The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 10 3
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 93 58 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 23.48% 13.58% 23.06%
As % of the Operating Systems category 85.32% 74.36% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 90 54 105
Average salary £32,250 £28,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.15% +3.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
109 78 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 27.53% 18.27% 28.37%
Number of salaries quoted 104 74 127
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £35,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Northamptonshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Northampton Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 59 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 59 (33.33%) Linux
2 54 (30.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (27.12%) Microsoft
4 46 (25.99%) .NET
5 45 (25.42%) MS Office
6 39 (22.03%) Cisco
7 38 (21.47%) Oracle
7 38 (21.47%) Windows Server 2008
8 37 (20.90%) VMware
9 35 (19.77%) MS Excel
10 34 (19.21%) Active Directory
11 33 (18.64%) MCP
12 32 (18.08%) MySQL
12 32 (18.08%) C#
13 30 (16.95%) SAN
13 30 (16.95%) Windows Server 2003
13 30 (16.95%) Scrum
14 29 (16.38%) ASP.NET
15 28 (15.82%) Java
15 28 (15.82%) MCSE
16 27 (15.25%) WAN
16 27 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
17 26 (14.69%) Project Management
18 25 (14.12%) LAN
18 25 (14.12%) MS Exchange
19 24 (13.56%) Apache
19 24 (13.56%) Tomcat
19 24 (13.56%) UNIX
19 24 (13.56%) SaaS

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 46 (25.99%) .NET
2 29 (16.38%) ASP.NET
3 17 (9.605%) WCF
4 15 (8.475%) WPF
5 14 (7.910%) jQuery
6 13 (7.345%) HTML
6 13 (7.345%) WinForms
7 12 (6.780%) ASP
7 12 (6.780%) Spring.NET
7 12 (6.780%) ASP.NET MVC
7 12 (6.780%) Castle Windsor
7 12 (6.780%) Ninject
7 12 (6.780%) Razor View Engine
7 12 (6.780%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 12 (6.780%) Unity DI Container
8 8 (4.520%) CSS
8 8 (4.520%) Ajax
9 4 (2.260%) WebSphere
9 4 (2.260%) JSON
9 4 (2.260%) XML
Application Platforms
1 25 (14.12%) MS Exchange
2 24 (13.56%) Apache
2 24 (13.56%) Tomcat
3 14 (7.910%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (5.650%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (3.390%) SharePoint
6 5 (2.825%) CMS
7 4 (2.260%) IIS
7 4 (2.260%) CICS
7 4 (2.260%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 4 (2.260%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 4 (2.260%) Lync
8 2 (1.130%) OpenEdge
8 2 (1.130%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.130%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.565%) Windows Azure
9 1 (0.565%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 45 (25.42%) MS Office
2 35 (19.77%) MS Excel
3 19 (10.73%) Google Apps
4 8 (4.520%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.130%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.565%) MS Project
6 1 (0.565%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.565%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 30 (16.95%) SAN
2 27 (15.25%) WAN
3 25 (14.12%) LAN
4 15 (8.475%) VoIP
4 15 (8.475%) TCP/IP
5 10 (5.650%) IP Telephony
6 8 (4.520%) FTP
7 7 (3.955%) NAS
8 5 (2.825%) Firewall
9 4 (2.260%) Wireless
9 4 (2.260%) SSL
9 4 (2.260%) MPLS
10 3 (1.695%) Internet
10 3 (1.695%) BIG-IP
11 2 (1.130%) PBX
12 1 (0.565%) DHCP
12 1 (0.565%) DNS
12 1 (0.565%) 802.11
12 1 (0.565%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 32 (18.08%) MySQL
3 14 (7.910%) Crystal Reports
3 14 (7.910%) Oracle Reports
3 14 (7.910%) MS Access
4 6 (3.390%) DTS
5 5 (2.825%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (2.260%) DB2
7 3 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (1.130%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.130%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.565%) OLTP
9 1 (0.565%) VLDB
9 1 (0.565%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.565%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 12 (6.780%) NUnit
1 12 (6.780%) MSTest
1 12 (6.780%) Rhino Mocks
1 12 (6.780%) Moq
2 8 (4.520%) Dreamweaver
3 6 (3.390%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.565%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.565%) Subversion
4 1 (0.565%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.565%) Hudson
4 1 (0.565%) Trac
General
1 17 (9.605%) Finance
2 4 (2.260%) Back Office
2 4 (2.260%) Manufacturing
2 4 (2.260%) Games
2 4 (2.260%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.565%) Banking
3 1 (0.565%) Electronics
3 1 (0.565%) Law
3 1 (0.565%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (33.33%) Analyst
2 28 (15.82%) Developer
3 20 (11.30%) Support Analyst
3 20 (11.30%) Infrastructure Designer
3 20 (11.30%) Designer
4 18 (10.17%) Support Engineer
5 17 (9.605%) .NET Developer
6 13 (7.345%) Test Analyst
7 12 (6.780%) Service Analyst
7 12 (6.780%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (6.215%) 3rd Line Support
8 11 (6.215%) Service Desk Analyst
9 10 (5.650%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (5.650%) Software Engineer
10 8 (4.520%) Administrator
10 8 (4.520%) Help Desk Support
11 7 (3.955%) C# Developer
11 7 (3.955%) C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (3.955%) PHP Developer
11 7 (3.955%) Senior Designer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.56%) SaaS
1 24 (13.56%) IaaS
2 23 (12.99%) Open Source
3 15 (8.475%) Mainframe
4 12 (6.780%) Inversion of Control
