The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southend-on-Sea region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 17 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 Southend-on-Sea region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 7 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 50.00% 43.75% 55.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 87.50% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 21
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,900 £34,600 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £37,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Southend-on-Sea
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
8 8 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 50.00% 50.00% 55.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 21
Average salary £44,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.71% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £35,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,250 £52,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Essex

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea region.

Southend-on-Sea Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Southend-on-Sea region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Southend-on-Sea Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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 12 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 11 (61.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
2 11 (61.11%) VB.NET
2 11 (61.11%) .NET
3 8 (44.44%) Finance
4 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
4 7 (38.89%) Web Services
5 6 (33.33%) Web Development
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (27.78%) Programme Management
6 5 (27.78%) Service Management
6 5 (27.78%) WinForms
6 5 (27.78%) ITIL
6 5 (27.78%) N-Tier
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
6 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (22.22%) 3PAR
7 4 (22.22%) Six Sigma
7 4 (22.22%) Symantec
7 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
7 4 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (22.22%) EMC
7 4 (22.22%) Citrix
7 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (22.22%) NetApp
7 4 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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 11 (61.11%) .NET
1 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
2 7 (38.89%) Web Services
3 5 (27.78%) WinForms
4 1 (5.556%) jQuery
4 1 (5.556%) HTML5
4 1 (5.556%) CSS3
4 1 (5.556%) Semantic HTML
4 1 (5.556%) X-Windows
4 1 (5.556%) CSS
4 1 (5.556%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
1 4 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Photoshop
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.556%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 11 (61.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 10 (55.56%) .NET Developer
2 10 (55.56%) VB.NET Developer
3 6 (33.33%) .NET Applications Developer
3 6 (33.33%) Applications Developer
4 5 (27.78%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) C# Developer
6 3 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Designer
7 1 (5.556%) Web Designer
7 1 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Server Analyst
7 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support
7 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) N-Tier
2 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
3 3 (16.67%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
2 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.556%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Web Development
2 5 (27.78%) ITIL
2 5 (27.78%) Service Management
2 5 (27.78%) Programme Management
3 4 (22.22%) TOGAF
3 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 4 (22.22%) Six Sigma
4 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Change Control
6 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.556%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) VB.NET
2 3 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) MCSE
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (22.22%) MCITP
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (22.22%) XenApp
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) NetBackup
1 4 (22.22%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) EMC
2 4 (22.22%) Citrix
2 4 (22.22%) NetApp
2 4 (22.22%) Symantec
2 4 (22.22%) VMware
2 4 (22.22%) 3PAR
3 1 (5.556%) Adobe
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013