The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 22 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 313 433 -
Rank change year-on-year
+120 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 123 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.554% 0.046% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.901% 0.160% -
Number of salaries quoted 115 11 0
Average salary £35,000 £44,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.45% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6471 6896 6094
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 29.13% 28.58% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5561 5990 5254
Average salary £38,000 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.56% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the South East region.

South East Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire +33 34 £26,000 -45.26%
Hampshire +30 26 £45,000 -1.63%
Surrey +38 23 £29,288 -38.34%
West Sussex - 18 £42,500 -
Buckinghamshire - 9 £25,000 -
Kent - 5 £31,000 -
Oxfordshire -14 4 £35,000 +14.75%
East Sussex - 4 £40,500 -
Sussex - 2 - -
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 216 (100.00%) Windows
2 139 (64.35%) Microsoft
3 89 (41.20%) Windows 7
4 85 (39.35%) .NET
5 81 (37.50%) SQL Server
6 79 (36.57%) C#
7 65 (30.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 61 (28.24%) Windows Server 2008
9 55 (25.46%) Windows Server 2003
10 52 (24.07%) ASP.NET
10 52 (24.07%) jQuery
11 51 (23.61%) HTML
11 51 (23.61%) MS Exchange
12 49 (22.69%) Finance
13 48 (22.22%) Windows XP
13 48 (22.22%) CSS
14 47 (21.76%) Active Directory
15 44 (20.37%) JavaScript
15 44 (20.37%) Team Foundation Server
16 43 (19.91%) MVC
17 41 (18.98%) SQL Server 2008
18 40 (18.52%) Android
19 39 (18.06%) Firewall
19 39 (18.06%) TDD
19 39 (18.06%) OO
20 38 (17.59%) Symantec
20 38 (17.59%) NHibernate
21 36 (16.67%) MS Excel
22 35 (16.20%) Scrum
22 35 (16.20%) Microsoft Certification

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 85 (39.35%) .NET
2 52 (24.07%) ASP.NET
2 52 (24.07%) jQuery
3 51 (23.61%) HTML
4 48 (22.22%) CSS
5 38 (17.59%) NHibernate
6 33 (15.28%) .NET Framework
6 33 (15.28%) HTML5
7 32 (14.81%) ASP.NET MVC
8 30 (13.89%) Castle Windsor
9 26 (12.04%) CSS3
10 21 (9.722%) Ajax
11 12 (5.556%) Web Services
12 8 (3.704%) XML
13 5 (2.315%) SOAP
13 5 (2.315%) Smarty
13 5 (2.315%) REST
13 5 (2.315%) K2 blackpearl
14 2 (0.926%) Silverlight
14 2 (0.926%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 51 (23.61%) MS Exchange
2 31 (14.35%) SharePoint
3 30 (13.89%) Exchange Server 2007
4 19 (8.796%) Exchange Server 2010
5 17 (7.870%) IIS
6 13 (6.019%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (4.630%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 8 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (3.241%) SharePoint 2013
9 7 (3.241%) Lync
10 5 (2.315%) Apache
10 5 (2.315%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (1.389%) Lotus Notes
11 3 (1.389%) Windows Azure
12 1 (0.463%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.463%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.463%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 36 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 30 (13.89%) MS Office
3 7 (3.241%) Photoshop
3 7 (3.241%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (3.241%) InDesign
4 4 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (1.389%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.389%) Office 365
6 2 (0.926%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.389%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.926%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.463%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 39 (18.06%) Firewall
2 29 (13.43%) DNS
3 27 (12.50%) VPN
4 22 (10.19%) Network Security
5 20 (9.259%) TCP/IP
6 18 (8.333%) DHCP
7 14 (6.481%) SAN
8 13 (6.019%) WAN
9 12 (5.556%) LAN
10 9 (4.167%) VoIP
10 9 (4.167%) VLAN
11 8 (3.704%) iSCSI
12 6 (2.778%) Internet
13 5 (2.315%) LDAP
13 5 (2.315%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (1.852%) IPsec
14 4 (1.852%) MPLS
14 4 (1.852%) X.25
15 3 (1.389%) PBX
15 3 (1.389%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 41 (18.98%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (15.28%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (3.241%) MySQL
5 5 (2.315%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (1.852%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.389%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.926%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.463%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.463%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.463%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 44 (20.37%) Team Foundation Server
2 19 (8.796%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.704%) MSI
4 4 (1.852%) JIRA
4 4 (1.852%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (1.389%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.463%) Subversion
General
1 49 (22.69%) Finance
2 26 (12.04%) Financial Institution
3 21 (9.722%) Retail
4 14 (6.481%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.241%) Marketing
6 3 (1.389%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.926%) Games
7 2 (0.926%) Local Government
8 1 (0.463%) Advertising
8 1 (0.463%) Military
Job Titles
1 88 (40.74%) Developer
2 48 (22.22%) Software Developer
3 44 (20.37%) .NET Developer
4 36 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 26 (12.04%) .NET Software Developer
6 15 (6.944%) Analyst
6 15 (6.944%) Microsoft Developer
7 13 (6.019%) IT Support
7 13 (6.019%) Administrator
8 12 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (5.556%) Consultant
8 12 (5.556%) Graduate
9 11 (5.093%) Systems Administrator
9 11 (5.093%) Web Developer
9 11 (5.093%) Technical Support
9 11 (5.093%) Support Technician
10 9 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (3.704%) Virtualisation Consultant
11 8 (3.704%) Designer
11 8 (3.704%) IT Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.04%) N-Tier
1 26 (12.04%) Inversion of Control
2 22 (10.19%) Blackberry
3 20 (9.259%) iPad
4 18 (8.333%) iPhone
5 17 (7.870%) Computer Science
6 7 (3.241%) Graphic Design
7 6 (2.778%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.778%) Clustering
8 5 (2.315%) Smartphone
8 5 (2.315%) EqualLogic
9 4 (1.852%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.389%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.389%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.926%) Open Source
11 2 (0.926%) VLE
12 1 (0.463%) PKI
12 1 (0.463%) Statistics
12 1 (0.463%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.463%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 216 (100.00%) Windows
2 89 (41.20%) Windows 7
3 65 (30.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 61 (28.24%) Windows Server 2008
5 55 (25.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 48 (22.22%) Windows XP
7 40 (18.52%) Android
8 29 (13.43%) Linux
9 24 (11.11%) Apple iOS
10 15 (6.944%) Windows Vista
11 12 (5.556%) Mac OS
12 7 (3.241%) Ubuntu
12 7 (3.241%) Debian
13 3 (1.389%) Windows Mobile
13 3 (1.389%) Windows Phone
14 2 (0.926%) Windows 2000 Server
14 2 (0.926%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.926%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.91%) MVC
2 39 (18.06%) TDD
2 39 (18.06%) OO
3 35 (16.20%) Scrum
3 35 (16.20%) Kanban
4 34 (15.74%) Agile Software Development
5 26 (12.04%) OOD
5 26 (12.04%) Refactoring
5 26 (12.04%) User Stories
5 26 (12.04%) BDD
6 24 (11.11%) Migration
7 15 (6.944%) Information Assurance
7 15 (6.944%) Security Management
8 12 (5.556%) Web Application Development
9 11 (5.093%) Data Migration
9 11 (5.093%) Data Modelling
9 11 (5.093%) ITIL
10 10 (4.630%) Project Management
11 9 (4.167%) CRM
12 8 (3.704%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 79 (36.57%) C#
2 44 (20.37%) JavaScript
3 17 (7.870%) Python
3 17 (7.870%) SQL
3 17 (7.870%) Java
3 17 (7.870%) C++
4 9 (4.167%) VB.NET
5 7 (3.241%) PHP
6 6 (2.778%) VB6
6 6 (2.778%) VB
7 4 (1.852%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.389%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.926%) XAML
9 2 (0.926%) VBScript
10 1 (0.463%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.463%) C
10 1 (0.463%) X++
Qualifications
1 35 (16.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (7.870%) Degree
3 16 (7.407%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.407%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.019%) MCITP
5 10 (4.630%) MCP
5 10 (4.630%) MCSE
6 7 (3.241%) CCNA
6 7 (3.241%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.241%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 5 (2.315%) MCSA
8 4 (1.852%) MCTS
8 4 (1.852%) CCNP
9 2 (0.926%) VTSP
9 2 (0.926%) ACSP
9 2 (0.926%) MCDST
9 2 (0.926%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.481%) SLA
2 1 (0.463%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.463%) JSP 440
System Software
1 47 (21.76%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.481%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.167%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (2.315%) Terminal Services
5 5 (2.315%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.389%) vSphere
7 1 (0.463%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.463%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.463%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.463%) UAG
Systems Management
1 12 (5.556%) Backup Exec
2 8 (3.704%) SCVMM
2 8 (3.704%) SCCM
2 8 (3.704%) Norton AntiVirus
3 7 (3.241%) SCOM
4 4 (1.852%) Nagios
5 3 (1.389%) ARCserve
6 1 (0.463%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 139 (64.35%) Microsoft
2 38 (17.59%) Symantec
3 29 (13.43%) Cisco
4 23 (10.65%) VMware
5 19 (8.796%) Apple
6 17 (7.870%) Oracle
7 14 (6.481%) Citrix
8 9 (4.167%) Dell
9 8 (3.704%) Fujitsu
9 8 (3.704%) HP
10 7 (3.241%) Sophos
10 7 (3.241%) Adobe
11 6 (2.778%) Remedy
12 5 (2.315%) Facebook
13 4 (1.852%) PlateSpin
14 3 (1.389%) CA
14 3 (1.389%) Lotus
15 2 (0.926%) Infor
15 2 (0.926%) SonicWALL
15 2 (0.926%) Acronis
Hampshire, South East
Application software development on Microsoft based platforms. Configuration and lockdown of Microsoft based networks and platforms for security management. Software development on Microsoft based platforms for security management...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Berkshire
The Company My client, Head Quartered in Slough, but with offices around the UK, have been providing their clients in the private, public and financial sector with effective ...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
ASP.NET, .NET Developer, CSS, HTML, jQuery, C#, Sharepoint Server 2007... The role involves working in a dynamic C# team developing their award winning portal software using C#,...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chatham, Kent
Microsoft Certified. Desktop experience up to and including Windows 7 (8 a bonus) Server experience up to 2008 R2 (Linux a bonus) Hands on virtualisation - VMWare / Hyper V...
Konetic Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Newbury
Reporting to the head of development you are expected to manage your own time affectively ensuring any issues are reported and deadlines are met.Essential skills required are:...
Joanne Senior
Salary: £24k - 26k per year + flexible working and pension
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key Skills -Clear communication, including empathy, feedback and responses with all customers & suppliers (via phone, email etc) -Ability to quickly learn on the job -Determined to react quickly...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
The technology is focused on the latest .NET stack including: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET, MVC, JavaScript, jQuery, Entity Framework, SQL Server and Windows 8... Technologies Used: * C#, ...
TRG
Salary: £40000 Per Annum Plus Excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Sussex, South East
As a highly skilled .NET Developer you will be part of a very successful team which is responsible for innovation and development of brand new .NET and mobile...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Plus Excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Near Staplehurst, South East
Your job will be to protect the security of the Group's systems and continue to upgrade the systems infrastructure.2nd Line Support Technician: Essential Work Experience - 3-...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £24-27k
Posted: 23 April 2013
Tunbridge Wells, South East
This is an office based role with some flexibility.Essential skills: - C#- Mobile Development- MVC- Web services- Unit testing- REST and OauthEssential the candidate has extensive commercial experience...
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Essential Technical skills will include: *ASP.NET MVC (3.0 or 4.0) *C# *SQL Server 2005/2008 *JavaScript Ideally you will have experience of some or all...
Remit Resources
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Full Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Joining a well established team of developers the role will involve developing solutions for the rest of the firm, the type of technologies they use include C#, ASP...
Remit Resources
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Training & Full Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Egham, Surrey
Essential Skills - Windows Server 2003-2012 - AD, DNS, Group Policy, NLB, Failover Clustering, IIS, DHCP - Windows Hyper-V - SCVMM 2012, Failover Clustering, CSV`s, Live Migration - Windows Server...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £35000 to £40000 per annum - Pension, Health plan and Life Assurance
Posted: 17 May 2013