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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Street region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank82
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads1719
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.008 %
As % of the category below85.00 %82.61 %
Salaries quoted1212
Average minimum salary£36,500£34,417
Average salary£36,500£35,958
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Average maximum salary£36,500£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,709£33,144
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Street IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Street
Matching permanent IT job ads2023
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.010 %
Salaries quoted1516
Average minimum salary£37,538£34,403
Average salary£37,731£35,427
% change on same period last year+6.50 %
Average maximum salary£37,923£36,452
UK excluding London average salary£34,069£34,572
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Windows SomersetWindows
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Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Street region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Street Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Street region.

Street Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Street region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Street Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Street 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.

115 (50.00 %)Finance
214 (46.67 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (36.67 %)Microsoft
410 (33.33 %)SQL
58 (26.67 %)Firewall
58 (26.67 %)Telecoms
67 (23.33 %)MS Excel
76 (20.00 %)SQL Server
76 (20.00 %)Active Directory
76 (20.00 %)MS PowerPoint
76 (20.00 %)Degree
85 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
85 (16.67 %)C#
85 (16.67 %)XML
85 (16.67 %)OO
94 (13.33 %)MCSE
94 (13.33 %)HTML
94 (13.33 %)JavaScript
94 (13.33 %)CSS
94 (13.33 %)Citrix
94 (13.33 %)Microsoft Certification
94 (13.33 %)QA
103 (10.00 %)Flash Media Server
103 (10.00 %)Streaming Media
103 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
103 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
103 (10.00 %)Adobe
103 (10.00 %)Windows XP
103 (10.00 %)WebServices
103 (10.00 %)C

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Street 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.

Street IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (16.67 %)XML
24 (13.33 %)HTML
24 (13.33 %)CSS
33 (10.00 %)WebServices
33 (10.00 %).NET
42 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
42 (6.667 %)XSL
42 (6.667 %)WinForms
51 (3.333 %)AJAX
51 (3.333 %).NET Framework
51 (3.333 %)XSLT
Street IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
23 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (10.00 %)Flash Media Server
32 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2000
32 (6.667 %)IIS
41 (3.333 %)Lotus Notes
41 (3.333 %)Lotus Domino
41 (3.333 %)SharePoint
Street IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (23.33 %)MS Excel
26 (20.00 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (10.00 %)Photoshop
41 (3.333 %)MS Office
Street IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (26.67 %)Firewall
22 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
31 (3.333 %)VPN
31 (3.333 %)DNS
31 (3.333 %)SAN
31 (3.333 %)WAN
31 (3.333 %)DHCP
Street IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Street IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (10.00 %)Flash
21 (3.333 %)Subversion
Street IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (50.00 %)Finance
28 (26.67 %)Telecoms
32 (6.667 %)Banking
41 (3.333 %)Insurance
41 (3.333 %)Marketing
41 (3.333 %)Back Office
41 (3.333 %)Legal
Street IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (40.00 %)Analyst
28 (26.67 %)Support Analyst
28 (26.67 %)Developer
36 (20.00 %)Desktop Support Analyst
36 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
36 (20.00 %)Desktop Analyst
44 (13.33 %)Team Leader
53 (10.00 %)Flash Developer
53 (10.00 %)Lead Developer
62 (6.667 %)Administrator
62 (6.667 %)Senior Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Senior Systems Engineer
62 (6.667 %)Helpdesk Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Systems Engineer
62 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
62 (6.667 %)QA Test Analyst
62 (6.667 %)QA Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Senior Support Analyst
62 (6.667 %).NET Developer
62 (6.667 %)Senior Developer
Street IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.00 %)Streaming Media
22 (6.667 %)Blackberry
22 (6.667 %)Clustering
31 (3.333 %)Statistics
Street IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (46.67 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
23 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
23 (10.00 %)Windows XP
32 (6.667 %)Linux
32 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (3.333 %)Windows Vista
41 (3.333 %)Windows NT
Street IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.67 %)OO
23 (10.00 %)ITIL
32 (6.667 %)UML
32 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
41 (3.333 %)Project Management
41 (3.333 %)Service Delivery
41 (3.333 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (3.333 %)SEO
41 (3.333 %)Business Continuity
41 (3.333 %)Content Management
41 (3.333 %)Unit Testing
Street IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (33.33 %)SQL
25 (16.67 %)C#
34 (13.33 %)JavaScript
43 (10.00 %)C
43 (10.00 %)ActionScript
52 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
52 (6.667 %)VB.NET
61 (3.333 %)DHTML
Street IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (20.00 %)Degree
24 (13.33 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (13.33 %)MCSE
32 (6.667 %)CCA
32 (6.667 %)Citrix Certification
Street IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (13.33 %)QA
Street IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (20.00 %)Active Directory
21 (3.333 %)Terminal Server
21 (3.333 %)Backup Exec
21 (3.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
Street IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.333 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Street IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (36.67 %)Microsoft
24 (13.33 %)Citrix
33 (10.00 %)Adobe
42 (6.667 %)Bloomberg
51 (3.333 %)VMware
51 (3.333 %)Proquote
51 (3.333 %)VERITAS
51 (3.333 %)Lotus
51 (3.333 %)Reuters
51 (3.333 %)Cisco