The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 17 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 49 25 -
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 5 17 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 1.597% 6.719% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.906% 21.25% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 0
Average salary £22,500 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.76% -
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
128 80 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 40.89% 31.62% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 122 70 49
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Suffolk

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Ipswich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Ipswich Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Ipswich region.

Ipswich Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (63.64%) VPN
3 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
4 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
5 5 (45.45%) MS Office
5 5 (45.45%) MS Excel
6 4 (36.36%) ITIL
6 4 (36.36%) DNS
6 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
6 4 (36.36%) Service Management
6 4 (36.36%) Mac OS X
6 4 (36.36%) Online Marketing
6 4 (36.36%) Marketing
7 3 (27.27%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (27.27%) Windows Vista
7 3 (27.27%) iPad
7 3 (27.27%) Blackberry
7 3 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (27.27%) SQL
7 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
8 2 (18.18%) VB
8 2 (18.18%) .NET
8 2 (18.18%) C#
8 2 (18.18%) WSH
8 2 (18.18%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
8 2 (18.18%) Finance

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) WSH
1 2 (18.18%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
2 3 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (18.18%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) MS Office
1 5 (45.45%) MS Excel
2 3 (27.27%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) VPN
2 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 1 (9.091%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (9.091%) LAN
3 1 (9.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (36.36%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Support Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Help Desk Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) 1st Line Support
3 4 (36.36%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Architect
5 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Blackberry
1 3 (27.27%) iPad
2 1 (9.091%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (36.36%) Mac OS X
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Vista
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) Service Management
1 4 (36.36%) Online Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) VB
2 2 (18.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) MCP
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft