The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 19 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 3 3 5
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 230 216 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 26.05% 23.00% 17.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.25% 60.00% 52.31%
Number of salaries quoted 214 212 109
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +18.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
358 360 216
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 40.54% 38.34% 33.44%
Number of salaries quoted 336 340 198
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Hampshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Southampton Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

1 140 (34.40%) Linux
2 133 (32.68%) Microsoft
3 126 (30.96%) VMware
4 106 (26.04%) Firewall
5 100 (24.57%) MS Exchange
6 99 (24.32%) TCP/IP
7 90 (22.11%) Active Directory
7 90 (22.11%) Windows Server 2008
8 86 (21.13%) VMware Infrastructure
9 81 (19.90%) ITIL
10 77 (18.92%) SQL Server
11 75 (18.43%) Windows Server 2003
12 72 (17.69%) Security Cleared
13 71 (17.44%) Citrix
14 69 (16.95%) MS Excel
15 67 (16.46%) Cisco
16 65 (15.97%) SC Cleared
17 62 (15.23%) SAN
18 61 (14.99%) Microsoft Certification
19 60 (14.74%) UNIX
19 60 (14.74%) C#
19 60 (14.74%) SQL
20 59 (14.50%) Windows 7
21 58 (14.25%) Degree
21 58 (14.25%) .NET
21 58 (14.25%) DNS
22 52 (12.78%) WAN
23 51 (12.53%) LAN
23 51 (12.53%) Windows XP
23 51 (12.53%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 58 (14.25%) .NET
2 37 (9.091%) ASP.NET
3 33 (8.108%) .NET Framework
4 28 (6.880%) Application Packaging
5 24 (5.897%) HTML
5 24 (5.897%) CSS
6 14 (3.440%) Software Packaging
7 12 (2.948%) ASP.NET MVC
7 12 (2.948%) XML
8 11 (2.703%) JSP
9 10 (2.457%) WCF
9 10 (2.457%) WinForms
10 8 (1.966%) Ajax
10 8 (1.966%) Web Services
11 6 (1.474%) JSON
11 6 (1.474%) SOAP
11 6 (1.474%) LAMP
12 5 (1.229%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 5 (1.229%) Razor View Engine
12 5 (1.229%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 100 (24.57%) MS Exchange
2 51 (12.53%) Exchange Server 2010
3 23 (5.651%) Exchange Server 2003
4 21 (5.160%) IIS
5 12 (2.948%) SharePoint
6 9 (2.211%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (1.720%) NetWeaver
8 4 (0.983%) Apache
8 4 (0.983%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.737%) Lync
9 3 (0.737%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.491%) Confluence
10 2 (0.491%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.246%) Site Server
11 1 (0.246%) CMS
11 1 (0.246%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.246%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.246%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 69 (16.95%) MS Excel
2 40 (9.828%) MS Office
3 2 (0.491%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.246%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.246%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 3 (0.737%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.246%) Agresso
2 1 (0.246%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.246%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.246%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
2 1 (0.246%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.246%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 106 (26.04%) Firewall
2 99 (24.32%) TCP/IP
3 62 (15.23%) SAN
4 58 (14.25%) DNS
5 52 (12.78%) WAN
6 51 (12.53%) LAN
7 38 (9.337%) Internet
8 27 (6.634%) tcpdump
9 26 (6.388%) SMTP
10 24 (5.897%) DHCP
11 23 (5.651%) LDAP
12 22 (5.405%) HTTP
13 21 (5.160%) FTP
13 21 (5.160%) Wireshark
14 20 (4.914%) Cisco IOS
15 16 (3.931%) VPN
16 13 (3.194%) VoIP
16 13 (3.194%) Intrusion Detection
17 12 (2.948%) Wireless
18 11 (2.703%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.948%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (1.966%) Big Data
4 7 (1.720%) MySQL
4 7 (1.720%) Oracle 10g
4 7 (1.720%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (1.474%) SQL Server 2000
