The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 21 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.722% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.008% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £72,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
249 153 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 35.93% 27.27% 26.08%
Number of salaries quoted 240 123 145
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,800 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
East of England

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Suffolk Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Suffolk Windows 8 Salary Histogram

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Ipswich - 3 £72,500 -
Windows 8
East of England

Windows 8
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Android
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
3 3 (60.00%) 4G
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 3 (60.00%) 3G
3 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
3 3 (60.00%) C
3 3 (60.00%) PHP
3 3 (60.00%) Subversion
3 3 (60.00%) MySQL
3 3 (60.00%) PHP5
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (40.00%) XAML
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (40.00%) .NET
4 2 (40.00%) C#
4 2 (40.00%) C++
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) 4G
1 3 (60.00%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 8 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Android
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) PHP
1 3 (60.00%) PHP5
2 2 (40.00%) XAML
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) C++
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft