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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills across the UK with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank77
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3023329876
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled14.74 %13.35 %
As % of the category below59.62 %54.58 %
Salaries quoted2574724251
Average minimum salary£34,225£34,633
Average salary£36,873£37,346
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Average maximum salary£39,520£40,060
UK excluding London average salary£32,437£32,770
% change on same period last year-1.01 %
Operating Systems UKOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5071054739
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.72 %24.46 %
Salaries quoted4199242964
Average minimum salary£36,809£37,383
Average salary£39,810£40,487
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
Average maximum salary£42,812£43,591
UK excluding London average salary£34,732£34,919
% change on same period last year-0.53 %

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the UK over the past 3 months.

Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+129088£36,904-1.75 %
2LondonUp+512056£43,930-1.27 %
3South EastDown-17043£34,534-2.37 %
4City of LondonUp+73454£49,471+0.11 %
5East of EnglandDown-22235£32,859-2.19 %
6North WestUp+22004£30,194+0.82 %
7BerkshireNo change01864£36,502-1.02 %
8West MidlandsUp+11588£29,497-3.51 %
9South WestNo change01546£31,105+2.69 %
10SurreyDown-21528£33,585-5.41 %
11YorkshireUp+11481£29,416+5.56 %
12HampshireNo change01436£34,208-4.97 %
13East MidlandsUp+1995£28,977-0.48 %
14West YorkshireNo change0861£29,096+5.59 %
15CambridgeshireNo change0838£32,502-5.86 %
16HertfordshireNo change0751£33,404-7.24 %
17ManchesterDown-4740£29,771-2.22 %
18CheshireUp+4696£32,278+7.02 %
19OxfordshireDown-3672£33,602+3.48 %
20BuckinghamshireDown-2669£32,306-2.05 %
21CambridgeUp+2619£32,750-8.81 %
22ScotlandDown-1616£31,566+2.37 %
23ReadingUp+1590£36,165-1.81 %
24LeedsNo change0533£30,344+8.92 %
25BasingstokeNo change0502£36,008-12.38 %
26BristolUp+3408£31,030-0.28 %
27BirminghamDown-3396£30,365+1.90 %
28EssexDown-2392£32,384+15.71 %
29OxfordUp+2362£34,510+8.55 %
30WiltshireDown-1355£30,474+7.08 %

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

117330 (28.88 %)Microsoft
214584 (24.30 %)Active Directory
313832 (23.05 %)SQL
413771 (22.95 %)SQL Server
512792 (21.32 %)Unix
610663 (17.77 %)Windows 2000
710019 (16.70 %)Finance
89679 (16.13 %)Linux
99615 (16.02 %)MS Exchange
109367 (15.61 %)MS Excel
119290 (15.48 %).NET
128947 (14.91 %)Microsoft Certification
137874 (13.12 %)TCP/IP
147839 (13.06 %)Windows XP
157761 (12.93 %)C#
167578 (12.63 %)MS Office
177491 (12.48 %)Oracle
187403 (12.34 %)Exchange Server 2003
197402 (12.33 %)C++
207334 (12.22 %)Windows Server 2003
216529 (10.88 %)Citrix
226487 (10.81 %)MCSE
235922 (9.869 %)Degree
245432 (9.052 %)Cisco
255276 (8.792 %)IIS
265218 (8.695 %)Java
275018 (8.362 %)Firewall
284605 (7.674 %)WAN
294570 (7.616 %)LAN
304482 (7.469 %)XML

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
19290 (15.48 %).NET
24482 (7.469 %)XML
33827 (6.377 %)ASP.NET
43019 (5.031 %)HTML
51990 (3.316 %)ASP
