The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.280% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.976% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,750 -
% change year-on-year
-28.96% -
All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
205 225 209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 28.67% 24.12% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 171 182 157
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,500 £19,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
Yorkshire

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Windows 8 Salary Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sheffield - 2 £50,000 -
Windows 8
Yorkshire

Windows 8
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Azure
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) UAG
2 2 (66.67%) Lync
2 2 (66.67%) VTSP
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 2 (66.67%) Office 365
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (66.67%) PKI
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) SCVMM
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Azure
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (66.67%) Lync
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2013
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Office 365
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) VTSP
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certified Master
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) UAG
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
1 2 (66.67%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix