The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 20 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 80 54 79
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +25
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 8 13 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.788% 1.952% 0.234%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.348% 9.924% 1.036%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 2
Average salary £40,000 £32,594 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.72% +4.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,800 £21,000 £28,250
10% offered a salary of more than £48,150 £49,500 £34,250
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £28,250
% change year-on-year
- +6.19%
All Operating Systems
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
184 131 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 18.13% 19.67% 22.57%
Number of salaries quoted 160 105 164
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £22,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,000 £55,111
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Oxfordshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Oxford Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (54.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (51.35%) MS Exchange
3 19 (51.35%) Active Directory
4 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
5 16 (43.24%) ITIL
5 16 (43.24%) Windows XP
6 15 (40.54%) MS Office
7 13 (35.14%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (29.73%) VMware
8 11 (29.73%) SQL
9 10 (27.03%) SLA
10 9 (24.32%) VMware Infrastructure
11 8 (21.62%) Exchange Server 2007
11 8 (21.62%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (21.62%) Volume Testing
11 8 (21.62%) SCCM
11 8 (21.62%) AS400
11 8 (21.62%) C
11 8 (21.62%) ERP
11 8 (21.62%) BPCS
12 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (16.22%) NetBackup
13 6 (16.22%) MS Excel
14 5 (13.51%) CRM
14 5 (13.51%) Avaya
14 5 (13.51%) Citrix
14 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
14 5 (13.51%) Blackberry
15 4 (10.81%) Debian

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 Development
1 3 (8.108%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 19 (51.35%) MS Exchange
2 8 (21.62%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (10.81%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (10.81%) Lync
3 4 (10.81%) Lotus Domino
4 3 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (8.108%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 15 (40.54%) MS Office
2 6 (16.22%) MS Excel
3 4 (10.81%) EPLAN
4 3 (8.108%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 8 (21.62%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
2 4 (10.81%) VPN
2 4 (10.81%) DNS
2 4 (10.81%) DHCP
2 4 (10.81%) SAN
3 1 (2.703%) LAN
3 1 (2.703%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.703%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (2.703%) Finance
1 1 (2.703%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Support Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Support Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Consultant
4 6 (16.22%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (13.51%) Desktop Support
5 5 (13.51%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (10.81%) Systems Support Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Desktop Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Linux Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Linux Support
6 4 (10.81%) Linux Support Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) CRM Systems Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) IT Manager
6 4 (10.81%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Systems Support
6 4 (10.81%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 3 (8.108%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) AS400
2 5 (13.51%) Blackberry
3 4 (10.81%) iSeries
3 4 (10.81%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (54.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (43.24%) Windows XP
4 13 (35.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (10.81%) Debian
5 4 (10.81%) Ubuntu
5 4 (10.81%) Windows 8
5 4 (10.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) ITIL
2 8 (21.62%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (21.62%) Volume Testing
2 8 (21.62%) ERP
3 5 (13.51%) CRM
4 4 (10.81%) Operations Management
4 4 (10.81%) Project Management
4 4 (10.81%) Information Security
4 4 (10.81%) Service Management
4 4 (10.81%) E-Commerce
5 3 (8.108%) Identity Management
5 3 (8.108%) Migration
6 1 (2.703%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) SQL
2 8 (21.62%) C
3 4 (10.81%) RPG
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 3 (8.108%) MCSA
3 3 (8.108%) MCTS
3 3 (8.108%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (51.35%) Active Directory
2 9 (24.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.108%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) SCCM
2 6 (16.22%) NetBackup
3 4 (10.81%) WSUS
3 4 (10.81%) Backup Exec
4 3 (8.108%) SCOM
5 1 (2.703%) DameWare
5 1 (2.703%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (29.73%) VMware
3 5 (13.51%) Avaya
3 5 (13.51%) Citrix
4 4 (10.81%) McAfee
4 4 (10.81%) Lotus
4 4 (10.81%) Cognos
5 2 (5.405%) Symantec
6 1 (2.703%) CA
6 1 (2.703%) HP
6 1 (2.703%) LANDesk
6 1 (2.703%) Altiris