The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 2 7 9
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 178 126 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 25.95% 22.83% 17.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 72.36% 82.89% 69.57%
Number of salaries quoted 169 100 102
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,550 £28,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
246 152 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 35.86% 27.54% 24.88%
Number of salaries quoted 237 125 144
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 £28,500 £21,700
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £46,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
East of England

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Suffolk Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 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 +1 98 £35,000 -
Bury St Edmunds -5 6 £37,500 +5.63%
Stowmarket +6 5 £32,500 +18.18%
Felixstowe -1 2 £40,000 -5.88%
Woodbridge - 1 £40,000 -
Windows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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.

1 132 (44.30%) Microsoft
2 126 (42.28%) Active Directory
3 103 (34.56%) Linux
4 98 (32.89%) SQL Server
5 82 (27.52%) Windows Server 2008
6 72 (24.16%) SQL
7 69 (23.15%) VMware
8 65 (21.81%) Windows Server 2003
9 64 (21.48%) Firewall
10 59 (19.80%) MS Exchange
10 59 (19.80%) Degree
11 57 (19.13%) Web Services
11 57 (19.13%) DNS
12 52 (17.45%) Computer Science
13 51 (17.11%) Finance
14 50 (16.78%) SQL Server 2008
15 49 (16.44%) .NET
16 47 (15.77%) VMware Infrastructure
17 46 (15.44%) JavaScript
18 45 (15.10%) Java
19 43 (14.43%) UNIX
20 42 (14.09%) XML
20 42 (14.09%) Exchange Server 2010
21 41 (13.76%) Cisco
21 41 (13.76%) SAN
22 40 (13.42%) C#
23 39 (13.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 39 (13.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
24 34 (11.41%) IIS
25 32 (10.74%) SQL Server 2005

