The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kingston Upon Thames region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 23 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 5 13 20
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 41 34 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 25.31% 17.71% 16.09%
As % of the Operating Systems category 70.69% 64.15% 47.46%
Number of salaries quoted 41 33 28
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -23.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £32,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
58 53 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 35.80% 27.60% 33.91%
Number of salaries quoted 58 52 59
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
London

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kingston Upon Thames Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 42 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 39 (55.71%) XML
3 34 (48.57%) SQL
4 32 (45.71%) Degree
5 29 (41.43%) SQL Server
6 25 (35.71%) .NET
6 25 (35.71%) JavaScript
7 23 (32.86%) Windows Server 2008
8 21 (30.00%) C#
8 21 (30.00%) HTML
8 21 (30.00%) ASP.NET
9 20 (28.57%) CSS
9 20 (28.57%) Linux
10 19 (27.14%) IBM
11 18 (25.71%) Project Management
11 18 (25.71%) Web Services
11 18 (25.71%) MS Excel
12 16 (22.86%) E-Commerce
13 14 (20.00%) Java
13 14 (20.00%) VB.NET
13 14 (20.00%) Scrum
13 14 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
13 14 (20.00%) JIRA
13 14 (20.00%) QA
13 14 (20.00%) Ajax
13 14 (20.00%) jQuery
13 14 (20.00%) Multithreading
14 13 (18.57%) Manual Testing
14 13 (18.57%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (18.57%) Security Testing

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 39 (55.71%) XML
2 25 (35.71%) .NET
3 21 (30.00%) HTML
3 21 (30.00%) ASP.NET
4 20 (28.57%) CSS
5 18 (25.71%) Web Services
6 14 (20.00%) Ajax
6 14 (20.00%) jQuery
7 13 (18.57%) soapUI
7 13 (18.57%) SOAP
8 6 (8.571%) Middleware
8 6 (8.571%) WebSphere
8 6 (8.571%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (7.143%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 3 (4.286%) .NET Framework
11 2 (2.857%) ASP
12 1 (1.429%) AppFabric
12 1 (1.429%) LINQ
12 1 (1.429%) WCF
12 1 (1.429%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.14%) MS Exchange
2 11 (15.71%) IIS
3 7 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (10.00%) Apache
4 6 (8.571%) Tomcat
4 6 (8.571%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (8.571%) Oracle Service Bus
5 5 (7.143%) MS Project Server
6 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (4.286%) Lync
7 3 (4.286%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (1.429%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (1.429%) Mathematica
8 1 (1.429%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (25.71%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.571%) MS Office
3 5 (7.143%) MS Project
3 5 (7.143%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.429%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.429%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.43%) Firewall
2 7 (10.00%) DNS
3 6 (8.571%) DHCP
3 6 (8.571%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.857%) Internet
5 1 (1.429%) NAS
5 1 (1.429%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.429%) Wireless
5 1 (1.429%) IPv4
5 1 (1.429%) SAN
5 1 (1.429%) Intranet
5 1 (1.429%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (41.43%) SQL Server
2 13 (18.57%) TOAD
3 11 (15.71%) MySQL
4 10 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (11.43%) Oracle 8/8i
5 8 (11.43%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (8.571%) DTS
6 6 (8.571%) SQL Server 2000
6 6 (8.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (8.571%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (8.571%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (2.857%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (20.00%) JIRA
2 13 (18.57%) WebDriver
2 13 (18.57%) Hudson
2 13 (18.57%) Selenium
2 13 (18.57%) AppScan
3 6 (8.571%) Talend Open Studio
4 5 (7.143%) Dreamweaver
5 2 (2.857%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.429%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (1.429%) WiX
6 1 (1.429%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (1.429%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.429%) Maven
6 1 (1.429%) MSI
6 1 (1.429%) Ant
6 1 (1.429%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (7.143%) Retail
1 5 (7.143%) Electronics
2 2 (2.857%) French Language
2 2 (2.857%) German Language
3 1 (1.429%) Billing
3 1 (1.429%) Finance
Job Titles
1 24 (34.29%) Developer
2 18 (25.71%) Analyst
2 18 (25.71%) .NET Developer
3 13 (18.57%) Agile Test Analyst
3 13 (18.57%) Web Analyst
3 13 (18.57%) Web Test Analyst
3 13 (18.57%) Test Analyst
4 10 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
4 10 (14.29%) C# Developer
5 8 (11.43%) DBA
6 7 (10.00%) SQL DBA
7 6 (8.571%) Junior
7 6 (8.571%) Junior Developer
7 6 (8.571%) SQL Server DBA
7 6 (8.571%) Junior C# Developer
