The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 115 129 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 17 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.792% 0.176% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.398% 0.574% -
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 0
Average salary £37,500 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
709 697 592
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 33.04% 30.64% 31.78%
Number of salaries quoted 590 586 462
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
Berkshire

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Reading Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Reading region.

Reading Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (93.10%) Windows 7
3 24 (82.76%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (65.52%) MS Exchange
5 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
5 18 (62.07%) Windows Server 2003
5 18 (62.07%) Firewall
6 17 (58.62%) Exchange Server 2007
6 17 (58.62%) Network Security
6 17 (58.62%) Symantec
7 16 (55.17%) Migration
8 13 (44.83%) DNS
9 11 (37.93%) Android
9 11 (37.93%) iPhone
10 10 (34.48%) Oracle
10 10 (34.48%) Cisco
10 10 (34.48%) Blackberry
10 10 (34.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 9 (31.03%) Data Migration
12 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
13 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
13 7 (24.14%) TCP/IP
13 7 (24.14%) VPN
14 6 (20.69%) Network Management
14 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (17.24%) WAN
15 5 (17.24%) LAN
15 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
16 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
16 4 (13.79%) MS Office

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.448%) Web Services
1 1 (3.448%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 19 (65.52%) MS Exchange
2 17 (58.62%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (34.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
5 2 (6.897%) IIS
6 1 (3.448%) Lync
6 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
2 4 (13.79%) MS Office
3 3 (10.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.448%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.448%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 18 (62.07%) Firewall
2 17 (58.62%) Network Security
3 13 (44.83%) DNS
4 7 (24.14%) TCP/IP
4 7 (24.14%) VPN
5 5 (17.24%) WAN
5 5 (17.24%) LAN
6 3 (10.34%) SAN
6 3 (10.34%) Internet
6 3 (10.34%) ADSL
6 3 (10.34%) DHCP
7 2 (6.897%) VoIP
7 2 (6.897%) LDAP
7 2 (6.897%) MPLS
8 1 (3.448%) WLAN
8 1 (3.448%) PBX
8 1 (3.448%) Kerberos
8 1 (3.448%) SNMP
8 1 (3.448%) SMTP
8 1 (3.448%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (3.448%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Support Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Administrator
2 7 (24.14%) Technical Support
2 7 (24.14%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Network Manager
4 2 (6.897%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Senior Technical Support
4 2 (6.897%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) IT Support
4 2 (6.897%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (6.897%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Systems Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Support Technician
5 1 (3.448%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Junior
5 1 (3.448%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) iPhone
2 10 (34.48%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.448%) Open Source
3 1 (3.448%) iPad
3 1 (3.448%) FMCG
3 1 (3.448%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (93.10%) Windows 7
3 24 (82.76%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (62.07%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (37.93%) Android
6 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (6.897%) Windows Vista
7 2 (6.897%) Windows XP
8 1 (3.448%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Migration
2 9 (31.03%) Data Migration
3 6 (20.69%) Network Management
4 3 (10.34%) Project Management
4 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.448%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.448%) ERP
5 1 (3.448%) CRM
5 1 (3.448%) ITIL
5 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.448%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.448%) Load Balancing
5 1 (3.448%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.448%) C
1 1 (3.448%) C#
1 1 (3.448%) SQL
1 1 (3.448%) VBScript
1 1 (3.448%) X++
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.34%) MCSE
3 2 (6.897%) MCITP
4 1 (3.448%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.448%) ISA Server
4 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.448%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 17 (58.62%) Symantec
3 10 (34.48%) Oracle
3 10 (34.48%) Cisco
4 2 (6.897%) VMware
5 1 (3.448%) IBM
5 1 (3.448%) NetApp
5 1 (3.448%) Veritas
5 1 (3.448%) HP
5 1 (3.448%) Dell