The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 48 51 61
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 6 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 1.523% 1.092% 0.422%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.061% 5.155% 1.667%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 2
Average salary £22,000 £29,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.13% +28.88%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
99 97 120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 25.13% 21.18% 25.32%
Number of salaries quoted 92 90 114
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Northamptonshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows XP
3 8 (72.73%) MS Office
3 8 (72.73%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (54.55%) MS Exchange
4 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
5 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (45.45%) SLA
5 5 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (45.45%) MCP
6 4 (36.36%) MCITP
6 4 (36.36%) Windows Vista
6 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (36.36%) LAN
6 4 (36.36%) WAN
6 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
6 4 (36.36%) MCSE
6 4 (36.36%) MCSA
7 3 (27.27%) Red Hat
7 3 (27.27%) Linux
7 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
7 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
7 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (18.18%) Fedora
8 2 (18.18%) Firewall
8 2 (18.18%) Samba
8 2 (18.18%) Debian
8 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) MS Exchange
2 5 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (72.73%) MS Office
2 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) LAN
1 4 (36.36%) WAN
1 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 1 (9.091%) SAN
3 1 (9.091%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Applications Support
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Support
5 1 (9.091%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Help Desk Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Service Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows XP
3 8 (72.73%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Vista
6 3 (27.27%) Linux
6 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (18.18%) Fedora
7 2 (18.18%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) CAD
1 1 (9.091%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (45.45%) MCP
2 4 (36.36%) MCITP
2 4 (36.36%) MCSE
2 4 (36.36%) MCSA
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (9.091%) EMC Certification
4 1 (9.091%) CCNA
4 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Samba
3 1 (9.091%) ISA Server
3 1 (9.091%) XenApp
3 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Red Hat
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) EMC
3 1 (9.091%) Nokia
3 1 (9.091%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco
3 1 (9.091%) Webroot
3 1 (9.091%) VMware