The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 18 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 7 9 12
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 190 150 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 17.40% 15.37% 12.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.80% 53.00% 51.43%
Number of salaries quoted 177 124 124
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,150 £23,650
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £44,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
261 283 245
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 23.90% 29.00% 23.86%
Number of salaries quoted 243 236 241
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Wales

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 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
Cardiff -1 73 £32,500 -2.98% 5
Caerphilly +3 35 £52,000 +56.39% 4
Bridgend +1 26 £22,500 -28.00%
Torfaen +11 11 £38,000 +80.95% 1
Newport -3 11 £43,000 +1.17% 3
Gwent +11 4 £46,500 +116.27%
Monmouthshire - 3 £32,500 - 3
Windows
Wales

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 121 (39.67%) Microsoft
2 100 (32.79%) Active Directory
3 99 (32.46%) Linux
4 92 (30.16%) VMware
5 90 (29.51%) Windows Server 2008
6 89 (29.18%) MS Exchange
7 87 (28.52%) SQL Server
8 82 (26.89%) SQL
9 73 (23.93%) MS Excel
10 71 (23.28%) TCP/IP
11 69 (22.62%) UNIX
12 67 (21.97%) Oracle
13 66 (21.64%) Firewall
14 62 (20.33%) Cisco
15 54 (17.70%) Exchange Server 2007
16 52 (17.05%) Windows Server 2003
17 48 (15.74%) DNS
18 47 (15.41%) Exchange Server 2010
18 47 (15.41%) Windows Server 2012
19 45 (14.75%) SAN
20 44 (14.43%) IIS
21 41 (13.44%) ITIL
22 38 (12.46%) Microsoft Certification
23 37 (12.13%) Exchange Server 2003
24 36 (11.80%) Windows 7
25 34 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
26 32 (10.49%) Java
27 30 (9.836%) Degree
28 29 (9.508%) SharePoint
28 29 (9.508%) DHCP

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 26 (8.525%) .NET
2 24 (7.869%) HTML
3 21 (6.885%) CSS
4 16 (5.246%) Ajax
5 13 (4.262%) Flash
5 13 (4.262%) HTML5
6 10 (3.279%) SOAP
6 10 (3.279%) Web Services
7 9 (2.951%) ASP.NET
8 7 (2.295%) J2EE
8 7 (2.295%) XML
8 7 (2.295%) soapUI
8 7 (2.295%) REST
9 6 (1.967%) ASP
10 5 (1.639%) CGI
11 4 (1.311%) WinForms
11 4 (1.311%) Java EE
12 3 (0.984%) Silverlight
13 2 (0.656%) jQuery
13 2 (0.656%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 89 (29.18%) MS Exchange
2 54 (17.70%) Exchange Server 2007
3 47 (15.41%) Exchange Server 2010
4 44 (14.43%) IIS
5 37 (12.13%) Exchange Server 2003
6 29 (9.508%) SharePoint
7 26 (8.525%) Apache
8 13 (4.262%) Lync
9 11 (3.607%) NetWeaver
10 10 (3.279%) Office Communications Server
11 8 (2.623%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 7 (2.295%) Exchange Server 2013
13 5 (1.639%) Site Server
14 4 (1.311%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 4 (1.311%) WebLogic
14 4 (1.311%) Oracle Application Server
15 3 (0.984%) Exchange Server 2000
16 2 (0.656%) CMS
16 2 (0.656%) Umbraco
16 2 (0.656%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 73 (23.93%) MS Excel
2 16 (5.246%) MS Office
3 11 (3.607%) Office 365
4 9 (2.951%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 71 (23.28%) TCP/IP
2 66 (21.64%) Firewall
3 48 (15.74%) DNS
4 45 (14.75%) SAN
5 29 (9.508%) DHCP
6 24 (7.869%) VoIP
7 23 (7.541%) HTTP
8 22 (7.213%) WAN
9 20 (6.557%) LAN
10 19 (6.230%) Internet
11 17 (5.574%) VPN
12 14 (4.590%) Unified Communications
13 13 (4.262%) Wireless
14 10 (3.279%) IP Telephony
15 9 (2.951%) VLAN
16 4 (1.311%) MPLS
17 3 (0.984%) 2G
17 3 (0.984%) Wi-Fi
17 3 (0.984%) 4G
17 3 (0.984%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (28.52%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.885%) MySQL
3 18 (5.902%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (5.574%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (4.590%) Oracle 10g
6 13 (4.262%) RDBMS
6 13 (4.262%) Oracle 11g
7 11 (3.607%) DB2
8 10 (3.279%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (3.279%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (1.639%) SQL Server 2012
9 5 (1.639%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.639%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.984%) Oracle 9i
10 3 (0.984%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.656%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 10 (3.279%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (2.951%) Selenium
3 6 (1.967%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.311%) Ant
5 3 (0.984%) Maven
5 3 (0.984%) JIRA
5 3 (0.984%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.984%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.656%) Subversion
6 2 (0.656%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.328%) Wise Package Studio
7 1 (0.328%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.328%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.328%) MSI
7 1 (0.328%) InstallShield
General
1 26 (8.525%) Finance
2 21 (6.885%) Advertising
3 14 (4.590%) Electronics
4 11 (3.607%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.967%) Banking
6 2 (0.656%) Retail
6 2 (0.656%) Local Government
6 2 (0.656%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.656%) Back Office
6 2 (0.656%) Law
6 2 (0.656%) Legal
7 1 (0.328%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.328%) Automotive
7 1 (0.328%) Marketing
7 1 (0.328%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 70 (22.95%) Analyst
2 38 (12.46%) Support Analyst
3 34 (11.15%) Administrator
4 24 (7.869%) Developer
5 23 (7.541%) Systems Administrator
6 22 (7.213%) Architect
6 22 (7.213%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (6.557%) Software Engineer
8 19 (6.230%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 18 (5.902%) Systems Engineer
10 17 (5.574%) Support Engineer
10 17 (5.574%) Network Administrator
11 16 (5.246%) Infrastructure Architect
12 15 (4.918%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (4.590%) Applications Support Analyst
13 14 (4.590%) Applications Support
14 12 (3.934%) DBA
14 12 (3.934%) Senior Systems Administrator
15 11 (3.607%) SAP Support
16 10 (3.279%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.885%) DTV
1 21 (6.885%) Clustering
2 20 (6.557%) SaaS
3 18 (5.902%) Blackberry
4 11 (3.607%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (2.951%) Informatics
5 9 (2.951%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.951%) PaaS
5 9 (2.951%) IaaS
6 8 (2.623%) EqualLogic
7 6 (1.967%) Mobile Banking
8 5 (1.639%) Digital Media
8 5 (1.639%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.639%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.639%) iPhone
8 5 (1.639%) VHDL
9 4 (1.311%) Handset
9 4 (1.311%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.984%) Computer Science
10 3 (0.984%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 99 (32.46%) Linux
2 90 (29.51%) Windows Server 2008
3 69 (22.62%) UNIX
4 52 (17.05%) Windows Server 2003
5 47 (15.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 36 (11.80%) Windows 7
7 18 (5.902%) Windows 8
7 18 (5.902%) Windows XP
7 18 (5.902%) Windows 2000
8 13 (4.262%) Android
9 9 (2.951%) Apple iOS
10 6 (1.967%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.967%) AIX
11 5 (1.639%) Solaris
12 4 (1.311%) Tru64
13 3 (0.984%) Windows Mobile
13 3 (0.984%) Windows NT
14 2 (0.656%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.656%) VME
14 2 (0.656%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (13.44%) ITIL
2 20 (6.557%) Disaster Recovery
3 19 (6.230%) Incident Management
4 13 (4.262%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (3.607%) Scrum
6 10 (3.279%) Project Management
6 10 (3.279%) Service Delivery
7 9 (2.951%) Business Transformation
8 7 (2.295%) OO
8 7 (2.295%) Information Security
8 7 (2.295%) Asset Management
9 6 (1.967%) Communications Security
9 6 (1.967%) Load Balancing
10 5 (1.639%) Software Engineering
10 5 (1.639%) Risk Management
10 5 (1.639%) Change Management
11 4 (1.311%) Regression Testing
11 4 (1.311%) Data Modelling
11 4 (1.311%) MVC
11 4 (1.311%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 82 (26.89%) SQL
2 32 (10.49%) Java
3 28 (9.180%) PL/SQL
4 27 (8.852%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.902%) Shell Script
6 14 (4.590%) C#
6 14 (4.590%) VB.NET
7 13 (4.262%) ActionScript
8 12 (3.934%) C
9 11 (3.607%) ABAP
9 11 (3.607%) Python
10 9 (2.951%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.951%) C++
11 7 (2.295%) Perl
11 7 (2.295%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.639%) VB
12 5 (1.639%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.311%) VB6
13 4 (1.311%) Ruby
13 4 (1.311%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 38 (12.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (9.836%) Degree
3 22 (7.213%) MCITP
3 22 (7.213%) MCSE
4 19 (6.230%) CCNA
4 19 (6.230%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (5.574%) MCSA
6 16 (5.246%) Security Cleared
7 15 (4.918%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.623%) SAP Certification
9 7 (2.295%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.639%) MCDBA
11 4 (1.311%) MCP
11 4 (1.311%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.984%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (0.984%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.656%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.656%) ISEB
13 2 (0.656%) CCA
14 1 (0.328%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.934%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.951%) SLA
3 4 (1.311%) HL7
4 3 (0.984%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.656%) JTAG
5 2 (0.656%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.656%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.656%) QA
6 1 (0.328%) DO-178B
System Software
1 100 (32.79%) Active Directory
2 34 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.590%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.262%) XenApp
5 11 (3.607%) VMware ESX
6 8 (2.623%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (2.295%) XenServer
7 7 (2.295%) Terminal Services
8 5 (1.639%) vSphere
9 4 (1.311%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.984%) ISA Server
10 3 (0.984%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.984%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 3 (0.984%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.656%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.656%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.656%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.656%) vCloud
11 2 (0.656%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.328%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (4.918%) SCCM
2 11 (3.607%) Windows Intune
3 9 (2.951%) NetBackup
4 7 (2.295%) Backup Exec
4 7 (2.295%) ARCserve
4 7 (2.295%) Norton AntiVirus
5 6 (1.967%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (1.639%) SCOM
7 4 (1.311%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (1.311%) WSUS
8 3 (0.984%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.656%) Nagios
10 1 (0.328%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.328%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.328%) HP Data Protector
10 1 (0.328%) Business Desktop Deployment
10 1 (0.328%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 121 (39.67%) Microsoft
2 92 (30.16%) VMware
3 67 (21.97%) Oracle
4 62 (20.33%) Cisco
5 25 (8.197%) Dell
6 24 (7.869%) Citrix
7 23 (7.541%) HP
8 14 (4.590%) SAP
8 14 (4.590%) CheckPoint
9 11 (3.607%) Symantec
10 10 (3.279%) Dialogic
11 8 (2.623%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.295%) Veritas
12 7 (2.295%) Remedy
12 7 (2.295%) IBM
13 6 (1.967%) Sybase
13 6 (1.967%) Business Objects
13 6 (1.967%) Compaq
14 5 (1.639%) Sun
14 5 (1.639%) NetApp
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