The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 20 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 63 81 82
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 25 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.397% 0.618% 0.226%
As % of the Operating Systems category 9.921% 2.055% 0.966%
Number of salaries quoted 22 6 2
Average salary £21,500 £23,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.51% -11.32%
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
252 292 207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 24.16% 30.07% 23.36%
Number of salaries quoted 240 233 203
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £23,700
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Wales

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South Wales Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bridgend - 9 £21,500 -
Cardiff -17 8 £25,000 +6.38%
Newport - 3 £30,000 -
Windows 7
Wales

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (72.22%) Active Directory
3 24 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 23 (63.89%) Windows Server 2008
5 19 (52.78%) MS Exchange
6 17 (47.22%) VMware
7 16 (44.44%) DNS
7 16 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2007
8 15 (41.67%) Windows 8
8 15 (41.67%) TCP/IP
8 15 (41.67%) VPN
9 14 (38.89%) MS Excel
10 13 (36.11%) SQL
10 13 (36.11%) Exchange Server 2003
11 12 (33.33%) Firewall
12 11 (30.56%) MySQL
12 11 (30.56%) IIS
12 11 (30.56%) Apache
12 11 (30.56%) Windows XP
12 11 (30.56%) VoIP
12 11 (30.56%) SaaS
12 11 (30.56%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (30.56%) Office 365
12 11 (30.56%) Windows Intune
13 9 (25.00%) UNIX
13 9 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (19.44%) Advertising
14 7 (19.44%) Wireless
15 6 (16.67%) WAN
15 6 (16.67%) LAN

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (5.556%) .NET
2 1 (2.778%) SOAP
2 1 (2.778%) XML
Application Platforms
1 19 (52.78%) MS Exchange
2 16 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (36.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (30.56%) IIS
4 11 (30.56%) Apache
5 3 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (38.89%) MS Excel
2 11 (30.56%) Office 365
3 6 (16.67%) MS Office
4 3 (8.333%) MS Project
5 2 (5.556%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 16 (44.44%) DNS
2 15 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 15 (41.67%) VPN
3 12 (33.33%) Firewall
4 11 (30.56%) VoIP
5 7 (19.44%) Wireless
6 6 (16.67%) LAN
6 6 (16.67%) IP Telephony
6 6 (16.67%) WAN
7 3 (8.333%) DHCP
7 3 (8.333%) SAN
8 2 (5.556%) IPv6
9 1 (2.778%) HTTP
9 1 (2.778%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (30.56%) MySQL
2 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (19.44%) Advertising
2 4 (11.11%) Finance
3 3 (8.333%) Banking
4 2 (5.556%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Analyst
2 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) Service Analyst
3 8 (22.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Support Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 2 (5.556%) IT Support
6 2 (5.556%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (5.556%) Developer
6 2 (5.556%) Programmer
6 2 (5.556%) Desktop Support
6 2 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (2.778%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Help Desk Support
7 1 (2.778%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) SaaS
2 3 (8.333%) Mobile Banking
2 3 (8.333%) Statistics
3 1 (2.778%) iPhone
3 1 (2.778%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 23 (63.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (41.67%) Windows 8
4 11 (30.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (30.56%) Windows XP
5 9 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (25.00%) UNIX
6 2 (5.556%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.89%) ITIL
2 3 (8.333%) Incident Management
3 2 (5.556%) Communications Security
4 1 (2.778%) Project Management
4 1 (2.778%) ITSM
4 1 (2.778%) Information Security
4 1 (2.778%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) SQL
2 2 (5.556%) VB
2 2 (5.556%) VB.NET
2 2 (5.556%) VB6
3 1 (2.778%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.778%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.556%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.778%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.333%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 11 (30.56%) Windows Intune
2 2 (5.556%) SCCM
2 2 (5.556%) SCOM
2 2 (5.556%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 17 (47.22%) VMware
3 5 (13.89%) Cisco
4 3 (8.333%) Avaya
5 1 (2.778%) Apple
5 1 (2.778%) HP
5 1 (2.778%) WatchGuard
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