The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 67 86 82
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 25 9 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 2.024% 0.772% 0.383%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.503% 2.616% 1.521%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 4
Average salary £21,500 £23,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.51% -11.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £19,300 £23,350
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,400 £27,200
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
294 344 263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 23.81% 29.50% 25.19%
Number of salaries quoted 278 277 249
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Wales region.

Wales Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales +22 25 £21,500 -8.51%
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (71.05%) Active Directory
3 24 (63.16%) Microsoft
4 23 (60.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (52.63%) MS Exchange
6 17 (44.74%) TCP/IP
6 17 (44.74%) DNS
6 17 (44.74%) VMware
7 16 (42.11%) Firewall
8 15 (39.47%) Exchange Server 2007
9 14 (36.84%) Windows 8
9 14 (36.84%) VPN
9 14 (36.84%) MS Excel
10 13 (34.21%) Windows XP
10 13 (34.21%) SQL
10 13 (34.21%) Exchange Server 2003
11 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (28.95%) SaaS
11 11 (28.95%) Office 365
11 11 (28.95%) Windows Intune
11 11 (28.95%) MySQL
11 11 (28.95%) IIS
11 11 (28.95%) Apache
11 11 (28.95%) VoIP
12 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (23.68%) UNIX
13 8 (21.05%) WAN
13 8 (21.05%) LAN
13 8 (21.05%) MS Office
14 7 (18.42%) Wireless

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 2 (5.263%) .NET
2 1 (2.632%) SOAP
2 1 (2.632%) XML
Application Platforms
1 20 (52.63%) MS Exchange
2 15 (39.47%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (34.21%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (28.95%) IIS
4 11 (28.95%) Apache
5 5 (13.16%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (36.84%) MS Excel
2 11 (28.95%) Office 365
3 8 (21.05%) MS Office
4 3 (7.895%) MS Project
5 1 (2.632%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 17 (44.74%) TCP/IP
1 17 (44.74%) DNS
2 16 (42.11%) Firewall
3 14 (36.84%) VPN
4 11 (28.95%) VoIP
5 8 (21.05%) WAN
5 8 (21.05%) LAN
6 7 (18.42%) Wireless
7 5 (13.16%) IP Telephony
8 4 (10.53%) SAN
9 3 (7.895%) DHCP
10 2 (5.263%) NAS
11 1 (2.632%) TETRA
11 1 (2.632%) IPv6
11 1 (2.632%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (28.95%) MySQL
2 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.895%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.895%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (15.79%) Advertising
2 4 (10.53%) Finance
3 3 (7.895%) Banking
4 2 (5.263%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.632%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Analyst
2 9 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 7 (18.42%) Service Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) IT Support
6 3 (7.895%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (7.895%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 2 (5.263%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Help Desk Support
7 2 (5.263%) Network Administrator
7 2 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (5.263%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Administrator
7 2 (5.263%) Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Programmer
7 2 (5.263%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.632%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.632%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.95%) SaaS
2 3 (7.895%) Statistics
2 3 (7.895%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (5.263%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.632%) Clustering
4 1 (2.632%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 23 (60.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (36.84%) Windows 8
4 13 (34.21%) Windows XP
5 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (23.68%) UNIX
7 1 (2.632%) Linux
7 1 (2.632%) Android
7 1 (2.632%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (10.53%) ITIL
2 3 (7.895%) Incident Management
3 2 (5.263%) Communications Security
3 2 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (2.632%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.632%) Information Security
4 1 (2.632%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (34.21%) SQL
2 2 (5.263%) VB6
2 2 (5.263%) VB
2 2 (5.263%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.632%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.895%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.263%) HIPAA
2 2 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (71.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.895%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.895%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.263%) Terminal Server
4 1 (2.632%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) Windows Intune
2 1 (2.632%) SCCM
2 1 (2.632%) SCOM
2 1 (2.632%) SCVMM
2 1 (2.632%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 17 (44.74%) VMware
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco
4 3 (7.895%) Avaya
5 2 (5.263%) HP
5 2 (5.263%) Symantec
6 1 (2.632%) Dell
6 1 (2.632%) 3Com
6 1 (2.632%) Polycom
6 1 (2.632%) WatchGuard