The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Torfaen 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 Torfaen region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 6 14 7
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 13 4 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen 27.08% 6.780% 31.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 76.47% 20.00% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 5
Average salary £48,000 £21,000 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+128.57% -73.75%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Torfaen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
17 20 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen 35.42% 33.90% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16 20 6
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -62.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £21,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £80,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
South Wales

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Torfaen 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 Torfaen region.

Torfaen Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Torfaen 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 Torfaen region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cwmbran +8 13 £48,000 +128.57%
Windows
South Wales

Windows
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 (100.00%) Linux
2 25 (96.15%) TCP/IP
3 14 (53.85%) Internet
3 14 (53.85%) Flash
3 14 (53.85%) HTML
3 14 (53.85%) JavaScript
3 14 (53.85%) ActionScript
3 14 (53.85%) CSS
3 14 (53.85%) Electronics
3 14 (53.85%) Ajax
3 14 (53.85%) HTML5
4 12 (46.15%) Shell Script
4 12 (46.15%) DTV
5 11 (42.31%) Oracle
5 11 (42.31%) Firewall
5 11 (42.31%) HTTP
6 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.846%) Ruby
6 1 (3.846%) Java EE
6 1 (3.846%) Twitter
6 1 (3.846%) Ant
6 1 (3.846%) J2EE
6 1 (3.846%) SQL
6 1 (3.846%) Java
6 1 (3.846%) Python
6 1 (3.846%) Apache

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 14 (53.85%) Flash
1 14 (53.85%) HTML
1 14 (53.85%) CSS
1 14 (53.85%) Ajax
1 14 (53.85%) HTML5
2 1 (3.846%) Java EE
2 1 (3.846%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 25 (96.15%) TCP/IP
2 14 (53.85%) Internet
3 11 (42.31%) Firewall
3 11 (42.31%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Ant
General
1 14 (53.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Software Engineer
2 11 (42.31%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Installations Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) JavaScript
1 14 (53.85%) ActionScript
2 12 (46.15%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.846%) Ruby
3 1 (3.846%) SQL
3 1 (3.846%) Java
3 1 (3.846%) Python
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Oracle
2 1 (3.846%) Twitter