The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Salford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 6 4 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 14 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 16.67% 27.45% 8.889%
As % of the Operating Systems category 58.33% 63.64% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 4
Average salary £22,125 £32,500 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.92% -13.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,125 £30,750 £19,850
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £41,050 £53,200
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12 22 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 28.57% 43.14% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 22 18
Average salary £28,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.84% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,250 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £53,500 £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 Salford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Salford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Salford Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 13 (59.09%) Linux
2 10 (45.45%) PHP
2 10 (45.45%) SQL
3 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
4 8 (36.36%) C++
4 8 (36.36%) Perl
4 8 (36.36%) Cisco
4 8 (36.36%) Time Management
5 7 (31.82%) Interactive TV
5 7 (31.82%) Content Management
5 7 (31.82%) BBC
6 6 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (27.27%) DNS
6 6 (27.27%) MS Exchange
6 6 (27.27%) VoIP
6 6 (27.27%) NFS
6 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (27.27%) Nagios
6 6 (27.27%) TACACS
6 6 (27.27%) Project Management
6 6 (27.27%) MySQL
6 6 (27.27%) C
6 6 (27.27%) OpenView
6 6 (27.27%) HP
6 6 (27.27%) IIS
6 6 (27.27%) Apache
6 6 (27.27%) SSH
6 6 (27.27%) Subversion
6 6 (27.27%) Billing
6 6 (27.27%) Firewall

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 (22.73%) .NET
2 2 (9.091%) RESTful
2 2 (9.091%) Spring
2 2 (9.091%) Web Services
3 1 (4.545%) XML
3 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.545%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) MS Exchange
1 6 (27.27%) IIS
1 6 (27.27%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Spreadsheet
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) DNS
1 6 (27.27%) VoIP
1 6 (27.27%) TACACS
1 6 (27.27%) SSH
1 6 (27.27%) Firewall
1 6 (27.27%) MRTG
2 5 (22.73%) Internet
3 2 (9.091%) Intranet
4 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.545%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (27.27%) MySQL
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Subversion
2 3 (13.64%) JIRA
3 2 (9.091%) Maven
4 1 (4.545%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 6 (27.27%) Billing
1 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Service Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Test Leader
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Customer Support
3 2 (9.091%) Customer Support Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Customer Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Support
3 2 (9.091%) Help Desk Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Junior
3 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Developer
4 1 (4.545%) Software Developer
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (4.545%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Interactive TV
1 7 (31.82%) BBC
2 5 (22.73%) Semantic Web
3 2 (9.091%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Linux
2 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (22.73%) Mac OS X
4 4 (18.18%) Windows XP
5 2 (9.091%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.545%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Time Management
2 7 (31.82%) Content Management
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) BDD
4 5 (22.73%) TDD
4 5 (22.73%) OO
5 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Performance Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Product Management
5 3 (13.64%) Web Accessibility
5 3 (13.64%) Test Strategy
6 2 (9.091%) Automated Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Software Engineering
6 2 (9.091%) Asset Management
6 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery
6 2 (9.091%) Benchmarking
7 1 (4.545%) ITIL
7 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.545%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) PHP
1 10 (45.45%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) C++
2 8 (36.36%) Perl
3 6 (27.27%) C
4 5 (22.73%) Java
5 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
6 3 (13.64%) Ruby
7 2 (9.091%) Scala
7 2 (9.091%) C#
7 2 (9.091%) ActionScript
8 1 (4.545%) VB
8 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
8 1 (4.545%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) ISEB
1 3 (13.64%) ISTQB
2 2 (9.091%) Degree
3 1 (4.545%) MCSE
3 1 (4.545%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (4.545%) MCITP
3 1 (4.545%) VCDX
3 1 (4.545%) NCDA
3 1 (4.545%) NCIE
3 1 (4.545%) CCEE
3 1 (4.545%) CCAA
3 1 (4.545%) CCIA
3 1 (4.545%) VCAP
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (27.27%) NFS
2 6 (27.27%) Sendmail
2 6 (27.27%) SpamAssassin
2 6 (27.27%) FreeRADIUS
3 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.545%) vSphere
4 1 (4.545%) XenApp
4 1 (4.545%) XenServer
4 1 (4.545%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.545%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Nagios
1 6 (27.27%) OpenView
1 6 (27.27%) Cacti
1 6 (27.27%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Cisco
2 6 (27.27%) HP
2 6 (27.27%) SolarWinds
3 2 (9.091%) VMware
3 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix
4 1 (4.545%) NetApp
Salford, North West
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Mint
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
Salford, North West
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Salary: £18000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
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Salary: £18000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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