The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 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 8 over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
146 131 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 27.86% 25.99% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 106 114 141
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -1.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,750 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
South East

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Nagios
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) X.25
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) MCITP
1 4 (100.00%) PlateSpin
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Master

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) X.25
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) MCITP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) PlateSpin