Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Tyne and Wear region.

 Microsoft Windows
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank767
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads3886120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear14.13 %16.73 %18.72 %
As % of the Operating Systems category69.09 %65.15 %72.73 %
Salaries quoted3174113
Average salary£32,000£34,500£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.240 %+7.810 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£20,000£21,600
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£31,500£31,500
% change year-on-year
+3.170 %-
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
55132165
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear20.45 %25.68 %25.74 %
Salaries quoted48119154
Average salary£29,500£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.230 %+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,800£20,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£59,400£45,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows North EastWindows
North East

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Tyne and Wear Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newcastle Upon TyneDown-727£35,000+32.07 %
NewcastleDown-74£21,250-34.61 %
SunderlandUp+32£23,000-42.50 %
Windows North EastWindows
North East

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

145 (51.72 %)C#
242 (48.28 %).NET
341 (47.13 %)SQL Server
430 (34.48 %)C++
523 (26.44 %)MySQL
620 (22.99 %)Unit Testing
719 (21.84 %)XML
818 (20.69 %)WCF
818 (20.69 %)WPF
917 (19.54 %)Finance
917 (19.54 %)ASP.NET
917 (19.54 %)Microsoft
1016 (18.39 %)Scrum
1115 (17.24 %)SQL
1115 (17.24 %)Degree
1213 (14.94 %)J2EE
1213 (14.94 %)Java
1213 (14.94 %)OO
1312 (13.79 %)WinForms
1312 (13.79 %)Silverlight
1312 (13.79 %)Adobe Flex
1411 (12.64 %)AJAX
1411 (12.64 %)Health
1411 (12.64 %)Financial Institution
1411 (12.64 %)MS Excel
1411 (12.64 %)Windows XP
1411 (12.64 %)ADO.NET
1510 (11.49 %)Windows Server 2003
169 (10.34 %)Microsoft Certification
169 (10.34 %)Disaster Recovery

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
142 (48.28 %).NET
219 (21.84 %)XML
318 (20.69 %)WCF
318 (20.69 %)WPF
417 (19.54 %)ASP.NET
513 (14.94 %)J2EE
612 (13.79 %)WinForms
612 (13.79 %)Silverlight
612 (13.79 %)Adobe Flex
711 (12.64 %)AJAX
711 (12.64 %)ADO.NET
87 (8.046 %)HTML
95 (5.747 %)Spring
95 (5.747 %)XHTML
95 (5.747 %)ASP
95 (5.747 %)CSS
95 (5.747 %)MFC
104 (4.598 %)Flash
113 (3.448 %)XSL
121 (1.149 %)Hibernate
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (8.046 %)MS Exchange
26 (6.897 %)IIS
26 (6.897 %)Exchange Server 2007
33 (3.448 %)SharePoint
42 (2.299 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
42 (2.299 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (1.149 %)Apache
51 (1.149 %)EPiServer
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (12.64 %)MS Excel
28 (9.195 %)MS Office
33 (3.448 %)Photoshop
33 (3.448 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (1.149 %)MS Visio
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (3.448 %)Dynamics GP
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (5.747 %)SAN
23 (3.448 %)LAN
23 (3.448 %)WAN
23 (3.448 %)DNS
32 (2.299 %)DHCP
32 (2.299 %)Firewall
41 (1.149 %)Wireless
41 (1.149 %)Internet
41 (1.149 %)TCP/IP
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
141 (47.13 %)SQL Server
223 (26.44 %)MySQL
36 (6.897 %)SQL Server Integration Services
45 (5.747 %)RDBMS
53 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (1.149 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (1.149 %)SQL Server 2008
61 (1.149 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (1.149 %)BusinessObjects
61 (1.149 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (1.149 %)Oracle 9i
61 (1.149 %)TOAD
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (4.598 %)Visual Studio
14 (4.598 %)NUnit
23 (3.448 %)Dreamweaver
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (19.54 %)Finance
211 (12.64 %)Financial Institution
211 (12.64 %)Health
32 (2.299 %)Games
32 (2.299 %)Education
41 (1.149 %)Front Office
41 (1.149 %)Back Office
41 (1.149 %)Pensions
41 (1.149 %)Online Gambling
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
140 (45.98 %)Developer
226 (29.89 %)Software Developer
318 (20.69 %)Analyst
416 (18.39 %)Senior Developer
513 (14.94 %)Programmer
513 (14.94 %)Senior Software Developer
610 (11.49 %)Senior Programmer
610 (11.49 %)Software Programmer
79 (10.34 %)Support Analyst
87 (8.046 %)C++ Developer
96 (6.897 %)Helpdesk Support
96 (6.897 %)Helpdesk Analyst
96 (6.897 %)2nd Line Support
96 (6.897 %)DBA
96 (6.897 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
96 (6.897 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
105 (5.747 %)IT Support
105 (5.747 %)SQL DBA
105 (5.747 %)Software Engineer
114 (4.598 %)Test Analyst
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (5.747 %)Clustering
24 (4.598 %)Mathematics
24 (4.598 %)Replication
33 (3.448 %)EPoS
33 (3.448 %)AS400
42 (2.299 %)Blackberry
51 (1.149 %)W3C
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (12.64 %)Windows XP
210 (11.49 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (8.046 %)Windows 2000
44 (4.598 %)Windows Server 2008
53 (3.448 %)Windows Vista
62 (2.299 %)Linux
71 (1.149 %)UNIX
71 (1.149 %)SUSE
71 (1.149 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (1.149 %)Windows 7
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (22.99 %)Unit Testing
216 (18.39 %)Scrum
313 (14.94 %)OO
49 (10.34 %)Disaster Recovery
58 (9.195 %)Web Development
67 (8.046 %)Agile Software Development
67 (8.046 %)OOA/OOD
67 (8.046 %)OOD
76 (6.897 %)OOP
76 (6.897 %)ITIL
85 (5.747 %)UML
85 (5.747 %)Benchmarking
94 (4.598 %)TDD
94 (4.598 %)Migration
94 (4.598 %)Software Engineering
94 (4.598 %)User Acceptance Testing
103 (3.448 %)Data Mapping
103 (3.448 %)Data Modelling
112 (2.299 %)System Testing
112 (2.299 %)Integration Testing
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
145 (51.72 %)C#
230 (34.48 %)C++
315 (17.24 %)SQL
413 (14.94 %)Java
59 (10.34 %)C
66 (6.897 %)T-SQL
74 (4.598 %)JavaScript
74 (4.598 %)VC++
83 (3.448 %)Delphi
91 (1.149 %)PHP
91 (1.149 %)PL/SQL
91 (1.149 %)VB
91 (1.149 %)VB.NET
91 (1.149 %)ActionScript
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (17.24 %)Degree
29 (10.34 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (8.046 %)MCSE
46 (6.897 %)MCSA
55 (5.747 %)MCTS
63 (3.448 %)ISEB
72 (2.299 %)MCP
81 (1.149 %)NVQ Level 3
81 (1.149 %)ISTQB
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (6.897 %)SLA
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (9.195 %)Active Directory
22 (2.299 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (1.149 %)XenServer
31 (1.149 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (1.149 %)NDS
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.149 %)WSUS
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (19.54 %)Microsoft
27 (8.046 %)VMware
35 (5.747 %)IBM
35 (5.747 %)HP
44 (4.598 %)Citrix
44 (4.598 %)Oracle
53 (3.448 %)Borland
62 (2.299 %)Agresso
62 (2.299 %)Remedy
71 (1.149 %)Sony
71 (1.149 %)Red Hat
71 (1.149 %)Business Objects
71 (1.149 %)Cognos
71 (1.149 %)Novell