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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 11 25
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 5.263% 10.53% 1.064%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 47.06% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £31,500 £50,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.00% +37.93%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Home Counties
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3 17 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 15.79% 22.37% 4.787%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 9
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% -36.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
South East

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix