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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Leicester region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank47
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads143110
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.045 %
As % of the category below75.26 %65.09 %
Salaries quoted13894
Average minimum salary£25,304£28,468
Average salary£27,411£30,372
% change on same period last year-9.74 %
Average maximum salary£29,518£32,277
UK excluding London average salary£32,377£32,950
% change on same period last year-1.74 %
Leicester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Leicester
Matching permanent IT job ads190169
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.069 %
Salaries quoted171151
Average minimum salary£27,247£28,909
Average salary£29,724£30,729
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Average maximum salary£32,200£32,550
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Windows LeicestershireWindows
Leicestershire

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Leicester Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Leicester Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Leicester Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

1152 (51.53 %)Microsoft
2110 (37.29 %)Active Directory
394 (31.86 %)SQL Server
491 (30.85 %)LAN
587 (29.49 %).NET
682 (27.80 %)MS Exchange
780 (27.12 %)WAN
876 (25.76 %)TCP/IP
876 (25.76 %)Windows XP
876 (25.76 %)Microsoft Certification
972 (24.41 %)MS Excel
1068 (23.05 %)MCSE
1153 (17.97 %)Exchange Server 2003
1251 (17.29 %)SQL
1345 (15.25 %)VB.NET
1345 (15.25 %)MS Office
1442 (14.24 %)C#
1540 (13.56 %)Oracle
1635 (11.86 %)Pensions
1732 (10.85 %)VB
1831 (10.51 %)Linux
1831 (10.51 %)Degree
1929 (9.831 %)MCP
1929 (9.831 %)ASP.NET
1929 (9.831 %)UNIX
2027 (9.153 %)VoIP
2124 (8.136 %)VB6
2124 (8.136 %)Avaya
2223 (7.797 %)Windows 2000
2321 (7.119 %)DB2

