The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 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 Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 1 1 6
Rank change year-on-year
0 +5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 46 42 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 34.07% 41.18% 22.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 85.19% 84.00% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 41 25 22
Average salary £26,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.69% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £19,700 £30,250
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
54 50 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 40.00% 49.02% 57.29%
Number of salaries quoted 49 26 55
Average salary £24,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.42% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
West Yorkshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wakefield Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 37 (45.12%) Windows Server 2003
2 30 (36.59%) Microsoft
3 27 (32.93%) Active Directory
3 27 (32.93%) MS Exchange
4 26 (31.71%) SQL Server
5 25 (30.49%) SQL
5 25 (30.49%) Windows Server 2008
6 24 (29.27%) VMware
7 22 (26.83%) TCP/IP
8 21 (25.61%) MS Office
8 21 (25.61%) SAN
8 21 (25.61%) Exchange Server 2007
9 20 (24.39%) .NET
10 19 (23.17%) LAN
10 19 (23.17%) WAN
11 18 (21.95%) DNS
12 17 (20.73%) Telecoms
13 16 (19.51%) C#
13 16 (19.51%) .NET Framework
13 16 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
14 15 (18.29%) SQL Server 2008
14 15 (18.29%) DHCP
14 15 (18.29%) Cisco
14 15 (18.29%) Firewall
15 14 (17.07%) Exchange Server 2003
16 13 (15.85%) Windows 2000 Server
17 12 (14.63%) HP
18 11 (13.41%) Change Management
18 11 (13.41%) vSphere
18 11 (13.41%) Supplier Management

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 20 (24.39%) .NET
2 16 (19.51%) .NET Framework
3 7 (8.537%) WinForms
4 6 (7.317%) ASP.NET
5 5 (6.098%) LAMP
6 4 (4.878%) SOAP
6 4 (4.878%) XML
7 3 (3.659%) CSS
7 3 (3.659%) HTML
7 3 (3.659%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 3 (3.659%) WCF
7 3 (3.659%) WPF
8 2 (2.439%) Web Services
9 1 (1.220%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 27 (32.93%) MS Exchange
2 21 (25.61%) Exchange Server 2007
3 14 (17.07%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (12.20%) Lync
5 6 (7.317%) IIS
6 5 (6.098%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (3.659%) Apache
7 3 (3.659%) Tomcat
7 3 (3.659%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (3.659%) SharePoint
8 2 (2.439%) CMS
9 1 (1.220%) SAS
9 1 (1.220%) OpenEdge
9 1 (1.220%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 21 (25.61%) MS Office
2 9 (10.98%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.220%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (26.83%) TCP/IP
2 21 (25.61%) SAN
3 19 (23.17%) LAN
3 19 (23.17%) WAN
4 18 (21.95%) DNS
5 15 (18.29%) DHCP
5 15 (18.29%) Firewall
6 7 (8.537%) Wireless
7 5 (6.098%) VPN
8 2 (2.439%) SMTP
9 1 (1.220%) SNMP
9 1 (1.220%) VoIP
9 1 (1.220%) Internet
9 1 (1.220%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.220%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (1.220%) Network Security
9 1 (1.220%) iSCSI
9 1 (1.220%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.220%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (31.71%) SQL Server
2 15 (18.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (8.537%) RDBMS
3 7 (8.537%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (7.317%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (7.317%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (7.317%) MySQL
4 6 (7.317%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (3.659%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.659%) Selenium
2 1 (1.220%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (20.73%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.439%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.220%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (24.39%) Developer
2 14 (17.07%) 2nd Line Support
3 10 (12.20%) Support Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) Analyst
5 8 (9.756%) Systems Manager
5 8 (9.756%) Software Developer
6 6 (7.317%) Systems Developer
6 6 (7.317%) Cisco Support
7 5 (6.098%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (6.098%) Technical Support
7 5 (6.098%) Network Support
7 5 (6.098%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.878%) Administrator
8 4 (4.878%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.878%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (4.878%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.659%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.659%) Applications Developer
9 3 (3.659%) Service Analyst
9 3 (3.659%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Replication
1 9 (10.98%) Celerra
2 3 (3.659%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.659%) Mathematics
2 3 (3.659%) Computer Science
2 3 (3.659%) iPhone
3 1 (1.220%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.220%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.220%) Data Extraction
3 1 (1.220%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 37 (45.12%) Windows Server 2003
2 25 (30.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (15.85%) Windows 2000 Server
4 8 (9.756%) Linux
5 7 (8.537%) Windows XP
6 5 (6.098%) UNIX
7 3 (3.659%) SUSE
7 3 (3.659%) openSUSE
7 3 (3.659%) Windows 7
7 3 (3.659%) Android
7 3 (3.659%) Ubuntu
7 3 (3.659%) Windows Vista
8 2 (2.439%) CentOS
8 2 (2.439%) Debian
9 1 (1.220%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.220%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (13.41%) Change Management
1 11 (13.41%) Supplier Management
1 11 (13.41%) Document Management
2 9 (10.98%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (8.537%) ITIL
3 7 (8.537%) Project Management
4 6 (7.317%) Software Engineering
4 6 (7.317%) Change Control
5 3 (3.659%) Migration
5 3 (3.659%) Agile Testing
5 3 (3.659%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (3.659%) Manual Testing
5 3 (3.659%) Automated Testing
5 3 (3.659%) Software Testing
6 2 (2.439%) Problem Management
6 2 (2.439%) MVC
6 2 (2.439%) B2B
7 1 (1.220%) UML
7 1 (1.220%) OO
7 1 (1.220%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.49%) SQL
2 16 (19.51%) C#
3 6 (7.317%) T-SQL
3 6 (7.317%) VB.NET
4 4 (4.878%) PHP
4 4 (4.878%) Java
5 3 (3.659%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.659%) Perl
6 2 (2.439%) C++
6 2 (2.439%) VB
7 1 (1.220%) VBScript
7 1 (1.220%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (12.20%) CCNA
2 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (9.756%) MCITP
4 7 (8.537%) Degree
5 6 (7.317%) MCSE
6 4 (4.878%) ISEB
6 4 (4.878%) MCSA
7 3 (3.659%) MCP
7 3 (3.659%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.439%) CCA
8 2 (2.439%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.220%) CBAP
9 1 (1.220%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.537%) SLA
2 1 (1.220%) QA
System Software
1 27 (32.93%) Active Directory
2 16 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (13.41%) vSphere
4 6 (7.317%) Hyper-V
5 5 (6.098%) Terminal Services
5 5 (6.098%) XenServer
6 4 (4.878%) XenApp
7 2 (2.439%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.220%) Snort
8 1 (1.220%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (2.439%) Backup Exec
1 2 (2.439%) SCOM
1 2 (2.439%) Nagios
1 2 (2.439%) ARCserve
2 1 (1.220%) OpenView
2 1 (1.220%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (1.220%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (1.220%) Cacti
2 1 (1.220%) SCCM
2 1 (1.220%) Nessus
Vendors
1 30 (36.59%) Microsoft
2 24 (29.27%) VMware
3 15 (18.29%) Cisco
4 12 (14.63%) HP
5 9 (10.98%) EMC
5 9 (10.98%) ProCurve
6 7 (8.537%) Oracle
6 7 (8.537%) Citrix
7 4 (4.878%) Avaya
8 3 (3.659%) Lotus
8 3 (3.659%) WatchGuard
8 3 (3.659%) SonicWALL
9 2 (2.439%) Mitel
9 2 (2.439%) Apple
9 2 (2.439%) Veritas
9 2 (2.439%) CA
9 2 (2.439%) BT
9 2 (2.439%) IBM
9 2 (2.439%) Dell
10 1 (1.220%) Progress
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