The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 23 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 Stockport region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 16 7 6
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 31 41 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 15.27% 19.90% 22.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 52.54% 59.42% 74.55%
Number of salaries quoted 30 40 37
Average salary £31,750 £35,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.28% +55.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,900 £27,050 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,750 £42,500 £33,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
59 69 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 29.06% 33.50% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 58 63 50
Average salary £31,500 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.07% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £22,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,000 £38,600
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Manchester

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Stockport Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 35 (66.04%) .NET
2 32 (60.38%) C#
3 31 (58.49%) Microsoft
4 25 (47.17%) ASP.NET
5 21 (39.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (37.74%) WinForms
7 19 (35.85%) SQL Server
8 16 (30.19%) TDD
8 16 (30.19%) MVC
9 15 (28.30%) .NET Framework
9 15 (28.30%) ASP.NET MVC
10 14 (26.42%) MVVM
10 14 (26.42%) WPF
10 14 (26.42%) SQL
11 13 (24.53%) MCP
11 13 (24.53%) WCF
11 13 (24.53%) Degree
12 12 (22.64%) Rhino Mocks
12 12 (22.64%) Moq
12 12 (22.64%) Castle Windsor
12 12 (22.64%) Ninject
12 12 (22.64%) Dependency Injection
12 12 (22.64%) Inversion of Control
12 12 (22.64%) MSTest
12 12 (22.64%) Kanban
12 12 (22.64%) Spring.NET
12 12 (22.64%) MCTS
12 12 (22.64%) Continuous Integration
12 12 (22.64%) Razor View Engine
12 12 (22.64%) Web Application Development

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 35 (66.04%) .NET
2 25 (47.17%) ASP.NET
3 20 (37.74%) WinForms
4 15 (28.30%) .NET Framework
4 15 (28.30%) ASP.NET MVC
5 14 (26.42%) WPF
6 13 (24.53%) WCF
7 12 (22.64%) Castle Windsor
7 12 (22.64%) Ninject
7 12 (22.64%) Spring.NET
7 12 (22.64%) Razor View Engine
7 12 (22.64%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 12 (22.64%) Unity DI Container
8 11 (20.75%) ADO.NET
9 9 (16.98%) Silverlight
10 5 (9.434%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 4 (7.547%) Web Services
12 3 (5.660%) SOAP
13 2 (3.774%) CSS
13 2 (3.774%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (20.75%) IIS
2 7 (13.21%) MS Exchange
3 4 (7.547%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (5.660%) Lync
4 3 (5.660%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.887%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 8 (15.09%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.547%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.774%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.887%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.32%) VoIP
2 4 (7.547%) VPN
2 4 (7.547%) DNS
2 4 (7.547%) WAN
2 4 (7.547%) DHCP
2 4 (7.547%) LAN
3 3 (5.660%) ADSL
3 3 (5.660%) 3G
4 2 (3.774%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.774%) Network Security
5 1 (1.887%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.887%) HTTP
5 1 (1.887%) SAN
5 1 (1.887%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (35.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.660%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (22.64%) Rhino Mocks
1 12 (22.64%) Moq
1 12 (22.64%) MSTest
1 12 (22.64%) NUnit
2 2 (3.774%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.887%) Subversion
General
1 6 (11.32%) Finance
2 2 (3.774%) Back Office
3 1 (1.887%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (37.74%) Developer
2 14 (26.42%) Analyst
2 14 (26.42%) .NET Developer
3 13 (24.53%) C# Analyst Programmer
3 13 (24.53%) Analyst Programmer
3 13 (24.53%) Programmer
3 13 (24.53%) C# Programmer
4 6 (11.32%) .NET Analyst Programmer
4 6 (11.32%) .NET Programmer
5 5 (9.434%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.660%) C# Developer
6 3 (5.660%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.774%) Consultant
7 2 (3.774%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (3.774%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (3.774%) VB Developer
7 2 (3.774%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (3.774%) VB Programmer
7 2 (3.774%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Inversion of Control
2 7 (13.21%) LIMS
3 4 (7.547%) Informatics
4 3 (5.660%) iPhone
4 3 (5.660%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.660%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.887%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows XP
2 5 (9.434%) Windows 7
2 5 (9.434%) UNIX
2 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (7.547%) Linux
4 3 (5.660%) Android
4 3 (5.660%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (5.660%) AIX
5 1 (1.887%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) TDD
1 16 (30.19%) MVC
2 14 (26.42%) MVVM
3 12 (22.64%) Dependency Injection
3 12 (22.64%) Kanban
3 12 (22.64%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (22.64%) Web Application Development
3 12 (22.64%) Scrum
4 11 (20.75%) Information Management
5 4 (7.547%) Workflow
5 4 (7.547%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (5.660%) Time Management
7 2 (3.774%) ITIL
7 2 (3.774%) OOP
7 2 (3.774%) CRM
7 2 (3.774%) E-Commerce
7 2 (3.774%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (3.774%) Unit Testing
7 2 (3.774%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.887%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 32 (60.38%) C#
2 14 (26.42%) SQL
3 7 (13.21%) C++
4 6 (11.32%) C
5 5 (9.434%) Java
6 4 (7.547%) VB
7 3 (5.660%) JavaScript
7 3 (5.660%) PHP
7 3 (5.660%) VB6
8 2 (3.774%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.887%) XAML
Qualifications
1 21 (39.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (24.53%) MCP
2 13 (24.53%) Degree
3 12 (22.64%) MCTS
3 12 (22.64%) MCAD
3 12 (22.64%) MCSD
4 4 (7.547%) MCSE
4 4 (7.547%) MCITP
5 3 (5.660%) MCSA
6 2 (3.774%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (3.774%) CCIA
7 1 (1.887%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.887%) VCAP
7 1 (1.887%) NCDA
7 1 (1.887%) NCIE
7 1 (1.887%) VCDX
7 1 (1.887%) CCEE
7 1 (1.887%) CCAA
7 1 (1.887%) CCEA
7 1 (1.887%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) QA
1 1 (1.887%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.660%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.774%) XenApp
3 2 (3.774%) XenServer
3 2 (3.774%) XenDesktop
3 2 (3.774%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.887%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 31 (58.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.98%) Oracle
3 5 (9.434%) Cisco
4 3 (5.660%) Citrix
4 3 (5.660%) VMware
5 2 (3.774%) NetApp
6 1 (1.887%) IBM
6 1 (1.887%) HP
6 1 (1.887%) Telerik
6 1 (1.887%) Sage
6 1 (1.887%) McAfee
Stockport, Cheshire
An experienced IT Support Analyst / Systems Administrator, with knowledge of Windows Server 2003/8, Active Directory and Exchange and Proclaim case management, is required a leading business in...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £25k plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stockport, North West
My client are a software and services company based in Stockport that provide state of the art interaction solutions. They work with a number of big brands such...
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Competitive package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £16000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £17000 - £18000 per annum + Benefits package
Posted: 1 May 2013
Stockport, North West
They are looking for someone with strong SQL Server & customer service skills. Experience of software product support will be particularly helpful, especially on a Windows (Windows Server, SQL...
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + bens
Posted: 30 April 2013
Stockport, North West
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a well established and growing company. This role is responsible for the management of the 3rd and 4th Line support...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Key skills - C++ Developer, C Developer, Software Engineer, Windows Development C++ Developer / C Developer is urgently needed for a high profile client!... We are looking for C++ Developers...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Senior Java / Web Developer -Stockport- £40,000 - £47,000 My international client is now urgently looking for an experienced Java software developer to join their team of highly...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
The development of industry leading Graphical User Interface is the key focus of this development team; and you would be one of the key contributors utilising your knowledge...
JAM
Salary: £33000 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
In addition to your C#.Net skills and your knowledge of UI work, it's important that you have knowledge in one of these key areas: WPF/Xaml,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Key Requirements: *Solid communication skills *Helpdesk experience *Flexibility *Team player *IT related qualifications (MCP, MCDST, CompTIA+) *Windows XP/Vista/7 *Basic understanding of PC Hardware set-up and...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £14000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013