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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 12 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 1 41 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stroud 4.545% 40.20% 41.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% 60.29% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 5
Average salary £32,500 £47,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.57% +90.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Stroud
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2 68 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stroud 9.091% 66.67% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 29 5
Average salary £32,500 £50,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.00% +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Gloucestershire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stroud 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 Stroud region.

Stroud Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stroud 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 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stroud 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 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
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XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-28,000 + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Senior Support Analyst, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, MS Exchange Server, MS Outlook, Active Directory, Clevedon, North Somerset, £25-28,000 + benefits... - Good Windows Server 2003 / 2008 experience... - MS...
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Salary: £25-30,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Clevedon, Somerset, Bristol, Taunton,...
Senior Support Analyst, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, MS Exchange Server, MS Outlook, Active Directory, Clevedon, North Somerset, £25-28,000 + benefits... - Good Windows Server 2003 / 2008 experience... - MS...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-28,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
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C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
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Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013