The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the North Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 15 8 4
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 10 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Wales 13.16% 17.86% 41.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.92% 45.45% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 17
Average salary £32,500 £19,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+64.55% -34.16%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
North Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 22 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Wales 17.11% 39.29% 46.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12 22 19
Average salary £33,500 £20,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.41% -31.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,800 £19,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £30,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Wales

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Wales 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 North Wales region.

North Wales Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the North Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North Wales Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the North Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wrexham +3 6 £32,000 +68.42%
Flintshire -11 2 £33,000 +17.85%
Windows
Wales

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) VB.NET
2 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) VMware
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (33.33%) CMS
3 4 (33.33%) Smartphone
3 4 (33.33%) WCF
3 4 (33.33%) WPF
3 4 (33.33%) ActionScript
3 4 (33.33%) HTML
3 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (33.33%) CSS
4 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (25.00%) Citrix
5 2 (16.67%) NetApp
5 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (16.67%) Network Security
5 2 (16.67%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (16.67%) Lync
5 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (16.67%) Active Directory

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 4 (33.33%) CSS
2 4 (33.33%) WCF
2 4 (33.33%) WPF
2 4 (33.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) CMS
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (16.67%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (16.67%) Lync
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Broadband
1 2 (16.67%) ISDN
1 2 (16.67%) LAN
1 2 (16.67%) VoIP
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.333%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
1 4 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Support
3 2 (16.67%) Services Delivery Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 1 (8.333%) Mathematics
3 1 (8.333%) Physics
3 1 (8.333%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Service Management
1 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) VB.NET
2 5 (41.67%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) ActionScript
3 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 1 (8.333%) Fortran
4 1 (8.333%) C
4 1 (8.333%) C++
4 1 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
1 5 (41.67%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) NetApp
3 2 (16.67%) EMC