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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 8 17 10
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2 4 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Folkestone 14.29% 7.273% 32.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 44.44% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 17
Average salary - £21,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -47.50%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Folkestone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 9 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Folkestone 71.43% 16.36% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 18
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
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 Folkestone region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Folkestone 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 Folkestone region.

Folkestone Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Folkestone 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 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Apache
1 4 (80.00%) BMC
1 4 (80.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) HTTP
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) DSL
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) CMDB
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Pega
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) QlikView
4 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
4 1 (20.00%) AS400

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Folkestone 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 (40.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Apache
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
1 2 (40.00%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) QlikView
1 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) CMDB
3 1 (20.00%) AS400
3 1 (20.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) BMC
2 1 (20.00%) Pega
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Lotus
2 1 (20.00%) Business Objects