The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 20 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.428% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.736% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £31,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
288 189 318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 24.68% 26.62% 30.75%
Number of salaries quoted 248 179 290
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
South East

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Kent Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Kent region.

Kent Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aylesford - 2 £35,000 -
Windows 8
South East

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Apple
2 13 (72.22%) Retail
2 13 (72.22%) Android
2 13 (72.22%) Apple iOS
3 11 (61.11%) Data Modelling
4 8 (44.44%) E-Commerce
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 7 (38.89%) OOP
5 7 (38.89%) OO
5 7 (38.89%) HTML
5 7 (38.89%) PHP
5 7 (38.89%) MySQL
5 7 (38.89%) CSS
6 6 (33.33%) VB6
6 6 (33.33%) VB
6 6 (33.33%) VB.NET
6 6 (33.33%) .NET
7 5 (27.78%) Apache
7 5 (27.78%) SOAP
7 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
7 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
7 5 (27.78%) UML
7 5 (27.78%) Windows XP
7 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
7 5 (27.78%) Ajax
7 5 (27.78%) jQuery
7 5 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (27.78%) Firewall
7 5 (27.78%) REST

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (38.89%) CSS
1 7 (38.89%) HTML
2 6 (33.33%) .NET
3 5 (27.78%) SOAP
3 5 (27.78%) Ajax
3 5 (27.78%) jQuery
3 5 (27.78%) Smarty
3 5 (27.78%) REST
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) Apache
1 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 3 (16.67%) DHCP
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 2 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (5.556%) MPLS
4 1 (5.556%) Network Security
4 1 (5.556%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.556%) Subversion
General
1 13 (72.22%) Retail
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Web Developer
3 6 (33.33%) .NET Developer
4 5 (27.78%) VB.NET Developer
4 5 (27.78%) VB Developer
4 5 (27.78%) PHP Developer
4 5 (27.78%) VB6 Developer
4 5 (27.78%) PHP Web Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
5 4 (22.22%) Mobile Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Android Developer
6 3 (16.67%) iOS Developer
7 2 (11.11%) Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) Software Engineer
8 1 (5.556%) VB Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) PHP Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) .NET Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) Web Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) VB.NET Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 2 (11.11%) Smartphone
3 2 (11.11%) iPhone
3 2 (11.11%) iPad
4 1 (5.556%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Android
2 13 (72.22%) Apple iOS
3 5 (27.78%) Windows XP
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (22.22%) Linux
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (16.67%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
6 1 (5.556%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Data Modelling
2 8 (44.44%) E-Commerce
3 7 (38.89%) OOP
3 7 (38.89%) OO
4 5 (27.78%) UML
4 5 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (11.11%) Web Development
7 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) PHP
2 6 (33.33%) VB
2 6 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 6 (33.33%) VB6
3 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
4 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.556%) MCSE
2 1 (5.556%) CCNA
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Apple
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) Facebook
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco
4 1 (5.556%) Citrix
4 1 (5.556%) VMware
Chatham, Kent
Microsoft Certified. Desktop experience up to and including Windows 7 (8 a bonus) Server experience up to 2008 R2 (Linux a bonus) Hands on virtualisation - VMWare / Hyper V...
Konetic Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013