The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 23 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 185 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 25 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.476% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.710% - -
Number of salaries quoted 23 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1462 1430 1613
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 27.86% 25.75% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1306 1219 1392
Average salary £36,750 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Dorset - 15 £37,500 -
Somerset - 4 £21,000 -
Devon - 3 £27,500 -
Bristol - 1 £29,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £35,000 -
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
4 22 (68.75%) Active Directory
4 22 (68.75%) VMware
5 20 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (56.25%) Citrix
6 18 (56.25%) MS Exchange
7 17 (53.13%) Windows 7
8 16 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (43.75%) vSphere
9 14 (43.75%) Hyper-V
9 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
9 14 (43.75%) SAN
10 13 (40.63%) Service Delivery
10 13 (40.63%) NetApp
10 13 (40.63%) Exchange Server 2007
10 13 (40.63%) XenApp
10 13 (40.63%) Exchange Server 2010
10 13 (40.63%) EMC
10 13 (40.63%) Migration
11 9 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
12 7 (21.88%) Android
12 7 (21.88%) Windows Vista
12 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (18.75%) Apple iOS
14 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
14 5 (15.63%) VPN
14 5 (15.63%) C

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 3 (9.375%) CSS
1 3 (9.375%) JSON
2 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 2 (6.250%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (6.250%) WCF
2 2 (6.250%) jQuery
2 2 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (6.250%) Application Packaging
2 2 (6.250%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.250%) WinForms
2 2 (6.250%) .NET
2 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.250%) HTML
2 2 (6.250%) XHTML
3 1 (3.125%) HTML5
3 1 (3.125%) MonoTouch
Application Platforms
1 18 (56.25%) MS Exchange
2 13 (40.63%) Exchange Server 2007
2 13 (40.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (6.250%) SharePoint
5 1 (3.125%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
1 3 (9.375%) MS Office
1 3 (9.375%) Office 365
2 2 (6.250%) MS Project
2 2 (6.250%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) SAN
2 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
2 5 (15.63%) VPN
3 4 (12.50%) DNS
3 4 (12.50%) Internet
3 4 (12.50%) DHCP
3 4 (12.50%) FTP
3 4 (12.50%) Firewall
4 3 (9.375%) SMTP
5 2 (6.250%) IPsec
6 1 (3.125%) LAN
6 1 (3.125%) WAN
6 1 (3.125%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.125%) Network Security
6 1 (3.125%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.125%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Xcode
1 1 (3.125%) PhoneGap
1 1 (3.125%) Appcelerator Titanium
1 1 (3.125%) GitHub
General
1 1 (3.125%) Electronics
1 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (43.75%) Analyst
3 13 (40.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 8 (25.00%) Support Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) IT Support
5 7 (21.88%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Desktop Manager
7 2 (6.250%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Coordinator
8 1 (3.125%) Architect
8 1 (3.125%) Tester
8 1 (3.125%) Desktop Support
8 1 (3.125%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (3.125%) Applications Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Technical Support
8 1 (3.125%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) VB Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Desktop Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) iPad
2 4 (12.50%) iPhone
2 4 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 3 (9.375%) Mobile Computing
4 2 (6.250%) Digital Media
4 2 (6.250%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.125%) Smartphone
5 1 (3.125%) RMADS
5 1 (3.125%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 20 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (53.13%) Windows 7
5 16 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (21.88%) Android
6 7 (21.88%) Windows Vista
6 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (18.75%) Apple iOS
8 2 (6.250%) Mac OS
9 1 (3.125%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Service Delivery
1 13 (40.63%) Migration
2 5 (15.63%) ITIL
3 4 (12.50%) ERP
4 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.250%) Software Deployment
4 2 (6.250%) Asset Management
4 2 (6.250%) MVC
4 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.125%) Project Management
5 1 (3.125%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.125%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (3.125%) Information Security
5 1 (3.125%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (3.125%) Information Assurance
5 1 (3.125%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (3.125%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) C
2 2 (6.250%) C#
2 2 (6.250%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.250%) SQL
3 1 (3.125%) VB
3 1 (3.125%) VB.NET
3 1 (3.125%) Java
3 1 (3.125%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (15.63%) MCP
3 3 (9.375%) MCSE
3 3 (9.375%) MCDST
4 2 (6.250%) MCSA
4 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.125%) CCNA
System Software
1 22 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 14 (43.75%) vSphere
2 14 (43.75%) Hyper-V
3 13 (40.63%) XenApp
4 9 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (12.50%) ISA Server
6 1 (3.125%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (3.125%) XenServer
6 1 (3.125%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Backup Exec
2 3 (9.375%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
2 22 (68.75%) VMware
3 18 (56.25%) Citrix
4 13 (40.63%) NetApp
4 13 (40.63%) EMC
5 4 (12.50%) Symantec
6 2 (6.250%) Cisco
6 2 (6.250%) Dell
6 2 (6.250%) Apple
7 1 (3.125%) McAfee
7 1 (3.125%) HP
7 1 (3.125%) Tripwire
Dorset
Storage experience ideally with NetApp or EMC would be an advantage for this position... Required Skills: *Experience of working in a structured service delivery framework *Microsoft Server 2008R2 *...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire
It is an ideal position for someone with some IT support experience to advance their career and work within an exciting fast paced environment... Due to the nature...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Banes, Wiltshire, South West
Job Title: Mobile Applications Developer (Android, Java, iOS, HTML5, CSS, SQL, JSON)Location: Banes, WiltshireSalary: £30,000 - £40,000 per annumA truly fantastic opportunity for a Mobile Applications...
ASC Recruitment
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
Applicants are likely to also have experience with JSON, HTML5, CSS and UI frameworks and libraries such as jQueryMobile, Bootstrap, KendoUI, Titanium, PhoneGap and/or Monotouch. Additional experience...
Novate IT
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Wiltshire
Applicants are likely to also have experience with JSON, HTML5, CSS and UI frameworks and libraries such as jQueryMobile, Bootstrap, KendoUI, Titanium, PhoneGap and/or Monotouch. Additional experience...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013