The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 21 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 14 8
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 37 20 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 16.44% 13.16% 18.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.27% 51.28% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 23 17 22
Average salary £28,500 £32,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.93% +9.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,200 £17,000 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £37,600 £37,350
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
55 39 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 24.44% 25.66% 30.67%
Number of salaries quoted 30 28 40
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 £17,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% +61.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £17,500 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £32,500 £32,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Shropshire Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Telford +1 29 £30,000 -1.63%
Shrewsbury -1 2 £33,750 -14.01%
Ellesmere - 1 £12,700 -
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 27 (38.57%) Active Directory
2 27 (38.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (37.14%) .NET
4 21 (30.00%) C#
5 19 (27.14%) DNS
5 19 (27.14%) MS Excel
5 19 (27.14%) MS Exchange
6 18 (25.71%) SQL Server
6 18 (25.71%) SQL
7 17 (24.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 15 (21.43%) VMware
9 14 (20.00%) WPF
9 14 (20.00%) Degree
10 13 (18.57%) WinForms
10 13 (18.57%) ASP.NET
10 13 (18.57%) Citrix
11 12 (17.14%) Cisco
11 12 (17.14%) DHCP
12 11 (15.71%) Firewall
12 11 (15.71%) SharePoint
12 11 (15.71%) Linux
12 11 (15.71%) Exchange Server 2010
13 10 (14.29%) SCCM
13 10 (14.29%) SCOM
13 10 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
14 9 (12.86%) UNIX
14 9 (12.86%) SAN
14 9 (12.86%) Computer Science
14 9 (12.86%) TDD

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 26 (37.14%) .NET
2 14 (20.00%) WPF
3 13 (18.57%) WinForms
3 13 (18.57%) ASP.NET
4 7 (10.00%) CSS
4 7 (10.00%) XML
5 6 (8.571%) HTML
6 5 (7.143%) Web Services
7 4 (5.714%) Ajax
7 4 (5.714%) Google Maps API
7 4 (5.714%) WCF
7 4 (5.714%) Flash
8 3 (4.286%) .NET Framework
8 3 (4.286%) Silverlight
9 2 (2.857%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 2 (2.857%) MFC
9 2 (2.857%) XHTML
10 1 (1.429%) COM
10 1 (1.429%) LINQ
10 1 (1.429%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 19 (27.14%) MS Exchange
2 11 (15.71%) SharePoint
2 11 (15.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (11.43%) Apache
4 6 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (8.571%) IIS
5 5 (7.143%) CMS
6 4 (5.714%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (5.714%) Kentico
7 3 (4.286%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (4.286%) WebLogic
7 3 (4.286%) Lync
8 2 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (2.857%) Lotus Notes
9 1 (1.429%) Tomcat
9 1 (1.429%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (1.429%) nginx
9 1 (1.429%) Moodle
Applications
1 19 (27.14%) MS Excel
2 8 (11.43%) MS Office
3 4 (5.714%) Photoshop
3 4 (5.714%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (5.714%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.14%) DNS
2 12 (17.14%) DHCP
3 11 (15.71%) Firewall
4 9 (12.86%) SAN
5 6 (8.571%) DDNS
6 4 (5.714%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.857%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (2.857%) VLAN
7 2 (2.857%) HTTP
7 2 (2.857%) VoIP
8 1 (1.429%) LDAP
8 1 (1.429%) WAN
8 1 (1.429%) LAN
8 1 (1.429%) HTTPS
8 1 (1.429%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (25.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.143%) MySQL
3 3 (4.286%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.857%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.857%) Firebird
4 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) Visual Studio
2 5 (7.143%) Subversion
3 1 (1.429%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.429%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (7.143%) Finance
2 4 (5.714%) Marketing
2 4 (5.714%) Publishing
3 3 (4.286%) Manufacturing
3 3 (4.286%) Back Office
4 1 (1.429%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.429%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 21 (30.00%) Developer
2 17 (24.29%) .NET Developer
3 12 (17.14%) Architect
4 10 (14.29%) Software Developer
5 9 (12.86%) Analyst
5 9 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (12.86%) C# Developer
5 9 (12.86%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (11.43%) .NET Software Developer
6 8 (11.43%) C# Software Developer
6 8 (11.43%) Support Engineer
7 7 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
8 5 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (7.143%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.143%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 5 (7.143%) Server Engineer
9 4 (5.714%) .NET Web Developer
9 4 (5.714%) Senior .NET Developer
9 4 (5.714%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.286%) Clustering
2 3 (4.286%) New Media
3 2 (2.857%) iSeries
3 2 (2.857%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.429%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.429%) SaaS
4 1 (1.429%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 27 (38.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 17 (24.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (15.71%) Linux
4 9 (12.86%) UNIX
5 7 (10.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (8.571%) Windows 2000 Server
6 6 (8.571%) AIX
6 6 (8.571%) Solaris
7 5 (7.143%) Windows CE
8 2 (2.857%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.857%) CentOS
8 2 (2.857%) Android
9 1 (1.429%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.429%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.429%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (12.86%) TDD
2 5 (7.143%) Web Development
2 5 (7.143%) TOGAF
2 5 (7.143%) Security Architecture
3 4 (5.714%) Content Management
3 4 (5.714%) Business Continuity
4 3 (4.286%) Project Management
4 3 (4.286%) Migration
4 3 (4.286%) RUP
4 3 (4.286%) CRM
4 3 (4.286%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (4.286%) Document Management
4 3 (4.286%) Waterfall
5 2 (2.857%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (2.857%) Software Architecture
5 2 (2.857%) MVVM
5 2 (2.857%) Capacity Management
6 1 (1.429%) ERP
6 1 (1.429%) UML
6 1 (1.429%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.00%) C#
2 18 (25.71%) SQL
3 7 (10.00%) PHP
4 6 (8.571%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.571%) VB.NET
5 4 (5.714%) PowerShell
5 4 (5.714%) VB
5 4 (5.714%) Java
6 3 (4.286%) C++
6 3 (4.286%) Perl
6 3 (4.286%) C
7 2 (2.857%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.857%) Delphi
7 2 (2.857%) VC++
7 2 (2.857%) XAML
8 1 (1.429%) VBScript
8 1 (1.429%) PHP5
8 1 (1.429%) VB6
8 1 (1.429%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) Degree
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.714%) VCP5
3 4 (5.714%) MCITP
3 4 (5.714%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.714%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.286%) MCSE
5 2 (2.857%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.429%) CCA
6 1 (1.429%) MCP
6 1 (1.429%) MCDST
6 1 (1.429%) MCTS
6 1 (1.429%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.429%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.429%) CCEE
6 1 (1.429%) CCAA
6 1 (1.429%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.429%) QA
System Software
1 27 (38.57%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.571%) PowerHA
3 6 (8.571%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (7.143%) ISA Server
5 3 (4.286%) Terminal Services
5 3 (4.286%) VMware ESX
5 3 (4.286%) XenApp
5 3 (4.286%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.286%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.857%) vSphere
7 1 (1.429%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.429%) XenServer
7 1 (1.429%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.429%) Xen
7 1 (1.429%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (1.429%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 10 (14.29%) SCCM
1 10 (14.29%) SCOM
2 3 (4.286%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (1.429%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.429%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 31 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.43%) VMware
3 13 (18.57%) Citrix
4 12 (17.14%) Cisco
5 7 (10.00%) Veritas
6 6 (8.571%) EMC
7 4 (5.714%) Google
7 4 (5.714%) NetApp
8 3 (4.286%) HP
8 3 (4.286%) Dell
9 2 (2.857%) Altiris
9 2 (2.857%) Kaspersky
9 2 (2.857%) IBM
9 2 (2.857%) Lotus
9 2 (2.857%) Apple
10 1 (1.429%) Symantec
10 1 (1.429%) McAfee
10 1 (1.429%) Facebook
10 1 (1.429%) Twitter
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