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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 10 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 191 244 217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 21.70% 19.58% 18.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 55.85% 62.89% 60.96%
Number of salaries quoted 164 194 192
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,400 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,600 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
342 388 356
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 38.86% 31.14% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 283 306 300
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
South West

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester -6 50 £46,000 +15.00%
Cheltenham -9 30 £44,250 +10.62%
Tewkesbury +2 19 £30,000 -7.69%
Cirencester -1 10 £38,500 -0.64%
Dursley +1 1 £32,500 -
Stroud -7 1 £32,500 -31.57%
Wotton-under-Edge - 1 £45,000 -
Windows
South West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 148 (40.88%) Microsoft
2 144 (39.78%) C#
3 133 (36.74%) Linux
4 131 (36.19%) SQL
5 123 (33.98%) Security Cleared
6 121 (33.43%) C++
7 110 (30.39%) VMware
8 97 (26.80%) SAN
9 91 (25.14%) DV Cleared
10 89 (24.59%) Citrix
11 86 (23.76%) Windows Server 2008
12 83 (22.93%) Cisco
13 81 (22.38%) NetApp
14 80 (22.10%) .NET
15 78 (21.55%) Symantec
16 77 (21.27%) SQL Server
17 75 (20.72%) C
17 75 (20.72%) HP
18 73 (20.17%) ITIL
19 71 (19.61%) Degree
20 66 (18.23%) Java
21 63 (17.40%) Active Directory
22 62 (17.13%) NetBackup
23 55 (15.19%) vSphere
24 53 (14.64%) VMware ESX
25 52 (14.36%) UNIX
25 52 (14.36%) Web Development
26 49 (13.54%) Solaris
26 49 (13.54%) DHCP
27 48 (13.26%) MySQL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 80 (22.10%) .NET
2 44 (12.15%) J2EE
3 42 (11.60%) HTML
3 42 (11.60%) XML
4 33 (9.116%) ASP.NET
5 29 (8.011%) CSS
6 15 (4.144%) CGI
7 14 (3.867%) MFC
8 9 (2.486%) WCF
9 5 (1.381%) jQuery
9 5 (1.381%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 5 (1.381%) Application Packaging
9 5 (1.381%) XSLT
10 4 (1.105%) Sphinx
10 4 (1.105%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 4 (1.105%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.829%) JSP
12 2 (0.552%) COM
12 2 (0.552%) WPF
13 1 (0.276%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 41 (11.33%) WebLogic
1 41 (11.33%) Apache
2 36 (9.945%) MS Exchange
3 24 (6.630%) SharePoint
4 21 (5.801%) IIS
5 15 (4.144%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (3.867%) Exchange Server 2003
7 12 (3.315%) BizTalk Server
8 11 (3.039%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 9 (2.486%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (1.657%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (1.381%) Exchange Server 5.5
11 5 (1.381%) Confluence
11 5 (1.381%) SharePoint 2013
12 3 (0.829%) Lotus Notes
12 3 (0.829%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.552%) Lotus Domino
13 2 (0.552%) SharePoint Server
14 1 (0.276%) DotNetNuke
14 1 (0.276%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 26 (7.182%) MS Excel
2 11 (3.039%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.762%) MS Office
4 2 (0.552%) MS Project
4 2 (0.552%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.552%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.552%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.276%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 8 (2.210%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.105%) Maximo
2 4 (1.105%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 97 (26.80%) SAN
2 49 (13.54%) DHCP
3 40 (11.05%) Ethernet
4 38 (10.50%) Firewall
4 38 (10.50%) TCP/IP
5 27 (7.459%) SMTP
6 23 (6.354%) DNS
7 22 (6.077%) VPN
8 17 (4.696%) Internet
9 16 (4.420%) HTTP
10 15 (4.144%) LDAP
11 12 (3.315%) SNMP
12 10 (2.762%) LAN
13 8 (2.210%) WAN
14 7 (1.934%) NetScaler
14 7 (1.934%) FTP
15 6 (1.657%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (1.381%) Network Security
16 5 (1.381%) Wireless
16 5 (1.381%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (21.27%) SQL Server
2 48 (13.26%) MySQL
3 18 (4.972%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (4.696%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (2.486%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (1.657%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.657%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.381%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (1.381%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 5 (1.381%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (0.552%) DB2
8 2 (0.552%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.552%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.276%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (11.05%) Visual Studio
2 9 (2.486%) Subversion
2 9 (2.486%) Rational Rhapsody
3 8 (2.210%) Hudson
4 6 (1.657%) PVCS
