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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank610
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads377254
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.208 %0.108 %
As % of the category below55.36 %48.66 %
Salaries quoted281217
Average minimum salary£27,971£28,853
Average salary£29,794£30,399
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Average maximum salary£31,617£31,945
UK excluding London average salary£32,714£33,156
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
South Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads681522
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.375 %0.221 %
Salaries quoted517408
Average minimum salary£28,937£28,835
Average salary£30,811£30,507
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
Average maximum salary£32,686£32,179
UK excluding London average salary£34,067£34,582
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Windows YorkshireWindows
Yorkshire

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South Yorkshire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

South Yorkshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SheffieldUp+1222£32,240+1.49 %
RotherhamUp+1772£25,899+2.36 %
BarnsleyNew entry-34£26,824-
DoncasterDown-623£26,048+4.52 %
Windows YorkshireWindows
Yorkshire

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

1383 (54.10 %)Windows Server 2003
2313 (44.21 %)Active Directory
3293 (41.38 %)Microsoft
4225 (31.78 %)MS Exchange
5216 (30.51 %)Windows 2000 Server
6195 (27.54 %)Windows XP
7174 (24.58 %)LAN
8171 (24.15 %)Exchange Server 2003
9168 (23.73 %)MS Excel
10166 (23.45 %)Citrix
11164 (23.16 %)SQL
12163 (23.02 %)WAN
13160 (22.60 %)TCP/IP
14142 (20.06 %)Firewall
15127 (17.94 %)Linux
16112 (15.82 %)Windows 2000
16112 (15.82 %)Microsoft Certification
17106 (14.97 %)SharePoint
18102 (14.41 %)UNIX
19101 (14.27 %)VPN
20100 (14.12 %)SQL Server
2192 (12.99 %)Cisco
2287 (12.29 %)VMware
2385 (12.01 %).NET
2482 (11.58 %)MOM
2575 (10.59 %)Exchange Server 2007
2674 (10.45 %)MCSE
2769 (9.746 %)MS Office
2864 (9.040 %)ASP.NET
2962 (8.757 %)C#

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
185 (12.01 %).NET
264 (9.040 %)ASP.NET
350 (7.062 %)XML
430 (4.237 %)XSLT
524 (3.390 %)ASP
623 (3.249 %).NET Framework
721 (2.966 %)WF
721 (2.966 %)ASP.NET 2.0
819 (2.684 %)WinForms
917 (2.401 %)HTML
1013 (1.836 %)CSS
1111 (1.554 %)Ruby on Rails
1210 (1.412 %)WebServices
1210 (1.412 %)J2EE
139 (1.271 %)JSP
139 (1.271 %)OpenGL
148 (1.130 %)MFC
157 (0.989 %)WML
157 (0.989 %)XHTML
157 (0.989 %)J2SE
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1225 (31.78 %)MS Exchange
2171 (24.15 %)Exchange Server 2003
3106 (14.97 %)SharePoint
475 (10.59 %)Exchange Server 2007
556 (7.910 %)Exchange Server 2000
638 (5.367 %)IIS
723 (3.249 %)SharePoint Server 2007
822 (3.107 %)Apache
915 (2.119 %)SAS
1013 (1.836 %)JBoss
1111 (1.554 %)Lotus Notes
129 (1.271 %)Exchange Server 5.5
138 (1.130 %)Tomcat
147 (0.989 %)Documentum
147 (0.989 %)Oracle HTTP Server
147 (0.989 %)LiveLink
155 (0.706 %)CMS
155 (0.706 %)WebLogic
164 (0.565 %)Oracle Application Server
173 (0.424 %)iFIX
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1168 (23.73 %)MS Excel
269 (9.746 %)MS Office
310 (1.412 %)MS Visio
49 (1.271 %)InfoPath
53 (0.424 %)Photoshop
62 (0.282 %)NASTRAN
62 (0.282 %)Pro/ENGINEER
71 (0.141 %)SPSS
71 (0.141 %)SmartSuite
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.847 %)Dynamics CRM
24 (0.565 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.282 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.141 %)Navision
41 (0.141 %)e-Work
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1174 (24.58 %)LAN
2163 (23.02 %)WAN
3160 (22.60 %)TCP/IP
4142 (20.06 %)Firewall
5101 (14.27 %)VPN
654 (7.627 %)DNS
654 (7.627 %)Internet
731 (4.379 %)SAN
829 (4.096 %)DHCP
926 (3.672 %)Wireless
1023 (3.249 %)Cisco ASA
1116 (2.260 %)VoIP
1214 (1.977 %)SMTP
1310 (1.412 %)Ethernet
149 (1.271 %)HTTP
158 (1.130 %)Intranet
158 (1.130 %)H.323
158 (1.130 %)IPCC
158 (1.130 %)MPLS
158 (1.130 %)OSPF
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1100 (14.12 %)SQL Server
249 (6.921 %)SQL Server 2005
329 (4.096 %)SQL Server 2000
427 (3.814 %)DB2
515 (2.119 %)DataStage
515 (2.119 %)DB2 UDB
69 (1.271 %)MySQL
77 (0.989 %)MS Access
86 (0.847 %)Oracle 8/8i
95 (0.706 %)Crystal Reports
104 (0.565 %)Oracle 9i
104 (0.565 %)Oracle 10g
113 (0.424 %)RDBMS
113 (0.424 %)ReportNet
113 (0.424 %)GIS
122 (0.282 %)SQL Server 7
122 (0.282 %)DTS
122 (0.282 %)SQL Server Integration Services
131 (0.141 %)Datawarehouse
131 (0.141 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.565 %)Oracle APEX
23 (0.424 %)Flash
23 (0.424 %)Eclipse
32 (0.282 %)MSI
32 (0.282 %)NUnit
32 (0.282 %)Visual Studio
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (4.944 %)Health
233 (4.661 %)Telecoms
233 (4.661 %)Finance
328 (3.955 %)Pensions
414 (1.977 %)Legal
57 (0.989 %)Law
57 (0.989 %)Government
65 (0.706 %)Education
65 (0.706 %)Manufacturing
74 (0.565 %)Retail
74 (0.565 %)Automotive
74 (0.565 %)Back Office
82 (0.282 %)Electric
82 (0.282 %)Publishing
82 (0.282 %)3D Graphics
82 (0.282 %)Games
82 (0.282 %)Local Government
82 (0.282 %)Marketing
91 (0.141 %)Banking
91 (0.141 %)Insurance
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1173 (24.44 %)Analyst
282 (11.58 %)Systems Support
380 (11.30 %)Developer
474 (10.45 %)Network Support
571 (10.03 %)Support Analyst
571 (10.03 %)Server Support
648 (6.780 %)Network Analyst
746 (6.497 %)Support Technician
839 (5.508 %).NET Developer
935 (4.944 %)Server Support Technician
1032 (4.520 %)Systems Analyst
1131 (4.379 %)Administrator
1229 (4.096 %)Network Engineer
1229 (4.096 %)Systems Support Analyst
1328 (3.955 %)Systems Engineer
1427 (3.814 %)Support Engineer
1524 (3.390 %)Network Support Analyst
1623 (3.249 %)Programmer
1623 (3.249 %)Technical Analyst
1721 (2.966 %)DBA
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (2.119 %)Mainframe
115 (2.119 %)Clustering
29 (1.271 %)E-Learning
38 (1.130 %)Computer Science
