The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 217 271 -
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 52 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.629% 0.011% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.039% 0.039% -
Number of salaries quoted 48 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2550 2577 2667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 30.84% 29.63% 28.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2194 2118 2236
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East of England Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the East of England region.

East of England Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +28 23 £28,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 14 £40,000 -
Essex - 10 £28,500 -
Suffolk - 5 £72,500 -
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 69 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (56.52%) Windows 7
3 35 (50.72%) Microsoft
4 21 (30.43%) Active Directory
5 20 (28.99%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (26.09%) Windows Server 2003
7 17 (24.64%) .NET
7 17 (24.64%) Windows XP
8 16 (23.19%) Finance
9 15 (21.74%) SQL
9 15 (21.74%) C#
10 14 (20.29%) Blackberry
11 13 (18.84%) Citrix
12 12 (17.39%) Cisco
12 12 (17.39%) MS Office
12 12 (17.39%) TCP/IP
12 12 (17.39%) VMware
13 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (14.49%) MS Excel
15 9 (13.04%) ITIL
15 9 (13.04%) Project Management
15 9 (13.04%) Firewall
15 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
16 8 (11.59%) Microsoft App-V
16 8 (11.59%) Telecoms
16 8 (11.59%) Retail
16 8 (11.59%) Fujitsu
16 8 (11.59%) MSI
16 8 (11.59%) MS Exchange
16 8 (11.59%) Visual Studio

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 17 (24.64%) .NET
2 5 (7.246%) .NET Framework
3 4 (5.797%) MFC
3 4 (5.797%) Web Services
4 3 (4.348%) WPF
4 3 (4.348%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (2.899%) WCF
5 2 (2.899%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 8 (11.59%) MS Exchange
2 7 (10.14%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (8.696%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (5.797%) Lync
5 2 (2.899%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 12 (17.39%) MS Office
2 10 (14.49%) MS Excel
3 3 (4.348%) Office 365
4 1 (1.449%) MS Project
4 1 (1.449%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.797%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.348%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.39%) TCP/IP
2 9 (13.04%) Firewall
3 6 (8.696%) DNS
4 5 (7.246%) Broadband
5 3 (4.348%) LAN
5 3 (4.348%) VoIP
5 3 (4.348%) WAN
5 3 (4.348%) DHCP
5 3 (4.348%) SAN
5 3 (4.348%) Internet
5 3 (4.348%) 3G
5 3 (4.348%) ADSL
5 3 (4.348%) 4G
6 2 (2.899%) Wireless
6 2 (2.899%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.797%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.348%) MySQL
3 1 (1.449%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Visual Studio
1 8 (11.59%) MSI
2 3 (4.348%) Subversion
2 3 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (23.19%) Finance
2 8 (11.59%) Retail
2 8 (11.59%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.797%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Consultant
2 14 (20.29%) Support Engineer
3 10 (14.49%) Developer
4 8 (11.59%) Technical Consultant
4 8 (11.59%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 6 (8.696%) Software Engineer
6 5 (7.246%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (7.246%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (7.246%) Server Engineer
6 5 (7.246%) Network Support
6 5 (7.246%) Desktop Support
6 5 (7.246%) Network Engineer
6 5 (7.246%) Server Support
6 5 (7.246%) Server Support Engineer
7 4 (5.797%) Desktop Support Manager
7 4 (5.797%) Desktop Manager
7 4 (5.797%) Support Manager
7 4 (5.797%) C# Developer
8 3 (4.348%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.348%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) Blackberry
2 5 (7.246%) NHS
2 5 (7.246%) Thin Client
2 5 (7.246%) Fat Client
2 5 (7.246%) iPad
2 5 (7.246%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.797%) PDA
4 2 (2.899%) CCTV
5 1 (1.449%) iPhone
5 1 (1.449%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.449%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 69 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (56.52%) Windows 7
3 20 (28.99%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (26.09%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (24.64%) Windows XP
6 6 (8.696%) Linux
6 6 (8.696%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (7.246%) Apple iOS
7 5 (7.246%) Android
8 4 (5.797%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (2.899%) Windows Vista
9 2 (2.899%) Windows Phone
10 1 (1.449%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.449%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (13.04%) ITIL
1 9 (13.04%) Project Management
2 6 (8.696%) CRM
3 4 (5.797%) Scrum
3 4 (5.797%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (4.348%) Asset Management
4 3 (4.348%) Service Delivery
4 3 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (4.348%) Document Management
4 3 (4.348%) Migration
5 2 (2.899%) Software Engineering
5 2 (2.899%) Problem Management
5 2 (2.899%) Unit Testing
5 2 (2.899%) Network Management
5 2 (2.899%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (2.899%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.449%) Information Management
6 1 (1.449%) Software Deployment
6 1 (1.449%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (1.449%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.74%) C#
1 15 (21.74%) SQL
2 8 (11.59%) C++
3 4 (5.797%) PHP
3 4 (5.797%) T-SQL
4 3 (4.348%) VB.NET
4 3 (4.348%) C
4 3 (4.348%) PHP5
5 2 (2.899%) XAML
6 1 (1.449%) Objective-C
6 1 (1.449%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.696%) MCITP
2 6 (8.696%) Degree
3 2 (2.899%) HND
4 1 (1.449%) MCSE
4 1 (1.449%) MCSA
4 1 (1.449%) MCP
System Software
1 21 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (11.59%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (2.899%) Xen
4 2 (2.899%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (7.246%) SCCM
1 5 (7.246%) SCOM
1 5 (7.246%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (5.797%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.449%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 35 (50.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.84%) Citrix
3 12 (17.39%) VMware
3 12 (17.39%) Cisco
4 8 (11.59%) Fujitsu
5 7 (10.14%) McAfee
6 6 (8.696%) Apple
7 5 (7.246%) Sage
7 5 (7.246%) Wyse
7 5 (7.246%) Acronis
8 3 (4.348%) Reuters
8 3 (4.348%) Bloomberg
8 3 (4.348%) HP
8 3 (4.348%) Dell
9 2 (2.899%) NetApp
9 2 (2.899%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (2.899%) LANDesk
10 1 (1.449%) Twitter
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I am currently assisting a top tier client during a period of recent business wins. They have the requirement for a 1st / 2nd line technician. It will involve...
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Posted: 23 April 2013
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Salary: £455 per annum
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Technical skills required: Microsoft Operating Systems (Windows XP/Vista/7/8) Microsoft Office applications. HTML5. Javascript. Knowledge and experience of the following is desirable however not essential: Microsoft...
SLS Recruitment
Salary: From £15,000 to £17,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Essex
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Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
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