4 12 (6.780%) Computer Science
5 7 (3.955%) Physics
6 6 (3.390%) Tandem
7 5 (2.825%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.260%) N-Tier
8 4 (2.260%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.695%) Clustering
9 3 (1.695%) Mathematics
10 2 (1.130%) Firmware
10 2 (1.130%) Replication
11 1 (0.565%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.565%) Chip and PIN
11 1 (0.565%) Handset
11 1 (0.565%) Data Integration
11 1 (0.565%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 59 (33.33%) Linux
2 38 (21.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (16.95%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (13.56%) UNIX
5 15 (8.475%) Windows XP
6 11 (6.215%) Windows 7
7 10 (5.650%) Windows Vista
8 5 (2.825%) Windows 8
9 4 (2.260%) AIX
9 4 (2.260%) HPUX
9 4 (2.260%) Solaris
10 2 (1.130%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.565%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.565%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.565%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.95%) Scrum
2 27 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
3 26 (14.69%) Project Management
4 22 (12.43%) ITIL
5 16 (9.040%) MVC
5 16 (9.040%) Agile Project Management
6 14 (7.910%) Test Scripting
7 13 (7.345%) Continuous Integration
8 12 (6.780%) TDD
8 12 (6.780%) Data Analysis
8 12 (6.780%) Web Application Development
8 12 (6.780%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (6.780%) MVVM
8 12 (6.780%) Kanban
8 12 (6.780%) Dependency Injection
9 11 (6.215%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (4.520%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (4.520%) Data Management
11 6 (3.390%) Fault Management
11 6 (3.390%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.08%) C#
2 28 (15.82%) Java
3 22 (12.43%) VB.NET
4 19 (10.73%) SQL
5 16 (9.040%) C++
6 15 (8.475%) VB
7 14 (7.910%) VBA
8 13 (7.345%) JavaScript
9 12 (6.780%) C
10 9 (5.085%) PHP
11 7 (3.955%) Python
12 4 (2.260%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.695%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (30.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (18.64%) MCP
3 28 (15.82%) MCSE
4 19 (10.73%) MCITP
5 18 (10.17%) Degree
5 18 (10.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 16 (9.040%) MCTS
7 15 (8.475%) ISEB
8 13 (7.345%) Security Cleared
9 12 (6.780%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (6.780%) CCNA
9 12 (6.780%) MCAD
9 12 (6.780%) MCSD
10 10 (5.650%) MCSA
11 8 (4.520%) PhD
12 6 (3.390%) Postgraduate
12 6 (3.390%) SC Cleared
13 4 (2.260%) ISTQB
13 4 (2.260%) MCDST
13 4 (2.260%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.215%) SLA
2 5 (2.825%) QA
System Software
1 34 (19.21%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.040%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.520%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.390%) XenApp
5 5 (2.825%) VMware ESX
6 4 (2.260%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.130%) XenServer
8 1 (0.565%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.565%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.565%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.565%) vSphere
8 1 (0.565%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (3.390%) SCCM
2 4 (2.260%) Tivoli
2 4 (2.260%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 3 (1.695%) Control-M
4 2 (1.130%) SCOM
5 1 (0.565%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.565%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 39 (22.03%) Cisco
3 38 (21.47%) Oracle
4 37 (20.90%) VMware
5 20 (11.30%) Citrix
6 19 (10.73%) Google
7 18 (10.17%) hybris
8 10 (5.650%) Dell
9 9 (5.085%) HP
10 5 (2.825%) Avaya
11 4 (2.260%) IBM
12 3 (1.695%) CommVault
12 3 (1.695%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.695%) ProCurve
12 3 (1.695%) F5
12 3 (1.695%) Remedy
13 2 (1.130%) NetApp
14 1 (0.565%) Red Hat
14 1 (0.565%) Apple
14 1 (0.565%) SolarWinds
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Support Engineer - Helpdesk, 1st Line, Windows Server (Graduate) Northamptonshire... IT Support, Helpdesk Support, 1st Line, Windows XP / 7 / 8, Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory (AD), MCITP, Microsoft, Customer...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £20,000 to £26,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Application Support Analyst, SharePoint , ERP, Citrix, Windows Northampton To 25K + Bens Leading Manufacturer and Distributor of high quality products (part of Global Organisation) requires experienced Application and Technical...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
The projects will see the successful C# .Net developer working full life cycle from development and design through to release using the latest .Net frameworks including C# .Net,...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 20-25k
Posted: 14 June 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
ROLE: They are now looking to increase their team with the addition of a C# / .NET Web Application Developer .The primary function of this role will be the...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: to £45k
Posted: 17 June 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Experience in Open Source technologies, including Linux, MySQL, Apache and Tomcat... Cisco) nice to haves Hybris Oracle Java Google Apps Agile project management methodology open source , networks open...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 15% bonus + bens
Posted: 12 June 2013