The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 24 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 43 40 37
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 1 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.270% 1.600% 0.778%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.042% 7.143% 4.255%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
Average salary £20,000 £30,000 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% -21.56%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
96 84 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 25.95% 22.40% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80 77 43
Average salary £42,000 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.43% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,050 £30,000 £29,100
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £54,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Bedfordshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
3 5 (71.43%) MS Office
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) MCP
4 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
4 3 (42.86%) LAN
4 3 (42.86%) WAN
5 2 (28.57%) MCSE
5 2 (28.57%) Advertising
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
6 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (14.29%) WSUS
6 1 (14.29%) SCCM
6 1 (14.29%) iPhone
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (14.29%) XenApp
6 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (14.29%) Security+ Certification
6 1 (14.29%) MCSA
6 1 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
6 1 (14.29%) SLA
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (28.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Support
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
1 1 (14.29%) iPhone
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) MCP
3 2 (28.57%) MCSE
4 1 (14.29%) Security+ Certification
4 1 (14.29%) MCSA
4 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix