The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 17 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
71 114 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 16.82% 25.33% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 64 103 88
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -12.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £19,500 £19,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
East Midlands

Windows 8
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Direct3D
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) OpenGL
2 1 (50.00%) DirectX
2 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) WPF

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (50.00%) DirectX
1 1 (50.00%) WinForms
1 1 (50.00%) WPF
1 1 (50.00%) Direct3D
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Sales Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) C++/C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++