The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 21 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 81 70 73
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 17 7 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.449% 0.828% 1.149%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.167% 3.318% 4.348%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 9
Average salary £35,000 £27,250 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.44% -26.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,050 £30,400
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £27,450 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
329 211 253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 28.05% 24.97% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 179 133 176
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Scotland

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Glasgow Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
2 22 (62.86%) Active Directory
3 19 (54.29%) MS Exchange
3 19 (54.29%) VMware
4 16 (45.71%) Exchange Server 2010
5 15 (42.86%) MCSE
5 15 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 14 (40.00%) MS Excel
6 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 13 (37.14%) Exchange Server 2003
8 12 (34.29%) MCSA
8 12 (34.29%) ITIL
9 11 (31.43%) Windows XP
9 11 (31.43%) SCCM
10 10 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (28.57%) vSphere
10 10 (28.57%) Citrix
11 9 (25.71%) SharePoint
11 9 (25.71%) Service Management
12 8 (22.86%) Finance
12 8 (22.86%) Exchange Server 2007
13 7 (20.00%) Hyper-V
13 7 (20.00%) MCTS
13 7 (20.00%) Firewall
13 7 (20.00%) SAN
13 7 (20.00%) MS Office
14 6 (17.14%) SQL Server
14 6 (17.14%) Service Delivery

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 Development
1 1 (2.857%) XML
1 1 (2.857%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 19 (54.29%) MS Exchange
2 16 (45.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (37.14%) Exchange Server 2003
4 9 (25.71%) SharePoint
5 8 (22.86%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (14.29%) IIS
7 4 (11.43%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 14 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (20.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.714%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) Firewall
1 7 (20.00%) SAN
2 4 (11.43%) Internet
3 3 (8.571%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.714%) LAN
4 2 (5.714%) VoIP
4 2 (5.714%) WLAN
5 1 (2.857%) Network Security
5 1 (2.857%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.857%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.571%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (5.714%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) StarTeam
General
1 8 (22.86%) Finance
2 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Analyst
1 8 (22.86%) Support Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Technical Specialist
3 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Support Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Technical Support
5 3 (8.571%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.571%) Architect
6 2 (5.714%) Consultant
6 2 (5.714%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Team Leader
6 2 (5.714%) IT Support
7 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Specialist
7 1 (2.857%) SCCM Specialist
7 1 (2.857%) Desktop Support Specialist
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Clustering
2 3 (8.571%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.714%) Thin Client
3 2 (5.714%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.857%) iPhone
4 1 (2.857%) Cryptography
4 1 (2.857%) PKI
4 1 (2.857%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (31.43%) Windows XP
4 3 (8.571%) Windows Vista
5 2 (5.714%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) ITIL
2 9 (25.71%) Service Management
3 6 (17.14%) Service Delivery
3 6 (17.14%) Problem Management
4 2 (5.714%) CRM
4 2 (5.714%) Change Management
4 2 (5.714%) Document Management
4 2 (5.714%) Network Management
5 1 (2.857%) Security Architecture
5 1 (2.857%) Performance Management
5 1 (2.857%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.857%) BCP
5 1 (2.857%) Migration
5 1 (2.857%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (5.714%) VBA
3 1 (2.857%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.857%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.857%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (42.86%) MCSE
1 15 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (34.29%) MCSA
3 7 (20.00%) MCTS
4 6 (17.14%) Degree
5 4 (11.43%) MCITP
5 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.714%) CCA
6 2 (5.714%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (5.714%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.714%) CCNA
6 2 (5.714%) MCP
6 2 (5.714%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (5.714%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.714%) CCAA
System Software
1 22 (62.86%) Active Directory
2 10 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (28.57%) vSphere
3 7 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (17.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (14.29%) XenApp
5 5 (14.29%) Terminal Server
6 3 (8.571%) VMware ESX
7 2 (5.714%) XenServer
7 2 (5.714%) XenDesktop
7 2 (5.714%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (2.857%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (31.43%) SCCM
2 5 (14.29%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (8.571%) WSUS
4 1 (2.857%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.857%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
2 19 (54.29%) VMware
3 10 (28.57%) Citrix
4 6 (17.14%) AppSense
5 5 (14.29%) McAfee
5 5 (14.29%) Cisco
6 2 (5.714%) HP
6 2 (5.714%) EMC
6 2 (5.714%) Symantec
6 2 (5.714%) CommVault
6 2 (5.714%) Veritas
6 2 (5.714%) Altiris
7 1 (2.857%) Borland
7 1 (2.857%) Avaya
7 1 (2.857%) Oracle
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