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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 16 12 13
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 50 59 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 10.22% 12.77% 11.05%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.48% 54.63% 50.59%
Number of salaries quoted 43 52 42
Average salary £25,500 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £21,500 £20,100
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £37,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
145 108 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 29.65% 23.38% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 132 81 75
Average salary £35,000 £28,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.80% -12.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £37,900 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Tyne and Wear

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Newcastle upon Tyne Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing Windows 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.

1 41 (37.96%) Microsoft
2 35 (32.41%) MS Excel
3 30 (27.78%) Active Directory
4 28 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (24.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (22.22%) .NET
6 24 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 22 (20.37%) MS Office
7 22 (20.37%) MS Exchange
7 22 (20.37%) Windows Server 2003
8 21 (19.44%) Linux
9 20 (18.52%) UNIX
9 20 (18.52%) Firewall
10 19 (17.59%) Degree
11 18 (16.67%) SQL
12 17 (15.74%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (15.74%) CCNA
13 16 (14.81%) Cisco
13 16 (14.81%) MCP
14 15 (13.89%) ITIL
14 15 (13.89%) C#
14 15 (13.89%) VMware
15 14 (12.96%) ASP.NET
15 14 (12.96%) DNS
15 14 (12.96%) DHCP
16 13 (12.04%) TCP/IP
16 13 (12.04%) SLA
16 13 (12.04%) MCSE
16 13 (12.04%) SAN
16 13 (12.04%) Scrum

