The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 17 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 62 58 45
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -13
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 10 12 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 1.462% 1.802% 2.516%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.143% 5.607% 7.453%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 1
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% +27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
140 214 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 20.47% 32.13% 33.75%
Number of salaries quoted 122 164 117
Average salary £45,500 £37,500 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.33% -7.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Berkshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Slough Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Slough region.

Slough Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Slough region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Slough Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (52.00%) Citrix
3 12 (48.00%) Telecoms
3 12 (48.00%) Finance
3 12 (48.00%) Retail
3 12 (48.00%) Fujitsu
4 9 (36.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 9 (36.00%) Windows XP
5 8 (32.00%) MSI
5 8 (32.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (32.00%) Windows 8
6 6 (24.00%) Mac OS X
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (20.00%) McAfee
7 5 (20.00%) CISSP
7 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
7 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 5 (20.00%) Degree
7 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.00%) Security Management
7 5 (20.00%) GIAC
7 5 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (20.00%) XenApp
7 5 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
8 4 (16.00%) AppSense
8 4 (16.00%) SCCM
8 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
9 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
10 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.000%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.000%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) Office 365
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) VoIP
1 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MSI
General
1 12 (48.00%) Telecoms
1 12 (48.00%) Finance
1 12 (48.00%) Retail
2 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Consultant
2 9 (36.00%) Technical Consultant
3 8 (32.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 5 (20.00%) Security Specialist
5 4 (16.00%) Implementation Consultant
6 3 (12.00%) Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Support Engineer
7 2 (8.000%) Citrix Consultant
7 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Consultant
8 1 (4.000%) Network Support Technician
8 1 (4.000%) Windows Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) SCCM Consultant
8 1 (4.000%) Network Support
8 1 (4.000%) Field Support Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Field Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Network Technician
8 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Desktop Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support
8 1 (4.000%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Windows XP
3 8 (32.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (32.00%) Windows 8
4 6 (24.00%) Mac OS X
5 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.000%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000
6 1 (4.000%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Security Management
1 5 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (4.000%) Identity Management
2 1 (4.000%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) CISSP
1 5 (20.00%) GIAC
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.000%) MCTS
4 1 (4.000%) MCITP
4 1 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.000%) MCSA
4 1 (4.000%) CCNA
System Software
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (20.00%) XenApp
2 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.000%) XenDesktop
3 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.000%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (16.00%) SCCM
3 2 (8.000%) SCOM
4 1 (4.000%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Citrix
2 12 (48.00%) Fujitsu
3 5 (20.00%) McAfee
3 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (16.00%) AppSense
5 1 (4.000%) VMware
5 1 (4.000%) Cisco
5 1 (4.000%) Apple