The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 50 60 34
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -26
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 1 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 0.417% 0.248% 0.500%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.787% 0.654% 1.563%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £20,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
127 153 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 52.92% 37.97% 32.00%
Number of salaries quoted 87 110 44
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,150 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Gloucestershire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (50.00%) Windows NT
3 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
3 4 (50.00%) WSUS
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (37.50%) SCCM
4 3 (37.50%) Sysprep
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL V3
4 3 (37.50%) Lumension
4 3 (37.50%) Software Deployment
4 3 (37.50%) VB
4 3 (37.50%) LANDesk
4 3 (37.50%) Application Packaging
4 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
4 3 (37.50%) Apple
4 3 (37.50%) McAfee
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) VPN
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) MS Office
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 3 (37.50%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Wintel Specialist
1 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows NT
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL V3
1 3 (37.50%) Software Deployment
1 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCP
2 2 (25.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) WSUS
2 3 (37.50%) SCCM
2 3 (37.50%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Lumension
2 3 (37.50%) LANDesk
2 3 (37.50%) Apple
2 3 (37.50%) McAfee
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe