The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 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 Gatwick region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 3.191% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £34,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
25 23 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 26.60% 10.04% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17 23 23
Average salary £43,500 £43,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +29.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £30,000 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £45,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
West Sussex

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Gatwick region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Gatwick Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Gatwick region.

Gatwick Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) LANDesk
2 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) SNMP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) SNMP
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) ProxySG
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
1 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 2 (66.67%) LANDesk
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Dell
3 1 (33.33%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) Altiris
3 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat