The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the St Helens 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 St Helens region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 1 6
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 4 15 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Helens 30.77% 44.12% 48.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 16
Average salary £25,000 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
St Helens
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4 15 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Helens 30.77% 44.12% 48.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 16
Average salary £25,000 £37,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.43% +23.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Merseyside

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Helens 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 St Helens region.

St Helens Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the St Helens region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

St Helens Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Helens 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 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (50.00%) MCITP
2 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) MCSE
2 3 (50.00%) MCSA
2 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) LAN
2 3 (50.00%) VoIP
2 3 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Helens 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 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) VoIP
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
1 3 (50.00%) DHCP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) MCSE
1 3 (50.00%) MCSA
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (50.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
St. Helens, North West
NET Software Developers- St Helens C# ASP.NET VB.NET £35K-£45K... Skills required/desired: C# or VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server.The company offers progression to...
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 1 May 2013