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 57 (19.13%) Web Services
2 49 (16.44%) .NET
3 42 (14.09%) XML
4 31 (10.40%) SOAP
5 30 (10.07%) REST
6 29 (9.732%) jQuery
6 29 (9.732%) JSON
6 29 (9.732%) ASP.NET
7 28 (9.396%) Spring
8 26 (8.725%) Ajax
9 24 (8.054%) HTML
10 21 (7.047%) J2EE
11 13 (4.362%) CSS
12 10 (3.356%) XSLT
12 10 (3.356%) WSH
13 9 (3.020%) ASP.NET 2.0
14 5 (1.678%) WCF
15 4 (1.342%) Silverlight
15 4 (1.342%) LINQ
16 2 (0.671%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 59 (19.80%) MS Exchange
2 42 (14.09%) Exchange Server 2010
3 34 (11.41%) IIS
4 29 (9.732%) SharePoint
5 28 (9.396%) Tomcat
6 20 (6.711%) Amazon AWS
7 19 (6.376%) SharePoint 2010
7 19 (6.376%) Windows Azure
8 16 (5.369%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (2.349%) Apache
10 6 (2.013%) WebLogic
10 6 (2.013%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (2.013%) Exchange Server 2003
11 5 (1.678%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (1.007%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.336%) MSMQ
Applications
1 25 (8.389%) MS Excel
2 22 (7.383%) MS Office
3 8 (2.685%) PowerPivot
4 3 (1.007%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.336%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.007%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.336%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 64 (21.48%) Firewall
2 57 (19.13%) DNS
3 41 (13.76%) SAN
4 30 (10.07%) LAN
5 29 (9.732%) WAN
6 27 (9.060%) DHCP
7 25 (8.389%) Internet
8 23 (7.718%) VoIP
9 21 (7.047%) TCP/IP
10 16 (5.369%) VPN
11 15 (5.034%) Wireshark
12 14 (4.698%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (4.027%) Fibre Channel
13 12 (4.027%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (2.685%) Kerberos
15 4 (1.342%) NAS
16 3 (1.007%) 4G
16 3 (1.007%) iSCSI
16 3 (1.007%) 3G
17 2 (0.671%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (32.89%) SQL Server
2 50 (16.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 39 (13.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 39 (13.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (10.74%) SQL Server 2005
5 31 (10.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 24 (8.054%) SQL Server 2012
7 19 (6.376%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (6.376%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (6.376%) OLTP
8 13 (4.362%) MySQL
9 11 (3.691%) Oracle 8/8i
10 10 (3.356%) RDBMS
10 10 (3.356%) SQL Server 2000
11 9 (3.020%) Oracle 10g
11 9 (3.020%) Big Data
12 8 (2.685%) PerformancePoint
12 8 (2.685%) Oracle 11g
13 5 (1.678%) Oracle 9i
13 5 (1.678%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (4.027%) Visual Studio
1 12 (4.027%) Eclipse
2 9 (3.020%) Subversion
3 5 (1.678%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (1.678%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.678%) TortoiseSVN
3 5 (1.678%) Hudson
4 4 (1.342%) Selenium
5 3 (1.007%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.336%) Ant
6 1 (0.336%) Serena SBM
6 1 (0.336%) NUnit
6 1 (0.336%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.336%) Rational DOORS
General
1 51 (17.11%) Finance
2 7 (2.349%) Banking
3 5 (1.678%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.342%) Marketing
5 1 (0.336%) Advertising
5 1 (0.336%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.336%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 65 (21.81%) Developer
2 40 (13.42%) Analyst
3 38 (12.75%) Administrator
4 33 (11.07%) DBA
5 30 (10.07%) Java Developer
6 29 (9.732%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (9.060%) SQL DBA
7 27 (9.060%) Architect
8 26 (8.725%) Systems Engineer
9 23 (7.718%) Infrastructure Architect
10 19 (6.376%) Software Developer
11 17 (5.705%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 17 (5.705%) Java Software Developer
12 15 (5.034%) SharePoint Administrator
12 15 (5.034%) .NET Developer
13 14 (4.698%) Support Analyst
14 12 (4.027%) Storage Administrator
15 8 (2.685%) Team Leader
15 8 (2.685%) C# Developer
15 8 (2.685%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 52 (17.45%) Computer Science
2 25 (8.389%) Mobile App
3 19 (6.376%) Replication
3 19 (6.376%) Speech Recognition
4 11 (3.691%) N-Tier
5 7 (2.349%) IaaS
5 7 (2.349%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.013%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.342%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.007%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.007%) iPad
9 2 (0.671%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.336%) Open Source
10 1 (0.336%) EPoS
10 1 (0.336%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.336%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.336%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 103 (34.56%) Linux
2 82 (27.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 65 (21.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 43 (14.43%) UNIX
5 23 (7.718%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (7.383%) Windows 7
7 13 (4.362%) Solaris
7 13 (4.362%) Windows XP
8 8 (2.685%) VMS
9 7 (2.349%) Windows Vista
10 5 (1.678%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.342%) Android
11 4 (1.342%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.342%) Mac OS X
11 4 (1.342%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.007%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.671%) Windows Phone
13 2 (0.671%) CentOS
13 2 (0.671%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.336%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (10.74%) ITIL
1 32 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (10.40%) Agile Software Development
3 27 (9.060%) UML
4 22 (7.383%) Disaster Recovery
5 20 (6.711%) TDD
6 19 (6.376%) Load Balancing
7 16 (5.369%) Business Continuity
8 13 (4.362%) Service Management
9 12 (4.027%) Problem Management
10 10 (3.356%) E-Commerce
10 10 (3.356%) Risk Management
10 10 (3.356%) Technical Architecture
11 9 (3.020%) Analytics
12 8 (2.685%) Automated Testing
12 8 (2.685%) Migration
12 8 (2.685%) Document Management
13 7 (2.349%) Software Testing
14 6 (2.013%) B2B
14 6 (2.013%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 72 (24.16%) SQL
2 46 (15.44%) JavaScript
3 45 (15.10%) Java
4 40 (13.42%) C#
5 30 (10.07%) T-SQL
6 12 (4.027%) PL/SQL
7 11 (3.691%) Perl
8 10 (3.356%) VB.NET
9 8 (2.685%) VB
10 7 (2.349%) C++
10 7 (2.349%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.013%) Bash shell
11 6 (2.013%) C
12 5 (1.678%) VBScript
12 5 (1.678%) Python
13 4 (1.342%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.342%) XAML
14 3 (1.007%) PHP
14 3 (1.007%) PHP5
15 2 (0.671%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 59 (19.80%) Degree
2 22 (7.383%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (6.376%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (5.705%) CCNA
5 16 (5.369%) CCNP
6 11 (3.691%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (2.013%) ISEB
8 5 (1.678%) MCP
9 4 (1.342%) MCITP
10 3 (1.007%) MCTS
10 3 (1.007%) OCP
10 3 (1.007%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.007%) MCSE
11 2 (0.671%) MCSA
11 2 (0.671%) MCDST
11 2 (0.671%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.671%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.671%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.336%) RHCE
12 1 (0.336%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.698%) QA
2 8 (2.685%) SLA
System Software
1 126 (42.28%) Active Directory
2 47 (15.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.376%) VMware ESX
4 14 (4.698%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 12 (4.027%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.691%) vSphere
7 9 (3.020%) Hyper-V
8 7 (2.349%) XenServer
8 7 (2.349%) Terminal Services
9 6 (2.013%) XenDesktop
10 4 (1.342%) VMFS
11 3 (1.007%) XenApp
12 2 (0.671%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.671%) NFS
13 1 (0.336%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 15 (5.034%) Tivoli
2 14 (4.698%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 6 (2.013%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.336%) Puppet
Vendors
1 132 (44.30%) Microsoft
2 69 (23.15%) VMware
3 41 (13.76%) Cisco
4 31 (10.40%) JBoss
5 27 (9.060%) NetApp
5 27 (9.060%) Oracle
6 24 (8.054%) EMC
7 16 (5.369%) Red Hat
8 15 (5.034%) Citrix
8 15 (5.034%) Isilon
9 10 (3.356%) IBM
10 7 (2.349%) Symantec
11 5 (1.678%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.678%) Sun
12 4 (1.342%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.342%) NETGEAR
13 3 (1.007%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.671%) Mitel
14 2 (0.671%) Avaya
14 2 (0.671%) Juniper
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