The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 8 8 6
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 212 158 243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 19.87% 21.09% 21.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 69.74% 81.03% 73.86%
Number of salaries quoted 182 148 227
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
304 195 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 28.49% 26.03% 29.30%
Number of salaries quoted 259 179 306
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £45,000 £51,250
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Kent Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Dartford +4 26 £25,000 -
Tunbridge Wells +4 24 £37,500 +7.14% 12
Maidstone -8 12 £40,000 +33.33% 3
Tonbridge +2 11 £45,000 +12.50% 1
West Malling -5 9 £48,750 +95.00% 4
Canterbury +4 5 £26,000 +6.12% 1
Stansted - 5 £100,000 - 1
Sittingbourne +3 4 £28,250 -45.41%
Whitstable - 3 £28,500 - 1
Chatham -2 2 £71,250 +145.68% 4
Folkestone +12 1 £50,000 +138.09%
Dover -2 1 £62,500 +171.73%
Rochester -9 1 £22,500 -43.75% 1
Edenbridge - 1 £50,000 -
Windows
South East

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

1 176 (46.32%) Microsoft
2 126 (33.16%) VMware
3 117 (30.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 112 (29.47%) Active Directory
5 95 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 89 (23.42%) SQL Server
7 86 (22.63%) SQL
7 86 (22.63%) ITIL
8 82 (21.58%) Cisco
9 81 (21.32%) MS Exchange
10 73 (19.21%) Citrix
11 71 (18.68%) VMware Infrastructure
12 69 (18.16%) Linux
13 66 (17.37%) .NET
14 64 (16.84%) MS Excel
15 59 (15.53%) Finance
15 59 (15.53%) SAN
16 56 (14.74%) UNIX
17 53 (13.95%) TCP/IP
18 52 (13.68%) Firewall
19 51 (13.42%) HP
20 46 (12.11%) Microsoft Certification
21 45 (11.84%) DNS
22 43 (11.32%) Windows XP
23 41 (10.79%) IBM
23 41 (10.79%) MS Office
24 39 (10.26%) vSphere
24 39 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2010
25 38 (10.00%) Migration
25 38 (10.00%) Degree

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 66 (17.37%) .NET
2 22 (5.789%) ASP.NET
3 20 (5.263%) HTML
4 17 (4.474%) CSS
5 15 (3.947%) XML
5 15 (3.947%) WinForms
6 11 (2.895%) WPF
7 8 (2.105%) Ajax
7 8 (2.105%) Spring.NET
7 8 (2.105%) jQuery
7 8 (2.105%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (2.105%) Castle Windsor
7 8 (2.105%) Ninject
7 8 (2.105%) Unity DI Container
8 7 (1.842%) Middleware
8 7 (1.842%) MFC
8 7 (1.842%) ATL
8 7 (1.842%) COM
9 6 (1.579%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 6 (1.579%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 81 (21.32%) MS Exchange
2 39 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 32 (8.421%) IIS
4 29 (7.632%) SharePoint
5 27 (7.105%) Exchange Server 2003
6 23 (6.053%) Exchange Server 2007
7 15 (3.947%) Apache
8 14 (3.684%) Lync
9 12 (3.158%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 6 (1.579%) IBM Notes
10 6 (1.579%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (1.316%) MS Project Server
12 3 (0.789%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.789%) NetWeaver
12 3 (0.789%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.526%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.526%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.526%) CMS
14 1 (0.263%) SharePoint 2013
14 1 (0.263%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 64 (16.84%) MS Excel
2 41 (10.79%) MS Office
3 7 (1.842%) MS PowerPoint
4 6 (1.579%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.789%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.526%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.263%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.263%) Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1 1 (0.263%) Prophet
1 1 (0.263%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.263%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (0.263%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 59 (15.53%) SAN
2 53 (13.95%) TCP/IP
3 52 (13.68%) Firewall
4 45 (11.84%) DNS
5 32 (8.421%) VPN
5 32 (8.421%) DHCP
6 24 (6.316%) VoIP
7 18 (4.737%) LAN
8 16 (4.211%) IP Telephony
9 15 (3.947%) WAN
9 15 (3.947%) VLAN
