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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.725% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.732% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,750 -
% change year-on-year
-28.96% -
All Operating Systems
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
183 267 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 26.52% 31.01% 27.32%
Number of salaries quoted 163 228 168
Average salary £33,000 £28,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,600 £22,500 £23,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Tyne and Wear - 5 £21,500 -
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) MCDST
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (66.67%) MCSE
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) MCP
4 3 (50.00%) C
4 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (50.00%) CRM
4 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (50.00%) MS Office
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (50.00%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (33.33%) Remedy
5 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 2 (33.33%) LAN
5 2 (33.33%) WAN
5 2 (33.33%) DHCP
5 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (33.33%) DNS

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (50.00%) IT Support
3 2 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
4 1 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) CRM
2 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) MCDST
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (66.67%) MCSE
1 4 (66.67%) MCP
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) MCSA
3 1 (16.67%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Apple
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix