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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank109
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads622955
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.300 %0.424 %
As % of the category below52.85 %57.53 %
Salaries quoted375670
Average minimum salary£28,982£28,953
Average salary£31,550£30,740
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Average maximum salary£34,117£32,528
UK excluding London average salary£32,402£32,756
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Operating Systems ScotlandOperating Systems
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads11771660
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.567 %0.738 %
Salaries quoted6721037
Average minimum salary£30,440£29,906
Average salary£32,967£31,795
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Average maximum salary£35,495£33,684
UK excluding London average salary£34,675£34,921
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Windows UKWindows
UK

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Scotland Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Scotland region.

Scotland Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

Scotland Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EdinburghUp+1193£31,596-2.50 %
2GlasgowDown-3143£34,889+12.36 %
3West LothianUp+298£28,623+45.44 %
4AberdeenUp+259£31,531+5.07 %
5AberdeenshireUp+217--
6HighlandNo change016£29,722+48.61 %
7StirlingUp+914£31,821-0.24 %
8DundeeDown-712£28,500-5.39 %
9RenfrewshireUp+511£34,000+25.74 %
10FifeDown-97£36,333+32.12 %
11North LanarkshireDown-15£27,125+64.39 %
12InverclydeNo change04£30,500+38.63 %
12Perth and KinrossNew entry-4£32,875-
13PerthshireDown-13--
14LanarkshireUp+42£27,000-
14MidlothianUp+62£27,500+3.77 %
15West DunbartonshireNew entry-1£37,000-
15South LanarkshireDown-51£19,500-46.81 %
15FalkirkNew entry-1£25,000-
15Dumfries and GallowayNew entry-1£30,000-
Windows UKWindows
UK

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1333 (25.89 %)Microsoft
2322 (25.04 %)Linux
3289 (22.47 %)Unix
4245 (19.05 %)Active Directory
5231 (17.96 %)SQL Server
6204 (15.86 %)SQL
7203 (15.79 %).NET
8200 (15.55 %)C++
9188 (14.62 %)Degree
10176 (13.69 %)MS Excel
11172 (13.37 %)Microsoft Certification
12162 (12.60 %)Oracle
13160 (12.44 %)Finance
14146 (11.35 %)C#
14146 (11.35 %)Citrix
15143 (11.12 %)MS Exchange
16129 (10.03 %)MCSE
16129 (10.03 %)Windows 2000
17126 (9.798 %)Windows XP
18116 (9.020 %)TCP/IP
19110 (8.554 %)Pensions
20108 (8.398 %)Windows Server 2003
21107 (8.320 %)MS Office
2296 (7.465 %)XML
2393 (7.232 %)Java
2491 (7.076 %)Exchange Server 2003
2589 (6.921 %)Internet
2688 (6.843 %)OO
2688 (6.843 %)Health
2786 (6.687 %)VMware

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1203 (15.79 %).NET
296 (7.465 %)XML
374 (5.754 %)ASP.NET
453 (4.121 %)HTML
550 (3.888 %)WebServices
642 (3.266 %)J2EE
734 (2.644 %)WinForms
833 (2.566 %)WebSphere
931 (2.411 %)XSLT
1029 (2.255 %)CSS
1122 (1.711 %).NET Framework
1122 (1.711 %)Spring
1219 (1.477 %)AJAX
1316 (1.244 %)WMI
1316 (1.244 %)ASP
1414 (1.089 %)X-Windows
1513 (1.011 %)Hibernate
1612 (0.933 %)Motif
1711 (0.855 %)ADO.NET
1810 (0.778 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
1143 (11.12 %)MS Exchange
291 (7.076 %)Exchange Server 2003
374 (5.754 %)IIS
453 (4.121 %)Exchange Server 2000
541 (3.188 %)SharePoint
627 (2.100 %)Exchange Server 2007
724 (1.866 %)Lotus Notes
819 (1.477 %)WebLogic
918 (1.400 %)Apache
1016 (1.244 %)Commerce Server
1114 (1.089 %)Commerce Server 2007
1213 (1.011 %)WebSphere MQ
1311 (0.855 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1311 (0.855 %)SharePoint Server 2007
145 (0.389 %)WebSphere Message Broker
145 (0.389 %)Lotus Domino
145 (0.389 %)ColdFusion
154 (0.311 %)Exchange Server 5.5
163 (0.233 %)CMS
163 (0.233 %)Office Project Server
Applications
1176 (13.69 %)MS Excel
2107 (8.320 %)MS Office
311 (0.855 %)MS Visio
47 (0.544 %)3ds Max
54 (0.311 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.311 %)InfoPath
54 (0.311 %)MS Project
63 (0.233 %)MATLAB
71 (0.078 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
16 (0.467 %)SoftGrid
25 (0.389 %)Dynamics AX
33 (0.233 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.156 %)Oracle ERP
42 (0.156 %)GoldMine
42 (0.156 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.078 %)Navision
Communications & Networking
1116 (9.020 %)TCP/IP
289 (6.921 %)Internet
375 (5.832 %)WAN
474 (5.754 %)LAN
573 (5.677 %)DNS
658 (4.510 %)SAN
658 (4.510 %)VPN
754 (4.199 %)Firewall
831 (2.411 %)DHCP
925 (1.944 %)VoIP
1022 (1.711 %)LDAP
1022 (1.711 %)WINS
1118 (1.400 %)Intranet
1216 (1.244 %)Network Security
1315 (1.166 %)FTP
1414 (1.089 %)Wireless
1510 (0.778 %)SMS
167 (0.544 %)SSH
176 (0.467 %)SSL
176 (0.467 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1231 (17.96 %)SQL Server
248 (3.733 %)SQL Server 2000
248 (3.733 %)SQL Server 2005
327 (2.100 %)DTS
327 (2.100 %)Oracle 10g
426 (2.022 %)SQL Server 7
525 (1.944 %)RDBMS
622 (1.711 %)Oracle 9i
721 (1.633 %)MySQL
818 (1.400 %)DB2
818 (1.400 %)GIS
916 (1.244 %)MS Access
1013 (1.011 %)Oracle 8/8i
1112 (0.933 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1210 (0.778 %)Datawarehouse
1210 (0.778 %)Crystal Reports
139 (0.700 %)Oracle Reports
147 (0.544 %)DB2 UDB
147 (0.544 %)SQLPlus
156 (0.467 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
185 (6.610 %)Visual Studio
232 (2.488 %)VSS/SourceSafe
329 (2.255 %)Subversion
48 (0.622 %)Flash
57 (0.544 %)Oracle Forms
65 (0.389 %)ClearCase
65 (0.389 %)Eclipse
65 (0.389 %)MSI
65 (0.389 %)NUnit
73 (0.233 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.078 %)Ant
81 (0.078 %)JUnit
81 (0.078 %)FrontPage
General
1160 (12.44 %)Finance
2110 (8.554 %)Pensions
388 (6.843 %)Health
453 (4.121 %)Insurance
544 (3.421 %)Manufacturing
643 (3.344 %)Telecoms
735 (2.722 %)Games
828 (2.177 %)Construction
927 (2.100 %)Financial Institution
1023 (1.788 %)Banking
1121 (1.633 %)Education
1216 (1.244 %)Retail
1313 (1.011 %)Government
1411 (0.855 %)Music
1510 (0.778 %)Billing
167 (0.544 %)Electronics
176 (0.467 %)Electric
185 (0.389 %)Law
185 (0.389 %)Pharmaceutical
185 (0.389 %)Back Office
Job Titles
1262 (20.37 %)Developer
2202 (15.71 %)Analyst
3124 (9.642 %)Administrator
4123 (9.565 %)Support Analyst
5109 (8.476 %)Support Engineer
683 (6.454 %)Software Engineer
767 (5.210 %)Software Developer
856 (4.355 %)Consultant
951 (3.966 %)Server Support
951 (3.966 %).NET Developer
1050 (3.888 %)Helpdesk Support
1147 (3.655 %)Team Leader
1246 (3.577 %)Systems Administrator
1345 (3.499 %)Desktop Support
1442 (3.266 %)C++ Developer
1538 (2.955 %)DBA
1636 (2.799 %)Programmer
1733 (2.566 %)Junior
1733 (2.566 %)Server Engineer
1832 (2.488 %)IT Manager
Miscellaneous
173 (5.677 %)Computer Science
238 (2.955 %)SCADA
333 (2.566 %)German Language
421 (1.633 %)Client/Server
517 (1.322 %)Asset Management