6 5 (1.229%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (0.983%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.983%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.737%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.737%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.491%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.246%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (0.246%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.246%) OLTP
10 1 (0.246%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.246%) Cognos Impromptu
10 1 (0.246%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.246%) DB2
Development Applications
1 37 (9.091%) MSI
2 22 (5.405%) AdminStudio
3 7 (1.720%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.229%) Rhino Mocks
4 5 (1.229%) Moq
4 5 (1.229%) MSTest
4 5 (1.229%) NUnit
5 2 (0.491%) Subversion
5 2 (0.491%) JIRA
5 2 (0.491%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (0.491%) Mocha
6 1 (0.246%) Hudson
6 1 (0.246%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.246%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.246%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.246%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.246%) CruiseControl
6 1 (0.246%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.246%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.246%) Mercurial
General
1 35 (8.600%) Finance
2 15 (3.686%) French Language
3 14 (3.440%) Retail
4 7 (1.720%) Telecoms
5 4 (0.983%) Spanish Language
5 4 (0.983%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.737%) Back Office
6 3 (0.737%) Military
6 3 (0.737%) Banking
6 3 (0.737%) Dutch Language
6 3 (0.737%) Romanian Language
6 3 (0.737%) German Language
6 3 (0.737%) Italian Language
7 2 (0.491%) Games
7 2 (0.491%) Legal
7 2 (0.491%) Publishing
8 1 (0.246%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.246%) Law
8 1 (0.246%) Front Office
8 1 (0.246%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 93 (22.85%) Analyst
2 51 (12.53%) Developer
3 40 (9.828%) IT Support
4 35 (8.600%) Applications Packager
5 33 (8.108%) Support Analyst
5 33 (8.108%) Consultant
5 33 (8.108%) Security Analyst
6 32 (7.862%) Support Engineer
7 25 (6.143%) Support Consultant
7 25 (6.143%) IT Consultant
8 23 (5.651%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.405%) Software Developer
10 20 (4.914%) Administrator
11 17 (4.177%) C# Developer
11 17 (4.177%) 2nd Line Support
11 17 (4.177%) Systems Engineer
12 16 (3.931%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.931%) Systems Administrator
12 16 (3.931%) .NET Developer
13 15 (3.686%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 36 (8.845%) Clustering
3 26 (6.388%) Client/Server
4 25 (6.143%) Management Information System
5 21 (5.160%) CESG
6 20 (4.914%) Mathematics
7 15 (3.686%) Firmware
8 11 (2.703%) Replication
9 10 (2.457%) Blackberry
10 8 (1.966%) Fat Client
10 8 (1.966%) Thin Client
11 7 (1.720%) Cryptography
12 5 (1.229%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.229%) PKI
12 5 (1.229%) Statistics
12 5 (1.229%) Inversion of Control
13 4 (0.983%) Life Science
13 4 (0.983%) Physics
13 4 (0.983%) New Media
14 3 (0.737%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 140 (34.40%) Linux
2 90 (22.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 75 (18.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 60 (14.74%) UNIX
5 59 (14.50%) Windows 7
6 51 (12.53%) Windows XP
7 39 (9.582%) Windows Vista
7 39 (9.582%) Solaris
8 18 (4.423%) Apple iOS
9 17 (4.177%) Windows Mobile
10 16 (3.931%) Android
11 11 (2.703%) AIX
12 6 (1.474%) Mac OS
12 6 (1.474%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.737%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.737%) zOS
13 3 (0.737%) Windows 2000
13 3 (0.737%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.491%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.246%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (19.90%) ITIL
2 33 (8.108%) SIEM
