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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 9 9 8
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 12 25 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tunbridge Wells 18.18% 22.32% 31.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.00% 100.00% 93.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12 25 40
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Tunbridge Wells
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
20 25 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tunbridge Wells 30.30% 22.32% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 19 25 43
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +22.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Kent

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells region.

Tunbridge Wells Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Tunbridge Wells Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tunbridge Wells 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 11 (45.83%) VMware
2 10 (41.67%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (29.17%) IBM
4 7 (29.17%) MS Exchange
4 7 (29.17%) UNIX
4 7 (29.17%) Linux
4 7 (29.17%) MS Excel
4 7 (29.17%) Finance
4 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (25.00%) vSphere
5 6 (25.00%) Problem Management
5 6 (25.00%) F5
5 6 (25.00%) Juniper
5 6 (25.00%) ITIL
5 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (25.00%) MS Office
5 6 (25.00%) VPN
6 5 (20.83%) SAN
6 5 (20.83%) Firewall
6 5 (20.83%) Time Management
6 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (20.83%) iSeries
7 4 (16.67%) Apple
7 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (16.67%) DNS
7 4 (16.67%) Windows XP
7 4 (16.67%) DHCP
7 4 (16.67%) MCSE

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tunbridge Wells 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 3 (12.50%) .NET
2 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) MS Exchange
2 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.50%) IIS
2 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) MS Excel
2 6 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) VPN
2 5 (20.83%) SAN
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
3 4 (16.67%) DNS
3 4 (16.67%) DHCP
4 3 (12.50%) VLAN
5 2 (8.333%) Internet
5 2 (8.333%) LAN
5 2 (8.333%) WAN
6 1 (4.167%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Network Specialist
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
1 6 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Applications Support
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (12.50%) Administrator
5 2 (8.333%) Field Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Field Service Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Tester
6 1 (4.167%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Support
6 1 (4.167%) Support Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Applications Support Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) iSeries
2 1 (4.167%) Replication
2 1 (4.167%) iPhone
2 1 (4.167%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) UNIX
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.167%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Problem Management
1 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.83%) Time Management
3 2 (8.333%) MVC
4 1 (4.167%) OO
4 1 (4.167%) SOA
4 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.167%) Project Management
4 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (4.167%) TDD
4 1 (4.167%) Data Security
4 1 (4.167%) Security Management
4 1 (4.167%) Migration
4 1 (4.167%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.167%) Logistics
4 1 (4.167%) Automated Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Software Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Performance Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (4.167%) Java
2 1 (4.167%) SQL
2 1 (4.167%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.67%) MCSE
3 3 (12.50%) MCSA
3 3 (12.50%) MCP
3 3 (12.50%) MCITP
4 2 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.333%) CCNA
5 1 (4.167%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (25.00%) vSphere
3 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.167%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.167%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) VMware
2 10 (41.67%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (29.17%) IBM
5 6 (25.00%) F5
5 6 (25.00%) Juniper
6 4 (16.67%) Apple
7 3 (12.50%) HP
8 2 (8.333%) Dell
8 2 (8.333%) Citrix
9 1 (4.167%) CheckPoint
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