616 (1.244 %)Dutch Language
714 (1.089 %)French Language
714 (1.089 %)Clustering
714 (1.089 %)Blackberry
813 (1.011 %)Mathematics
911 (0.855 %)Management Information System
911 (0.855 %)AS400
1010 (0.778 %)PDA
1010 (0.778 %)Spanish Language
119 (0.700 %)Physics
128 (0.622 %)VHDL
128 (0.622 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
137 (0.544 %)Firmware
146 (0.467 %)PACS
155 (0.389 %)Handset
Operating Systems
1322 (25.04 %)Linux
2289 (22.47 %)Unix
3129 (10.03 %)Windows 2000
4126 (9.798 %)Windows XP
5108 (8.398 %)Windows Server 2003
678 (6.065 %)Solaris
768 (5.288 %)Windows NT
813 (1.011 %)SUSE
98 (0.622 %)NetWare
98 (0.622 %)Windows CE
98 (0.622 %)Fedora
107 (0.544 %)Windows Mobile
116 (0.467 %)HPUX
125 (0.389 %)AIX
134 (0.311 %)Gentoo
143 (0.233 %)Windows Vista
143 (0.233 %)OpenVMS
152 (0.156 %)Mac OS X
152 (0.156 %)Debian
152 (0.156 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
188 (6.843 %)OO
269 (5.365 %)ITIL
356 (4.355 %)Software Engineering
446 (3.577 %)OOD
532 (2.488 %)UML
631 (2.411 %)Project Management
722 (1.711 %)SOA
820 (1.555 %)Disaster Recovery
918 (1.400 %)E-Commerce
1016 (1.244 %)Web Development
1115 (1.166 %)Data Modelling
1115 (1.166 %)Migration
1213 (1.011 %)Configuration Management
1213 (1.011 %)Incident Management
1312 (0.933 %)Investment Management
1410 (0.778 %)Technical Architecture
1410 (0.778 %)Service Delivery
1410 (0.778 %)ERP
159 (0.700 %)Agile Software Development
168 (0.622 %)CRM
Programming Languages
1204 (15.86 %)SQL
2200 (15.55 %)C++
3146 (11.35 %)C#
493 (7.232 %)Java
574 (5.754 %)C
662 (4.821 %)Shell Script
750 (3.888 %)JavaScript
843 (3.344 %)VB
940 (3.110 %)Transact-SQL
1035 (2.722 %)VB.NET
1132 (2.488 %)Perl
1229 (2.255 %)PL/SQL
1328 (2.177 %)Delphi
1416 (1.244 %)PHP
1515 (1.166 %)VBA
1613 (1.011 %)Korn
1712 (0.933 %)Fortran
1811 (0.855 %)VC++
1910 (0.778 %)VBScript
208 (0.622 %)Tcl
Qualifications
1188 (14.62 %)Degree
2172 (13.37 %)Microsoft Certification
3129 (10.03 %)MCSE
460 (4.666 %)CCNA
460 (4.666 %)Cisco Certification
550 (3.888 %)MCP
634 (2.644 %)Citrix Certification
725 (1.944 %)MCSA
821 (1.633 %)CCEA
918 (1.400 %)CCA
1016 (1.244 %)MCDST
1110 (0.778 %)CCNP
128 (0.622 %)MOS
135 (0.389 %)ITIL Certification
135 (0.389 %)HND
135 (0.389 %)ISEB
144 (0.311 %)CCSA
144 (0.311 %)RHCE
153 (0.233 %)A+ Certification
153 (0.233 %)Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
130 (2.333 %)SLA
29 (0.700 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
37 (0.544 %)QA
42 (0.156 %)BS15000
51 (0.078 %)TickIT
System Software
1245 (19.05 %)Active Directory
244 (3.421 %)ISA Server
325 (1.944 %)NetBackup
419 (1.477 %)Backup Exec
518 (1.400 %)Terminal Services
617 (1.322 %)Samba
715 (1.166 %)Oracle RMAN
715 (1.166 %)AquaLogic
89 (0.700 %)Citrix Presentation Server
89 (0.700 %)NFS
89 (0.700 %)Terminal Server
98 (0.622 %)VMware ESX
106 (0.467 %)Oracle RAC
115 (0.389 %)MetaFrame
123 (0.233 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
132 (0.156 %)Novell eDirectory
132 (0.156 %)VMware Server
132 (0.156 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
141 (0.078 %)NDS
Systems Management
153 (4.121 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
217 (1.322 %)MOM
37 (0.544 %)Tivoli
37 (0.544 %)Oracle Statspack
45 (0.389 %)Legato
54 (0.311 %)Unicenter
54 (0.311 %)Netcool
54 (0.311 %)Norton AntiVirus
63 (0.233 %)ServiceCenter
63 (0.233 %)SCCM
63 (0.233 %)SCOM
63 (0.233 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
72 (0.156 %)WSUS
81 (0.078 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.078 %)MIMEsweeper
81 (0.078 %)ZENworks
81 (0.078 %)Tivoli Monitoring
81 (0.078 %)OpenView
81 (0.078 %)CiscoWorks
Vendors
1333 (25.89 %)Microsoft
2162 (12.60 %)Oracle
3146 (11.35 %)Citrix
486 (6.687 %)VMware
580 (6.221 %)Cisco
656 (4.355 %)VERITAS
743 (3.344 %)HP
839 (3.033 %)IBM
934 (2.644 %)Red Hat
1032 (2.488 %)Sybase
1125 (1.944 %)EMC
1224 (1.866 %)Lotus
1320 (1.555 %)Novell
1419 (1.477 %)Borland
1419 (1.477 %)Sun
1516 (1.244 %)Meridio
1611 (0.855 %)Dell
1710 (0.778 %)BEA
1710 (0.778 %)JD Edwards
1710 (0.778 %)Softricity
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