61918 (3.196 %)WebServices
71845 (3.075 %)WinForms
81758 (2.930 %)J2EE
91273 (2.121 %).NET Framework
101259 (2.098 %)CSS
111054 (1.756 %)MFC
12958 (1.596 %)WebSphere
13922 (1.536 %)STL
14792 (1.320 %)AJAX
15694 (1.156 %)XSLT
16689 (1.148 %)JSP
17608 (1.013 %)Middleware
18592 (0.987 %)SOAP
19526 (0.877 %)Spring
20415 (0.692 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
19615 (16.02 %)MS Exchange
27403 (12.34 %)Exchange Server 2003
35276 (8.792 %)IIS
44302 (7.169 %)Exchange Server 2000
52078 (3.463 %)SharePoint
61519 (2.531 %)Apache
71516 (2.526 %)Lotus Notes
81437 (2.395 %)Exchange Server 2007
9848 (1.413 %)Tomcat
10744 (1.240 %)WebLogic
11630 (1.050 %)Exchange Server 5.5
12608 (1.013 %)BizTalk Server
13525 (0.875 %)SharePoint Server 2007
14457 (0.762 %)JBoss
15412 (0.687 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
16358 (0.597 %)Lotus Domino
17354 (0.590 %)CMS
18269 (0.448 %)MQSeries
19235 (0.392 %)WebSphere Application Server
20208 (0.347 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
19367 (15.61 %)MS Excel
27578 (12.63 %)MS Office
3493 (0.822 %)MS Visio
4335 (0.558 %)Photoshop
5320 (0.533 %)MS PowerPoint
6288 (0.480 %)MS Project
794 (0.157 %)MATLAB
888 (0.147 %)Acrobat
972 (0.120 %)AutoCAD
1070 (0.117 %)Fireworks
1169 (0.115 %)InfoPath
1169 (0.115 %)Adobe Illustrator
1253 (0.088 %)QuarkXPress
1337 (0.062 %)DeltaView
1432 (0.053 %)RoboHelp
1526 (0.043 %)ImageReady
1526 (0.043 %)Quicktime
1526 (0.043 %)Paint Shop Pro
1623 (0.038 %)3ds Max
1623 (0.038 %)PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1313 (0.522 %)Microsoft CRM
2214 (0.357 %)Dynamics CRM
3210 (0.350 %)Summit
4164 (0.273 %)Oracle Applications
5147 (0.245 %)Oracle 11i
6135 (0.225 %)Dynamics AX
7134 (0.223 %)Axapta
8121 (0.202 %)Oracle EBS
9109 (0.182 %)Fidessa
9109 (0.182 %)GoldMine
1099 (0.165 %)Navision
1190 (0.150 %)RMDS
1265 (0.108 %)SoftGrid
1353 (0.088 %)SAP Business One
1451 (0.085 %)Oracle Financials
1541 (0.068 %)Misys Opics
1640 (0.067 %)Great Plains
1733 (0.055 %)WebTrends
1733 (0.055 %)SalesLogix
1832 (0.053 %)assyst
Communications & Networking
17874 (13.12 %)TCP/IP
25018 (8.362 %)Firewall
34605 (7.674 %)WAN
44570 (7.616 %)LAN
54133 (6.887 %)DNS
63720 (6.199 %)SAN
73594 (5.989 %)Internet
83103 (5.171 %)VPN
92248 (3.746 %)DHCP
101128 (1.880 %)WINS
111116 (1.860 %)VoIP
121013 (1.688 %)Wireless
13761 (1.268 %)Intranet
14741 (1.235 %)Network Security
15563 (0.938 %)SMTP
16546 (0.910 %)HTTP
17436 (0.727 %)SMS
18406 (0.677 %)Cisco PIX
19375 (0.625 %)FTP
20339 (0.565 %)ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
113771 (22.95 %)SQL Server
23843 (6.404 %)SQL Server 2000
33362 (5.602 %)SQL Server 2005
41345 (2.241 %)MySQL
51267 (2.111 %)SQL Server 7
61240 (2.066 %)RDBMS
71037 (1.728 %)Oracle 10g
8932 (1.553 %)Oracle 9i
9864 (1.440 %)DB2
10680 (1.133 %)Crystal Reports
11534 (0.890 %)DTS
12514 (0.857 %)Datawarehouse
13488 (0.813 %)Oracle 8/8i
14480 (0.800 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
15403 (0.672 %)MS Access
16342 (0.570 %)SQL Server Integration Services
17338 (0.563 %)BusinessObjects
18269 (0.448 %)Oracle Reports
19258 (0.430 %)GIS
20207 (0.345 %)OLAP
Development Applications
12041 (3.401 %)Visual Studio
2400 (0.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
3382 (0.637 %)Flash
4339 (0.565 %)MSI
4339 (0.565 %)Subversion
5281 (0.468 %)Ant
6268 (0.447 %)Eclipse
7250 (0.417 %)TestDirector
8225 (0.375 %)InstallShield
9224 (0.373 %)NUnit
10202 (0.337 %)Oracle Forms
11170 (0.283 %)ClearCase
12149 (0.248 %)WinRunner
13134 (0.223 %)JUnit
14124 (0.207 %)Dreamweaver
15118 (0.197 %)PVCS
1699 (0.165 %)Rational Rose
1797 (0.162 %)QuickTest Pro
1892 (0.153 %)LoadRunner
1892 (0.153 %)CruiseControl
General
110019 (16.70 %)Finance
23657 (6.094 %)Banking
33032 (5.053 %)Pensions
42353 (3.921 %)Health
51924 (3.206 %)Telecoms
61411 (2.351 %)Investment Banking
71359 (2.265 %)Insurance
81324 (2.206 %)Education
91222 (2.036 %)Front Office
101116 (1.860 %)Law
111081 (1.801 %)Retail
12907 (1.511 %)Legal
13856 (1.426 %)Back Office
14848 (1.413 %)Government
15792 (1.320 %)Marketing
16696 (1.160 %)Financial Institution
17676 (1.126 %)Games
18494 (0.823 %)Manufacturing
19426 (0.710 %)Electronics
20404 (0.673 %)Publishing
Job Titles
111496 (19.16 %)Analyst
210512 (17.52 %)Developer
36722 (11.20 %)Support Analyst
44518 (7.529 %)Support Engineer
54142 (6.902 %)Administrator
64037 (6.727 %)Consultant
72453 (4.088 %)Software Engineer
82342 (3.903 %)Technical Support
92311 (3.851 %).NET Developer
102266 (3.776 %)Desktop Support
112252 (3.753 %)C# Developer
122088 (3.479 %)C++ Developer
132056 (3.426 %)Systems Administrator
141920 (3.200 %)Architect
151884 (3.140 %)2nd Line Support
161801 (3.001 %)DBA
171791 (2.985 %)Applications Support
181596 (2.660 %)Systems Engineer
191553 (2.588 %)Team Leader
201521 (2.535 %)Helpdesk Support
Miscellaneous
11776 (2.960 %)Blackberry
21663 (2.771 %)Clustering
31322 (2.203 %)Computer Science
41277 (2.128 %)Client/Server
51266 (2.110 %)Derivative
6670 (1.116 %)Multithreading
7651 (1.085 %)Asset Management
8645 (1.075 %)Mainframe
9595 (0.992 %)Mathematics
10584 (0.973 %)Equities
11537 (0.895 %)Management Information System
12522 (0.870 %)Fixed Income
12522 (0.870 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
13479 (0.798 %)Replication
14468 (0.780 %)French Language
15443 (0.738 %)N-Tier
16440 (0.733 %)AS400
17435 (0.725 %)German Language
18364 (0.607 %)PDA
19357 (0.595 %)Fat Client
Operating Systems
112792 (21.32 %)Unix
210663 (17.77 %)Windows 2000
39679 (16.13 %)Linux
47839 (13.06 %)Windows XP
57334 (12.22 %)Windows Server 2003
64065 (6.774 %)Windows NT
73290 (5.483 %)Solaris
81389 (2.315 %)AIX
9719 (1.198 %)HPUX
10663 (1.105 %)Windows Mobile
11493 (0.822 %)Mac OS X
12378 (0.630 %)Windows CE
13311 (0.518 %)NetWare
14243 (0.405 %)Windows Vista
15221 (0.368 %)SUSE
16219 (0.365 %)VMS
17151 (0.252 %)Debian
18142 (0.237 %)VxWorks
19120 (0.200 %)MVS
2079 (0.132 %)Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
13772 (6.286 %)ITIL
23063 (5.104 %)OO
32415 (4.024 %)Project Management
41336 (2.226 %)UML
51218 (2.030 %)Disaster Recovery
61035 (1.725 %)CRM
7983 (1.638 %)Migration
8910 (1.516 %)E-Commerce
9903 (1.505 %)Service Delivery
10897 (1.495 %)OOD
11838 (1.396 %)PRINCE2
12785 (1.308 %)Software Engineering
13752 (1.253 %)Web Development
14667 (1.111 %)Configuration Management
15666 (1.110 %)Business Intelligence
16633 (1.055 %)ERP
17590 (0.983 %)Agile Software Development
18572 (0.953 %)Software Testing
