The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Rugby region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 20 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 Rugby region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 5 7 6
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 22 33 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rugby 33.33% 37.93% 21.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 91.67% 64.71% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 22 31 9
Average salary £32,500 £29,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.06% +26.08%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,700 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Rugby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
24 51 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rugby 36.36% 58.62% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 24 49 10
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +30.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £15,500 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £30,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Warwickshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rugby 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 Rugby region.

Rugby Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Rugby region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Rugby Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Rugby 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 24 (51.06%) UNIX
2 22 (46.81%) XML
2 22 (46.81%) SQL
3 20 (42.55%) XSLT
3 20 (42.55%) VMware
4 19 (40.43%) Telecoms
4 19 (40.43%) Linux
4 19 (40.43%) Microsoft
5 18 (38.30%) JDBC
5 18 (38.30%) Java
5 18 (38.30%) Spring
6 16 (34.04%) Digital Media
7 15 (31.91%) Degree
7 15 (31.91%) Oracle
7 15 (31.91%) SOAP
8 14 (29.79%) MS Excel
8 14 (29.79%) Ant
8 14 (29.79%) Maven
8 14 (29.79%) Scrum
9 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
9 13 (27.66%) HP
10 12 (25.53%) Finance
10 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (23.40%) C#
12 9 (19.15%) Citrix
12 9 (19.15%) Project Management
12 9 (19.15%) VMware Infrastructure
13 8 (17.02%) Windows 7
13 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (17.02%) MS Exchange

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Rugby 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 22 (46.81%) XML
2 20 (42.55%) XSLT
3 18 (38.30%) JDBC
3 18 (38.30%) Spring
4 15 (31.91%) SOAP
5 7 (14.89%) .NET
6 6 (12.77%) Hibernate
7 3 (6.383%) WPF
7 3 (6.383%) Web Services
8 2 (4.255%) ASP.NET
8 2 (4.255%) J2SE
8 2 (4.255%) WinForms
9 1 (2.128%) WCF
9 1 (2.128%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.02%) MS Exchange
2 7 (14.89%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (8.511%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (8.511%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (4.255%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (4.255%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.255%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (2.128%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (29.79%) MS Excel
2 5 (10.64%) MS Office
3 1 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) VPN
2 3 (6.383%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.383%) DMZ
2 3 (6.383%) SAN
2 3 (6.383%) LAN
3 2 (4.255%) NAS
3 2 (4.255%) DHCP
3 2 (4.255%) DNS
4 1 (2.128%) SSL
4 1 (2.128%) HTTP
4 1 (2.128%) VoIP
4 1 (2.128%) WAN
4 1 (2.128%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.128%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.128%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (29.79%) Ant
1 14 (29.79%) Maven
2 3 (6.383%) Hudson
3 2 (4.255%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.255%) Eclipse
3 2 (4.255%) JIRA
4 1 (2.128%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (40.43%) Telecoms
2 12 (25.53%) Finance
3 2 (4.255%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Software Engineer
1 12 (25.53%) Java Software Engineer
2 11 (23.40%) Developer
3 8 (17.02%) Consultant
4 7 (14.89%) Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) Configuration Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) Java Developer
5 6 (12.77%) IT Consultant
6 5 (10.64%) Software Developer
7 4 (8.511%) Support Analyst
7 4 (8.511%) Java Software Developer
8 3 (6.383%) Incident Analyst
8 3 (6.383%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (6.383%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (6.383%) Project Manager
8 3 (6.383%) Desktop Support
8 3 (6.383%) Systems Manager
8 3 (6.383%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (6.383%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 2 (4.255%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) Digital Media
2 5 (10.64%) iSeries
3 2 (4.255%) Cryptography
3 2 (4.255%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.128%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 24 (51.06%) UNIX
2 19 (40.43%) Linux
3 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (17.02%) Windows 7
5 7 (14.89%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (10.64%) Windows XP
7 1 (2.128%) AIX
7 1 (2.128%) HPUX
7 1 (2.128%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Scrum
2 9 (19.15%) Project Management
3 7 (14.89%) Time Management
4 6 (12.77%) Migration
5 5 (10.64%) ITIL
5 5 (10.64%) Change Control
6 3 (6.383%) Business Analysis
7 2 (4.255%) OWASP
7 2 (4.255%) Product Management
7 2 (4.255%) MVVM
7 2 (4.255%) OOP
7 2 (4.255%) Multithreading
8 1 (2.128%) Business Development
8 1 (2.128%) Data Management
8 1 (2.128%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 22 (46.81%) SQL
2 18 (38.30%) Java
3 11 (23.40%) C#
4 3 (6.383%) VBScript
4 3 (6.383%) VB
5 2 (4.255%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.255%) C
5 2 (4.255%) Delphi
6 1 (2.128%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (12.77%) MCSE
4 5 (10.64%) MCP
5 3 (6.383%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (6.383%) MCSA
5 3 (6.383%) MCITP
6 2 (4.255%) A+ Certification
6 2 (4.255%) MCTS
6 2 (4.255%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.128%) CCA
7 1 (2.128%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (2.128%) NCDA
7 1 (2.128%) NCIE
7 1 (2.128%) CCEE
7 1 (2.128%) CCAA
7 1 (2.128%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
2 9 (19.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (12.77%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (12.77%) VMware ESX
4 5 (10.64%) XenServer
5 4 (8.511%) XenDesktop
5 4 (8.511%) XenApp
6 3 (6.383%) vSphere
7 2 (4.255%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) CiscoWorks
2 3 (6.383%) SCCM
2 3 (6.383%) HP NNM
3 2 (4.255%) OpenView
3 2 (4.255%) ARCserve
3 2 (4.255%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (2.128%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.128%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.128%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 20 (42.55%) VMware
2 19 (40.43%) Microsoft
3 15 (31.91%) Oracle
4 13 (27.66%) HP
5 9 (19.15%) Citrix
6 7 (14.89%) Cisco
7 6 (12.77%) Acronis
7 6 (12.77%) IBM
8 3 (6.383%) Symantec
8 3 (6.383%) Avaya
9 2 (4.255%) Veritas
9 2 (4.255%) McAfee
10 1 (2.128%) Dell
10 1 (2.128%) CommVault
10 1 (2.128%) NetApp
10 1 (2.128%) SolarWinds