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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 13 12 11
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 143 126 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 15.94% 17.31% 18.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 52.38% 66.67% 68.29%
Number of salaries quoted 118 121 75
Average salary £32,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £50,000 £54,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
273 189 123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 30.43% 25.96% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 228 178 114
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +11.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Surrey

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Guildford Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 105 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 73 (28.74%) Linux
3 68 (26.77%) VMware
4 67 (26.38%) SQL
5 65 (25.59%) C#
5 65 (25.59%) Active Directory
6 60 (23.62%) TCP/IP
6 60 (23.62%) .NET
7 58 (22.83%) Windows Server 2008
8 57 (22.44%) VMware Infrastructure
9 56 (22.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 52 (20.47%) SQL Server
11 49 (19.29%) Windows Server 2003
12 45 (17.72%) ASP.NET
12 45 (17.72%) DNS
12 45 (17.72%) Degree
13 43 (16.93%) C++
14 42 (16.54%) MS Exchange
15 36 (14.17%) Finance
15 36 (14.17%) Computer Science
15 36 (14.17%) MCTS
16 35 (13.78%) TDD
16 35 (13.78%) Java
17 34 (13.39%) MVC
18 32 (12.60%) Citrix
19 31 (12.20%) MCP
19 31 (12.20%) Firewall
20 30 (11.81%) MS Excel
20 30 (11.81%) ASP.NET MVC
21 29 (11.42%) WCF

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 60 (23.62%) .NET
2 45 (17.72%) ASP.NET
3 30 (11.81%) ASP.NET MVC
4 29 (11.42%) WCF
4 29 (11.42%) .NET Framework
4 29 (11.42%) WinForms
5 28 (11.02%) XML
6 26 (10.24%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 23 (9.055%) WPF
7 23 (9.055%) Razor View Engine
8 21 (8.268%) Spring.NET
8 21 (8.268%) Castle Windsor
8 21 (8.268%) Ninject
8 21 (8.268%) Unity DI Container
9 18 (7.087%) Web Services
10 10 (3.937%) HTML
11 9 (3.543%) Application Packaging
11 9 (3.543%) CSS
12 7 (2.756%) XSLT
13 6 (2.362%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 42 (16.54%) MS Exchange
2 27 (10.63%) Apache
3 22 (8.661%) Exchange Server 2010
4 20 (7.874%) SharePoint
5 19 (7.480%) IIS
6 10 (3.937%) Tomcat
7 9 (3.543%) Exchange Server 2007
8 8 (3.150%) Lync
9 7 (2.756%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (2.756%) WebLogic
9 7 (2.756%) Exchange Server 2013
10 6 (2.362%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (1.575%) SAS
12 2 (0.787%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.787%) GroupWise
12 2 (0.787%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.394%) Exchange Server 2000
13 1 (0.394%) nginx
13 1 (0.394%) Windows Azure
13 1 (0.394%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 30 (11.81%) MS Excel
2 26 (10.24%) MS Office
3 6 (2.362%) Office 365
4 2 (0.787%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.575%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 60 (23.62%) TCP/IP
2 45 (17.72%) DNS
3 31 (12.20%) Firewall
4 26 (10.24%) SAN
5 24 (9.449%) Internet
6 18 (7.087%) VPN
7 14 (5.512%) DHCP
8 13 (5.118%) SMTP
9 12 (4.724%) MPLS
9 12 (4.724%) FTP
10 11 (4.331%) IP Telephony
10 11 (4.331%) LAN
11 10 (3.937%) POP3
12 8 (3.150%) WAN
12 8 (3.150%) HTTP
13 7 (2.756%) WiMAX
13 7 (2.756%) xDSL
13 7 (2.756%) SSL
13 7 (2.756%) Ethernet
13 7 (2.756%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (20.47%) SQL Server
2 19 (7.480%) MySQL
3 12 (4.724%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (2.756%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (1.969%) GIS
6 4 (1.575%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.575%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (1.181%) Big Data
8 2 (0.787%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.787%) MS Access
9 1 (0.394%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.394%) SQL Anywhere
9 1 (0.394%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.394%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.394%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.394%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 21 (8.268%) MSTest
1 21 (8.268%) Rhino Mocks
1 21 (8.268%) Moq
1 21 (8.268%) NUnit
2 10 (3.937%) Xcode
3 8 (3.150%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.575%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.575%) Ant
4 4 (1.575%) JUnit
4 4 (1.575%) Maven
5 3 (1.181%) JIRA
5 3 (1.181%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.181%) Hudson
5 3 (1.181%) Mercurial
5 3 (1.181%) ClearCase
5 3 (1.181%) InstallShield
5 3 (1.181%) ClearQuest
5 3 (1.181%) MSI
5 3 (1.181%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.787%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 36 (14.17%) Finance
2 16 (6.299%) Games
3 6 (2.362%) Retail
4 4 (1.575%) Back Office
4 4 (1.575%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.181%) Law
5 3 (1.181%) Electronics
6 2 (0.787%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.787%) Legal
7 1 (0.394%) Marketing
7 1 (0.394%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (18.11%) Developer
2 32 (12.60%) Analyst
3 29 (11.42%) .NET Developer
4 28 (11.02%) Junior
5 26 (10.24%) Graduate
5 26 (10.24%) Graduate Developer
6 23 (9.055%) Consultant
7 22 (8.661%) Administrator
8 21 (8.268%) Graduate .NET Developer
8 21 (8.268%) Junior .NET Developer
8 21 (8.268%) Junior Developer
9 17 (6.693%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (6.299%) Support Analyst
10 16 (6.299%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (5.512%) IT Support
12 13 (5.118%) Support Engineer
12 13 (5.118%) Software Engineer
13 12 (4.724%) Citrix Engineer
14 11 (4.331%) Programmer
15 10 (3.937%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.17%) Computer Science
2 23 (9.055%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (8.268%) Inversion of Control
4 15 (5.906%) Mathematics
5 13 (5.118%) iPhone
6 11 (4.331%) Cryptography
7 10 (3.937%) Blackberry
7 10 (3.937%) Clustering
8 9 (3.543%) SCADA
8 9 (3.543%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (3.543%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (2.756%) Fat Client
9 7 (2.756%) Thin Client
10 6 (2.362%) SaaS
10 6 (2.362%) PKI
10 6 (2.362%) Pocket PC
11 5 (1.969%) Social Network
11 5 (1.969%) iPad
11 5 (1.969%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.181%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 73 (28.74%) Linux
2 58 (22.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 49 (19.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (10.63%) Windows XP
5 26 (10.24%) CentOS
6 18 (7.087%) Windows 7
6 18 (7.087%) UNIX
7 15 (5.906%) Solaris
8 13 (5.118%) Android
9 10 (3.937%) SUSE
9 10 (3.937%) Apple iOS
9 10 (3.937%) Mac OS
9 10 (3.937%) Windows Vista
10 7 (2.756%) AIX
11 4 (1.575%) Debian
11 4 (1.575%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (1.181%) Windows 2000 Server
12 3 (1.181%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.394%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.394%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (13.78%) TDD
2 34 (13.39%) MVC
3 29 (11.42%) ITIL
4 26 (10.24%) Scrum
5 22 (8.661%) Continuous Integration
6 21 (8.268%) Kanban
6 21 (8.268%) Web Application Development
6 21 (8.268%) Dependency Injection
6 21 (8.268%) MVVM
7 18 (7.087%) Project Management
8 16 (6.299%) Agile Software Development
9 15 (5.906%) Web Development
10 14 (5.512%) CRM
10 14 (5.512%) Automated Testing
10 14 (5.512%) Software Testing
11 13 (5.118%) OO
12 12 (4.724%) Reverse Engineering
13 11 (4.331%) Penetration Testing
13 11 (4.331%) Waterfall
13 11 (4.331%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 67 (26.38%) SQL
2 65 (25.59%) C#
3 43 (16.93%) C++
4 35 (13.78%) Java
5 24 (9.449%) Perl
6 19 (7.480%) Python
7 17 (6.693%) C
8 13 (5.118%) Bash shell
8 13 (5.118%) VB
9 10 (3.937%) PHP
10 9 (3.543%) Delphi
11 8 (3.150%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.756%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.969%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.575%) VBScript
14 4 (1.575%) Lua
15 3 (1.181%) VB6
15 3 (1.181%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.787%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.787%) VC++
Qualifications
1 56 (22.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 45 (17.72%) Degree
3 36 (14.17%) MCTS
4 31 (12.20%) MCP
5 25 (9.843%) Security Cleared
6 23 (9.055%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 21 (8.268%) MCAD
7 21 (8.268%) MCSD
8 19 (7.480%) MCSE
8 19 (7.480%) MCITP
9 18 (7.087%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (6.693%) CCNA
11 11 (4.331%) MCSA
12 8 (3.150%) Citrix Certification
12 8 (3.150%) CCAA
12 8 (3.150%) DV Cleared
13 6 (2.362%) ISEB
13 6 (2.362%) CCDA
13 6 (2.362%) ISTQB
14 5 (1.969%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.543%) SLA
2 4 (1.575%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.575%) QA
3 1 (0.394%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 65 (25.59%) Active Directory
2 57 (22.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.268%) XenApp
4 18 (7.087%) vSphere
5 14 (5.512%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (4.724%) VMware ESX
7 11 (4.331%) Xen
7 11 (4.331%) Hyper-V
7 11 (4.331%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 7 (2.756%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.969%) Samba
10 4 (1.575%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (1.181%) XenServer
11 3 (1.181%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.787%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.787%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.394%) vCloud
13 1 (0.394%) Forefront TMG
13 1 (0.394%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (7.087%) SCCM
2 10 (3.937%) SCOM
3 9 (3.543%) Nagios
4 6 (2.362%) Puppet
5 4 (1.575%) YUM
6 3 (1.181%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.787%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.787%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.787%) WSUS
8 1 (0.394%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 105 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 68 (26.77%) VMware
3 32 (12.60%) Citrix
4 24 (9.449%) Oracle
4 24 (9.449%) Cisco
5 21 (8.268%) Red Hat
6 17 (6.693%) HP
7 13 (5.118%) Dell
7 13 (5.118%) Perforce
8 10 (3.937%) Google
9 9 (3.543%) Altiris
10 8 (3.150%) AppSense
10 8 (3.150%) Sun
10 8 (3.150%) Avaya
11 7 (2.756%) Sage
11 7 (2.756%) Novell
11 7 (2.756%) Adobe
12 6 (2.362%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.575%) Symantec
13 4 (1.575%) Business Objects
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