The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Redditch region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 19 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 Redditch region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 11 1 3
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 12 6 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redditch 22.64% 30.00% 27.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.67% 85.71% 68.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 13
Average salary £36,000 £25,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,100 £22,750 £17,600
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Redditch
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
18 7 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redditch 33.96% 35.00% 39.58%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 19
Average salary £35,000 £25,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% +16.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £29,000 £38,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Worcestershire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Redditch 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 Redditch region.

Redditch Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Redditch region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Redditch Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Redditch 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 12 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (56.25%) VB
3 8 (50.00%) HTML
4 7 (43.75%) SQL
4 7 (43.75%) UNIX
4 7 (43.75%) Windows 2000
4 7 (43.75%) Oracle
4 7 (43.75%) Finance
4 7 (43.75%) Automated Testing
4 7 (43.75%) QA
4 7 (43.75%) Selenium
4 7 (43.75%) Manual Testing
5 5 (31.25%) PHP
6 4 (25.00%) MySQL
6 4 (25.00%) CSS
6 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 4 (25.00%) MVC
6 4 (25.00%) jQuery
6 4 (25.00%) HTML5
7 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (18.75%) CSS3
7 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (18.75%) XPath
7 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (18.75%) VMware
7 3 (18.75%) VMware ESX
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Redditch 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 8 (50.00%) HTML
2 4 (25.00%) CSS
2 4 (25.00%) jQuery
2 4 (25.00%) HTML5
3 3 (18.75%) CSS3
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 1 (6.250%) iOS SDK
4 1 (6.250%) WCF
4 1 (6.250%) Zend Framework
4 1 (6.250%) BREW
4 1 (6.250%) Java ME
4 1 (6.250%) .NET
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Azure
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (6.250%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) NAS
1 1 (6.250%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (25.00%) MySQL
3 3 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) Subversion
2 2 (12.50%) Git (software)
3 1 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Test Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Systems Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Systems Test Analyst
3 6 (37.50%) Developer
4 5 (31.25%) Tester
4 5 (31.25%) Systems Tester
4 5 (31.25%) QA Tester
5 3 (18.75%) PHP Developer
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) QA Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Junior Developer
6 2 (12.50%) Junior
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Web Developer
6 2 (12.50%) Trainee Developer
6 2 (12.50%) Trainee
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.250%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) UNIX
1 7 (43.75%) Windows 2000
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Phone
4 1 (6.250%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Automated Testing
1 7 (43.75%) Manual Testing
2 4 (25.00%) MVC
3 3 (18.75%) OOP
4 2 (12.50%) Web Design
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Scrum
5 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) VB
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 5 (31.25%) PHP
4 3 (18.75%) XPath
5 2 (12.50%) VBScript
5 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (6.250%) C#
6 1 (6.250%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) CCEE
1 1 (6.250%) CCAA
1 1 (6.250%) CCIA
1 1 (6.250%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (6.250%) MCTS
1 1 (6.250%) MCITP
1 1 (6.250%) MCSE
1 1 (6.250%) CCA
1 1 (6.250%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (18.75%) VMware ESX
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) vSphere
2 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.250%) XenApp
2 1 (6.250%) XenServer
2 1 (6.250%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) ARCserve
1 1 (6.250%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) VMware
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix
3 2 (12.50%) NetApp
4 1 (6.250%) Zend
4 1 (6.250%) Google
4 1 (6.250%) Symantec
4 1 (6.250%) McAfee
4 1 (6.250%) Veritas
4 1 (6.250%) Apple
Redditch, Worcestershire
The Windows, Server, Exchange 2003, TCP/IP, Active Directory, SQL, ERP, SharePoint, ITIL, Application, Project Management IT Manager will manage the IT team, budget and speak with 3rd...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
A Windows, Server, Networking, SQL, Firewall, Hyper V IT Infrastructure Engineer is required to join my client in the retail industry. The main responsibilities of the Windows, Server,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013