The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Telford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 23 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 Telford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 4 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 29 19 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Telford 19.46% 20.65% 36.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 64.44% 70.37% 52.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 16
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £17,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £32,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Telford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
45 27 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Telford 30.20% 29.35% 69.84%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 35
Average salary £30,000 £30,500 £17,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.63% +79.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £17,000 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £32,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Shropshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Telford 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 Telford region.

Telford Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Telford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Telford Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Telford 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 26 (55.32%) Microsoft
2 24 (51.06%) Active Directory
3 23 (48.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (38.30%) DNS
5 17 (36.17%) MS Excel
5 17 (36.17%) MS Exchange
6 15 (31.91%) SQL Server
6 15 (31.91%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (29.79%) Citrix
7 14 (29.79%) SQL
8 13 (27.66%) .NET
8 13 (27.66%) Degree
9 12 (25.53%) VMware
10 11 (23.40%) SharePoint
10 11 (23.40%) DHCP
10 11 (23.40%) Exchange Server 2010
11 10 (21.28%) Cisco
11 10 (21.28%) Linux
11 10 (21.28%) Firewall
11 10 (21.28%) SCCM
11 10 (21.28%) SCOM
12 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
12 9 (19.15%) SAN
13 8 (17.02%) Veritas
13 8 (17.02%) Apache
13 8 (17.02%) UNIX
13 8 (17.02%) C#
13 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
14 7 (14.89%) EMC
14 7 (14.89%) Exchange Server 2003

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Telford 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 13 (27.66%) .NET
2 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
2 5 (10.64%) CSS
2 5 (10.64%) HTML
2 5 (10.64%) WinForms
3 4 (8.511%) Ajax
3 4 (8.511%) WCF
3 4 (8.511%) WPF
3 4 (8.511%) Google Maps API
3 4 (8.511%) Web Services
3 4 (8.511%) XML
3 4 (8.511%) Flash
4 3 (6.383%) Silverlight
4 3 (6.383%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 17 (36.17%) MS Exchange
2 11 (23.40%) SharePoint
2 11 (23.40%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (17.02%) Apache
4 7 (14.89%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (12.77%) IIS
6 5 (10.64%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (10.64%) CMS
7 4 (8.511%) Kentico
8 3 (6.383%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (6.383%) WebLogic
9 2 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (4.255%) Lync
9 2 (4.255%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (2.128%) nginx
10 1 (2.128%) Moodle
10 1 (2.128%) Tomcat
10 1 (2.128%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 17 (36.17%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.511%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (8.511%) Photoshop
2 4 (8.511%) MS Office
2 4 (8.511%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 18 (38.30%) DNS
2 11 (23.40%) DHCP
3 10 (21.28%) Firewall
4 9 (19.15%) SAN
5 6 (12.77%) DDNS
6 2 (4.255%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (4.255%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.128%) NAS
7 1 (2.128%) LDAP
7 1 (2.128%) VoIP
7 1 (2.128%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (31.91%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.383%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (4.255%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.255%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Visual Studio
2 5 (10.64%) Subversion
3 1 (2.128%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.128%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (8.511%) Marketing
1 4 (8.511%) Publishing
2 3 (6.383%) Finance
2 3 (6.383%) Back Office
3 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.128%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.128%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Architect
2 10 (21.28%) Developer
3 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (19.15%) .NET Developer
4 7 (14.89%) Support Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Architect
5 6 (12.77%) Server Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) Analyst
6 5 (10.64%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (8.511%) .NET Web Developer
7 4 (8.511%) Web Developer
8 3 (6.383%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 3 (6.383%) Technical Architect
8 3 (6.383%) Support Analyst
8 3 (6.383%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (4.255%) Data Architect
9 2 (4.255%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.255%) Help Desk Engineer
9 2 (4.255%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
2 4 (8.511%) Clustering
3 3 (6.383%) New Media
4 1 (2.128%) iSeries
4 1 (2.128%) Open Source
4 1 (2.128%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 23 (48.94%) Windows Server 2008
2 15 (31.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (21.28%) Linux
4 8 (17.02%) UNIX
5 6 (12.77%) Windows 2000 Server
6 5 (10.64%) Windows 7
6 5 (10.64%) AIX
6 5 (10.64%) Solaris
7 3 (6.383%) Windows CE
8 2 (4.255%) Android
8 2 (4.255%) CentOS
9 1 (2.128%) Mac OS
9 1 (2.128%) Windows NT
9 1 (2.128%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.64%) Security Architecture
1 5 (10.64%) Business Continuity
1 5 (10.64%) TOGAF
2 4 (8.511%) Content Management
2 4 (8.511%) Web Development
3 3 (6.383%) Waterfall
3 3 (6.383%) Project Management
3 3 (6.383%) CRM
3 3 (6.383%) RUP
3 3 (6.383%) Migration
3 3 (6.383%) Document Management
4 2 (4.255%) Capacity Management
4 2 (4.255%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (4.255%) Software Architecture
5 1 (2.128%) Change Control
5 1 (2.128%) ERP
5 1 (2.128%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.128%) TDD
5 1 (2.128%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.128%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) SQL
2 8 (17.02%) C#
3 5 (10.64%) PowerShell
3 5 (10.64%) PHP
4 4 (8.511%) Java
4 4 (8.511%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.383%) Perl
5 3 (6.383%) C
6 2 (4.255%) VB
6 2 (4.255%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.128%) Bash shell
7 1 (2.128%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) VCP5
4 4 (8.511%) MCITP
5 2 (4.255%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (4.255%) MCSE
6 1 (2.128%) CCEE
6 1 (2.128%) CCAA
6 1 (2.128%) CCIA
6 1 (2.128%) CCA
6 1 (2.128%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.128%) MCTS
System Software
1 24 (51.06%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (12.77%) ISA Server
4 5 (10.64%) PowerHA
4 5 (10.64%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (8.511%) XenApp
6 3 (6.383%) Hyper-V
6 3 (6.383%) Terminal Services
7 2 (4.255%) VMware ESX
7 2 (4.255%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (2.128%) XenServer
8 1 (2.128%) XenDesktop
8 1 (2.128%) vSphere
8 1 (2.128%) Shibboleth
8 1 (2.128%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (2.128%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (21.28%) SCCM
1 10 (21.28%) SCOM
2 4 (8.511%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (2.128%) ARCserve
3 1 (2.128%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 26 (55.32%) Microsoft
2 14 (29.79%) Citrix
3 12 (25.53%) VMware
4 10 (21.28%) Cisco
5 8 (17.02%) Veritas
6 7 (14.89%) EMC
7 4 (8.511%) Google
7 4 (8.511%) NetApp
8 3 (6.383%) HP
8 3 (6.383%) Dell
8 3 (6.383%) Altiris
9 1 (2.128%) Kaspersky
9 1 (2.128%) IBM
9 1 (2.128%) Lotus
9 1 (2.128%) Apple
9 1 (2.128%) Symantec
9 1 (2.128%) McAfee