7 6 (8.571%) Junior .NET Developer
7 6 (8.571%) Junior C# .NET Developer
8 5 (7.143%) Graduate C++ Developer
8 5 (7.143%) C Developer
8 5 (7.143%) Senior .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.57%) Computer Science
2 11 (15.71%) SaaS
3 7 (10.00%) Replication
4 6 (8.571%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.857%) Clustering
6 1 (1.429%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.429%) FMCG
6 1 (1.429%) Firmware
6 1 (1.429%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 23 (32.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 20 (28.57%) Linux
3 14 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (5.714%) UNIX
5 3 (4.286%) Windows XP
5 3 (4.286%) Windows 2000
6 2 (2.857%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.71%) Project Management
2 16 (22.86%) E-Commerce
3 14 (20.00%) Scrum
3 14 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 13 (18.57%) Manual Testing
4 13 (18.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 13 (18.57%) Security Testing
4 13 (18.57%) Web Testing
4 13 (18.57%) Agile Testing
4 13 (18.57%) Automated Testing
4 13 (18.57%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (18.57%) Configuration Management
5 11 (15.71%) UML
6 6 (8.571%) Data Modelling
6 6 (8.571%) SOA
6 6 (8.571%) ETL
6 6 (8.571%) Data Analysis
6 6 (8.571%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (7.143%) Video Processing
7 5 (7.143%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (48.57%) SQL
2 25 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 21 (30.00%) C#
4 14 (20.00%) Java
4 14 (20.00%) VB.NET
5 13 (18.57%) T-SQL
5 13 (18.57%) PHP
6 6 (8.571%) C
6 6 (8.571%) VBScript
6 6 (8.571%) C++
7 2 (2.857%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.857%) VB
7 2 (2.857%) VB6
8 1 (1.429%) Bash shell
8 1 (1.429%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.429%) Perl
8 1 (1.429%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 32 (45.71%) Degree
2 13 (18.57%) ISEB
3 8 (11.43%) MCSE
3 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (7.143%) MCITP
5 3 (4.286%) MCTS
5 3 (4.286%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.857%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.857%) CCNA
7 1 (1.429%) CCEE
7 1 (1.429%) CCAA
7 1 (1.429%) CCIA
7 1 (1.429%) HP AIS
7 1 (1.429%) HP ASE
7 1 (1.429%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (1.429%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.429%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.429%) MCP
7 1 (1.429%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 12 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.143%) vSphere
3 4 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.857%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.429%) XenApp
5 1 (1.429%) XenServer
5 1 (1.429%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.429%) Terminal Server
5 1 (1.429%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (2.857%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.429%) SCCM
2 1 (1.429%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (1.429%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 42 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (27.14%) IBM
3 10 (14.29%) Oracle
4 8 (11.43%) Cisco
5 6 (8.571%) VMware
5 6 (8.571%) Talend
6 5 (7.143%) Google
6 5 (7.143%) Citrix
7 3 (4.286%) Remedy
8 2 (2.857%) HP
9 1 (1.429%) 3PAR
9 1 (1.429%) Veeam
9 1 (1.429%) Minitab
9 1 (1.429%) Dell
9 1 (1.429%) NetApp
9 1 (1.429%) Apple
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Your technical skills need to be centred on Microsoft desktop technologies including Windows XP/7, MS Office, Outlook/Exchange and Active Directory. Any experience with Citrix and/or...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Service Operations Analyst - MCSE, VMware, SQL Server 2005/2008... MUST haves: Microsoft Qualification. VMware Vsphere. SQL Server 2005/2008 IIS Good understanding of TCP/IP Windows 2008 servers.
Pertemps IT
Salary: 30,000 - 40,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Service Operations Analyst - MCSE, VMware, SQL Server 2005/2008... MUST haves: Microsoft Qualification. VMware Vsphere. SQL Server 2005/2008 IIS Good understanding of TCP/IP Windows 2008 servers.
Pertemps IT
Salary: 30,000 - 40,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Software Engineer (ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#) - Kingston, Surrey... You will ideally have worked across building applications within the Microsoft .Net framework with a history of utilising the...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £60000 - £68000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kingston upon Thames, South East
C++ Developer / OO Software Engineer / Programmer (OOD Language Agnostic). Skilled object orientated Software Developer with a thorough understanding of computing fundamentals sought by market leading software house that...
Client Server
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013