10 14 (3.684%) Network Security
10 14 (3.684%) NAS
11 13 (3.421%) MPLS
12 12 (3.158%) Internet
13 9 (2.368%) ADSL
13 9 (2.368%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (2.105%) Cisco IPT
14 8 (2.105%) Ethernet
15 6 (1.579%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (23.42%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.105%) MySQL
3 14 (3.684%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (2.368%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (2.105%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (1.579%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.789%) DB2
8 2 (0.526%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (0.526%) MS Access
9 1 (0.263%) TOAD
9 1 (0.263%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.263%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.263%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.263%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.263%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.263%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.263%) QlikView
9 1 (0.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.474%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (2.105%) NUnit
2 8 (2.105%) MSTest
2 8 (2.105%) Rhino Mocks
2 8 (2.105%) Moq
3 7 (1.842%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.579%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 3 (0.789%) JIRA
6 2 (0.526%) Subversion
7 1 (0.263%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.263%) PEAR
7 1 (0.263%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.263%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.263%) Ant
7 1 (0.263%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.263%) Build Forge
General
1 59 (15.53%) Finance
2 28 (7.368%) Retail
3 15 (3.947%) Telecoms
4 13 (3.421%) Banking
5 10 (2.632%) Advertising
6 5 (1.316%) Automotive
7 4 (1.053%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.789%) International Banking
8 3 (0.789%) Marketing
9 2 (0.526%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.526%) Legal
10 1 (0.263%) Electronics
10 1 (0.263%) Publishing
10 1 (0.263%) Back Office
10 1 (0.263%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.263%) French Language
10 1 (0.263%) German Language
10 1 (0.263%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.263%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 64 (16.84%) Analyst
2 51 (13.42%) Developer
3 38 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 25 (6.579%) Support Analyst
5 22 (5.789%) Administrator
6 20 (5.263%) .NET Developer
7 18 (4.737%) Systems Administrator
7 18 (4.737%) Network Engineer
7 18 (4.737%) Systems Engineer
8 16 (4.211%) Software Engineer
8 16 (4.211%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (3.684%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (3.421%) Technical Support
10 13 (3.421%) Help Desk Support
10 13 (3.421%) Technical Engineer
11 12 (3.158%) Help Desk Analyst
12 11 (2.895%) IT Support
12 11 (2.895%) Consultant
12 11 (2.895%) Technical Support Engineer
13 10 (2.632%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.053%) Blackberry
2 12 (3.158%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.158%) Mobile App
3 10 (2.632%) Clustering
4 8 (2.105%) Inversion of Control
5 7 (1.842%) Mainframe
5 7 (1.842%) iSeries
5 7 (1.842%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.579%) e-Health
6 6 (1.579%) EPoS
6 6 (1.579%) SaaS
7 5 (1.316%) Replication
7 5 (1.316%) AS400
8 4 (1.053%) PDA
8 4 (1.053%) Mathematics
8 4 (1.053%) EqualLogic
8 4 (1.053%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.789%) iPhone
10 2 (0.526%) PKI
10 2 (0.526%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 117 (30.79%) Windows Server 2008
2 95 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 69 (18.16%) Linux
4 56 (14.74%) UNIX
5 43 (11.32%) Windows XP
6 28 (7.368%) Windows 7
7 23 (6.053%) Android
8 21 (5.526%) Windows 8
9 20 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (5.000%) Apple iOS
11 12 (3.158%) Windows 2000 Server
12 10 (2.632%) Windows Vista
13 8 (2.105%) Solaris
14 5 (1.316%) Windows Phone
14 5 (1.316%) AIX
15 4 (1.053%) Windows Mobile
15 4 (1.053%) Mac OS
