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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Leicestershire 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank58
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads278204
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.136 %0.090 %
As % of the category below74.13 %69.86 %
Salaries quoted234168
Average minimum salary£25,690£28,469
Average salary£27,391£30,416
% change on same period last year-9.94 %
Average maximum salary£29,092£32,363
UK excluding London average salary£32,364£32,782
% change on same period last year-1.27 %
Operating Systems LeicestershireOperating Systems
Leicestershire
Matching permanent IT job ads375292
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.129 %
Salaries quoted289241
Average minimum salary£26,855£29,151
Average salary£28,616£30,866
% change on same period last year-7.29 %
Average maximum salary£30,376£32,581
UK excluding London average salary£34,651£34,981
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Windows East MidlandsWindows
East Midlands

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Leicestershire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Leicestershire region over the past 3 months.

Leicestershire Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Leicestershire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1LeicesterUp+3157£27,310-11.02 %
2LoughboroughDown-510£27,444-8.51 %
3HinckleyDown-24£34,500+19.60 %
4CoalvilleNew entry-3£18,000-
Windows East MidlandsWindows
East Midlands

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1216 (37.70 %)Microsoft
2184 (32.11 %)Active Directory
3167 (29.14 %)SQL
4164 (28.62 %)SQL Server
5123 (21.47 %).NET
5123 (21.47 %)Windows XP
6122 (21.29 %)Degree
7119 (20.77 %)MS Excel
8109 (19.02 %)Microsoft Certification
9107 (18.67 %)MS Exchange
9107 (18.67 %)TCP/IP
10103 (17.98 %)C#
11101 (17.63 %)MCSE
1294 (16.40 %)LAN
1392 (16.06 %)WAN
1490 (15.71 %)Unix
1588 (15.36 %)MS Office
1670 (12.22 %)Windows Server 2003
1764 (11.17 %)C++
1863 (10.99 %)Exchange Server 2003
1962 (10.82 %)Windows 2000
2060 (10.47 %)Java
2157 (9.948 %)MCP
2255 (9.599 %)ASP.NET
2353 (9.250 %)Oracle
2451 (8.901 %)Finance
2548 (8.377 %)Linux
2646 (8.028 %)IIS
2744 (7.679 %)DNS
2841 (7.155 %)ITIL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1123 (21.47 %).NET
255 (9.599 %)ASP.NET
328 (4.887 %)XML
416 (2.792 %)MFC
515 (2.618 %)COM+
614 (2.443 %)WinForms
712 (2.094 %)WebSphere
810 (1.745 %).NET Framework
810 (1.745 %)HTML
98 (1.396 %)ADO.NET
105 (0.873 %)ATL
105 (0.873 %)STL
114 (0.698 %)ASP
123 (0.524 %)CSS
123 (0.524 %)AJAX
123 (0.524 %)Middleware
132 (0.349 %)XSL
132 (0.349 %)XSLT
141 (0.175 %)OpenGL
141 (0.175 %)Silverlight
Application Platforms
1107 (18.67 %)MS Exchange
263 (10.99 %)Exchange Server 2003
346 (8.028 %)IIS
413 (2.269 %)Apache
510 (1.745 %)Lotus Notes
67 (1.222 %)Exchange Server 2007
76 (1.047 %)SharePoint
76 (1.047 %)Exchange Server 2000
85 (0.873 %)MQSeries
85 (0.873 %)WebSphere MQ
94 (0.698 %)SAS
102 (0.349 %)BizTalk Server
102 (0.349 %)Exstream Dialogue
Applications
1119 (20.77 %)MS Excel
288 (15.36 %)MS Office
32 (0.349 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
17 (1.222 %)GoldMine
22 (0.349 %)SAP Business One
22 (0.349 %)Remedy AR System
31 (0.175 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1107 (18.67 %)TCP/IP
294 (16.40 %)LAN
392 (16.06 %)WAN
444 (7.679 %)DNS
532 (5.585 %)BSS
626 (4.538 %)DHCP
721 (3.665 %)VPN
820 (3.490 %)Internet
918 (3.141 %)VoIP
1017 (2.967 %)Firewall
1115 (2.618 %)WINS
1213 (2.269 %)OSPF
1213 (2.269 %)BGP
1213 (2.269 %)RIP
1311 (1.920 %)Wireless
144 (0.698 %)IP Telephony
153 (0.524 %)Intranet
153 (0.524 %)VLAN
153 (0.524 %)Network Security
162 (0.349 %)TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1164 (28.62 %)SQL Server
229 (5.061 %)SQL Server 2000
229 (5.061 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (3.316 %)MS Access
417 (2.967 %)Crystal Reports
513 (2.269 %)MySQL
610 (1.745 %)DB2
79 (1.571 %)Oracle 9i
86 (1.047 %)SQL Server 7
94 (0.698 %)Oracle 10g
94 (0.698 %)Informix
103 (0.524 %)GIS
112 (0.349 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
112 (0.349 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
112 (0.349 %)TOAD
112 (0.349 %)Datawarehouse
112 (0.349 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
121 (0.175 %)SQL Server Integration Services
121 (0.175 %)DTS
121 (0.175 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
119 (3.316 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.349 %)NUnit
31 (0.175 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.175 %)Oracle Forms
General
151 (8.901 %)Finance
230 (5.236 %)Education
327 (4.712 %)Pensions
414 (2.443 %)Banking
512 (2.094 %)Retail
512 (2.094 %)Health
611 (1.920 %)Manufacturing
79 (1.571 %)Marketing
88 (1.396 %)Publishing
88 (1.396 %)Electric
95 (0.873 %)Construction
104 (0.698 %)Electronics
104 (0.698 %)Telecoms
104 (0.698 %)Insurance
113 (0.524 %)Government
122 (0.349 %)Automotive
122 (0.349 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (0.349 %)Local Government
122 (0.349 %)Billing
131 (0.175 %)3D Graphics
Job Titles
1127 (22.16 %)Analyst
299 (17.28 %)Developer
368 (11.87 %)Support Analyst
467 (11.69 %)Applications Support
563 (10.99 %)Support Engineer
649 (8.551 %)Consultant
747 (8.202 %)IT Support Engineer
842 (7.330 %)C# Developer
938 (6.632 %)Administrator
1037 (6.457 %)Software Developer
1130 (5.236 %)Server Support
1229 (5.061 %)Programmer
1327 (4.712 %)Support Consultant
1423 (4.014 %)Senior Analyst
1522 (3.839 %)Applications Consultant
1522 (3.839 %)Applications Support Consultant
1621 (3.665 %).NET Developer
1621 (3.665 %)IT Support Analyst
1621 (3.665 %)Junior
1720 (3.490 %)Tester
Miscellaneous
116 (2.792 %)Clustering
211 (1.920 %)Mainframe
211 (1.920 %)SCADA
36 (1.047 %)Client/Server
45 (0.873 %)Blackberry
54 (0.698 %)Thin Client
54 (0.698 %)Grid Computing
54 (0.698 %)VLE
54 (0.698 %)Asset Management
54 (0.698 %)Fat Client
63 (0.524 %)Computer Science
72 (0.349 %)PDA
81 (0.175 %)Tandem
81 (0.175 %)EPoS
Operating Systems
1123 (21.47 %)Windows XP
290 (15.71 %)Unix
370 (12.22 %)Windows Server 2003
462 (10.82 %)Windows 2000
548 (8.377 %)Linux
628 (4.887 %)AIX
719 (3.316 %)Windows NT
815 (2.618 %)Debian
913 (2.269 %)Gentoo
102 (0.349 %)Solaris
111 (0.175 %)Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
141 (7.155 %)ITIL
223 (4.014 %)OO
321 (3.665 %)UML
416 (2.792 %)OOP
416 (2.792 %)Service Delivery
514 (2.443 %)Configuration Management
514 (2.443 %)Unit Testing
612 (2.094 %)Service Management
711 (1.920 %)OOD
810 (1.745 %)TDD
99 (1.571 %)ERP
99 (1.571 %)CRM
107 (1.222 %)SSADM
107 (1.222 %)Test Scripting
116 (1.047 %)Automated Testing
116 (1.047 %)Agile Software Development
125 (0.873 %)E-Commerce
125 (0.873 %)Disaster Recovery
134 (0.698 %)System Testing
143 (0.524 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
1167 (29.14 %)SQL
2103 (17.98 %)C#
364 (11.17 %)C++
460 (10.47 %)Java
536 (6.283 %)C
536 (6.283 %)VB.NET
629 (5.061 %)VC++
723 (4.014 %)VB
812 (2.094 %)COBOL
911 (1.920 %)VB6
109 (1.571 %)JavaScript
117 (1.222 %)Transact-SQL
124 (0.698 %)PL/SQL
132 (0.349 %)Perl
132 (0.349 %)VBScript
132 (0.349 %)VBA
141 (0.175 %)PHP5
141 (0.175 %)Shell Script
141 (0.175 %)PHP
Qualifications
1122 (21.29 %)Degree
2109 (19.02 %)Microsoft Certification
3101 (17.63 %)MCSE
457 (9.948 %)MCP
524 (4.188 %)CCNA
524 (4.188 %)Cisco Certification
618 (3.141 %)MCSA
711 (1.920 %)HND
810 (1.745 %)CCNP
97 (1.222 %)HNC
106 (1.047 %)A+ Certification
115 (0.873 %)ISEB
124 (0.698 %)NVQ Level 3
124 (0.698 %)ITIL Certification
132 (0.349 %)MCDST
132 (0.349 %)Citrix Certification
132 (0.349 %)CCDA
141 (0.175 %)MCDBA
141 (0.175 %)MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.571 %)SLA
21 (0.175 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.175 %)QA
21 (0.175 %)ISO9001
System Software
1184 (32.11 %)Active Directory
226 (4.538 %)Backup Exec
313 (2.269 %)Squid
410 (1.745 %)Citrix Presentation Server
57 (1.222 %)MetaFrame
65 (0.873 %)Terminal Services
73 (0.524 %)ISA Server
82 (0.349 %)Oracle RMAN
82 (0.349 %)NetBackup
91 (0.175 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
14 (0.698 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 (0.698 %)HP Data Protector
23 (0.524 %)MOM
32 (0.349 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
32 (0.349 %)Tivoli
32 (0.349 %)ARCserve
41 (0.175 %)BMC Marimba
41 (0.175 %)SCCM
41 (0.175 %)SCOM
Vendors
1216 (37.70 %)Microsoft
253 (9.250 %)Oracle
338 (6.632 %)Citrix
432 (5.585 %)Cisco
523 (4.014 %)HP
620 (3.490 %)VERITAS
620 (3.490 %)VMware
715 (2.618 %)IBM
813 (2.269 %)Red Hat
912 (2.094 %)NetApp
1011 (1.920 %)Avaya
1110 (1.745 %)Novell
1110 (1.745 %)Lotus
125 (0.873 %)Intel
125 (0.873 %)Altiris
134 (0.698 %)Kerridge
143 (0.524 %)LANDesk
143 (0.524 %)Micro Focus
143 (0.524 %)Dell
143 (0.524 %)SAP
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