Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the South East region.

 Microsoft Windows
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank922
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads211930427703
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East13.75 %17.15 %17.98 %
As % of the Operating Systems category62.71 %69.22 %68.28 %
Salaries quoted180426626743
Average salary£35,000£35,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+2.940 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£31,500£31,500
% change year-on-year
+3.170 %-
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3379439511281
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East21.92 %24.78 %26.33 %
Salaries quoted289737759568
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South East Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

South East Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireDown-5550£36,000-
SurreyDown-3452£37,500+7.14 %
HampshireDown-3332£35,000-
OxfordshireDown-4243£32,500+12.06 %
BuckinghamshireDown-8175£32,500+8.33 %
KentUp+3134£34,000+23.63 %
West SussexDown-1198£45,000+21.62 %
MiddlesexDown-473£40,000+21.21 %
East SussexDown-532£35,000+19.65 %
Thames ValleyUp+510£40,000-11.11 %
Isle of WightNew entry-5£22,500-
M4 CorridorDown-72£32,500-20.73 %
Home CountiesDown-262--
SussexDown-161£45,000+60.71 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

11445 (33.48 %)Windows Server 2003
21319 (30.56 %)Microsoft
31120 (25.95 %)SQL Server
41074 (24.88 %)Active Directory
51070 (24.79 %)SQL
6836 (19.37 %).NET
7832 (19.28 %)UNIX
8828 (19.18 %)Linux
9714 (16.54 %)VMware
10672 (15.57 %)Microsoft Certification
11654 (15.15 %)Windows XP
12638 (14.78 %)C#
13623 (14.43 %)IIS
14572 (13.25 %)Cisco
15554 (12.84 %)Firewall
16528 (12.23 %)MCSE
17526 (12.19 %)MS Exchange
18515 (11.93 %)MS Excel
19505 (11.70 %)TCP/IP
20502 (11.63 %)Windows Server 2008
21478 (11.08 %)Citrix
21478 (11.08 %)Oracle
22463 (10.73 %)XML
23439 (10.17 %)SQL Server 2005
24430 (9.963 %)Degree
25405 (9.384 %)ASP.NET
26398 (9.222 %)Security Cleared
27389 (9.013 %)Windows 2000
28388 (8.990 %)MS Office
29372 (8.619 %)HP

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1836 (19.37 %).NET
2463 (10.73 %)XML
3405 (9.384 %)ASP.NET
4292 (6.766 %)HTML
5215 (4.981 %)Web Services
6181 (4.194 %)CSS
7163 (3.777 %)AJAX
8138 (3.197 %)WinForms
9134 (3.105 %)WebSphere
9134 (3.105 %)XSLT
10128 (2.966 %)WCF
11114 (2.641 %)ASP
12104 (2.410 %)WPF
1388 (2.039 %).NET Framework
1486 (1.993 %)J2EE
1572 (1.668 %)MFC
1654 (1.251 %)XHTML
1744 (1.019 %)Silverlight
1843 (0.996 %)jQuery
1942 (0.973 %)JSP
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1623 (14.43 %)IIS
2526 (12.19 %)MS Exchange
3249 (5.769 %)Exchange Server 2003
4244 (5.653 %)SharePoint
5231 (5.352 %)Exchange Server 2007
6124 (2.873 %)Apache
7106 (2.456 %)WebLogic
890 (2.085 %)Tomcat
976 (1.761 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1074 (1.715 %)Lotus Notes
1142 (0.973 %)BizTalk Server
1236 (0.834 %)Exchange Server 2000
1334 (0.788 %)Lotus Domino
1426 (0.602 %)SAS
1426 (0.602 %)Office Communications Server
1524 (0.556 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1524 (0.556 %)CMS
1622 (0.510 %)Documentum
1721 (0.487 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1820 (0.463 %)TeamSite
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1515 (11.93 %)MS Excel
2388 (8.990 %)MS Office
349 (1.135 %)MS Visio
439 (0.904 %)InfoPath
536 (0.834 %)Photoshop
536 (0.834 %)MS PowerPoint
621 (0.487 %)MS Project
716 (0.371 %)Adobe Illustrator
810 (0.232 %)Fireworks
97 (0.162 %)ImageReady
97 (0.162 %)MATLAB
106 (0.139 %)AutoCAD
115 (0.116 %)SPSS
122 (0.046 %)NASTRAN
122 (0.046 %)Simulink
131 (0.023 %)3ds Max
131 (0.023 %)LightWave 3D
131 (0.023 %)Pro/ENGINEER
131 (0.023 %)PrintSoft PReS
131 (0.023 %)PageMaker
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
144 (1.019 %)Microsoft CRM
227 (0.626 %)Dynamics CRM
318 (0.417 %)SoftGrid
415 (0.348 %)Oracle Applications
514 (0.324 %)Dynamics AX
611 (0.255 %)Oracle EBS
79 (0.209 %)BusinessWorks
87 (0.162 %)Great Plains
87 (0.162 %)Navision
96 (0.139 %)Adaptiv
105 (0.116 %)Oracle 11i
105 (0.116 %)Google Analytics
105 (0.116 %)Oracle EBS R12
112 (0.046 %)GoldMine
112 (0.046 %)Academy Housing
112 (0.046 %)arcHouse
112 (0.046 %)SAP R/3
112 (0.046 %)Global One
121 (0.023 %)RMDS
121 (0.023 %)Axapta
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1554 (12.84 %)Firewall
2505 (11.70 %)TCP/IP
3367 (8.503 %)DNS
4365 (8.457 %)SAN
5255 (5.908 %)LAN
6244 (5.653 %)VPN
7237 (5.491 %)WAN
8211 (4.889 %)DHCP
9172 (3.985 %)Internet
10110 (2.549 %)VoIP
1183 (1.923 %)Network Security
1275 (1.738 %)NAS
1373 (1.691 %)SSL
1464 (1.483 %)SMTP
1563 (1.460 %)LDAP
1655 (1.274 %)Intranet
1752 (1.205 %)Wireless
1850 (1.158 %)Ethernet
1946 (1.066 %)ISDN
2045 (1.043 %)VLAN
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11120 (25.95 %)SQL Server
2439 (10.17 %)SQL Server 2005
3209 (4.842 %)SQL Server 2000
4138 (3.197 %)MySQL
5120 (2.780 %)SQL Server 2008
672 (1.668 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
769 (1.599 %)RDBMS
858 (1.344 %)Oracle 10g
952 (1.205 %)Oracle 8/8i
1047 (1.089 %)DB2
1141 (0.950 %)Crystal Reports
1141 (0.950 %)Datawarehouse
1239 (0.904 %)OLAP
1336 (0.834 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1336 (0.834 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1430 (0.695 %)Oracle 9i
1430 (0.695 %)MS Access
1529 (0.672 %)DTS
1628 (0.649 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1628 (0.649 %)Oracle OLAP
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1157 (3.638 %)Visual Studio
275 (1.738 %)ClearCase
350 (1.158 %)StarTeam
445 (1.043 %)InstallShield
538 (0.880 %)Subversion
635 (0.811 %)ClearQuest
635 (0.811 %)NUnit
729 (0.672 %)Team Foundation Server
828 (0.649 %)VSS/SourceSafe
828 (0.649 %)Visual Studio Team System
925 (0.579 %)TestDirector
1016 (0.371 %)Eclipse
1114 (0.324 %)Oracle Forms
1212 (0.278 %)AdminStudio
1212 (0.278 %)JUnit
1311 (0.255 %)Dreamweaver
148 (0.185 %)Oracle APEX
148 (0.185 %)WinRunner
155 (0.116 %)LoadRunner
164 (0.093 %)TortoiseSVN
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1268 (6.209 %)Finance
2192 (4.449 %)Pensions
3163 (3.777 %)Telecoms
4152 (3.522 %)Education
5148 (3.429 %)Health
699 (2.294 %)Insurance
776 (1.761 %)Marketing
873 (1.691 %)Government
966 (1.529 %)Retail
1061 (1.413 %)Banking
1135 (0.811 %)Electronics
1135 (0.811 %)Publishing
1233 (0.765 %)Back Office
1332 (0.741 %)Military
1421 (0.487 %)Financial Institution
1520 (0.463 %)Manufacturing
1618 (0.417 %)3D Graphics
1714 (0.324 %)Investment Banking
1714 (0.324 %)Billing
1813 (0.301 %)Pharmaceutical
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1738 (17.10 %)Developer
2649 (15.04 %)Analyst
3464 (10.75 %)Support Engineer
4373 (8.642 %)Support Analyst
5331 (7.669 %)Technical Support
6318 (7.368 %)Consultant
7272 (6.302 %)Administrator
8201 (4.657 %)Technical Engineer
9197 (4.564 %)Software Engineer
10196 (4.541 %).NET Developer
11176 (4.078 %)Systems Administrator
12171 (3.962 %)Architect
13168 (3.892 %)IT Support
14162 (3.753 %)Team Leader
15154 (3.568 %)Technical Support Engineer
16150 (3.475 %)Systems Engineer
17144 (3.336 %)C# Developer
18137 (3.174 %)Software Developer
19120 (2.780 %)3rd Line Support
20115 (2.665 %)DBA
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1146 (3.383 %)Clustering
2135 (3.128 %)Computer Science
3120 (2.780 %)German Language
496 (2.224 %)Blackberry
496 (2.224 %)French Language
559 (1.367 %)Client/Server
643 (0.996 %)Replication
740 (0.927 %)Dutch Language
838 (0.880 %)AS400
838 (0.880 %)Multithreading
937 (0.857 %)Mainframe
1036 (0.834 %)Open Source
1135 (0.811 %)Spanish Language
1135 (0.811 %)Management Information System
1233 (0.765 %)Fat Client
1233 (0.765 %)Thin Client
1332 (0.741 %)EFT
1429 (0.672 %)Mathematics
1528 (0.649 %)PKI
1528 (0.649 %)iPhone
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11445 (33.48 %)Windows Server 2003
2832 (19.28 %)UNIX
3828 (19.18 %)Linux
4654 (15.15 %)Windows XP
5502 (11.63 %)Windows Server 2008
6389 (9.013 %)Windows 2000
7231 (5.352 %)Solaris
8222 (5.144 %)Windows Vista
9202 (4.680 %)Windows 2000 Server
10124 (2.873 %)HPUX
11112 (2.595 %)AIX
1295 (2.201 %)Red Hat Linux
1392 (2.132 %)Windows NT
1473 (1.691 %)Windows Mobile
1564 (1.483 %)Windows 7
1634 (0.788 %)Mac OS
1733 (0.765 %)Android
1733 (0.765 %)Windows CE
1829 (0.672 %)Mac OS X
1922 (0.510 %)NetWare
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1348 (8.063 %)ITIL
2196 (4.541 %)OO
3146 (3.383 %)Project Management
4109 (2.525 %)E-Commerce
5103 (2.386 %)Configuration Management
696 (2.224 %)CRM
795 (2.201 %)Disaster Recovery
888 (2.039 %)Workflow
888 (2.039 %)Agile Software Development
888 (2.039 %)Service Delivery
986 (1.993 %)UML
1078 (1.807 %)MVC
1078 (1.807 %)Software Engineering
1175 (1.738 %)Test Scripting
1272 (1.668 %)Scrum
1371 (1.645 %)SOA
1468 (1.576 %)Migration
1563 (1.460 %)Business Intelligence
1658 (1.344 %)Software Testing
1658 (1.344 %)Web Development
