The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Poole region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 17 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 Poole region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 2 10 7
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 18 17 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 21.18% 17.89% 15.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% 60.71% 61.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 13
Average salary £26,000 £31,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.46% +8.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,250 £18,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £37,500 £34,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Poole
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
24 28 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 28.24% 29.47% 24.71%
Number of salaries quoted 21 28 19
Average salary £27,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.92% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,250 £18,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Dorset

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Poole 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 Poole region.

Poole Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Poole region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Poole Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Poole 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 27 (54.00%) Linux
2 15 (30.00%) Citrix
3 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
3 14 (28.00%) VMware
4 13 (26.00%) C++
4 13 (26.00%) Oracle
5 11 (22.00%) SQL
5 11 (22.00%) Java
5 11 (22.00%) OOP
5 11 (22.00%) AIX
6 10 (20.00%) MS Exchange
7 9 (18.00%) QA
7 9 (18.00%) Performance Testing
7 9 (18.00%) Load Testing
7 9 (18.00%) Unit Testing
7 9 (18.00%) Integration Testing
7 9 (18.00%) Test Scripting
7 9 (18.00%) Test Automation
7 9 (18.00%) SharePoint
7 9 (18.00%) ERP
7 9 (18.00%) Python
7 9 (18.00%) Solaris
7 9 (18.00%) UNIX
7 9 (18.00%) Perl
7 9 (18.00%) Data Management
7 9 (18.00%) Shell Script
8 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
9 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 6 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Poole 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 5 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (4.000%) ASP.NET
2 2 (4.000%) CSS
2 2 (4.000%) Web Services
2 2 (4.000%) DirectX
2 2 (4.000%) WebSphere
2 2 (4.000%) WCF
2 2 (4.000%) WSE
2 2 (4.000%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 9 (18.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (4.000%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.000%) Windows Azure
4 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (4.000%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (4.000%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 2 (4.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) Exchequer
1 2 (4.000%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (4.000%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (4.000%) GoldMine
1 2 (4.000%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.000%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.000%) FTP
1 4 (8.000%) Internet
2 3 (6.000%) VoIP
3 2 (4.000%) DNS
4 1 (2.000%) SSL
4 1 (2.000%) VPN
4 1 (2.000%) WAN
4 1 (2.000%) DHCP
4 1 (2.000%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.000%) Wireless
4 1 (2.000%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.000%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (4.000%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (4.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.000%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (2.000%) NUnit
3 1 (2.000%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.000%) MSBuild
General
1 3 (6.000%) Electronics
1 3 (6.000%) Finance
2 2 (4.000%) Banking
3 1 (2.000%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 14 (28.00%) Software Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) Support Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) IT Support
3 10 (20.00%) Development Engineer
4 9 (18.00%) QA Tester
4 9 (18.00%) Tester
5 5 (10.00%) Developer
5 5 (10.00%) Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) .NET Developer
7 3 (6.000%) Systems Tester
7 3 (6.000%) QA Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (6.000%) Junior
8 2 (4.000%) Software Developer
8 2 (4.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 2 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (4.000%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.000%) Blackberry
1 2 (4.000%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (2.000%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 27 (54.00%) Linux
2 11 (22.00%) AIX
3 9 (18.00%) Solaris
3 9 (18.00%) UNIX
4 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (12.00%) Windows Vista
5 6 (12.00%) Windows XP
6 4 (8.000%) Windows 8
7 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (4.000%) Windows 7
7 2 (4.000%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.000%) Android
7 2 (4.000%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) OOP
2 9 (18.00%) ERP
2 9 (18.00%) Performance Testing
2 9 (18.00%) Load Testing
2 9 (18.00%) Unit Testing
2 9 (18.00%) Integration Testing
2 9 (18.00%) Test Scripting
2 9 (18.00%) Data Management
2 9 (18.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (8.000%) Software Engineering
4 3 (6.000%) Software Testing
4 3 (6.000%) Validation
4 3 (6.000%) ITIL
5 2 (4.000%) UML
5 2 (4.000%) CRM
5 2 (4.000%) Migration
5 2 (4.000%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (4.000%) Data Migration
5 2 (4.000%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.000%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) C++
2 11 (22.00%) Java
2 11 (22.00%) SQL
3 9 (18.00%) Perl
3 9 (18.00%) Python
3 9 (18.00%) Shell Script
4 4 (8.000%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.000%) C
5 3 (6.000%) C#
5 3 (6.000%) VB.NET
6 2 (4.000%) VB
6 2 (4.000%) PHP
6 2 (4.000%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.000%) VBScript
7 1 (2.000%) VBA
7 1 (2.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (8.000%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.000%) MCSE
2 3 (6.000%) MCSA
2 3 (6.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.000%) ACCA
3 2 (4.000%) CIMA
3 2 (4.000%) CCA
3 2 (4.000%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (4.000%) Degree
4 1 (2.000%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.000%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.000%) MCP
4 1 (2.000%) MCITP
4 1 (2.000%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.000%) CCNP
4 1 (2.000%) CCNA
4 1 (2.000%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.00%) QA
2 2 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.00%) ISA Server
4 3 (6.000%) XenServer
4 3 (6.000%) Hyper-V
5 2 (4.000%) XenApp
6 1 (2.000%) Terminal Services
6 1 (2.000%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (10.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.000%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 15 (30.00%) Citrix
2 14 (28.00%) VMware
3 13 (26.00%) Oracle
4 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (10.00%) Symantec
6 3 (6.000%) SAP
7 2 (4.000%) IBM
7 2 (4.000%) Pegasus
7 2 (4.000%) Apple
7 2 (4.000%) Sage
8 1 (2.000%) Avaya
8 1 (2.000%) Cisco
8 1 (2.000%) Twitter