4 6 (1.657%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (1.657%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (1.381%) JIRA
6 3 (0.829%) Git (software)
6 3 (0.829%) PowerBuilder
6 3 (0.829%) ClearQuest
6 3 (0.829%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.276%) Rational Functional Tester
7 1 (0.276%) WiX
7 1 (0.276%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.276%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.276%) Ant
General
1 40 (11.05%) Military
2 38 (10.50%) Aerospace
3 20 (5.525%) Finance
4 16 (4.420%) Telecoms
4 16 (4.420%) Marketing
5 14 (3.867%) Advertising
6 12 (3.315%) Billing
7 11 (3.039%) Electronics
8 10 (2.762%) Banking
9 6 (1.657%) Law
10 5 (1.381%) Legal
11 3 (0.829%) Back Office
12 2 (0.552%) Automotive
12 2 (0.552%) Retail
13 1 (0.276%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.276%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 109 (30.11%) Software Engineer
2 66 (18.23%) Developer
3 34 (9.392%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (8.840%) C++ Developer
5 29 (8.011%) Systems Engineer
6 25 (6.906%) Analyst
7 24 (6.630%) C# Developer
8 22 (6.077%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 22 (6.077%) Real Time Engineer
9 20 (5.525%) Support Engineer
10 19 (5.249%) C++/C# Developer
10 19 (5.249%) Administrator
11 18 (4.972%) Java Developer
11 18 (4.972%) .NET Developer
11 18 (4.972%) .NET Software Engineer
11 18 (4.972%) C++/Java Developer
12 16 (4.420%) Storage Engineer
13 14 (3.867%) Senior Software Engineer
14 13 (3.591%) Support Analyst
14 13 (3.591%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.011%) CAN bus
2 26 (7.182%) Mathematics
3 20 (5.525%) Computer Science
4 17 (4.696%) Blackberry
5 16 (4.420%) Clustering
6 13 (3.591%) Open Source
6 13 (3.591%) Embedded Systems
7 12 (3.315%) iPhone
8 10 (2.762%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.762%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.934%) iPad
10 6 (1.657%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.657%) SaaS
11 5 (1.381%) Handset
12 4 (1.105%) PMI
12 4 (1.105%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.105%) Visualisation
12 4 (1.105%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.829%) Cryptography
13 3 (0.829%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 133 (36.74%) Linux
2 86 (23.76%) Windows Server 2008
3 52 (14.36%) UNIX
4 49 (13.54%) Solaris
5 41 (11.33%) HPUX
6 36 (9.945%) Windows Server 2003
7 29 (8.011%) VxWorks
7 29 (8.011%) Windows 7
8 25 (6.906%) Windows XP
9 21 (5.801%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (3.867%) Android
11 9 (2.486%) Windows Vista
11 9 (2.486%) Apple iOS
12 8 (2.210%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (1.657%) Windows NT
14 5 (1.381%) CentOS
15 4 (1.105%) Windows 2000
15 4 (1.105%) Mac OS
16 3 (0.829%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.829%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (20.17%) ITIL
2 52 (14.36%) Web Development
3 47 (12.98%) Software Engineering
4 41 (11.33%) Software Architecture
5 35 (9.669%) CRM
6 24 (6.630%) Data Protection
7 19 (5.249%) Logistics
8 18 (4.972%) OO
9 17 (4.696%) TDD
10 15 (4.144%) ERP
11 14 (3.867%) UML
11 14 (3.867%) Identity Management
11 14 (3.867%) Software Testing
12 13 (3.591%) Load Balancing
13 12 (3.315%) Waterfall
13 12 (3.315%) Multithreading
13 12 (3.315%) Test Scripting
14 11 (3.039%) Scrum
15 10 (2.762%) Project Management
15 10 (2.762%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 144 (39.78%) C#
2 131 (36.19%) SQL
3 121 (33.43%) C++
4 75 (20.72%) C
5 66 (18.23%) Java
6 44 (12.15%) JavaScript
7 41 (11.33%) Perl
8 38 (10.50%) T-SQL
9 35 (9.669%) Shell Script
10 31 (8.564%) Embedded C
11 16 (4.420%) VC++
12 15 (4.144%) PL/SQL
13 9 (2.486%) VB
14 5 (1.381%) XPath
14 5 (1.381%) XQuery
15 4 (1.105%) VBScript
15 4 (1.105%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.829%) Korn
16 3 (0.829%) Bash shell
17 2 (0.552%) XAML
Qualifications
1 123 (33.98%) Security Cleared
2 91 (25.14%) DV Cleared
3 71 (19.61%) Degree
4 47 (12.98%) SC Cleared
5 40 (11.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (5.525%) MCSA
6 20 (5.525%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.867%) CCNA
7 14 (3.867%) ISEB
7 14 (3.867%) MCITP
8 13 (3.591%) MCP
9 12 (3.315%) ISTQB
10 10 (2.762%) MCSE
10 10 (2.762%) MCSD
11 6 (1.657%) CCNP
12 4 (1.105%) MCAD
12 4 (1.105%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.105%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.105%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.829%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.420%) QA
2 11 (3.039%) DO-178B
3 10 (2.762%) TickIT
3 10 (2.762%) IEC 61508
4 5 (1.381%) JTAG
System Software
1 63 (17.40%) Active Directory
2 55 (15.19%) vSphere
3 53 (14.64%) VMware ESX
4 47 (12.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (3.867%) Microsoft App-V
5 14 (3.867%) ISA Server
5 14 (3.867%) Squid
6 12 (3.315%) XenApp
