The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 168 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 13 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.317% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.244% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1045 1009 824
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.45% 27.37% 21.20%
Number of salaries quoted 925 861 763
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +6.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
North West

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Manchester Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Manchester region.

Manchester Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oldham - 1 - -
Windows 8
North West

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (85.00%) Windows 7
3 13 (65.00%) Windows XP
4 12 (60.00%) SharePoint
5 11 (55.00%) LAN
5 11 (55.00%) WAN
5 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
5 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
5 11 (55.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (50.00%) Hyper-V
7 9 (45.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (45.00%) Windows Vista
7 9 (45.00%) SQL
7 9 (45.00%) VMware
8 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 8 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
8 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (35.00%) IIS
9 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange
9 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
10 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (30.00%) CRM
10 6 (30.00%) .NET
10 6 (30.00%) Statistics
10 6 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
11 5 (25.00%) Retail

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (30.00%) .NET
2 3 (15.00%) COM
3 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
3 2 (10.00%) jQuery
3 2 (10.00%) WPF
3 2 (10.00%) Silverlight
3 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (10.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (10.00%) WinRT
Application Platforms
1 12 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (35.00%) IIS
2 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Azure
3 2 (10.00%) Lync
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (15.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (5.000%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) LAN
1 11 (55.00%) WAN
1 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (20.00%) Firewall
3 3 (15.00%) SAN
3 3 (15.00%) VPN
3 3 (15.00%) DNS
3 3 (15.00%) VoIP
4 2 (10.00%) PBX
4 2 (10.00%) SMTP
4 2 (10.00%) DHCP
4 2 (10.00%) SSL
4 2 (10.00%) LDAP
4 2 (10.00%) MPLS
4 2 (10.00%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (5.000%) NAS
5 1 (5.000%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (45.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (5.000%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (10.00%) Moq
General
1 5 (25.00%) Retail
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
2 3 (15.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Communications Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Support
4 1 (5.000%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.000%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Statistics
2 2 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (10.00%) iPhone
2 2 (10.00%) Open Source
2 2 (10.00%) iPad
2 2 (10.00%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (5.000%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows 7
3 13 (65.00%) Windows XP
4 11 (55.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (45.00%) Windows Vista
6 4 (20.00%) Windows Phone
7 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (15.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (10.00%) Android
8 2 (10.00%) Windows Phone 8
9 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) CRM
2 5 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (10.00%) TDD
3 2 (10.00%) Scrum
3 2 (10.00%) MVC
3 2 (10.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (10.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (10.00%) Build Automation
4 1 (5.000%) Document Management
4 1 (5.000%) ITSM
4 1 (5.000%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) X++
3 2 (10.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) XAML
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (10.00%) MCP
1 2 (10.00%) MCSE
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 9 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (5.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (5.000%) SCOM
1 1 (5.000%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) Fujitsu
4 1 (5.000%) Remedy
4 1 (5.000%) McAfee
4 1 (5.000%) Sophos
4 1 (5.000%) NetApp
4 1 (5.000%) Peregrine
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Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013