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
187 (29.49 %).NET
229 (9.831 %)ASP.NET
320 (6.780 %)WinForms
411 (3.729 %).NET Framework
59 (3.051 %)HTML
68 (2.712 %)MFC
76 (2.034 %)ADO.NET
76 (2.034 %)AJAX
84 (1.356 %)Silverlight
93 (1.017 %)XML
93 (1.017 %)OpenGL
101 (0.339 %)CSS
Leicester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
182 (27.80 %)MS Exchange
253 (17.97 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (2.373 %)Lotus Notes
46 (2.034 %)Exchange Server 2000
55 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
64 (1.356 %)IIS
73 (1.017 %)SharePoint
82 (0.678 %)Exstream Dialogue
91 (0.339 %)SAS
91 (0.339 %)BizTalk Server
Leicester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (24.41 %)MS Excel
245 (15.25 %)MS Office
Leicester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (2.373 %)GoldMine
22 (0.678 %)SAP Business One
22 (0.678 %)Remedy AR System
31 (0.339 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.339 %)Dynamics AX
Leicester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
191 (30.85 %)LAN
280 (27.12 %)WAN
376 (25.76 %)TCP/IP
427 (9.153 %)VoIP
516 (5.424 %)DNS
611 (3.729 %)Internet
79 (3.051 %)Firewall
88 (2.712 %)VPN
95 (1.695 %)Ethernet
104 (1.356 %)DHCP
104 (1.356 %)Wireless
113 (1.017 %)VLAN
122 (0.678 %)Intranet
122 (0.678 %)Extranet
131 (0.339 %)OSPF
131 (0.339 %)BGP
131 (0.339 %)TETRA
131 (0.339 %)IP Telephony
131 (0.339 %)ADSL
131 (0.339 %)Cisco PIX
Leicester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
194 (31.86 %)SQL Server
221 (7.119 %)DB2
317 (5.763 %)SQL Server 2005
416 (5.424 %)Informix
513 (4.407 %)SQL Server 2000
67 (2.373 %)Oracle 10g
76 (2.034 %)Crystal Reports
85 (1.695 %)SQL Server 7
93 (1.017 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.339 %)DTS
101 (0.339 %)RDBMS
101 (0.339 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.339 %)GIS
101 (0.339 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.339 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Leicester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (5.763 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.678 %)NUnit
31 (0.339 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Leicester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (11.86 %)Pensions
214 (4.746 %)Finance
311 (3.729 %)Banking
410 (3.390 %)Retail
59 (3.051 %)Marketing
68 (2.712 %)Education
76 (2.034 %)Health
85 (1.695 %)Insurance
94 (1.356 %)Publishing
94 (1.356 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (1.017 %)Construction
103 (1.017 %)3D Graphics
112 (0.678 %)Billing
112 (0.678 %)Telecoms
112 (0.678 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.339 %)Electric
Leicester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
164 (21.69 %)Analyst
246 (15.59 %)Developer
345 (15.25 %)Support Engineer
439 (13.22 %)Support Analyst
439 (13.22 %)IT Support Engineer
526 (8.814 %).NET Developer
625 (8.475 %)IT Support Analyst
724 (8.136 %)Systems Engineer
821 (7.119 %)Consultant
920 (6.780 %)Applications Support
920 (6.780 %)Senior Analyst
1019 (6.441 %)Programmer
1118 (6.102 %)Administrator
1217 (5.763 %)Applications Consultant
1217 (5.763 %)Support Consultant
1217 (5.763 %)Applications Support Consultant
1316 (5.424 %)Analyst Programmer
1414 (4.746 %)Software Engineer
1513 (4.407 %)Software Developer
1513 (4.407 %)Senior Programmer
Leicester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (3.051 %)Blackberry
28 (2.712 %)Mainframe
35 (1.695 %)Client/Server
35 (1.695 %)EPoS
35 (1.695 %)IBM Mainframe
44 (1.356 %)VLE
52 (0.678 %)Thin Client
52 (0.678 %)PDA
52 (0.678 %)Fat Client
61 (0.339 %)Mathematics
61 (0.339 %)Tandem
Leicester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
176 (25.76 %)Windows XP
231 (10.51 %)Linux
329 (9.831 %)UNIX
423 (7.797 %)Windows 2000
519 (6.441 %)Windows Server 2003
614 (4.746 %)AIX
75 (1.695 %)Windows NT
83 (1.017 %)Solaris
83 (1.017 %)Mac OS X
92 (0.678 %)zOS
92 (0.678 %)Debian
Leicester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (6.780 %)OO
217 (5.763 %)UML
316 (5.424 %)ITIL
411 (3.729 %)OOD
510 (3.390 %)OOP
69 (3.051 %)CRM
77 (2.373 %)Unit Testing
86 (2.034 %)Software Engineering
86 (2.034 %)E-Commerce
95 (1.695 %)Asset Management
104 (1.356 %)ERP
113 (1.017 %)Agile Software Development
113 (1.017 %)TDD
113 (1.017 %)Service Delivery
122 (0.678 %)Project Management
122 (0.678 %)Systems Analysis
122 (0.678 %)Project Planning
131 (0.339 %)Manual Testing
131 (0.339 %)Data Migration
131 (0.339 %)Security Cleared
Leicester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
151 (17.29 %)SQL
245 (15.25 %)VB.NET
342 (14.24 %)C#
432 (10.85 %)VB
524 (8.136 %)VB6
618 (6.102 %)C++
711 (3.729 %)C
87 (2.373 %)VC++
87 (2.373 %)JavaScript
95 (1.695 %)Transact-SQL
95 (1.695 %)Delphi
102 (0.678 %)Java
102 (0.678 %)COBOL
102 (0.678 %)Perl
102 (0.678 %)PL/SQL
111 (0.339 %)Shell Script
Leicester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
176 (25.76 %)Microsoft Certification
268 (23.05 %)MCSE
331 (10.51 %)Degree
429 (9.831 %)MCP
517 (5.763 %)MCSA
616 (5.424 %)CCNA
616 (5.424 %)Cisco Certification
73 (1.017 %)ITIL Certification
73 (1.017 %)CCNP
82 (0.678 %)CCDA
82 (0.678 %)MCDST
91 (0.339 %)MCTS
91 (0.339 %)Citrix Certification
91 (0.339 %)A+ Certification
91 (0.339 %)MCDBA
Leicester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (4.407 %)SLA
21 (0.339 %)QA
21 (0.339 %)ISO9001
Leicester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1110 (37.29 %)Active Directory
28 (2.712 %)Terminal Services
36 (2.034 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.339 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.339 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.339 %)ISA Server
41 (0.339 %)MetaFrame
Leicester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.678 %)HP Data Protector
21 (0.339 %)MOM
21 (0.339 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Leicester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1152 (51.53 %)Microsoft
240 (13.56 %)Oracle
324 (8.136 %)Avaya
413 (4.407 %)Citrix
511 (3.729 %)HP
69 (3.051 %)Cisco
78 (2.712 %)IBM
78 (2.712 %)SAP
87 (2.373 %)NetApp
87 (2.373 %)Lotus
93 (1.017 %)Altiris
102 (0.678 %)LANDesk
102 (0.678 %)Exstream
102 (0.678 %)Sage
102 (0.678 %)Novell
102 (0.678 %)Remedy
102 (0.678 %)Exchequer
111 (0.339 %)Dell
111 (0.339 %)Unisys
111 (0.339 %)Micro Focus
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