The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sutton Coldfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 22 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 5.455% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £20,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
Sutton Coldfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 16.36% 14.29% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 5
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,470 £40,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £36,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
West Midlands

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Sutton Coldfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Sutton Coldfield Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Sutton Coldfield region.

Sutton Coldfield Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Sutton Coldfield region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Sutton Coldfield Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
4 4 (44.44%) LAN
4 4 (44.44%) WAN
5 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (33.33%) MS Office
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
5 3 (33.33%) DMZ
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Sophos
5 3 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (33.33%) Project Management
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (33.33%) Retail
5 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Firewall
5 3 (33.33%) Migration
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (33.33%) BlackBerry Internet Service
6 2 (22.22%) MCITP
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
6 2 (22.22%) ARCserve
6 2 (22.22%) MCP

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 3 (33.33%) DMZ
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (22.22%) ADSL
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCITP
1 2 (22.22%) MCP
1 2 (22.22%) MCSA
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 6 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
2 3 (33.33%) BlackBerry Internet Service
3 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Sophos