15 4 (1.053%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.526%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.263%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (22.63%) ITIL
2 38 (10.00%) Migration
3 24 (6.316%) Disaster Recovery
3 24 (6.316%) OO
4 23 (6.053%) Project Management
5 21 (5.526%) E-Commerce
6 20 (5.263%) OOP
7 16 (4.211%) Problem Management
8 15 (3.947%) Capacity Planning
9 14 (3.684%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (3.684%) Security Management
10 13 (3.421%) Change Management
10 13 (3.421%) Agile Software Development
11 11 (2.895%) Configuration Management
11 11 (2.895%) Data Modelling
11 11 (2.895%) Systems Analysis
12 10 (2.632%) TDD
12 10 (2.632%) Data Protection
12 10 (2.632%) Service Management
12 10 (2.632%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 86 (22.63%) SQL
2 31 (8.158%) C#
3 20 (5.263%) VB
3 20 (5.263%) VB.NET
4 19 (5.000%) Java
4 19 (5.000%) C++
5 17 (4.474%) C
5 17 (4.474%) PHP
6 14 (3.684%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.684%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.421%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.895%) VB6
9 7 (1.842%) VBScript
9 7 (1.842%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.579%) Embedded C++
10 6 (1.579%) Objective-C
11 3 (0.789%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.789%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.789%) ABAP
12 2 (0.526%) XPath
Qualifications
1 46 (12.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (10.00%) Degree
3 28 (7.368%) MCSE
4 27 (7.105%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (6.842%) Security Cleared
6 17 (4.474%) MCP
7 16 (4.211%) SC Cleared
8 14 (3.684%) CISSP
9 11 (2.895%) CCNA
9 11 (2.895%) MCTS
10 9 (2.368%) CCNP
10 9 (2.368%) MCSA
11 8 (2.105%) MCITP
11 8 (2.105%) MCAD
11 8 (2.105%) MCSD
12 7 (1.842%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (1.053%) PCI QSA
14 3 (0.789%) CISA
14 3 (0.789%) CISM
14 3 (0.789%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.842%) SLA
2 23 (6.053%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.474%) QA
4 6 (1.579%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.789%) BS7799
5 3 (0.789%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 112 (29.47%) Active Directory
2 71 (18.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (10.26%) vSphere
4 30 (7.895%) Hyper-V
5 24 (6.316%) VMware ESX
6 22 (5.789%) XenApp
6 22 (5.789%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.842%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 6 (1.579%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.579%) Terminal Services
8 6 (1.579%) DFS Replication
9 4 (1.053%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.053%) ISA Server
9 4 (1.053%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (0.789%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.526%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.263%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (4.474%) Backup Exec
2 12 (3.158%) SCCM
3 9 (2.368%) Tivoli
4 6 (1.579%) SCOM
4 6 (1.579%) BMC PATROL
5 4 (1.053%) Data Guard
5 4 (1.053%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (1.053%) Norton AntiVirus
5 4 (1.053%) MIMEsweeper
6 3 (0.789%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (0.789%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 2 (0.526%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.526%) Nessus
7 2 (0.526%) WSUS
8 1 (0.263%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.263%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.263%) Splunk
8 1 (0.263%) Nagios
8 1 (0.263%) CiscoWorks
8 1 (0.263%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 176 (46.32%) Microsoft
2 126 (33.16%) VMware
3 82 (21.58%) Cisco
4 73 (19.21%) Citrix
5 51 (13.42%) HP
6 41 (10.79%) IBM
7 20 (5.263%) Apple
8 19 (5.000%) Oracle
9 16 (4.211%) Juniper
10 14 (3.684%) F5
10 14 (3.684%) Dell
11 13 (3.421%) Websense
12 11 (2.895%) NetApp
13 10 (2.632%) BMC
14 9 (2.368%) Symantec
14 9 (2.368%) CheckPoint
15 7 (1.842%) Facebook
15 7 (1.842%) McAfee
16 6 (1.579%) SAP
16 6 (1.579%) Compuware
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