The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sale region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 23 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 Sale region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 5 5 6
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 15 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale 26.32% 23.08% 35.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 62.50% 85.71% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 6
Average salary £36,500 £17,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+114.70% -20.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,300 £17,000 £20,750
10% offered a salary of more than £37,300 £31,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Sale
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
24 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale 42.11% 26.92% 35.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 6
Average salary £36,500 £23,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.69% +6.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,600 £17,000 £20,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Manchester

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sale 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 Sale region.

Sale Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 (70.59%) SQL Server
2 11 (64.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (58.82%) Advertising
4 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
5 8 (47.06%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (41.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (41.18%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (41.18%) .NET
6 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
6 7 (41.18%) SharePoint
6 7 (41.18%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (41.18%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (41.18%) Forefront TMG
6 7 (41.18%) UAG
7 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
8 4 (23.53%) Oracle
8 4 (23.53%) SQL
9 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
9 3 (17.65%) Solaris
9 3 (17.65%) Cisco
9 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
10 2 (11.76%) vSphere
10 2 (11.76%) NetApp
10 2 (11.76%) VMware
10 2 (11.76%) XenApp
10 2 (11.76%) IBM

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 7 (41.18%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) SharePoint Server
1 7 (41.18%) SharePoint
1 7 (41.18%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.882%) WebLogic
3 1 (5.882%) IIS
3 1 (5.882%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 1 (5.882%) DHCP
2 1 (5.882%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (70.59%) SQL Server
2 11 (64.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (58.82%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
1 6 (35.29%) Support Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) DBA
2 4 (23.53%) SQL DBA
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Support
4 1 (5.882%) Support Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Administrator
4 1 (5.882%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Test Specialist
4 1 (5.882%) Server Administrator
4 1 (5.882%) SharePoint Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Server Specialist
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Server Specialist
4 1 (5.882%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (5.882%) Teradata DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (17.65%) Solaris
4 1 (5.882%) NetWare
4 1 (5.882%) Linux
4 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.882%) UNIX
4 1 (5.882%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Technical Architecture
2 7 (41.18%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (5.882%) Project Management
4 1 (5.882%) ITIL
4 1 (5.882%) Budget Control
4 1 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.882%) Shell Script
3 1 (5.882%) C
3 1 (5.882%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (5.882%) MCSE
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (5.882%) VCDX
2 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) MCITP
2 1 (5.882%) NCDA
2 1 (5.882%) NCIE
2 1 (5.882%) VCAP
2 1 (5.882%) CCEE
2 1 (5.882%) CCAA
2 1 (5.882%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Forefront TMG
1 7 (41.18%) UAG
2 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (11.76%) vSphere
3 2 (11.76%) XenApp
4 1 (5.882%) MetaFrame
4 1 (5.882%) XenServer
4 1 (5.882%) XenDesktop
4 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) ZENworks
1 1 (5.882%) WSUS
1 1 (5.882%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) NetApp
4 2 (11.76%) VMware
4 2 (11.76%) IBM
4 2 (11.76%) Citrix
5 1 (5.882%) Juniper
5 1 (5.882%) Dell
5 1 (5.882%) JBoss
5 1 (5.882%) SAP
5 1 (5.882%) Aruba
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