The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dunstable 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 Dunstable region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 11 12 8
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 18 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 15.79% 6.250% 6.250%
As % of the Operating Systems category 51.43% 13.33% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 17 2 2
Average salary £29,000 £55,250 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-47.51% +125.51%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 15 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 30.70% 46.88% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 30 14 6
Average salary £35,000 £53,500 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.57% +118.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £33,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £42,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Bedfordshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable 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 Dunstable region.

Dunstable Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Dunstable Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 37 (86.05%) Windows Server 2008
2 35 (81.40%) Microsoft
3 34 (79.07%) Active Directory
3 34 (79.07%) Windows 7
4 33 (76.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (76.74%) VMware
5 29 (67.44%) Citrix
5 29 (67.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (65.12%) Hyper-V
7 27 (62.79%) XenApp
8 25 (58.14%) SQL Server 2008
8 25 (58.14%) HP
8 25 (58.14%) SQL Server
9 24 (55.81%) MS Exchange
9 24 (55.81%) Finance
9 24 (55.81%) SQL Server 2005
10 22 (51.16%) Windows Server 2003
11 21 (48.84%) SAN
11 21 (48.84%) MCSE
11 21 (48.84%) XenServer
12 20 (46.51%) NAS
12 20 (46.51%) LANDesk
12 20 (46.51%) Exchange Server 2007
13 19 (44.19%) WSUS
13 19 (44.19%) XenDesktop
14 18 (41.86%) MCITP
15 17 (39.53%) DNS
16 16 (37.21%) DHCP
17 15 (34.88%) MCSA
17 15 (34.88%) Microsoft App-V

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 1 (2.326%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 24 (55.81%) MS Exchange
2 20 (46.51%) Exchange Server 2007
3 15 (34.88%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (32.56%) Lync
4 14 (32.56%) Office Communications Server
5 5 (11.63%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (2.326%) IIS
6 1 (2.326%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 14 (32.56%) MS Excel
2 8 (18.60%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (48.84%) SAN
2 20 (46.51%) NAS
3 17 (39.53%) DNS
4 16 (37.21%) DHCP
5 15 (34.88%) Firewall
6 14 (32.56%) Network Security
6 14 (32.56%) iSCSI
7 2 (4.651%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.651%) LAN
8 1 (2.326%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (58.14%) SQL Server 2008
1 25 (58.14%) SQL Server
2 24 (55.81%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 24 (55.81%) Finance
2 6 (13.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Wintel Engineer
2 9 (20.93%) Analyst
2 9 (20.93%) Support Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (9.302%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 4 (9.302%) Server Engineer
4 4 (9.302%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (6.977%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Wintel Support
5 3 (6.977%) Wintel Support Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Wintel Server Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Architect
6 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (4.651%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Support
7 1 (2.326%) Applications Packager
7 1 (2.326%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.326%) Replication
1 1 (2.326%) Clustering
1 1 (2.326%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.326%) Thin Client
1 1 (2.326%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (86.05%) Windows Server 2008
2 34 (79.07%) Windows 7
3 22 (51.16%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (11.63%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Network Load Balancing
2 12 (27.91%) ITIL
3 8 (18.60%) Change Management
4 3 (6.977%) Workflow
4 3 (6.977%) Service Management
4 3 (6.977%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.651%) Network Management
6 1 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 29 (67.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (48.84%) MCSE
3 18 (41.86%) MCITP
4 15 (34.88%) MCSA
5 11 (25.58%) MCP
5 11 (25.58%) MCTS
6 10 (23.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (20.93%) CCA
7 9 (20.93%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
8 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
9 2 (4.651%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (32.56%) PCI DSS
2 3 (6.977%) QA
System Software
1 34 (79.07%) Active Directory
2 33 (76.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (65.12%) Hyper-V
4 27 (62.79%) XenApp
5 21 (48.84%) XenServer
6 19 (44.19%) XenDesktop
7 15 (34.88%) Microsoft App-V
8 14 (32.56%) NFS
9 2 (4.651%) Xen
10 1 (2.326%) VMware ESX
10 1 (2.326%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (2.326%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (44.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (81.40%) Microsoft
2 33 (76.74%) VMware
3 29 (67.44%) Citrix
4 25 (58.14%) HP
5 20 (46.51%) LANDesk
6 14 (32.56%) CommVault
6 14 (32.56%) EMC
7 4 (9.302%) Cisco
8 1 (2.326%) AppSense
8 1 (2.326%) Adobe
8 1 (2.326%) Dell
8 1 (2.326%) VocaLink
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