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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 11 3
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 19 13 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huntingdon 32.76% 15.48% 27.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 86.36% 86.67% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 19 12 13
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +41.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,700 £35,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £44,750 £32,400
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Huntingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 15 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huntingdon 37.93% 17.86% 40.68%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 21
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £35,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £35,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Cambridgeshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon region.

Huntingdon Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Huntingdon Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huntingdon 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 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 17 (51.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (48.48%) Citrix
4 15 (45.45%) SQL
5 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (36.36%) VMware
6 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (30.30%) Active Directory
7 10 (30.30%) MS Exchange
7 10 (30.30%) SQL Server
7 10 (30.30%) MS Office
7 10 (30.30%) MS Excel
8 9 (27.27%) MCITP
9 7 (21.21%) Exchange Server 2007
9 7 (21.21%) Hyper-V
9 7 (21.21%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (18.18%) Unit Testing
10 6 (18.18%) SharePoint
10 6 (18.18%) .NET
10 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET
11 5 (15.15%) C#
11 5 (15.15%) C++
11 5 (15.15%) VC++
11 5 (15.15%) XML
11 5 (15.15%) Firewall
11 5 (15.15%) SCCM
12 4 (12.12%) Time Management
12 4 (12.12%) Lync
12 4 (12.12%) Web Development
12 4 (12.12%) .NET Framework

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huntingdon 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 6 (18.18%) .NET
1 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET
2 5 (15.15%) XML
3 4 (12.12%) .NET Framework
3 4 (12.12%) Web Services
4 3 (9.091%) MFC
4 3 (9.091%) HTML
5 2 (6.061%) .NET Compact Framework
6 1 (3.030%) Swing
6 1 (3.030%) CSS
6 1 (3.030%) JSP
6 1 (3.030%) Servlets
6 1 (3.030%) Struts
6 1 (3.030%) XSLT
6 1 (3.030%) AWT
6 1 (3.030%) Silverlight
6 1 (3.030%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (30.30%) MS Exchange
2 7 (21.21%) Exchange Server 2007
2 7 (21.21%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (18.18%) SharePoint
4 4 (12.12%) Lync
5 2 (6.061%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (3.030%) Apache
6 1 (3.030%) IIS
6 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (30.30%) MS Office
1 10 (30.30%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.030%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Firewall
2 3 (9.091%) LAN
2 3 (9.091%) WAN
3 1 (3.030%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (30.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Subversion
2 1 (3.030%) JUnit
2 1 (3.030%) MSI
2 1 (3.030%) InstallShield
2 1 (3.030%) StarTeam
General
1 4 (12.12%) Retail
2 1 (3.030%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Consultant
2 5 (15.15%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (15.15%) Software Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Service Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Test Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Software Test Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Developer
4 3 (9.091%) Server Support
4 3 (9.091%) Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) Project Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Server Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) C++ Developer
4 3 (9.091%) 3rd Line Server Support
4 3 (9.091%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Server Support Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) EPoS
2 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.030%) Data Extraction
2 1 (3.030%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (9.091%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.061%) UNIX
4 2 (6.061%) Linux
5 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.030%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Unit Testing
2 4 (12.12%) Time Management
2 4 (12.12%) Web Development
3 3 (9.091%) Automated Testing
3 3 (9.091%) Software Testing
3 3 (9.091%) Test Scripting
4 1 (3.030%) OO
4 1 (3.030%) Project Management
4 1 (3.030%) Migration
4 1 (3.030%) ITIL
4 1 (3.030%) OOD
4 1 (3.030%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.030%) Release Management
4 1 (3.030%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.030%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (3.030%) OpenUP
4 1 (3.030%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) C#
2 5 (15.15%) C++
2 5 (15.15%) VC++
3 4 (12.12%) Shell Script
4 3 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.061%) Java
6 1 (3.030%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.030%) VBScript
6 1 (3.030%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (27.27%) MCITP
3 4 (12.12%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) MCSE
4 3 (9.091%) MCP
4 3 (9.091%) CCA
4 3 (9.091%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (9.091%) MCTS
5 1 (3.030%) ISEB
5 1 (3.030%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) QA
System Software
1 10 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 7 (21.21%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.030%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.030%) XenApp
3 1 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) SCCM
2 1 (3.030%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 16 (48.48%) Citrix
3 12 (36.36%) VMware
4 4 (12.12%) HP
4 4 (12.12%) NetApp
5 1 (3.030%) Adobe
5 1 (3.030%) Sun
5 1 (3.030%) Borland
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
For this role it is essential that you have either a MCSE or MCITP qualification (or an equivalent proven skill set), good Windows Server and Exchange skills as...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013