The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lincolnshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 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 Lincolnshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 28 16 22
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 11 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 5.759% 5.600% 2.521%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.67% 25.93% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 3
Average salary £22,500 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £30,000 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £38,500 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Lincolnshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
75 27 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 39.27% 21.60% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 46 24 20
Average salary £28,500 £37,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.00% +33.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £30,000 £20,700
10% offered a salary of more than £33,752 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
East Midlands

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Lincolnshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Lincolnshire Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Lincolnshire Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the Lincolnshire 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
Lincoln +1 4 £18,500 -50.66%
Grantham - 3 £32,500 -
Scunthorpe - 2 £27,250 -
Windows 7
East Midlands

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows XP
3 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 5 (35.71%) LAN
5 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
5 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 5 (35.71%) Citrix
6 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
6 4 (28.57%) MS Exchange
6 4 (28.57%) XenApp
6 4 (28.57%) Windows Vista
6 4 (28.57%) Firewall
7 3 (21.43%) WSUS
7 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (21.43%) Time Management
7 3 (21.43%) MS Office
7 3 (21.43%) ITIL
7 3 (21.43%) VPN
7 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
8 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (14.29%) Cisco
8 2 (14.29%) WAN
8 2 (14.29%) MCSE
8 2 (14.29%) Local Government
8 2 (14.29%) Symantec
8 2 (14.29%) Degree
9 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 3 (21.43%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) LAN
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 3 (21.43%) VPN
4 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (7.143%) DHCP
5 1 (7.143%) SMS
5 1 (7.143%) VoIP
5 1 (7.143%) Intranet
5 1 (7.143%) Internet
5 1 (7.143%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Desktop Support
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) ICT Technician
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows XP
3 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (28.57%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Time Management
1 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (7.143%) Network Management
2 1 (7.143%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) MCSE
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) HND
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (7.143%) CCNA
2 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) XenApp
3 1 (7.143%) vSphere
3 1 (7.143%) MetaFrame
3 1 (7.143%) VMware ESX
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.143%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) WSUS
2 1 (7.143%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Citrix
3 2 (14.29%) Symantec
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (7.143%) HP
4 1 (7.143%) VMware
4 1 (7.143%) Twitter