The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 8 14 15
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 111 53 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 17.56% 11.00% 11.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.55% 58.24% 50.41%
Number of salaries quoted 103 46 59
Average salary £30,000 £30,875 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.83% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £23,750 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
145 91 123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 22.94% 18.88% 23.03%
Number of salaries quoted 137 84 119
Average salary £30,750 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £24,200 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
South West

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bath +29 69 £30,000 +17.64% 9
Taunton +2 13 £33,500 +30.62% 4
Yeovil +3 7 £30,000 -40.00%
Frome +1 4 £21,000 -53.33%
Street 0 3 £80,000 +220.00%
Cheddar - 3 £22,500 -
Clevedon - 3 £26,500 - 3
Windows
South West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 96 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 77 (33.48%) C#
3 69 (30.00%) MS Excel
4 66 (28.70%) Windows Server 2003
5 63 (27.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 60 (26.09%) .NET
7 56 (24.35%) C++
8 54 (23.48%) SQL Server
9 53 (23.04%) Active Directory
10 52 (22.61%) SQL
11 47 (20.43%) VB.NET
12 46 (20.00%) Degree
13 45 (19.57%) Service Delivery
14 44 (19.13%) Finance
14 44 (19.13%) ITIL
15 43 (18.70%) IIS
15 43 (18.70%) SharePoint
16 41 (17.83%) MS Exchange
17 40 (17.39%) Oracle
17 40 (17.39%) DNS
18 37 (16.09%) Linux
19 35 (15.22%) VMware
20 34 (14.78%) Citrix
21 33 (14.35%) Firewall
22 32 (13.91%) Computer Science
23 30 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
23 30 (13.04%) OO
24 29 (12.61%) .NET Framework
25 28 (12.17%) UML
26 27 (11.74%) XML

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 60 (26.09%) .NET
2 29 (12.61%) .NET Framework
3 27 (11.74%) XML
3 27 (11.74%) ASP.NET
4 24 (10.43%) HTML
5 20 (8.696%) STL
5 20 (8.696%) MFC
6 18 (7.826%) WPF
6 18 (7.826%) ATL
7 14 (6.087%) Web Services
8 5 (2.174%) Middleware
9 4 (1.739%) WCF
9 4 (1.739%) jQuery
9 4 (1.739%) KnockoutJS
9 4 (1.739%) WinForms
10 3 (1.304%) Qt
11 2 (0.870%) XSD
12 1 (0.435%) SAP Basis
12 1 (0.435%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 43 (18.70%) IIS
1 43 (18.70%) SharePoint
2 41 (17.83%) MS Exchange
3 12 (5.217%) IBM Notes
3 12 (5.217%) Lotus Domino
4 7 (3.043%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.304%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (1.304%) Lync
6 2 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2000
6 2 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.870%) nginx
6 2 (0.870%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.870%) Apache
7 1 (0.435%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.435%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.435%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 69 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 23 (10.00%) MS Office
3 4 (1.739%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (1.304%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (1.304%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.870%) Sage 1000
3 1 (0.435%) Maximo
3 1 (0.435%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.39%) DNS
2 33 (14.35%) Firewall
3 26 (11.30%) TCP/IP
4 20 (8.696%) WAN
5 16 (6.957%) SAN
6 15 (6.522%) LAN
7 14 (6.087%) DHCP
8 13 (5.652%) VoIP
8 13 (5.652%) Internet
9 11 (4.783%) VPN
10 10 (4.348%) Wireless
10 10 (4.348%) Intranet
11 9 (3.913%) Network Security
12 8 (3.478%) SSL
13 5 (2.174%) SMTP
14 4 (1.739%) VLAN
15 3 (1.304%) Wireshark
16 2 (0.870%) Cisco PIX
16 2 (0.870%) Asterisk PBX
16 2 (0.870%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (23.48%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.957%) Oracle 8/8i
3 6 (2.609%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (1.739%) MySQL
5 3 (1.304%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.870%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.435%) DTS
7 1 (0.435%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (11.30%) Visual Studio
2 25 (10.87%) Team Foundation Server
3 17 (7.391%) Subversion
4 15 (6.522%) Dreamweaver
4 15 (6.522%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.174%) NUnit
5 5 (2.174%) ReSharper
6 3 (1.304%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.870%) Git (software)
7 2 (0.870%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 1 (0.435%) Xcode
8 1 (0.435%) GitHub
General
1 44 (19.13%) Finance
2 10 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 9 (3.913%) Back Office
4 6 (2.609%) Legal
4 6 (2.609%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.304%) Aerospace
6 2 (0.870%) Law
6 2 (0.870%) Advertising
6 2 (0.870%) Publishing
7 1 (0.435%) Military
7 1 (0.435%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (22.61%) Analyst
2 40 (17.39%) Developer
3 33 (14.35%) Software Engineer
4 30 (13.04%) Support Engineer
5 27 (11.74%) IT Support
6 23 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
7 21 (9.130%) Support Analyst
8 17 (7.391%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (6.522%) Analyst Developer
9 15 (6.522%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (5.652%) Systems Administrator
10 13 (5.652%) Administrator
10 13 (5.652%) Configuration Manager
10 13 (5.652%) Release Manager
11 12 (5.217%) .NET Developer
12 11 (4.783%) Help Desk Engineer
12 11 (4.783%) Release Engineer
13 10 (4.348%) Configuration Engineer
14 9 (3.913%) Project Manager
14 9 (3.913%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.91%) Computer Science
2 15 (6.522%) Blackberry
3 8 (3.478%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.043%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (2.174%) Clustering
6 4 (1.739%) SaaS
6 4 (1.739%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.739%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.304%) iPad
8 2 (0.870%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.870%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.870%) iPhone
8 2 (0.870%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.870%) Open Source
8 2 (0.870%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.435%) Kindle
9 1 (0.435%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.435%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 66 (28.70%) Windows Server 2003
2 63 (27.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 37 (16.09%) Linux
4 26 (11.30%) Windows 7
5 18 (7.826%) Windows XP
6 13 (5.652%) UNIX
7 7 (3.043%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.609%) Windows 2000
9 5 (2.174%) Android
10 4 (1.739%) Windows Mobile
10 4 (1.739%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.739%) Windows 8
11 3 (1.304%) AIX
11 3 (1.304%) Windows Phone
11 3 (1.304%) Windows Phone 8
12 2 (0.870%) Mac OS X Server
12 2 (0.870%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.870%) Solaris
12 2 (0.870%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.435%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (19.57%) Service Delivery
2 44 (19.13%) ITIL
3 30 (13.04%) OO
4 28 (12.17%) UML
5 24 (10.43%) Migration
6 23 (10.00%) Business Analysis
7 18 (7.826%) Multithreading
8 14 (6.087%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (6.087%) Release Management
9 9 (3.913%) PRINCE2
9 9 (3.913%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (3.478%) Software Distribution
11 7 (3.043%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (2.609%) Time Management
12 6 (2.609%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (2.609%) Agile Software Development
13 5 (2.174%) Systems Analysis
13 5 (2.174%) Business Continuity
13 5 (2.174%) MVC
13 5 (2.174%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 77 (33.48%) C#
2 56 (24.35%) C++
3 52 (22.61%) SQL
4 47 (20.43%) VB.NET
5 25 (10.87%) C
6 24 (10.43%) JavaScript
7 17 (7.391%) PowerShell
8 13 (5.652%) Java
9 10 (4.348%) Python
10 5 (2.174%) Perl
10 5 (2.174%) VBScript
10 5 (2.174%) VB
10 5 (2.174%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.739%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 2 (0.870%) Bash shell
12 2 (0.870%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.870%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (20.00%) Degree
2 30 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (11.30%) MCSE
4 20 (8.696%) Security Cleared
5 15 (6.522%) MCSA
6 13 (5.652%) MCITP
7 11 (4.783%) MCP
7 11 (4.783%) MCDST
8 7 (3.043%) CCNA
8 7 (3.043%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.609%) HND
10 5 (2.174%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.739%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.739%) HNC
12 3 (1.304%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.304%) MCTS
13 2 (0.870%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.870%) CCNP
14 1 (0.435%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.435%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.087%) SLA
2 3 (1.304%) DO-178B
2 3 (1.304%) QA
3 1 (0.435%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 53 (23.04%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.826%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.391%) Hyper-V
4 14 (6.087%) Terminal Services
5 8 (3.478%) XenServer
5 8 (3.478%) XenDesktop
5 8 (3.478%) vSphere
6 3 (1.304%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.870%) XenApp
8 1 (0.435%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 11 (4.783%) Backup Exec
2 7 (3.043%) WSUS
3 5 (2.174%) Norton AntiVirus
3 5 (2.174%) Nagios
4 3 (1.304%) OpenView
4 3 (1.304%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.870%) Puppet
6 1 (0.435%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.435%) Netcool
6 1 (0.435%) SCCM
6 1 (0.435%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 96 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 40 (17.39%) Oracle
3 35 (15.22%) VMware
4 34 (14.78%) Citrix
5 25 (10.87%) Cisco
6 18 (7.826%) Symantec
7 15 (6.522%) Macromedia
8 12 (5.217%) Lotus
8 12 (5.217%) Sage
9 10 (4.348%) HP
10 8 (3.478%) SonicWALL
11 7 (3.043%) Veeam
12 6 (2.609%) Juniper
13 5 (2.174%) CA
13 5 (2.174%) Red Gate
13 5 (2.174%) WatchGuard
14 4 (1.739%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.739%) BMC
14 4 (1.739%) CheckPoint
15 3 (1.304%) Remedy
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