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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Harrogate region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank82
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads64123
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.051 %
As % of the category below49.61 %57.75 %
Salaries quoted39111
Average minimum salary£29,846£30,333
Average salary£31,333£31,261
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
Average maximum salary£32,821£32,189
UK excluding London average salary£32,626£33,219
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Harrogate IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Harrogate
Matching permanent IT job ads129213
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.089 %
Salaries quoted86200
Average minimum salary£32,191£33,454
Average salary£32,898£34,366
% change on same period last year-4.27 %
Average maximum salary£33,605£35,279
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Windows North YorkshireWindows
North Yorkshire

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Harrogate region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Harrogate Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Harrogate Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Harrogate region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Harrogate Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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.

177 (56.20 %)Linux
270 (51.09 %)SQL Server
364 (46.72 %)UNIX
454 (39.42 %)Oracle
553 (38.69 %)RDBMS
649 (35.77 %)SQL
747 (34.31 %)LAN
846 (33.58 %)TCP/IP
945 (32.85 %)Windows Server 2003
945 (32.85 %)WAN
1042 (30.66 %)DB2
1140 (29.20 %)Firewall
1239 (28.47 %)DNS
1338 (27.74 %)Finance
1436 (26.28 %)IBM
1535 (25.55 %)VPN
1634 (24.82 %)Internet
1730 (21.90 %)Solaris
1829 (21.17 %)Java
1928 (20.44 %)Red Hat
1928 (20.44 %)Red Hat Linux
2027 (19.71 %)MySQL
2126 (18.98 %)Perl
2126 (18.98 %)JBoss
2126 (18.98 %)Apache
2126 (18.98 %)Tomcat
2126 (18.98 %)Oracle 8/8i
2126 (18.98 %)Nagios
2126 (18.98 %)Degree
2224 (17.52 %)MS Excel

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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.