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11070 (24.79 %)SQL
2638 (14.78 %)C#
3339 (7.854 %)C++
4332 (7.692 %)Java
5273 (6.325 %)C
6229 (5.306 %)VB
7210 (4.866 %)JavaScript
8200 (4.634 %)VB.NET
9166 (3.846 %)PHP
10152 (3.522 %)T-SQL
11132 (3.058 %)Perl
12115 (2.665 %)VBScript
1371 (1.645 %)VB6
1455 (1.274 %)Python
1455 (1.274 %)Shell Script
1550 (1.158 %)PL/SQL
1642 (0.973 %)VC++
1727 (0.626 %)PowerShell
1727 (0.626 %)Bash shell
1822 (0.510 %)PHP5
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1672 (15.57 %)Microsoft Certification
2528 (12.23 %)MCSE
3430 (9.963 %)Degree
4398 (9.222 %)Security Cleared
5258 (5.978 %)Cisco Certification
6243 (5.630 %)CCNA
7208 (4.819 %)SC Cleared
8175 (4.055 %)MCP
9143 (3.313 %)MCSA
10123 (2.850 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11114 (2.641 %)MCTS
12112 (2.595 %)MCITP
1363 (1.460 %)Citrix Certification
1451 (1.182 %)CCNP
1550 (1.158 %)CISSP
1649 (1.135 %)VCP4
1649 (1.135 %)MCSD
1748 (1.112 %)CCA
1847 (1.089 %)CCEA
1941 (0.950 %)MCAD
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1130 (3.012 %)QA
2128 (2.966 %)SLA
323 (0.533 %)ISO27001
419 (0.440 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
512 (0.278 %)PCI DSS
66 (0.139 %)HL7
75 (0.116 %)ISO9001
84 (0.093 %)DICOM
84 (0.093 %)WCAG
84 (0.093 %)BS7799
92 (0.046 %)GxP
101 (0.023 %)ISO9000
101 (0.023 %)COBIT
101 (0.023 %)WAI
101 (0.023 %)JSP 440
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11074 (24.88 %)Active Directory
2355 (8.225 %)VMware Infrastructure
3154 (3.568 %)VMware ESX
482 (1.900 %)Hyper-V
482 (1.900 %)XenApp
576 (1.761 %)Citrix Presentation Server
668 (1.576 %)vSphere
763 (1.460 %)Terminal Services
763 (1.460 %)ISA Server
857 (1.321 %)XenDesktop
955 (1.274 %)NFS
1054 (1.251 %)XenServer
1144 (1.019 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1144 (1.019 %)MetaFrame
1229 (0.672 %)Oracle RAC
1229 (0.672 %)VMware Workstation
1327 (0.626 %)Xen
1424 (0.556 %)Oracle RMAN
1521 (0.487 %)Sendmail
1619 (0.440 %)Terminal Server
South East IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
190 (2.085 %)Backup Exec
274 (1.715 %)SCCM
356 (1.297 %)NetBackup
454 (1.251 %)Tivoli
553 (1.228 %)OpenView Configuration Management
644 (1.019 %)SCOM
743 (0.996 %)WSUS
840 (0.927 %)OpenView
935 (0.811 %)MSI
1034 (0.788 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1126 (0.602 %)Norton AntiVirus
1218 (0.417 %)Data Guard
1316 (0.371 %)HP Quality Center
1316 (0.371 %)MOM
1316 (0.371 %)Nessus
1414 (0.324 %)MIMEsweeper
1512 (0.278 %)McAfee ePO
1512 (0.278 %)MAILsweeper
1611 (0.255 %)SCVMM
1710 (0.232 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11319 (30.56 %)Microsoft
2714 (16.54 %)VMware
3572 (13.25 %)Cisco
4478 (11.08 %)Citrix
4478 (11.08 %)Oracle
5372 (8.619 %)HP
6137 (3.174 %)IBM
7104 (2.410 %)Symantec
890 (2.085 %)Red Hat
985 (1.969 %)CheckPoint
1082 (1.900 %)Lotus
1176 (1.761 %)Veritas
1274 (1.715 %)Sun
1274 (1.715 %)Altiris
1368 (1.576 %)EMC
1467 (1.552 %)JBoss
1552 (1.205 %)Borland
1552 (1.205 %)Dell
1648 (1.112 %)Novell
1746 (1.066 %)Juniper