The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stratford-upon-Avon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 8 11 3
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 17.24% 2.500% 17.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.67% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 2
Average salary £36,000 £22,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.63% -12.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Stratford-upon-Avon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
15 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 25.86% 5.000% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 2
Average salary £35,000 £34,750 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.71% +39.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Warwickshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region.

Stratford-upon-Avon Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Stratford-upon-Avon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Stratford-upon-Avon Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
2 10 (66.67%) HTML
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 10 (66.67%) VB
2 10 (66.67%) Oracle
2 10 (66.67%) UNIX
2 10 (66.67%) Windows 2000
2 10 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 10 (66.67%) QA
2 10 (66.67%) Selenium
2 10 (66.67%) Manual Testing
3 5 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) MCSE
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (20.00%) MS Office
4 3 (20.00%) MCP
5 2 (13.33%) VMware
5 2 (13.33%) Clustering
5 2 (13.33%) IIS
5 2 (13.33%) SAN
5 2 (13.33%) HP
5 2 (13.33%) Citrix
5 2 (13.33%) WAN
5 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (13.33%) Degree

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 10 (66.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (13.33%) IIS
2 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) SAN
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Selenium
General
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Analyst
2 10 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 10 (66.67%) Systems Analyst
2 10 (66.67%) Systems Test Analyst
3 8 (53.33%) Systems Tester
3 8 (53.33%) Tester
4 5 (33.33%) QA Tester
5 3 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 3 (20.00%) IT Support
5 3 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
6 2 (13.33%) Support Analyst
6 2 (13.33%) Technical Support
6 2 (13.33%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (13.33%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (13.33%) QA Engineer
6 2 (13.33%) Windows Support Analyst
7 1 (6.667%) QA Analyst
7 1 (6.667%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) UNIX
1 10 (66.67%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 10 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
1 10 (66.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) MCSE
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (20.00%) MCP
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Oracle
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 2 (13.33%) HP
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix