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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tamworth 29.63% 20.83% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 80.00% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 0
Average salary £28,000 £32,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Tamworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tamworth 37.04% 20.83% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 1
Average salary £18,000 £32,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.75% +42.22%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Staffordshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tamworth 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 Tamworth region.

Tamworth Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Tamworth Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tamworth 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 9 (45.00%) SQL
1 9 (45.00%) LAN
1 9 (45.00%) WAN
2 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (35.00%) .NET
3 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (35.00%) WinForms
4 6 (30.00%) Citrix
4 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
5 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 5 (25.00%) Web Services
5 5 (25.00%) XML
5 5 (25.00%) OO
5 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 5 (25.00%) .NET Framework
5 5 (25.00%) Unit Testing
6 4 (20.00%) VMware
7 3 (15.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
7 3 (15.00%) Cisco
7 3 (15.00%) MCSE
7 3 (15.00%) SAN
7 3 (15.00%) NetApp
7 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (15.00%) CCNA
7 3 (15.00%) MCITP

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tamworth 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 7 (35.00%) .NET
1 7 (35.00%) WinForms
2 5 (25.00%) Web Services
2 5 (25.00%) XML
2 5 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (10.00%) Castle Windsor
3 2 (10.00%) Ninject
3 2 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (10.00%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (10.00%) WCF
3 2 (10.00%) WPF
3 2 (10.00%) Spring.NET
3 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (5.000%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.000%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) LAN
1 9 (45.00%) WAN
2 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.00%) SAN
4 2 (10.00%) Broadband
4 2 (10.00%) DNS
5 1 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MSTest
1 2 (10.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 2 (10.00%) Moq
1 2 (10.00%) NUnit
General
1 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Music
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
1 7 (35.00%) .NET Developer
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) VB.NET Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.000%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Statistics
2 2 (10.00%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (5.000%) SaaS
3 1 (5.000%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.000%) Linux
4 1 (5.000%) Windows NT
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Vista
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) OO
1 5 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (10.00%) MVVM
2 2 (10.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (10.00%) Kanban
2 2 (10.00%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (10.00%) Project Management
2 2 (10.00%) MVC
2 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (10.00%) Change Management
2 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (10.00%) TDD
2 2 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (5.000%) Document Management
3 1 (5.000%) Service Management
3 1 (5.000%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (15.00%) MCSE
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.00%) CCNA
2 3 (15.00%) MCITP
3 2 (10.00%) MCTS
3 2 (10.00%) MCP
3 2 (10.00%) MCAD
3 2 (10.00%) MCSD
4 1 (5.000%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.000%) XenApp
2 1 (5.000%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Citrix
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) VMware
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco
4 3 (15.00%) NetApp
5 1 (5.000%) Symantec