The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gateshead region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Gateshead region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank - 6 3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 0 25 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gateshead - 25.77% 25.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 52.08% 63.64%
Number of salaries quoted 0 25 7
Average salary - £30,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Gateshead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
0 48 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gateshead - 49.48% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 0 43 10
Average salary - £30,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Tyne and Wear

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gateshead 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 Gateshead region.

Gateshead Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gateshead 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 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Lotus
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) E-business
1 1 (50.00%) WinForms
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gateshead 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 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) E-business
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Lotus