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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 18 12 8
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 29 27 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 10.43% 17.53% 19.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.44% 79.41% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 21 16 31
Average salary £32,000 £36,250 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.72% +31.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,500 £20,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £45,000 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
45 34 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 16.19% 22.08% 31.95%
Number of salaries quoted 33 19 57
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% +41.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,500 £20,500 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
North Yorkshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Harrogate Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 41 (47.13%) VMware
1 41 (47.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (44.83%) Windows Server 2008
2 39 (44.83%) Finance
3 34 (39.08%) Microsoft
4 32 (36.78%) SQL Server
4 32 (36.78%) Firewall
5 31 (35.63%) Active Directory
5 31 (35.63%) Windows 7
6 30 (34.48%) Citrix
7 29 (33.33%) SAN
8 28 (32.18%) SQL
8 28 (32.18%) Hyper-V
9 26 (29.89%) XenServer
10 25 (28.74%) XenApp
11 24 (27.59%) Network Security
11 24 (27.59%) DNS
12 23 (26.44%) MS Exchange
13 22 (25.29%) XenDesktop
14 21 (24.14%) DHCP
14 21 (24.14%) HP
15 19 (21.84%) LANDesk
15 19 (21.84%) Exchange Server 2007
15 19 (21.84%) WSUS
15 19 (21.84%) MS Excel
15 19 (21.84%) ITIL
16 17 (19.54%) LAN
16 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Certification
16 17 (19.54%) SQL Server 2008
16 17 (19.54%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 16 (18.39%) ASP.NET
1 16 (18.39%) .NET
2 11 (12.64%) jQuery
2 11 (12.64%) XML
3 10 (11.49%) XSLT
3 10 (11.49%) Ajax
4 5 (5.747%) WPF
5 4 (4.598%) CSS
5 4 (4.598%) WCF
6 3 (3.448%) HTML
7 2 (2.299%) ADO.NET
7 2 (2.299%) XSL
7 2 (2.299%) .NET Framework
7 2 (2.299%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.149%) Oracle Streams
8 1 (1.149%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 23 (26.44%) MS Exchange
2 19 (21.84%) Exchange Server 2007
3 17 (19.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (9.195%) Office Communications Server
4 8 (9.195%) Lync
5 3 (3.448%) IIS
6 2 (2.299%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (1.149%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.149%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.149%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (21.84%) MS Excel
2 7 (8.046%) MS Office
3 1 (1.149%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (2.299%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.149%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 32 (36.78%) Firewall
2 29 (33.33%) SAN
3 24 (27.59%) Network Security
3 24 (27.59%) DNS
4 21 (24.14%) DHCP
5 17 (19.54%) LAN
6 15 (17.24%) TCP/IP
7 14 (16.09%) WAN
7 14 (16.09%) Internet
8 12 (13.79%) NAS
9 7 (8.046%) iSCSI
10 2 (2.299%) VoIP
10 2 (2.299%) SMTP
10 2 (2.299%) VPN
10 2 (2.299%) FTP
10 2 (2.299%) HTTP
11 1 (1.149%) Unified Communications
11 1 (1.149%) Wireshark
11 1 (1.149%) POP3
11 1 (1.149%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (36.78%) SQL Server
2 17 (19.54%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (17.24%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (9.195%) Oracle 10g
4 8 (9.195%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (6.897%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (6.897%) Oracle 9i
6 4 (4.598%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.149%) Informix
7 1 (1.149%) DB2
7 1 (1.149%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.046%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (2.299%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.299%) TeamCity
2 2 (2.299%) NUnit
2 2 (2.299%) MSBuild
General
1 39 (44.83%) Finance
2 2 (2.299%) Legal
3 1 (1.149%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (22.99%) Wintel Engineer
2 16 (18.39%) Developer
3 14 (16.09%) Analyst
4 12 (13.79%) DBA
5 10 (11.49%) C# Developer
5 10 (11.49%) SQL Developer
6 8 (9.195%) Oracle DBA
7 7 (8.046%) Senior DBA
7 7 (8.046%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (6.897%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.897%) Server Technician
9 5 (5.747%) Senior SQL Developer
9 5 (5.747%) Senior C# Developer
9 5 (5.747%) Senior Developer
9 5 (5.747%) Consultant
10 4 (4.598%) SQL DBA
10 4 (4.598%) Senior Oracle DBA
10 4 (4.598%) .NET Developer
10 4 (4.598%) SQL Server DBA
10 4 (4.598%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.94%) Clustering
2 2 (2.299%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.149%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.149%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.149%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 39 (44.83%) Windows Server 2008
2 31 (35.63%) Windows 7
3 14 (16.09%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (12.64%) UNIX
5 7 (8.046%) Linux
6 4 (4.598%) Windows XP
7 3 (3.448%) AIX
8 2 (2.299%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.299%) Windows Vista
8 2 (2.299%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.149%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (1.149%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.84%) ITIL
2 11 (12.64%) High Availability
3 8 (9.195%) Web Design
3 8 (9.195%) Database Security
4 7 (8.046%) Network Load Balancing
4 7 (8.046%) ERP
5 6 (6.897%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (4.598%) Project Management
6 4 (4.598%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (3.448%) Network Management
7 3 (3.448%) Network Design
7 3 (3.448%) Project Planning
8 2 (2.299%) Change Management
8 2 (2.299%) MVC
8 2 (2.299%) Validation
8 2 (2.299%) CRM
8 2 (2.299%) Problem Management
8 2 (2.299%) Web Development
9 1 (1.149%) SIEM
9 1 (1.149%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (32.18%) SQL
2 14 (16.09%) T-SQL
3 11 (12.64%) C#
4 8 (9.195%) Perl
4 8 (9.195%) PL/SQL
5 5 (5.747%) VB.NET
5 5 (5.747%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.448%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.149%) C
7 1 (1.149%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (18.39%) MCSE
3 11 (12.64%) MCITP
3 11 (12.64%) MCSA
3 11 (12.64%) CCA
3 11 (12.64%) Citrix Certification
4 9 (10.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (10.34%) MCTS
5 8 (9.195%) MCP
6 3 (3.448%) CCSE
6 3 (3.448%) Degree
6 3 (3.448%) CCSA
7 2 (2.299%) CCEA
7 2 (2.299%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.299%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.299%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.299%) CCIA
8 1 (1.149%) VCP4
8 1 (1.149%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (47.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (35.63%) Active Directory
3 28 (32.18%) Hyper-V
4 26 (29.89%) XenServer
5 25 (28.74%) XenApp
6 22 (25.29%) XenDesktop
7 9 (10.34%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (9.195%) Oracle RMAN
9 7 (8.046%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (8.046%) NFS
10 3 (3.448%) vSphere
11 2 (2.299%) Xen
12 1 (1.149%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (1.149%) Snort
12 1 (1.149%) Terminal Services
12 1 (1.149%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 19 (21.84%) WSUS
2 7 (8.046%) Data Guard
3 2 (2.299%) NetBackup
3 2 (2.299%) SCCM
3 2 (2.299%) Oracle Statspack
3 2 (2.299%) HP SiteScope
4 1 (1.149%) Plesk
4 1 (1.149%) Nessus
4 1 (1.149%) SCOM
Vendors
1 41 (47.13%) VMware
2 34 (39.08%) Microsoft
3 30 (34.48%) Citrix
4 21 (24.14%) HP
5 19 (21.84%) LANDesk
6 8 (9.195%) Oracle
7 7 (8.046%) EMC
7 7 (8.046%) Cisco
7 7 (8.046%) CommVault
8 4 (4.598%) AppSense
9 3 (3.448%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.299%) Wyse
10 2 (2.299%) Symantec
10 2 (2.299%) Novell
10 2 (2.299%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.299%) PlateSpin
10 2 (2.299%) Vizioncore
11 1 (1.149%) ArcSight
11 1 (1.149%) SAP
11 1 (1.149%) Salesforce.com