47 (0.989 %)Video Conferencing
55 (0.706 %)Mathematics
64 (0.565 %)Management Information System
64 (0.565 %)EPoS
73 (0.424 %)Thin Client
73 (0.424 %)Fat Client
73 (0.424 %)Multithreading
73 (0.424 %)IBM Mainframe
73 (0.424 %)PDA
73 (0.424 %)SCADA
82 (0.282 %)Statistics
82 (0.282 %)PACS
82 (0.282 %)NHS
82 (0.282 %)AS400
82 (0.282 %)CLARiiON
91 (0.141 %)N-Tier
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1383 (54.10 %)Windows Server 2003
2216 (30.51 %)Windows 2000 Server
3195 (27.54 %)Windows XP
4127 (17.94 %)Linux
5112 (15.82 %)Windows 2000
6102 (14.41 %)UNIX
738 (5.367 %)Windows NT
825 (3.531 %)Windows Vista
919 (2.684 %)NetWare
1015 (2.119 %)Solaris
1112 (1.695 %)Red Hat Linux
126 (0.847 %)VMS
126 (0.847 %)AIX
135 (0.706 %)Fedora
144 (0.565 %)SUSE
153 (0.424 %)Debian
162 (0.282 %)Ubuntu
162 (0.282 %)Windows Mobile
162 (0.282 %)HPUX
171 (0.141 %)Windows CE
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
148 (6.780 %)ITIL
240 (5.650 %)Business Intelligence
337 (5.226 %)Data Modelling
434 (4.802 %)OO
528 (3.955 %)CAD
625 (3.531 %)Workflow
724 (3.390 %)Data Analysis
724 (3.390 %)Project Management
817 (2.401 %)CRM
914 (1.977 %)CAE
914 (1.977 %)Document Management
1012 (1.695 %)Service Delivery
1012 (1.695 %)Disaster Recovery
1111 (1.554 %)Quality Management
129 (1.271 %)Unit Testing
138 (1.130 %)Security Cleared
147 (0.989 %)PRINCE2
156 (0.847 %)Time Management
156 (0.847 %)Finite Element Analysis
165 (0.706 %)Software Engineering
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1164 (23.16 %)SQL
262 (8.757 %)C#
340 (5.650 %)C++
425 (3.531 %)VB
524 (3.390 %)Java
617 (2.401 %)JavaScript
617 (2.401 %)VB.NET
617 (2.401 %)C
712 (1.695 %)VB6
712 (1.695 %)PHP
712 (1.695 %)Ruby
810 (1.412 %)Perl
99 (1.271 %)VC++
107 (0.989 %)PL/SQL
116 (0.847 %)VBScript
123 (0.424 %)DCL
123 (0.424 %)Transact-SQL
132 (0.282 %)Python
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1112 (15.82 %)Microsoft Certification
274 (10.45 %)MCSE
347 (6.638 %)Degree
442 (5.932 %)MCSA
526 (3.672 %)Cisco Certification
625 (3.531 %)CCNA
723 (3.249 %)MCP
88 (1.130 %)CCVP
94 (0.565 %)MCDST
94 (0.565 %)CCNP
103 (0.424 %)CNE
103 (0.424 %)Novell Certification
103 (0.424 %)CCA
103 (0.424 %)Citrix Certification
103 (0.424 %)ITIL Certification
112 (0.282 %)CCEA
112 (0.282 %)HND
112 (0.282 %)OCP
112 (0.282 %)Oracle Certification
121 (0.141 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (0.847 %)SLA
16 (0.847 %)QA
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1313 (44.21 %)Active Directory
237 (5.226 %)ISA Server
319 (2.684 %)VMware Infrastructure
415 (2.119 %)Backup Exec
513 (1.836 %)Citrix Presentation Server
513 (1.836 %)Terminal Server
66 (0.847 %)NetBackup
75 (0.706 %)Terminal Services
84 (0.565 %)NDS
84 (0.565 %)VMware ESX
84 (0.565 %)Oracle RMAN
84 (0.565 %)Squid
84 (0.565 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
92 (0.282 %)Oracle RAC
92 (0.282 %)Novell eDirectory
92 (0.282 %)RACF
101 (0.141 %)MetaFrame
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
182 (11.58 %)MOM
222 (3.107 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
318 (2.542 %)OpenView
416 (2.260 %)ARCserve
515 (2.119 %)CONTROL-M
613 (1.836 %)SCOM
75 (0.706 %)ZENworks
84 (0.565 %)Legato
84 (0.565 %)SCCM
92 (0.282 %)Tivoli
92 (0.282 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
92 (0.282 %)Norton AntiVirus
92 (0.282 %)EMC TimeFinder
92 (0.282 %)WSUS
101 (0.141 %)Unicenter
101 (0.141 %)HP Data Protector
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1293 (41.38 %)Microsoft
2166 (23.45 %)Citrix
392 (12.99 %)Cisco
487 (12.29 %)VMware
542 (5.932 %)HP
629 (4.096 %)Remedy
728 (3.955 %)Cognos
827 (3.814 %)Teradata
926 (3.672 %)Oracle
1025 (3.531 %)Novell
1123 (3.249 %)Websense
1123 (3.249 %)LANDesk
1221 (2.966 %)CheckPoint
1221 (2.966 %)IBM
1314 (1.977 %)McAfee Security
1413 (1.836 %)Red Hat
1512 (1.695 %)Symantec
1512 (1.695 %)EMC
1611 (1.554 %)Lotus
1611 (1.554 %)NetApp