The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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.

Microsoft Windows 7
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank147206315
Rank change year-on-year
Up+59Up+109
Matching permanent IT job ads20481427594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.698 %1.164 %0.622 %
As % of the Operating Systems category6.356 %4.675 %2.547 %
Number of salaries quoted18241146493
Average salary£32,500£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--7.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£21,000£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£58,200£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
--16.66 %
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
322193052723318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.72 %24.90 %24.42 %
Number of salaries quoted276442574319496
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

Windows 7
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows 7 Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the UK.

Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+641928£33,500+4.68 %
LondonUp+641036£36,602+4.57 %
South EastUp+17372£30,000+9.09 %
City of LondonUp+46198£35,500-4.05 %
East of EnglandUp+61171£36,500+21.66 %
SurreyDown-2991£28,000-10.40 %
West MidlandsUp+3175£25,000-9.09 %
North WestDown-2674£27,500-21.42 %
HertfordshireUp+4569£40,000+14.28 %
South WestUp+2268£26,573-12.15 %
YorkshireUp+567£22,250-3.26 %
BerkshireUp+459£32,500+8.33 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3857£27,500+22.22 %
ScotlandUp+1249£27,500-25.67 %
West YorkshireUp+146£22,750+2.24 %
ManchesterDown-1346£23,500-35.17 %
East MidlandsUp+1943£31,500+6.77 %
OxfordshireUp+2637£32,594+43.99 %
CambridgeshireUp+1235£34,000+44.68 %
HampshireDown-2035£31,000+12.72 %
EssexUp+231£37,500+56.25 %
BristolUp+1730£34,750+15.83 %
West SussexUp+1628£31,500+36.95 %
BirminghamUp+1028£32,500+18.18 %
Milton KeynesUp+1927£44,500+106.97 %
LeedsDown-127£24,750+30.26 %
CambridgeUp+1624£27,500-15.38 %
SuffolkUp+1823£33,750+12.50 %
KentUp+3522£36,250+51.04 %
WiltshireUp+1021£21,000-15.15 %

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Windows 7 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 7.

13991 (99.25 %)Windows
22208 (54.91 %)Microsoft
32079 (51.70 %)Active Directory
42047 (50.91 %)Windows XP
51764 (43.87 %)Windows Server 2008
61396 (34.72 %)Windows Server 2003
71383 (34.39 %)MS Office
81344 (33.42 %)MS Excel
91336 (33.23 %)MS Exchange
10970 (24.12 %)VMware
11750 (18.65 %)Citrix
12741 (18.43 %)SQL Server
13725 (18.03 %)Finance
14710 (17.66 %)VMware Infrastructure
15706 (17.56 %)Microsoft Certification
16681 (16.94 %)Windows Vista
17673 (16.74 %)ITIL
18656 (16.31 %)TCP/IP
19647 (16.09 %)SQL
20607 (15.10 %)Exchange Server 2010
21585 (14.55 %)Blackberry
22531 (13.21 %)SCCM
23525 (13.06 %)Cisco
24498 (12.38 %)DNS
25493 (12.26 %)LAN
26486 (12.09 %)VPN
27460 (11.44 %)Exchange Server 2007
28446 (11.09 %)SharePoint
29444 (11.04 %)Firewall
30425 (10.57 %)WAN

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1240 (5.969 %).NET
2162 (4.029 %)Application Packaging
3134 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
491 (2.263 %)WinForms
581 (2.014 %)WSH
673 (1.815 %)XML
772 (1.791 %)HTML
854 (1.343 %)WPF
949 (1.219 %).NET Framework
1036 (0.895 %)Software Packaging
1036 (0.895 %)Web Services
1135 (0.870 %)CSS
1234 (0.846 %)jQuery
1234 (0.846 %)ASP.NET MVC
1330 (0.746 %)Forefront TMG
1428 (0.696 %)WCF
1428 (0.696 %)Ajax
1524 (0.597 %)WebSphere
1620 (0.497 %)COM
1718 (0.448 %)STL
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11336 (33.23 %)MS Exchange
2607 (15.10 %)Exchange Server 2010
3460 (11.44 %)Exchange Server 2007
4446 (11.09 %)SharePoint
5403 (10.02 %)Exchange Server 2003
6304 (7.560 %)IIS
7259 (6.441 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
8125 (3.109 %)Lotus Notes
9110 (2.736 %)SharePoint 2010
1092 (2.288 %)Lync
1152 (1.293 %)Apache
1232 (0.796 %)Lotus Domino
1328 (0.696 %)WorkSite
1426 (0.647 %)SharePoint Server
1426 (0.647 %)Office Communications Server
1519 (0.473 %)BizTalk Server
1618 (0.448 %)IBM HTTP Server
1618 (0.448 %)WebSphere Application Server
1618 (0.448 %)WebSphere Portal
1713 (0.323 %)Exchange Server 2000
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11383 (34.39 %)MS Office
21344 (33.42 %)MS Excel
3150 (3.730 %)MS PowerPoint
491 (2.263 %)MS Visio
542 (1.045 %)Office 365
631 (0.771 %)MS Project
714 (0.348 %)Google Apps
810 (0.249 %)DeltaView
98 (0.199 %)Adobe Captivate
107 (0.174 %)Spreadsheet
107 (0.174 %)Photoshop
116 (0.149 %)Acrobat
116 (0.149 %)CINEMA 4D
125 (0.124 %)Vectorworks
134 (0.099 %)AutoCAD
134 (0.099 %)InfoPath
134 (0.099 %)Adobe Illustrator
142 (0.050 %)InDesign
142 (0.050 %)LightWave 3D
142 (0.050 %)CATIA
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
143 (1.069 %)Dynamics CRM
223 (0.572 %)SoftGrid
319 (0.473 %)RMDS
412 (0.298 %)Dynamics AX
510 (0.249 %)SAP ERP
510 (0.249 %)Prophet
69 (0.224 %)assyst
78 (0.199 %)Summit
87 (0.174 %)Sage 200
95 (0.124 %)Dynamics NAV
95 (0.124 %)Dynamics GP
95 (0.124 %)Agresso
104 (0.099 %)SAP FI
104 (0.099 %)SAP FI/CO
104 (0.099 %)Maximo
104 (0.099 %)SAP CO
104 (0.099 %)3000 Xtra
104 (0.099 %)Line 500
113 (0.075 %)FRx
122 (0.050 %)Oracle ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1656 (16.31 %)TCP/IP
2498 (12.38 %)DNS
3493 (12.26 %)LAN
4486 (12.09 %)VPN
5444 (11.04 %)Firewall
6425 (10.57 %)WAN
7374 (9.301 %)SAN
8349 (8.679 %)DHCP
9230 (5.720 %)VoIP
10219 (5.446 %)Internet
11122 (3.034 %)Wireless
1289 (2.213 %)VLAN
1382 (2.039 %)NAS
1464 (1.592 %)Cisco ASA
1562 (1.542 %)SSL
1656 (1.393 %)Wi-Fi
1755 (1.368 %)ADSL
1847 (1.169 %)Ethernet
1847 (1.169 %)IP Telephony
1946 (1.144 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1741 (18.43 %)SQL Server
2194 (4.825 %)SQL Server 2008
3180 (4.476 %)SQL Server 2005
488 (2.189 %)SQL Server 2000
553 (1.318 %)MySQL
648 (1.194 %)Crystal Reports
746 (1.144 %)Oracle 8/8i
829 (0.721 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
919 (0.473 %)MS Access
1015 (0.373 %)Oracle 10g
1015 (0.373 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1114 (0.348 %)Oracle 11g
1114 (0.348 %)DB2
1211 (0.274 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
139 (0.224 %)Oracle Reports
139 (0.224 %)IDOL
147 (0.174 %)RDBMS
156 (0.149 %)QlikView
156 (0.149 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
165 (0.124 %)TOAD
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1146 (3.631 %)MSI
2114 (2.835 %)Visual Studio
391 (2.263 %)Wise Package Studio
474 (1.840 %)Subversion
566 (1.641 %)NUnit
657 (1.418 %)CruiseControl
657 (1.418 %)TortoiseSVN
742 (1.045 %)InstallShield
827 (0.671 %)JIRA
926 (0.647 %)Team Foundation Server
1025 (0.622 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1116 (0.398 %)AdminStudio
128 (0.199 %)TeamCity
128 (0.199 %)FitNesse
136 (0.149 %)TestDirector
136 (0.149 %)QuickTest Pro
136 (0.149 %)Rational Robot
145 (0.124 %)Bugzilla
145 (0.124 %)Rational Functional Tester
154 (0.099 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1725 (18.03 %)Finance
2240 (5.969 %)Banking
3179 (4.452 %)Law
4175 (4.352 %)Legal
5131 (3.258 %)Telecoms
687 (2.164 %)Front Office
786 (2.139 %)Retail
872 (1.791 %)Back Office
964 (1.592 %)Financial Institution
1062 (1.542 %)French Language
1151 (1.268 %)Investment Banking
1245 (1.119 %)Manufacturing
1334 (0.846 %)Marketing
1432 (0.796 %)German Language
1530 (0.746 %)Electronics
1626 (0.647 %)Advertising
1723 (0.572 %)Games
1723 (0.572 %)International Banking
1819 (0.473 %)Spanish Language
1819 (0.473 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11072 (26.66 %)Analyst
2663 (16.49 %)Support Analyst
3474 (11.79 %)Support Engineer
4415 (10.32 %)Desktop Support
5346 (8.605 %)IT Support
6334 (8.306 %)Administrator
7274 (6.814 %)2nd Line Support
8269 (6.690 %)Consultant
9234 (5.819 %)Systems Administrator
10210 (5.223 %)Service Analyst
11208 (5.173 %)Developer
12206 (5.123 %)Service Desk Analyst
13185 (4.601 %)3rd Line Support
14177 (4.402 %)Technical Support
15162 (4.029 %)Desktop Analyst
16154 (3.830 %)Desktop Support Analyst
17134 (3.333 %)1st Line Support
18124 (3.084 %)Helpdesk Support
19117 (2.910 %)Desktop Engineer
20111 (2.761 %)Project Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1585 (14.55 %)Blackberry
2148 (3.681 %)Hedge funds
3127 (3.158 %)Management Information System
4126 (3.134 %)Computer Science
5121 (3.009 %)iPhone
661 (1.517 %)iPad
756 (1.393 %)Fat Client
756 (1.393 %)Thin Client
756 (1.393 %)Replication
850 (1.243 %)Video Conferencing
948 (1.194 %)PDA
1041 (1.020 %)Clustering
1138 (0.945 %)Client/Server
1233 (0.821 %)PMI
1330 (0.746 %)EPoS
1330 (0.746 %)CLARiiON
1429 (0.721 %)Handset
1525 (0.622 %)SecurID
1623 (0.572 %)Smartphone
1722 (0.547 %)E-Learning
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13991 (99.25 %)Windows
22047 (50.91 %)Windows XP
31764 (43.87 %)Windows Server 2008
41396 (34.72 %)Windows Server 2003
5681 (16.94 %)Windows Vista
6382 (9.500 %)Linux
7145 (3.606 %)Windows 2000
8112 (2.785 %)Mac OS X
9109 (2.711 %)Windows 2000 Server
1082 (2.039 %)Android
1173 (1.815 %)UNIX
1265 (1.617 %)Mac OS
1349 (1.219 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1440 (0.995 %)Ubuntu
1539 (0.970 %)Windows Mobile
1636 (0.895 %)Apple iOS
1734 (0.846 %)Windows NT
1831 (0.771 %)Solaris
1921 (0.522 %)AIX
1921 (0.522 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1673 (16.74 %)ITIL
2199 (4.949 %)Project Management
3184 (4.576 %)Disaster Recovery
4161 (4.004 %)Migration
5153 (3.805 %)Service Delivery
6133 (3.308 %)PRINCE2
7115 (2.860 %)Asset Management
8110 (2.736 %)Service Management
9100 (2.487 %)CRM
1097 (2.412 %)Incident Management
1194 (2.338 %)Document Management
1291 (2.263 %)TDD
1380 (1.990 %)Time Management
1473 (1.815 %)Business Analysis
1570 (1.741 %)Configuration Management
1669 (1.716 %)Agile Software Development
1763 (1.567 %)Change Management
1858 (1.442 %)Problem Management
1956 (1.393 %)E-Commerce
2054 (1.343 %)Continuous Improvement
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1647 (16.09 %)SQL
2224 (5.571 %)C#
3179 (4.452 %)VB
4145 (3.606 %)PowerShell
5121 (3.009 %)C++
6112 (2.785 %)C
795 (2.363 %)VBScript
877 (1.915 %)Perl
964 (1.592 %)JavaScript
1054 (1.343 %)VBA
1149 (1.219 %)VB.NET
1149 (1.219 %)Java
1242 (1.045 %)PHP
1334 (0.846 %)T-SQL
1432 (0.796 %)Python
1524 (0.597 %)XAML
1617 (0.423 %)Shell Script
1710 (0.249 %)VC++
189 (0.224 %)VB6
189 (0.224 %)Korn
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1706 (17.56 %)Microsoft Certification
2384 (9.550 %)MCSE
3376 (9.351 %)Degree
4325 (8.083 %)MCP
5306 (7.610 %)MCITP
6192 (4.775 %)MCSA
7105 (2.611 %)Cisco Certification
7105 (2.611 %)Security Cleared
886 (2.139 %)CCNA
980 (1.990 %)MCTS
1078 (1.940 %)MCDST
1170 (1.741 %)ITIL Certification
1261 (1.517 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1360 (1.492 %)SC Cleared
1455 (1.368 %)ISEB
1540 (0.995 %)PMI Certification
1637 (0.920 %)MOS
1736 (0.895 %)ISTQB
1833 (0.821 %)Citrix Certification
1929 (0.721 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1185 (4.601 %)SLA
2109 (2.711 %)QA
318 (0.448 %)ISO/IEC 27001
413 (0.323 %)COBIT
413 (0.323 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
413 (0.323 %)ISO 9001
57 (0.174 %)PCI DSS
64 (0.099 %)ISO 9000
73 (0.075 %)BS7799
81 (0.025 %)GxP
81 (0.025 %)21 CFR Part 11
81 (0.025 %)GMP
81 (0.025 %)BS25999
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12079 (51.70 %)Active Directory
2710 (17.66 %)VMware Infrastructure
3380 (9.450 %)Hyper-V
4263 (6.541 %)XenApp
5192 (4.775 %)vSphere
6178 (4.427 %)VMware ESX
7171 (4.253 %)XenDesktop
8102 (2.537 %)Terminal Services
986 (2.139 %)VMware ESXi
1070 (1.741 %)XenServer
1160 (1.492 %)UAG
1238 (0.945 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1336 (0.895 %)VMware Workstation
1434 (0.846 %)ISA Server
1532 (0.796 %)Terminal Server
1618 (0.448 %)Xen
1717 (0.423 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1717 (0.423 %)VMware Server
1812 (0.298 %)MetaFrame
199 (0.224 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1531 (13.21 %)SCCM
2144 (3.581 %)Backup Exec
3134 (3.333 %)SCOM
468 (1.691 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
562 (1.542 %)WSUS
646 (1.144 %)Norton AntiVirus
737 (0.920 %)SCVMM
830 (0.746 %)Tivoli
926 (0.647 %)Nagios
1023 (0.572 %)WMI
1119 (0.473 %)McAfee ePO
1218 (0.448 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
1317 (0.423 %)OpenView
1317 (0.423 %)vCenter
1416 (0.398 %)MOM
1515 (0.373 %)DameWare
1515 (0.373 %)Business Desktop Deployment
1515 (0.373 %)HP SIM
1614 (0.348 %)ZENworks
1713 (0.323 %)ServiceCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12208 (54.91 %)Microsoft
2970 (24.12 %)VMware
3750 (18.65 %)Citrix
4525 (13.06 %)Cisco
5358 (8.903 %)HP
6167 (4.153 %)Symantec
7156 (3.880 %)Dell
8132 (3.283 %)Oracle
8132 (3.283 %)Lotus
9123 (3.059 %)Bloomberg
10118 (2.935 %)Reuters
11109 (2.711 %)Apple
12100 (2.487 %)Avaya
1393 (2.313 %)EMC
1483 (2.064 %)Altiris
1577 (1.915 %)Red Hat
1669 (1.716 %)Adobe
1768 (1.691 %)IBM
1867 (1.666 %)CheckPoint
1965 (1.617 %)NetApp