Harrogate IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (13.14 %).NET
213 (9.489 %)ASP.NET
310 (7.299 %)WinForms
49 (6.569 %)AJAX
49 (6.569 %)WebServices
49 (6.569 %)XML
49 (6.569 %)ASP
58 (5.839 %)HTML
65 (3.650 %)CSS
71 (0.730 %)JSP
71 (0.730 %)Servlets
71 (0.730 %)ADO
71 (0.730 %)XHTML
71 (0.730 %)ISAPI
71 (0.730 %).NET Framework
Harrogate IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (18.98 %)Apache
126 (18.98 %)Tomcat
126 (18.98 %)JBoss
213 (9.489 %)IIS
36 (4.380 %)MS Exchange
43 (2.190 %)Lotus Notes
43 (2.190 %)Lotus Domino
52 (1.460 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.730 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.730 %)Live Communications Server
Harrogate IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (17.52 %)MS Excel
28 (5.839 %)MS Office
31 (0.730 %)QuarkXPress
31 (0.730 %)InDesign
31 (0.730 %)MS PowerPoint
Harrogate IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.190 %)Oracle EBS
22 (1.460 %)SAP FI/CO
22 (1.460 %)SAP CO
22 (1.460 %)Oracle Financials
22 (1.460 %)Pegasus Opera
22 (1.460 %)SAP FI
Harrogate IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
147 (34.31 %)LAN
246 (33.58 %)TCP/IP
345 (32.85 %)WAN
440 (29.20 %)Firewall
539 (28.47 %)DNS
635 (25.55 %)VPN
734 (24.82 %)Internet
88 (5.839 %)VLAN
97 (5.109 %)IP Telephony
97 (5.109 %)MPLS
97 (5.109 %)TACACS
97 (5.109 %)PBX
97 (5.109 %)SNMP
106 (4.380 %)DHCP
115 (3.650 %)SAN
123 (2.190 %)Cisco PIX
123 (2.190 %)VoIP
123 (2.190 %)Cisco ASA
131 (0.730 %)LDAP
131 (0.730 %)ATM
Harrogate IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
170 (51.09 %)SQL Server
253 (38.69 %)RDBMS
342 (30.66 %)DB2
427 (19.71 %)MySQL
526 (18.98 %)Oracle 8/8i
622 (16.06 %)Informix
719 (13.87 %)Oracle 9i
816 (11.68 %)Oracle 10g
911 (8.029 %)SQL Server 2000
109 (6.569 %)SQL Server 2005
114 (2.920 %)MS Access
Harrogate IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.460 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.730 %)Flash
21 (0.730 %)NUnit
21 (0.730 %)WebLOAD
21 (0.730 %)Ant
21 (0.730 %)JUnit
Harrogate IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (27.74 %)Finance
26 (4.380 %)Retail
34 (2.920 %)Pensions
43 (2.190 %)Multimedia
43 (2.190 %)Insurance
51 (0.730 %)Marketing
51 (0.730 %)FMCG
51 (0.730 %)Electric
51 (0.730 %)Government
51 (0.730 %)Manufacturing
51 (0.730 %)Publishing
Harrogate IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
140 (29.20 %)Support Engineer
238 (27.74 %)Administrator
327 (19.71 %)Systems Administrator
426 (18.98 %)Linux Administrator
426 (18.98 %)Linux Systems Administrator
518 (13.14 %)Developer
616 (11.68 %)DBA
616 (11.68 %)Oracle DBA
715 (10.95 %)Analyst
810 (7.299 %)Technical Support
810 (7.299 %)IT Support Engineer
99 (6.569 %).NET Developer
99 (6.569 %)C# Developer
107 (5.109 %)Network Support
107 (5.109 %)Database Manager
107 (5.109 %)Network Analyst
116 (4.380 %)Consultant
125 (3.650 %)Support Analyst
125 (3.650 %)Support Consultant
134 (2.920 %)VB Developer
Harrogate IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (6.569 %)N-Tier
27 (5.109 %)Mainframe
36 (4.380 %)Clustering
44 (2.920 %)Mathematics
53 (2.190 %)Client/Server
62 (1.460 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (0.730 %)French Language
71 (0.730 %)PDA
71 (0.730 %)AS400
71 (0.730 %)Blackberry
Harrogate IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
177 (56.20 %)Linux
264 (46.72 %)UNIX
345 (32.85 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (21.90 %)Solaris
528 (20.44 %)Red Hat Linux
618 (13.14 %)AIX
712 (8.759 %)Windows 2000
712 (8.759 %)Windows XP
81 (0.730 %)VMS
81 (0.730 %)OS/400
81 (0.730 %)Windows 2000 Server
Harrogate IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (16.06 %)ITIL
212 (8.759 %)Project Management
212 (8.759 %)Load Balancing
37 (5.109 %)Network Design
45 (3.650 %)Web Development
54 (2.920 %)CRM
63 (2.190 %)OO
72 (1.460 %)Extreme Programming
72 (1.460 %)Release Management
72 (1.460 %)Operations Management
72 (1.460 %)Data Management
72 (1.460 %)Systems Analysis
81 (0.730 %)Software Testing
81 (0.730 %)Automated Testing
81 (0.730 %)Usability Testing
81 (0.730 %)Performance Testing
81 (0.730 %)Unit Testing
81 (0.730 %)Integration Testing
81 (0.730 %)Test Scripting
81 (0.730 %)Continuous Integration
Harrogate IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
149 (35.77 %)SQL
229 (21.17 %)Java
326 (18.98 %)Perl
416 (11.68 %)C#
57 (5.109 %)VB
66 (4.380 %)JavaScript
75 (3.650 %)VB6
83 (2.190 %)VB.NET
92 (1.460 %)C++
92 (1.460 %)DHTML
92 (1.460 %)PHP
92 (1.460 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.730 %)Transact-SQL
101 (0.730 %)VBA
101 (0.730 %)C
Harrogate IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (18.98 %)Degree
23 (2.190 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.460 %)ITIL Certification
32 (1.460 %)MCSE
41 (0.730 %)MCP
41 (0.730 %)HNC
41 (0.730 %)HND
Harrogate IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (16.06 %)Active Directory
216 (11.68 %)Oracle RMAN
216 (11.68 %)Oracle RAC
310 (7.299 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.730 %)ISA Server
41 (0.730 %)NetBackup
41 (0.730 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.730 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.730 %)Intellisync
Harrogate IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (18.98 %)Nagios
22 (1.460 %)WSUS
31 (0.730 %)Legato
31 (0.730 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Harrogate IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
154 (39.42 %)Oracle
236 (26.28 %)IBM
328 (20.44 %)Red Hat
422 (16.06 %)Microsoft
514 (10.22 %)Cisco
68 (5.839 %)Citrix
73 (2.190 %)Lotus
82 (1.460 %)CODA
82 (1.460 %)Sage
82 (1.460 %)Pegasus
82 (1.460 %)Sun
82 (1.460 %)HP
82 (1.460 %)SAP
91 (0.730 %)Adobe
91 (0.730 %)Quark
91 (0.730 %)Websense
91 (0.730 %)VMware
91 (0.730 %)Apple