The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 44 41 55
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +14
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 15 16 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.890% 3.194% 2.861%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.49% 11.27% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 9
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
143 142 182
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 27.55% 28.34% 26.04%
Number of salaries quoted 118 124 128
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -6.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

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

Middlesex Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 18 (64.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
6 10 (35.71%) Windows XP
6 10 (35.71%) MS Exchange
6 10 (35.71%) SQL
6 10 (35.71%) MS Office
7 9 (32.14%) DNS
7 9 (32.14%) Nagios
8 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
8 8 (28.57%) XML
8 8 (28.57%) UNIX
9 7 (25.00%) Linux
9 7 (25.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (25.00%) VPN
9 7 (25.00%) VMware
9 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 6 (21.43%) Network Security
10 6 (21.43%) Symantec
10 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (21.43%) HTML
11 5 (17.86%) Java
11 5 (17.86%) J2EE
11 5 (17.86%) Oracle
11 5 (17.86%) Apache
11 5 (17.86%) Solaris
11 5 (17.86%) Cisco
11 5 (17.86%) HP

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 Development
1 8 (28.57%) XML
2 6 (21.43%) HTML
3 5 (17.86%) Hibernate
3 5 (17.86%) J2EE
4 3 (10.71%) ASP
4 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET
4 3 (10.71%) ATL
4 3 (10.71%) COM
4 3 (10.71%) .NET
4 3 (10.71%) WCF
4 3 (10.71%) WPF
5 1 (3.571%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (35.71%) MS Exchange
2 5 (17.86%) Apache
2 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
3 4 (14.29%) Tomcat
3 4 (14.29%) CMS
3 4 (14.29%) nginx
4 3 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (10.71%) IIS
5 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (7.143%) MS Project Server
5 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (7.143%) Lync
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (35.71%) MS Office
2 7 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (7.143%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (7.143%) Line 50
Communications & Networking
1 9 (32.14%) DNS
2 7 (25.00%) VPN
3 6 (21.43%) Network Security
4 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
4 5 (17.86%) LAN
4 5 (17.86%) VoIP
5 4 (14.29%) DHCP
5 4 (14.29%) SAN
5 4 (14.29%) X.25
5 4 (14.29%) IPsec
6 2 (7.143%) WAN
7 1 (3.571%) Broadband
7 1 (3.571%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.29%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (10.71%) Data Mining
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) JIRA
2 1 (3.571%) MSI
General
1 2 (7.143%) Back Office
1 2 (7.143%) Military
2 1 (3.571%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Applications Support
3 5 (17.86%) Applications Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Dynamics CRM Developer
4 3 (10.71%) CRM Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (7.143%) Trainer
5 2 (7.143%) Desktop Support
5 2 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Team Leader
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) IT Support
5 2 (7.143%) Microsoft Trainer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 3 (10.71%) Blackberry
2 3 (10.71%) Video on Demand
3 2 (7.143%) E-Learning
3 2 (7.143%) Smartphone
3 2 (7.143%) Thin Client
3 2 (7.143%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.143%) Fat Client
3 2 (7.143%) FMCG
4 1 (3.571%) Statistics
4 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (64.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (35.71%) Windows XP
5 8 (28.57%) UNIX
6 7 (25.00%) Linux
7 5 (17.86%) Solaris
8 4 (14.29%) Windows 8
9 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (7.143%) Fedora
11 1 (3.571%) Android
11 1 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.71%) OO
1 3 (10.71%) CRM
1 3 (10.71%) Time Management
2 2 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (7.143%) Capacity Management
2 2 (7.143%) Service Management
2 2 (7.143%) ITIL
2 2 (7.143%) CAD
2 2 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (3.571%) Workflow
3 1 (3.571%) Validation
3 1 (3.571%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.571%) Data Management
3 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
3 1 (3.571%) Project Management
3 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) Bash shell
2 5 (17.86%) Java
3 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.71%) C#
3 3 (10.71%) C++
3 3 (10.71%) VC++
4 1 (3.571%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 4 (14.29%) CCNP
2 4 (14.29%) CCNA
2 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (14.29%) MCITP
3 2 (7.143%) Degree
3 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.571%) MCP
4 1 (3.571%) MCSE
4 1 (3.571%) MCSA
4 1 (3.571%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) SLA
1 2 (7.143%) QA
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (7.143%) Terminal Services
5 1 (3.571%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Nagios
2 2 (7.143%) WSUS
3 1 (3.571%) SCCM
3 1 (3.571%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) VMware
3 6 (21.43%) Symantec
4 5 (17.86%) HP
4 5 (17.86%) Oracle
4 5 (17.86%) Cisco
5 4 (14.29%) PlateSpin
6 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
7 2 (7.143%) Sage
7 2 (7.143%) Remedy
7 2 (7.143%) Adobe