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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank63
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads676572
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.254 %
As % of the category below72.15 %72.22 %
Salaries quoted629466
Average minimum salary£31,330£29,892
Average salary£33,527£32,499
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Average maximum salary£35,725£35,107
UK excluding London average salary£32,402£32,756
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Operating Systems OxfordshireOperating Systems
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads937792
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.452 %0.352 %
Salaries quoted853653
Average minimum salary£31,918£31,366
Average salary£34,393£34,105
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Average maximum salary£36,868£36,844
UK excluding London average salary£34,675£34,921
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Windows South EastWindows
South East

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Oxfordshire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Oxfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Oxfordshire Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Oxfordshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1OxfordUp+1365£34,433+8.05 %
2AbingdonDown-286£37,547+11.95 %
3BanburyUp+139£25,515+14.90 %
4WallingfordUp+1119£28,289-
5BicesterDown-213£31,625-10.55 %
6WitneyDown-711£27,600+10.40 %
7ThameDown-59£29,222-51.29 %
8Henley-on-ThamesDown-111£30,000-15.25 %
Windows South EastWindows
South East

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1456 (39.01 %)Microsoft
2308 (26.35 %)Microsoft Certification
3307 (26.26 %)Windows 2000
4296 (25.32 %)Active Directory
5266 (22.75 %)MS Exchange
6250 (21.39 %)MS Excel
7244 (20.87 %)MCSE
8211 (18.05 %)SQL Server
8211 (18.05 %)Exchange Server 2003
9199 (17.02 %)Linux
10197 (16.85 %)C++
11179 (15.31 %)SQL
11179 (15.31 %)Degree
12164 (14.03 %).NET
13159 (13.60 %)Windows Server 2003
14146 (12.49 %)Cisco
15141 (12.06 %)TCP/IP
16138 (11.80 %)Cisco Certification
17135 (11.55 %)C#
18127 (10.86 %)MS Office
18127 (10.86 %)Unix
19124 (10.61 %)Firewall
19124 (10.61 %)Exchange Server 2000
20116 (9.923 %)Education
21110 (9.410 %)CCNA
22108 (9.239 %)SharePoint
23107 (9.153 %)Windows XP
24105 (8.982 %)Pensions
25104 (8.896 %)WAN
25104 (8.896 %)Internet

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1164 (14.03 %).NET
269 (5.902 %)XML
362 (5.304 %)HTML
461 (5.218 %)ASP.NET
552 (4.448 %)WebServices
644 (3.764 %)J2EE
740 (3.422 %)STL
836 (3.080 %)WinForms
934 (2.908 %)ASP
1028 (2.395 %)JSP
1127 (2.310 %)MFC
1127 (2.310 %).NET Framework
1219 (1.625 %)WCF
1318 (1.540 %)AJAX
1417 (1.454 %)OpenGL
1516 (1.369 %)XHTML
1614 (1.198 %)XSLT
1712 (1.027 %)Servlets
1811 (0.941 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1910 (0.855 %)CSS
Application Platforms
1266 (22.75 %)MS Exchange
2211 (18.05 %)Exchange Server 2003
3124 (10.61 %)Exchange Server 2000
4108 (9.239 %)SharePoint
580 (6.843 %)IIS
646 (3.935 %)Exchange Server 2007
741 (3.507 %)SharePoint Server 2007
838 (3.251 %)JBoss
916 (1.369 %)GroupWise
916 (1.369 %)Live Communications Server
1014 (1.198 %)Lotus Notes
1111 (0.941 %)ArcGIS
128 (0.684 %)Lotus Domino
135 (0.428 %)Apache
135 (0.428 %)Oracle Application Server
144 (0.342 %)SharePoint Portal Server
144 (0.342 %)Oracle 10gAS
153 (0.257 %)WebLogic
153 (0.257 %)Tomcat
162 (0.171 %)Office Project Server
Applications
1250 (21.39 %)MS Excel
2127 (10.86 %)MS Office
314 (1.198 %)MS Visio
411 (0.941 %)MS PowerPoint
59 (0.770 %)QuarkXPress
59 (0.770 %)Fireworks
68 (0.684 %)MATLAB
68 (0.684 %)Photoshop
72 (0.171 %)MS Project
72 (0.171 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
12 (0.171 %)Unica Affinium
21 (0.086 %)SAP R/3
21 (0.086 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1141 (12.06 %)TCP/IP
2124 (10.61 %)Firewall
3104 (8.896 %)Internet
3104 (8.896 %)WAN
4101 (8.640 %)LAN
572 (6.159 %)DNS
666 (5.646 %)SAN
734 (2.908 %)DHCP
833 (2.823 %)VPN
930 (2.566 %)ADSL
1026 (2.224 %)ISDN
1125 (2.139 %)Intranet
1222 (1.882 %)Network Security
1320 (1.711 %)Wireless
1416 (1.369 %)WLAN
1512 (1.027 %)Ethernet
1512 (1.027 %)Intrusion Detection
1611 (0.941 %)SNMP
1710 (0.855 %)SMTP
1710 (0.855 %)WINS
Database & Business Intelligence
1211 (18.05 %)SQL Server
220 (1.711 %)RDBMS
220 (1.711 %)SQL Server 2000
317 (1.454 %)GIS
317 (1.454 %)SQL Server 2005
416 (1.369 %)DB2
515 (1.283 %)MS Access
614 (1.198 %)MySQL
614 (1.198 %)InterSystems Cache
711 (0.941 %)Oracle 9i
89 (0.770 %)Crystal Reports
89 (0.770 %)SQL Server 7
98 (0.684 %)BusinessObjects
106 (0.513 %)Oracle 8/8i
114 (0.342 %)Oracle 10g
123 (0.257 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
132 (0.171 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
132 (0.171 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
132 (0.171 %)SQL Navigator
132 (0.171 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
117 (1.454 %)Visual Studio
211 (0.941 %)TestDirector
211 (0.941 %)QuickTest Pro
39 (0.770 %)Flash
47 (0.599 %)WinRunner
54 (0.342 %)LoadRunner
63 (0.257 %)InstallShield
71 (0.086 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.086 %)Oracle Forms
General
1116 (9.923 %)Education
2105 (8.982 %)Pensions
377 (6.587 %)Health
441 (3.507 %)Finance
531 (2.652 %)Insurance
627 (2.310 %)Telecoms
725 (2.139 %)Manufacturing
814 (1.198 %)Marketing
911 (0.941 %)Retail
911 (0.941 %)Games
911 (0.941 %)Electronics
1010 (0.855 %)Government
119 (0.770 %)Pharmaceutical
119 (0.770 %)3D Graphics
128 (0.684 %)Automotive
134 (0.342 %)Back Office
134 (0.342 %)Banking
142 (0.171 %)Construction
142 (0.171 %)Investment Banking
151 (0.086 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
1191 (16.34 %)Developer
2166 (14.20 %)Systems Engineer
3161 (13.77 %)Analyst
4130 (11.12 %)Support Analyst
5116 (9.923 %)Consultant
6103 (8.811 %)Support Engineer
787 (7.442 %)C++ Developer
882 (7.015 %)Software Engineer
969 (5.902 %)Network Engineer
1064 (5.475 %)Software Developer
1158 (4.962 %)Server Support
1254 (4.619 %)Administrator
1353 (4.534 %)Senior Systems Engineer
1449 (4.192 %)C# Developer
1545 (3.849 %)Programmer
1640 (3.422 %)Design Engineer
1640 (3.422 %)Support Consultant
1640 (3.422 %)C++ Software Engineer
1738 (3.251 %).NET Developer
1738 (3.251 %)Technical Support
Miscellaneous
147 (4.021 %)Mathematics
229 (2.481 %)Computer Science
318 (1.540 %)Clustering
417 (1.454 %)Multithreading
515 (1.283 %)Blackberry
515 (1.283 %)Client/Server
610 (0.855 %)French Language
78 (0.684 %)Fat Client
78 (0.684 %)Thin Client
87 (0.599 %)NHS
87 (0.599 %)EPoS
96 (0.513 %)Tandem
104 (0.342 %)Robotics
