The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista 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 Vista 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 179 177 159
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -18
Permanent jobs citing Windows Vista 31 34 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.587% 0.603% 0.931%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.117% 2.340% 3.514%
Number of salaries quoted 28 30 48
Average salary £25,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £18,000 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,150 £46,650 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,300 £30,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-9.00% +20.00%
All Operating Systems
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1464 1453 1565
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 27.71% 25.77% 26.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1304 1241 1354
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% +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 Vista
England

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Trend

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

South West Windows Vista Salary Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Histogram

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

South West Windows Vista Salary Histogram

Windows Vista
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the South West 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
Dorset - 13 £26,000 -
Gloucestershire +5 6 £32,500 -
Bristol -11 5 £21,000 -47.50%
Wiltshire +10 2 £20,500 -55.43%
Cornwall +7 2 £21,000 -
Devon 0 2 £20,000 +17.64%
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 42 (73.68%) Windows XP
3 37 (64.91%) Microsoft
4 25 (43.86%) Windows Server 2003
5 23 (40.35%) Citrix
6 22 (38.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (38.60%) Active Directory
7 21 (36.84%) SQL
8 20 (35.09%) .NET
9 19 (33.33%) Oracle
9 19 (33.33%) CSS
9 19 (33.33%) MS Exchange
9 19 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 16 (28.07%) Exchange Server 2003
10 16 (28.07%) Linux
10 16 (28.07%) SQL Server
11 15 (26.32%) C#
11 15 (26.32%) VMware
11 15 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
12 14 (24.56%) Data Migration
12 14 (24.56%) Oracle 11g
12 14 (24.56%) Windows 7
12 14 (24.56%) Migration
12 14 (24.56%) VB.NET
12 14 (24.56%) Visual Studio
12 14 (24.56%) Oracle 10g
13 13 (22.81%) MCP
13 13 (22.81%) MS Office
14 12 (21.05%) HTML
15 11 (19.30%) TCP/IP

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (35.09%) .NET
2 19 (33.33%) CSS
3 12 (21.05%) HTML
4 6 (10.53%) WCF
4 6 (10.53%) WSE
4 6 (10.53%) ASP.NET
4 6 (10.53%) Web Services
4 6 (10.53%) XML
5 1 (1.754%) jQuery
5 1 (1.754%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 19 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 16 (28.07%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (12.28%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (12.28%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (10.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (5.263%) IIS
6 1 (1.754%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (1.754%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.754%) SAS
6 1 (1.754%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (1.754%) Apache
Applications
1 13 (22.81%) MS Office
2 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.509%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (3.509%) Agresso
1 2 (3.509%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.754%) Summit
2 1 (1.754%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.30%) TCP/IP
1 11 (19.30%) VPN
1 11 (19.30%) LAN
2 10 (17.54%) DHCP
2 10 (17.54%) DNS
3 8 (14.04%) Firewall
4 7 (12.28%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (10.53%) FTP
6 5 (8.772%) Internet
7 3 (5.263%) Wireless
7 3 (5.263%) SAN
7 3 (5.263%) WAN
7 3 (5.263%) SMTP
8 2 (3.509%) PBX
8 2 (3.509%) Ethernet
9 1 (1.754%) PABX
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (1.754%) NAS
9 1 (1.754%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.07%) SQL Server
2 14 (24.56%) Oracle 11g
2 14 (24.56%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (8.772%) MySQL
4 2 (3.509%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (3.509%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Visual Studio
2 6 (10.53%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (5.263%) Games
2 2 (3.509%) Finance
3 1 (1.754%) Arabic Language
3 1 (1.754%) Swahili Language
3 1 (1.754%) Back Office
3 1 (1.754%) Electronics
3 1 (1.754%) Law
3 1 (1.754%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Developer
2 13 (22.81%) Support Technician
3 11 (19.30%) Software Developer
4 9 (15.79%) Support Engineer
4 9 (15.79%) IT Support
5 7 (12.28%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (12.28%) Software Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) .NET Developer
5 7 (12.28%) VB.NET Developer
6 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 6 (10.53%) C# Software Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) .NET Software Engineer
7 5 (8.772%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (7.018%) IT Support Technician
8 4 (7.018%) .NET Software Developer
9 3 (5.263%) Compiler Engineer
9 3 (5.263%) Compiler Developer
9 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.263%) Graduate
10 2 (3.509%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Computer Science
2 6 (10.53%) Mathematics
3 3 (5.263%) Fat Client
3 3 (5.263%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.754%) SaaS
4 1 (1.754%) iPad
4 1 (1.754%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.754%) iPhone
4 1 (1.754%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.754%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 42 (73.68%) Windows XP
3 25 (43.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 16 (28.07%) Linux
6 14 (24.56%) Windows 7
7 7 (12.28%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.754%) Android
8 1 (1.754%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Data Migration
1 14 (24.56%) Migration
2 6 (10.53%) Software Engineering
3 4 (7.018%) ERP
4 3 (5.263%) Computer Architecture
5 2 (3.509%) Project Management
5 2 (3.509%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.754%) E-Discovery
6 1 (1.754%) Release Management
6 1 (1.754%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.754%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.754%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (1.754%) Web Development
6 1 (1.754%) E-Commerce
6 1 (1.754%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.84%) SQL
2 15 (26.32%) C#
3 14 (24.56%) VB.NET
4 6 (10.53%) T-SQL
4 6 (10.53%) C
4 6 (10.53%) PL/SQL
5 5 (8.772%) JavaScript
5 5 (8.772%) PHP
6 4 (7.018%) VB
6 4 (7.018%) C++
7 3 (5.263%) Python
8 2 (3.509%) VBA
8 2 (3.509%) VBScript
9 1 (1.754%) VB6
9 1 (1.754%) Ruby
9 1 (1.754%) VC++
Qualifications
1 22 (38.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (22.81%) MCP
3 7 (12.28%) MCSE
3 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 6 (10.53%) MCSA
4 6 (10.53%) MCSD
4 6 (10.53%) MCITP
5 3 (5.263%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.509%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.509%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.754%) MCTS
System Software
1 22 (38.60%) Active Directory
2 15 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (14.04%) Terminal Services
4 7 (12.28%) Hyper-V
5 6 (10.53%) ISA Server
6 3 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (5.263%) XenServer
7 2 (3.509%) VMware ESX
7 2 (3.509%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (3.509%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (3.509%) vSphere
7 2 (3.509%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.754%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (8.772%) Backup Exec
2 2 (3.509%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.754%) Sysprep
3 1 (1.754%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 37 (64.91%) Microsoft
2 23 (40.35%) Citrix
3 19 (33.33%) Oracle
4 15 (26.32%) VMware
5 8 (14.04%) Sage
6 6 (10.53%) Symantec
7 4 (7.018%) Dell
7 4 (7.018%) McAfee
8 3 (5.263%) Sony
8 3 (5.263%) HP
9 2 (3.509%) SAP
9 2 (3.509%) Cisco
10 1 (1.754%) Acronis
10 1 (1.754%) Toshiba
10 1 (1.754%) Juniper
10 1 (1.754%) Lotus
10 1 (1.754%) Apple
10 1 (1.754%) PeopleSoft
Salisbury, South West
Skills and experience required: Knowledge and experience of using Windows Server 2003/2008 Experience of providing support to Windows XP, 7 and Vista. Experience of using Active Directory...
Salary: £16000 per annum + Company Car, Laptop and Mobile Phone
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bristol, South West
Applicants will also be experienced in Active Directory, group policy and terminal services. Experience of virtualisation technologies (VMware, ESX), databases, SAN solutions and secure systems would be beneficial...
Novate IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants should have strong skills in Windows desktops (XP, Vista and Windows 7), Windows Servers (2003, 2008) as well as networking technologies such as Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP,...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010 (although experience with other versions may be acceptable) Microsoft Office 365... Microsoft Active Directory. Microsoft SharePoint... Cisco knowledge. Linux/Unix knowledge... BES software...
Rockfield
Salary: From £30,000 to £37,000 per annum Pension, bonus, health etc
Posted: 21 May 2013