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 24 (22.22%) .NET
2 14 (12.96%) ASP.NET
3 13 (12.04%) WinForms
4 11 (10.19%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (9.259%) .NET Framework
6 9 (8.333%) WCF
6 9 (8.333%) WPF
6 9 (8.333%) Ninject
6 9 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 5 (4.630%) Spring.NET
7 5 (4.630%) Web Services
7 5 (4.630%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (4.630%) Node.js
7 5 (4.630%) Castle Windsor
7 5 (4.630%) Unity DI Container
8 4 (3.704%) KnockoutJS
8 4 (3.704%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 3 (2.778%) CSS
10 2 (1.852%) HTML
10 2 (1.852%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 22 (20.37%) MS Exchange
2 8 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
2 8 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (6.481%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (4.630%) SharePoint
5 4 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (2.778%) Windows Azure
6 3 (2.778%) IIS
6 3 (2.778%) Lync
7 2 (1.852%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.926%) nginx
8 1 (0.926%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.926%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.926%) Apache
8 1 (0.926%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 35 (32.41%) MS Excel
2 22 (20.37%) MS Office
3 1 (0.926%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (3.704%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (2.778%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.926%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 20 (18.52%) Firewall
2 14 (12.96%) DNS
2 14 (12.96%) DHCP
3 13 (12.04%) TCP/IP
3 13 (12.04%) SAN
4 11 (10.19%) LAN
5 10 (9.259%) VPN
6 9 (8.333%) Wireless
6 9 (8.333%) WAN
7 8 (7.407%) Internet
7 8 (7.407%) VLAN
7 8 (7.407%) NAS
8 7 (6.481%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (5.556%) iSCSI
10 4 (3.704%) SMTP
10 4 (3.704%) Intranet
10 4 (3.704%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (2.778%) VoIP
12 2 (1.852%) Unified Communications
12 2 (1.852%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.704%) MySQL
3 3 (2.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.852%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 2 (1.852%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (1.852%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.852%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (1.852%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.852%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.926%) Essbase
5 1 (0.926%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (5.556%) MSTest
1 6 (5.556%) NUnit
2 5 (4.630%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (4.630%) Rhino Mocks
2 5 (4.630%) Moq
3 2 (1.852%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (6.481%) Games
2 6 (5.556%) German Language
3 5 (4.630%) Music
4 4 (3.704%) Italian Language
4 4 (3.704%) French Language
5 3 (2.778%) Finance
5 3 (2.778%) Legal
6 2 (1.852%) Banking
7 1 (0.926%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.926%) Hebrew Language
7 1 (0.926%) Publishing
7 1 (0.926%) Automotive
7 1 (0.926%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (22.22%) Developer
1 24 (22.22%) Analyst
2 15 (13.89%) Support Analyst
3 13 (12.04%) Network Support
4 12 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 11 (10.19%) Desktop Support
5 11 (10.19%) Support Engineer
6 10 (9.259%) Software Developer
6 10 (9.259%) Team Leader
7 9 (8.333%) Network Analyst
7 9 (8.333%) Network Support Analyst
8 8 (7.407%) Technical Support
9 7 (6.481%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (6.481%) Service Analyst
10 6 (5.556%) Junior
10 6 (5.556%) Service Desk Analyst
11 5 (4.630%) Java Software Developer
11 5 (4.630%) Graduate .NET Developer
11 5 (4.630%) Junior .NET Developer
11 5 (4.630%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.333%) Blackberry
2 6 (5.556%) Replication
3 5 (4.630%) Computer Science
3 5 (4.630%) Tandem
3 5 (4.630%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (4.630%) Inversion of Control
3 5 (4.630%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.704%) Mainframe
4 4 (3.704%) Clustering
4 4 (3.704%) Streaming Music
5 2 (1.852%) Handset
5 2 (1.852%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.926%) Celerra
6 1 (0.926%) Symmetrix DMX
6 1 (0.926%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.926%) CLARiiON
6 1 (0.926%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.926%) Social Media
6 1 (0.926%) SaaS
6 1 (0.926%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
2 22 (20.37%) Windows Server 2003
3 21 (19.44%) Linux
4 20 (18.52%) UNIX
5 10 (9.259%) Windows 7
6 9 (8.333%) Windows XP
7 7 (6.481%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (4.630%) Windows 8
9 4 (3.704%) Solaris
10 2 (1.852%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.926%) CentOS
11 1 (0.926%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (13.89%) ITIL
2 13 (12.04%) Scrum
3 12 (11.11%) TDD
4 11 (10.19%) MVC
5 9 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (8.333%) Problem Management
5 9 (8.333%) Dependency Injection
5 9 (8.333%) Web Application Development
6 8 (7.407%) Network Management
7 6 (5.556%) PRINCE2
7 6 (5.556%) CRM
7 6 (5.556%) OOD
8 5 (4.630%) Unit Testing
8 5 (4.630%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (4.630%) Multithreading
8 5 (4.630%) Kanban
8 5 (4.630%) Service Management
8 5 (4.630%) E-Commerce
8 5 (4.630%) Game Development
8 5 (4.630%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.67%) SQL
2 15 (13.89%) C#
3 7 (6.481%) C
4 5 (4.630%) Java
5 4 (3.704%) VB
5 4 (3.704%) VB.NET
6 3 (2.778%) XAML
6 3 (2.778%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.778%) C++
7 1 (0.926%) Ruby
7 1 (0.926%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.926%) VBA
7 1 (0.926%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.926%) PHP
7 1 (0.926%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (24.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (17.59%) Degree
3 17 (15.74%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (15.74%) CCNA
4 16 (14.81%) MCP
5 13 (12.04%) MCSE
6 10 (9.259%) MCTS
7 9 (8.333%) MCAD
7 9 (8.333%) MCSD
8 8 (7.407%) MCSA
8 8 (7.407%) MCDST
9 5 (4.630%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (4.630%) PhD
10 4 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (3.704%) MCITP
11 3 (2.778%) Security Cleared
12 2 (1.852%) MCDBA
12 2 (1.852%) MCT
12 2 (1.852%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (1.852%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.04%) SLA
2 1 (0.926%) QA
System Software
1 30 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.11%) VMware ESX
2 12 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.556%) NFS
3 6 (5.556%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.630%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
5 4 (3.704%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.926%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.704%) Backup Exec
2 2 (1.852%) WSUS
2 2 (1.852%) SCCM
2 2 (1.852%) SCOM
3 1 (0.926%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 41 (37.96%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.81%) Cisco
3 15 (13.89%) VMware
4 7 (6.481%) Citrix
5 6 (5.556%) Symantec
6 5 (4.630%) Apple
7 4 (3.704%) Veritas
7 4 (3.704%) Sophos
8 3 (2.778%) Oracle
9 2 (1.852%) Avaya
9 2 (1.852%) EMC
10 1 (0.926%) Mitel
10 1 (0.926%) Lotus
10 1 (0.926%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.926%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.926%) Remedy
10 1 (0.926%) Sun
10 1 (0.926%) F5
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