19571 (0.952 %)Workflow
20562 (0.937 %)Service Management
Programming Languages
113832 (23.05 %)SQL
27761 (12.93 %)C#
37402 (12.33 %)C++
45218 (8.695 %)Java
53446 (5.742 %)VB
63254 (5.423 %)C
72309 (3.848 %)JavaScript
82111 (3.518 %)VB.NET
91902 (3.170 %)Perl
101374 (2.290 %)Transact-SQL
111343 (2.238 %)VC++
12991 (1.651 %)VBScript
13974 (1.623 %)PHP
14949 (1.581 %)PL/SQL
15894 (1.490 %)VB6
16821 (1.368 %)Shell Script
17676 (1.126 %)VBA
18562 (0.937 %)Python
19302 (0.503 %)Delphi
20248 (0.413 %)DHTML
Qualifications
18947 (14.91 %)Microsoft Certification
26487 (10.81 %)MCSE
35922 (9.869 %)Degree
42987 (4.978 %)MCP
51897 (3.161 %)Cisco Certification
61625 (2.708 %)MCSA
71549 (2.581 %)CCNA
8739 (1.231 %)Citrix Certification
9562 (0.937 %)CCNP
10554 (0.923 %)ISEB
11452 (0.753 %)CCA
12441 (0.735 %)CCEA
13390 (0.650 %)MCSD
14360 (0.600 %)ITIL Certification
15284 (0.473 %)HND
16235 (0.392 %)CISSP
17223 (0.372 %)MCDST
18208 (0.347 %)A+ Certification
19193 (0.322 %)MCDBA
20192 (0.320 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11777 (2.961 %)SLA
21239 (2.065 %)QA
3135 (0.225 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4123 (0.205 %)ISO27001
576 (0.127 %)COBIT
663 (0.105 %)ISO9000
759 (0.098 %)ISO9001
858 (0.097 %)ISO17799
952 (0.087 %)BS7799
1018 (0.030 %)HMG Infosec
1115 (0.025 %)TickIT
1213 (0.022 %)HL7
1311 (0.018 %)JSP 440
1311 (0.018 %)PCI DSS
149 (0.015 %)WAI
157 (0.012 %)Basel II
165 (0.008 %)ISO8583
165 (0.008 %)ISO9002
165 (0.008 %)ISO/IEC 20000
165 (0.008 %)SNOMED CT
System Software
114584 (24.30 %)Active Directory
21101 (1.835 %)ISA Server
3974 (1.623 %)Backup Exec
4825 (1.375 %)NetBackup
5798 (1.330 %)Terminal Services
6624 (1.040 %)MetaFrame
7582 (0.970 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8547 (0.912 %)VMware ESX
9444 (0.740 %)Terminal Server
10333 (0.555 %)Oracle RAC
11312 (0.520 %)Oracle RMAN
12138 (0.230 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
13125 (0.208 %)Samba
14112 (0.187 %)NFS
1598 (0.163 %)VMware Server
1688 (0.147 %)MSMQ
1757 (0.095 %)MailMarshal
1853 (0.088 %)Xen
1937 (0.062 %)Nmap
1937 (0.062 %)VMware Workstation
Systems Management
11151 (1.918 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2980 (1.633 %)MOM
3549 (0.915 %)Tivoli
4388 (0.647 %)OpenView
5327 (0.545 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
6301 (0.502 %)Norton AntiVirus
7221 (0.368 %)Legato
8185 (0.308 %)OpenView Configuration Management
9183 (0.305 %)WSUS
10165 (0.275 %)CONTROL-M
11143 (0.238 %)SCOM
12132 (0.220 %)EMC NetWorker
13120 (0.200 %)MAILsweeper
14119 (0.198 %)BMC PATROL
15117 (0.195 %)ARCserve
16112 (0.187 %)Unicenter
17104 (0.173 %)ZENworks
1890 (0.150 %)DameWare
1985 (0.142 %)Nagios
2075 (0.125 %)Netcool
Vendors
117330 (28.88 %)Microsoft
27491 (12.48 %)Oracle
36529 (10.88 %)Citrix
45432 (9.052 %)Cisco
53585 (5.974 %)VMware
63207 (5.344 %)HP
71769 (2.948 %)IBM
81702 (2.836 %)Lotus
91430 (2.383 %)VERITAS
101284 (2.140 %)Red Hat
111239 (2.065 %)Sybase
121060 (1.766 %)Sun
13968 (1.613 %)EMC
14848 (1.413 %)Symantec
15832 (1.386 %)CheckPoint
16816 (1.360 %)SAP
17789 (1.315 %)Dell
18785 (1.308 %)Bloomberg
19771 (1.285 %)Reuters
20738 (1.230 %)Novell
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