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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 43 45 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 7 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 1.977% 1.899% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.667% 10.91% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 0
Average salary £20,000 £34,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-41.17% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Operating Systems
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
105 55 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 29.66% 17.41% 20.80%
Number of salaries quoted 97 53 51
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £43,700 £45,000 £42,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Cambridgeshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Peterborough Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (30.00%) MCITP
6 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 5 (25.00%) Test Management
6 5 (25.00%) Embedded C
6 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 5 (25.00%) Python
6 5 (25.00%) MCP
6 5 (25.00%) C
6 5 (25.00%) C++
6 5 (25.00%) Project Management
6 5 (25.00%) Regression Testing
6 5 (25.00%) LabVIEW
7 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (20.00%) MCSA
7 4 (20.00%) Windows Vista
8 3 (15.00%) SCCM
8 3 (15.00%) QA
8 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (15.00%) Use Case
8 3 (15.00%) Citrix
8 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++
8 3 (15.00%) Quality Management
8 3 (15.00%) Management Information System

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 2 (10.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Office
2 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) GPRS
1 2 (10.00%) LAN
1 2 (10.00%) UMTS
1 2 (10.00%) WAN
1 2 (10.00%) 3G
1 2 (10.00%) 2G
1 2 (10.00%) ZigBee
2 1 (5.000%) Firewall
2 1 (5.000%) Wireless
2 1 (5.000%) Intranet
2 1 (5.000%) Internet
2 1 (5.000%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) LabVIEW
2 2 (10.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (5.000%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 5 (25.00%) Analyst
1 5 (25.00%) Support Analyst
1 5 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 5 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Applications Packager
3 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (10.00%) Junior
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Junior Support Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) IT Support
4 1 (5.000%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.000%) EPoS
3 1 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (20.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (5.000%) Mac OS X Server
5 1 (5.000%) Windows 8
5 1 (5.000%) Mac OS X
5 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Project Management
1 5 (25.00%) Regression Testing
1 5 (25.00%) Test Management
1 5 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (15.00%) Quality Management
2 3 (15.00%) Scrum
2 3 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (15.00%) Use Case
3 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (5.000%) ITIL
4 1 (5.000%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C
1 5 (25.00%) C++
1 5 (25.00%) Python
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (30.00%) MCITP
3 5 (25.00%) MCP
4 4 (20.00%) MCSA
5 2 (10.00%) MCSE
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 2 (10.00%) MCTS
6 1 (5.000%) A+ Certification
6 1 (5.000%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.000%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.000%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) Backup Exec
3 1 (5.000%) WSUS
3 1 (5.000%) SCOM
3 1 (5.000%) SCVMM
3 1 (5.000%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Citrix
3 2 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (5.000%) Dell
4 1 (5.000%) Cisco
4 1 (5.000%) Apple
4 1 (5.000%) Symantec
4 1 (5.000%) VMware
4 1 (5.000%) SonicWALL
4 1 (5.000%) Draytek