dartford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dartford Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 25 (78.13%) Microsoft
2 16 (50.00%) ITIL
3 14 (43.75%) MS Office
4 13 (40.63%) SLA
5 12 (37.50%) Windows XP
6 11 (34.38%) Degree
6 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
7 10 (31.25%) TCP/IP
7 10 (31.25%) OO
7 10 (31.25%) C++
8 8 (25.00%) Windows 7
8 8 (25.00%) Cisco
9 7 (21.88%) Ethernet
9 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
9 7 (21.88%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (21.88%) IP Telephony
10 6 (18.75%) .NET
10 6 (18.75%) MFC
10 6 (18.75%) C#
10 6 (18.75%) ATL
10 6 (18.75%) COM
10 6 (18.75%) Change Control
11 5 (15.63%) Linux
11 5 (15.63%) OOP
11 5 (15.63%) Asset Management
12 4 (12.50%) Multithreading
12 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
12 4 (12.50%) Middleware
13 3 (9.375%) Blackberry
13 3 (9.375%) MS PowerPoint

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 6 (18.75%) .NET
1 6 (18.75%) MFC
1 6 (18.75%) ATL
1 6 (18.75%) COM
2 4 (12.50%) Middleware
3 1 (3.125%) Ext JS
3 1 (3.125%) WPF
3 1 (3.125%) Silverlight
3 1 (3.125%) jQuery
3 1 (3.125%) WinForms
3 1 (3.125%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.125%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (43.75%) MS Office
2 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 3 (9.375%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) TCP/IP
2 7 (21.88%) Ethernet
2 7 (21.88%) Cisco IPT
2 7 (21.88%) IP Telephony
3 1 (3.125%) VPN
3 1 (3.125%) LAN
3 1 (3.125%) VoIP
3 1 (3.125%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) Software Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) Help Desk Support
4 7 (21.88%) Service Desk Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Help Desk Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Service Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Support Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (9.375%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (6.250%) IT Support
9 1 (3.125%) Front-End Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Front-End Web Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Network Support Engineer
9 1 (3.125%) Support Engineer
9 1 (3.125%) Web Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Network Engineer
9 1 (3.125%) Support Technician
9 1 (3.125%) Field Engineer
9 1 (3.125%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 8 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (15.63%) Linux
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) ITIL
2 10 (31.25%) OO
3 6 (18.75%) Change Control
4 5 (15.63%) OOP
4 5 (15.63%) Asset Management
5 4 (12.50%) Multithreading
6 1 (3.125%) Image Processing
6 1 (3.125%) UML
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) C++
2 6 (18.75%) C#
3 1 (3.125%) C
3 1 (3.125%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
2 2 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (40.63%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.125%) vSphere
2 1 (3.125%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.125%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 25 (78.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (3.125%) Mitel
3 1 (3.125%) HP
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