The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 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 8 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
129 208 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 19.43% 31.61% 32.81%
Number of salaries quoted 115 160 127
Average salary £45,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £48,800 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
Berkshire

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Slough Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
1 8 (100.00%) MSI
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 8 (100.00%) Retail
1 8 (100.00%) Fujitsu
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
1 8 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Consultant
1 8 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 8 (100.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
1 8 (100.00%) Fujitsu