3 31 (7.617%) Incident Management
3 31 (7.617%) Time Management
4 27 (6.634%) Information Assurance
4 27 (6.634%) Change Control
5 26 (6.388%) OO
6 22 (5.405%) Service Delivery
7 21 (5.160%) Security Testing
8 20 (4.914%) Ethical Hacking
9 18 (4.423%) Information Security
10 17 (4.177%) Penetration Testing
11 16 (3.931%) OOP
12 14 (3.440%) Fault Management
12 14 (3.440%) Process Management
12 14 (3.440%) Memory Management
13 12 (2.948%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (2.948%) MVC
14 10 (2.457%) Continuous Integration
14 10 (2.457%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (14.74%) C#
1 60 (14.74%) SQL
2 37 (9.091%) Java
3 35 (8.600%) PowerShell
4 34 (8.354%) C++
5 21 (5.160%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.177%) PHP
7 14 (3.440%) Objective-C
8 13 (3.194%) C
9 12 (2.948%) VBScript
10 8 (1.966%) VB.NET
11 7 (1.720%) Python
12 5 (1.229%) Bash shell
13 3 (0.737%) ABAP
14 2 (0.491%) Perl
14 2 (0.491%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.246%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.246%) VBA
15 1 (0.246%) VB
15 1 (0.246%) VB6
Qualifications
1 72 (17.69%) Security Cleared
2 65 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 61 (14.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 58 (14.25%) Degree
5 46 (11.30%) MCSE
6 39 (9.582%) MCITP
7 38 (9.337%) Citrix Certification
8 36 (8.845%) DV Cleared
8 36 (8.845%) CCA
9 35 (8.600%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (5.405%) GCIA
11 21 (5.160%) GIAC
12 15 (3.686%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (3.440%) CCNA
14 13 (3.194%) GCIH
15 12 (2.948%) A+ Certification
16 10 (2.457%) CCNP
17 8 (1.966%) CEH
17 8 (1.966%) MCTS
18 7 (1.720%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.880%) SLA
2 22 (5.405%) ISO 9001
3 20 (4.914%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.668%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.703%) JSP 440
6 7 (1.720%) QA
System Software
1 90 (22.11%) Active Directory
2 86 (21.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (9.337%) Microsoft App-V
4 26 (6.388%) Snort
5 25 (6.143%) XenApp
6 23 (5.651%) vSphere
7 12 (2.948%) XenServer
8 10 (2.457%) Hyper-V
9 9 (2.211%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.229%) Forefront TMG
10 5 (1.229%) VMware ESX
10 5 (1.229%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.737%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.737%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.737%) Samba
12 2 (0.491%) Shibboleth
12 2 (0.491%) NFS
12 2 (0.491%) UAG
13 1 (0.246%) PowerConvert
13 1 (0.246%) Squid
Systems Management
1 35 (8.600%) SCCM
2 15 (3.686%) SCOM
3 9 (2.211%) Backup Exec
4 8 (1.966%) NetBackup
5 5 (1.229%) ARCserve
5 5 (1.229%) WSUS
6 3 (0.737%) HP SIM
6 3 (0.737%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (0.737%) WMI
6 3 (0.737%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (0.491%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.491%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.246%) AppDNA
8 1 (0.246%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 133 (32.68%) Microsoft
2 126 (30.96%) VMware
3 71 (17.44%) Citrix
4 67 (16.46%) Cisco
5 28 (6.880%) HP
6 19 (4.668%) Dell
7 14 (3.440%) Intel
7 14 (3.440%) Oracle
8 12 (2.948%) SAP
9 11 (2.703%) Juniper
10 10 (2.457%) IronPort
10 10 (2.457%) Symantec
11 7 (1.720%) Veritas
11 7 (1.720%) IBM
11 7 (1.720%) Sourcefire
11 7 (1.720%) Veeam
12 4 (0.983%) Remedy
12 4 (0.983%) Foundry
13 3 (0.737%) Progress
13 3 (0.737%) NetApp
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Salary: £18000 per annum + 25 days hol, bupa and DIS
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Salary: From £32,500 to £37,500 per annum dep on experience plus benefits
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
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Southampton, Hampshire
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + pension, healthcare, 25 days.
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