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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 7 18 1
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -17
Permanent jobs citing Windows 24 4 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 29.63% 10.53% 38.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.00% 26.67% 90.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23 4 10
Average salary £28,000 £32,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.84% -31.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,500 £43,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Hertford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
40 15 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 49.38% 39.47% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 39 15 11
Average salary £35,000 £28,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.80% -36.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £20,000 £34,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £39,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Hertfordshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Hertford Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Hertford Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 14 (41.18%) Linux
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
1 14 (41.18%) VMware
2 10 (29.41%) MS Excel
2 10 (29.41%) NHS
3 9 (26.47%) Cisco
4 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
4 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
5 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (20.59%) Windows 8
6 6 (17.65%) Hyper-V
6 6 (17.65%) Oracle
6 6 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (14.71%) SLA
7 5 (14.71%) Windows XP
7 5 (14.71%) Broadband
7 5 (14.71%) McAfee
7 5 (14.71%) McAfee ePO
7 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (14.71%) Acronis
8 4 (11.76%) DHCP
8 4 (11.76%) DNS
8 4 (11.76%) SAN
9 3 (8.824%) BMC
9 3 (8.824%) Remedy
9 3 (8.824%) Apache
9 3 (8.824%) Tomcat
9 3 (8.824%) IIS
9 3 (8.824%) Java
9 3 (8.824%) SQL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 2 (5.882%) HTML
1 2 (5.882%) ASP
1 2 (5.882%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) Apache
1 3 (8.824%) Tomcat
1 3 (8.824%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (29.41%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Broadband
2 4 (11.76%) DHCP
2 4 (11.76%) DNS
2 4 (11.76%) SAN
3 3 (8.824%) VLAN
4 2 (5.882%) Firewall
4 2 (5.882%) HTTP
5 1 (2.941%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.941%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.882%) MySQL
General
1 1 (2.941%) Retail
1 1 (2.941%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Analyst
1 14 (41.18%) Support Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) Administrator
3 8 (23.53%) Support Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Systems Administrator
4 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) IT Support
5 6 (17.65%) Network Support
5 6 (17.65%) Senior Support Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (14.71%) Network Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) Server Support
6 5 (14.71%) Coordinator
6 5 (14.71%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) Server Support Engineer
6 5 (14.71%) Server Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (41.18%) Linux
2 7 (20.59%) Windows 8
3 6 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (14.71%) Windows XP
4 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (8.824%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (5.882%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.824%) ITSM
1 3 (8.824%) Change Control
2 2 (5.882%) CRM
3 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.824%) Java
1 3 (8.824%) SQL
2 2 (5.882%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
1 2 (5.882%) HND
2 1 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.941%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (17.65%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.882%) VirtualBox
4 2 (5.882%) vSphere
4 2 (5.882%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.941%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
1 14 (41.18%) VMware
2 9 (26.47%) Cisco
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle
4 5 (14.71%) McAfee
4 5 (14.71%) Acronis
5 3 (8.824%) BMC
5 3 (8.824%) Remedy
5 3 (8.824%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.882%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (5.882%) Juniper
6 2 (5.882%) Citrix
7 1 (2.941%) Novell
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Requirements *Must have strong working knowledge of Windows 7/8/SBS, Active Directory, Exchange management, Mac Operating systems and an understanding of VMware *Sound knowledge of CRM systems...
Berry Recruitment
Salary: £455 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Requirements *Must have strong working knowledge of Windows 7/8/SBS, Active Directory, Exchange management, Mac Operating systems and an understanding of VMware *Sound knowledge of CRM systems...
Berry Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013