104 (0.342 %)Spanish Language
113 (0.257 %)Physics
113 (0.257 %)AS400
122 (0.171 %)Device Driver
122 (0.171 %)Mainframe
122 (0.171 %)Statistics
122 (0.171 %)Contract for Difference
Operating Systems
1307 (26.26 %)Windows 2000
2199 (17.02 %)Linux
3159 (13.60 %)Windows Server 2003
4127 (10.86 %)Unix
5107 (9.153 %)Windows XP
667 (5.731 %)Windows NT
759 (5.047 %)Windows Mobile
837 (3.165 %)Mac OS X
921 (1.796 %)NetWare
1017 (1.454 %)Solaris
1113 (1.112 %)Windows CE
129 (0.770 %)Mac OS X Server
136 (0.513 %)AIX
136 (0.513 %)HPUX
142 (0.171 %)FreeBSD
142 (0.171 %)Windows Vista
142 (0.171 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
169 (5.902 %)ITIL
240 (3.422 %)Project Management
335 (2.994 %)Network Design
432 (2.737 %)PRINCE
432 (2.737 %)Agile Software Development
531 (2.652 %)Software Engineering
630 (2.566 %)OO
726 (2.224 %)OOD
819 (1.625 %)UML
917 (1.454 %)CRM
1015 (1.283 %)Enterprise Architecture
1015 (1.283 %)Use Case
1113 (1.112 %)Manual Testing
1113 (1.112 %)Disaster Recovery
1212 (1.027 %)Test Scripting
1310 (0.855 %)Service Delivery
149 (0.770 %)Business Intelligence
149 (0.770 %)E-business
149 (0.770 %)TDD
158 (0.684 %)Web Testing
Programming Languages
1197 (16.85 %)C++
2179 (15.31 %)SQL
3135 (11.55 %)C#
461 (5.218 %)Java
559 (5.047 %)VB
636 (3.080 %)VB.NET
723 (1.967 %)C
822 (1.882 %)VC++
919 (1.625 %)JavaScript
1018 (1.540 %)Perl
1116 (1.369 %)PL/SQL
1211 (0.941 %)Transact-SQL
1310 (0.855 %)VB6
149 (0.770 %)VBScript
156 (0.513 %)Haskell
156 (0.513 %)OCaml
165 (0.428 %)Delphi
174 (0.342 %)Python
183 (0.257 %)XAML
192 (0.171 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
1308 (26.35 %)Microsoft Certification
2244 (20.87 %)MCSE
3179 (15.31 %)Degree
4138 (11.80 %)Cisco Certification
5110 (9.410 %)CCNA
679 (6.758 %)MCP
757 (4.876 %)MCSA
838 (3.251 %)CCNP
933 (2.823 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1026 (2.224 %)ISEB
1114 (1.198 %)RHCT
1212 (1.027 %)ACDT
1212 (1.027 %)ACPT
138 (0.684 %)Citrix Certification
147 (0.599 %)MCITP
147 (0.599 %)OCP
147 (0.599 %)Oracle Certification
155 (0.428 %)PhD
164 (0.342 %)CCA
164 (0.342 %)CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
155 (4.705 %)SLA
218 (1.540 %)QA
32 (0.171 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.086 %)JSP 440
System Software
1296 (25.32 %)Active Directory
231 (2.652 %)ISA Server
327 (2.310 %)Terminal Services
417 (1.454 %)VMware ESX
511 (0.941 %)NetBackup
610 (0.855 %)Backup Exec
78 (0.684 %)Oracle RAC
86 (0.513 %)Citrix Presentation Server
94 (0.342 %)MetaFrame
94 (0.342 %)Terminal Server
94 (0.342 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
125 (2.139 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
224 (2.053 %)WSUS
316 (1.369 %)Norton AntiVirus
411 (0.941 %)MOM
56 (0.513 %)Legato
65 (0.428 %)EMC NetWorker
74 (0.342 %)Tivoli
82 (0.171 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
82 (0.171 %)ARCserve
Vendors
1456 (39.01 %)Microsoft
2146 (12.49 %)Cisco
396 (8.212 %)Oracle
469 (5.902 %)Citrix
544 (3.764 %)VMware
643 (3.678 %)HP
737 (3.165 %)Apple
829 (2.481 %)CheckPoint
829 (2.481 %)Sybase
925 (2.139 %)Novell
1024 (2.053 %)Symantec
1123 (1.967 %)VERITAS
1219 (1.625 %)Lotus
1318 (1.540 %)Adobe
1416 (1.369 %)EMC
1514 (1.198 %)Dell
1613 (1.112 %)Red Hat
1711 (0.941 %)ESRI
1711 (0.941 %)Intel
1711 (0.941 %)IBM
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