7 8 (2.210%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.657%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.105%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.829%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.276%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.276%) XenServer
11 1 (0.276%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.276%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 62 (17.13%) NetBackup
2 17 (4.696%) WSUS
3 12 (3.315%) Zenoss
3 12 (3.315%) SCCM
4 10 (2.762%) Backup Exec
4 10 (2.762%) MIMEsweeper
5 6 (1.657%) Tivoli
6 5 (1.381%) McAfee ePO
6 5 (1.381%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (1.381%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (1.381%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (1.105%) Netcool
7 4 (1.105%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 4 (1.105%) Sysprep
7 4 (1.105%) WhatsUp Gold
8 3 (0.829%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.829%) Cisco UCCX
9 2 (0.552%) ARCserve
10 1 (0.276%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.276%) Puppet
Vendors
1 148 (40.88%) Microsoft
2 110 (30.39%) VMware
3 89 (24.59%) Citrix
4 83 (22.93%) Cisco
5 81 (22.38%) NetApp
6 78 (21.55%) Symantec
7 75 (20.72%) HP
8 44 (12.15%) JBoss
9 41 (11.33%) Veritas
9 41 (11.33%) Brocade
10 25 (6.906%) IBM
11 20 (5.525%) Oracle
11 20 (5.525%) EMC
12 17 (4.696%) Juniper
13 13 (3.591%) McAfee
14 11 (3.039%) Clearswift
15 10 (2.762%) Apple
15 10 (2.762%) Sophos
16 8 (2.210%) Borland
16 8 (2.210%) Intel
Cheltenham, South West
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Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + Car
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Clevedon, Somerset, Bristol, Taunton,...
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XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-28,000 + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Clevedon, Somerset, Bristol, Taunton,...
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XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-30,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £28000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Gloucestershire
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Clevedon, Somerset, Bristol, Taunton,...
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XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-28,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Gloucestershire
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ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
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Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £25000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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Commercial Group
Salary: From £38,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
Tewkesbury, South West
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JAM
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Their main industries include but are not restricted to; cash-management and logistics services, electronic security systems and risk management... The Role This role will involve extensive exposure...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum + Inc Pension, Health etc
Posted: 10 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
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OPUS
Salary: GBP25000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Cheltenham, South West
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + +Great Bens
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum + Inc Pension, Health etc
Posted: 20 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
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Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
Required Experience Real Time Embedded C for 8,16 and 32 bit microcontrollers including Power PC... Familiarity with C++, C# & .NET frameworks. Familiarity with Operating Systems - DOS, Windows,...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
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Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Gloucester, South West
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
The Role Working alongside the test team, you will be tasked with a number of roles including: - Direct software testing (manual or automation scripts provided) - Ensure consistent test...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Proficient in writing C/C++ code for microcontrollers (including hardware drivers). - Experience of writing Engineering tools in Windows (Win32, MFC, etc.)... Keil MDK, Atlassian etc. - Knowledge of USB,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Healthcare, Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Proficient in writing C/C++ code for microcontrollers (including hardware drivers). - Experience of writing Engineering tools in Windows (Win32, MFC, etc.)... Keil MDK, Atlassian etc. - Knowledge of USB,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013