The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 8 9 10
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows 215 177 159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 17.10% 15.58% 13.79%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.13% 54.46% 56.18%
Number of salaries quoted 202 152 150
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,800 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
294 325 283
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 23.39% 28.61% 24.54%
Number of salaries quoted 276 280 269
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,500 £25,250
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
UK

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales +1 182 £35,000 +7.69% 19
West Wales +2 13 £27,500 -12.00% 6
North Wales 0 8 £32,500 +38.29% 3
Windows
UK

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

1 152 (40.75%) Microsoft
2 113 (30.29%) SQL
3 110 (29.49%) SQL Server
4 108 (28.95%) Linux
4 108 (28.95%) Active Directory
5 103 (27.61%) VMware
6 102 (27.35%) Windows Server 2008
7 96 (25.74%) MS Exchange
8 82 (21.98%) MS Excel
9 79 (21.18%) Oracle
10 77 (20.64%) UNIX
10 77 (20.64%) TCP/IP
11 70 (18.77%) Firewall
12 63 (16.89%) Cisco
13 60 (16.09%) Windows Server 2003
14 58 (15.55%) Exchange Server 2007
15 55 (14.75%) .NET
16 54 (14.48%) DNS
17 52 (13.94%) Windows Server 2012
18 51 (13.67%) Exchange Server 2010
19 50 (13.40%) ITIL
20 48 (12.87%) SAN
21 47 (12.60%) IIS
22 45 (12.06%) Microsoft Certification
23 41 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
23 41 (10.99%) Exchange Server 2003
24 39 (10.46%) Windows 7
25 38 (10.19%) JavaScript
26 37 (9.920%) Java
26 37 (9.920%) CSS

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 55 (14.75%) .NET
2 37 (9.920%) CSS
3 36 (9.651%) HTML
4 32 (8.579%) ASP.NET
5 19 (5.094%) Ajax
6 16 (4.290%) XML
7 15 (4.021%) CGI
8 13 (3.485%) Flash
8 13 (3.485%) HTML5
9 12 (3.217%) WinForms
10 10 (2.681%) SOAP
10 10 (2.681%) Web Services
10 10 (2.681%) WPF
11 8 (2.145%) J2EE
11 8 (2.145%) WCF
12 7 (1.877%) soapUI
12 7 (1.877%) REST
13 6 (1.609%) ASP
13 6 (1.609%) XHTML
13 6 (1.609%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 96 (25.74%) MS Exchange
2 58 (15.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 51 (13.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 47 (12.60%) IIS
5 41 (10.99%) Exchange Server 2003
6 37 (9.920%) SharePoint
7 28 (7.507%) Apache
8 15 (4.021%) Lync
9 12 (3.217%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 12 (3.217%) Office Communications Server
10 11 (2.949%) NetWeaver
11 7 (1.877%) Exchange Server 2013
12 6 (1.609%) CMS
13 5 (1.340%) Windows Azure
13 5 (1.340%) Exchange Server 2000
13 5 (1.340%) Site Server
14 4 (1.072%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 4 (1.072%) WebLogic
14 4 (1.072%) Oracle Application Server
15 2 (0.536%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 82 (21.98%) MS Excel
2 24 (6.434%) MS Office
3 11 (2.949%) Office 365
4 9 (2.413%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.340%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.536%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 77 (20.64%) TCP/IP
2 70 (18.77%) Firewall
3 54 (14.48%) DNS
4 48 (12.87%) SAN
5 35 (9.383%) DHCP
6 28 (7.507%) VoIP
7 26 (6.971%) WAN
7 26 (6.971%) HTTP
8 24 (6.434%) LAN
9 18 (4.826%) Internet
9 18 (4.826%) VPN
10 15 (4.021%) Wireless
11 14 (3.753%) Unified Communications
12 10 (2.681%) IP Telephony
13 9 (2.413%) VLAN
14 5 (1.340%) SSH
15 4 (1.072%) MPLS
15 4 (1.072%) Ethernet
15 4 (1.072%) Network Security
16 3 (0.804%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (29.49%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.507%) MySQL
3 20 (5.362%) SQL Server 2005
4 19 (5.094%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (4.558%) Oracle 10g
5 17 (4.558%) RDBMS
6 16 (4.290%) Oracle 11g
7 14 (3.753%) Oracle Reports
8 13 (3.485%) SQL Server 2008
9 11 (2.949%) DB2
10 7 (1.877%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (1.609%) SQL Server 2012
11 6 (1.609%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (1.340%) Oracle 8/8i
13 3 (0.804%) Oracle 9i
13 3 (0.804%) GIS
13 3 (0.804%) SQL Server 2000
14 2 (0.536%) MS Access
14 2 (0.536%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.536%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 17 (4.558%) Oracle Forms
2 11 (2.949%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.413%) Selenium
4 5 (1.340%) Subversion
4 5 (1.340%) Ant
5 3 (0.804%) JIRA
5 3 (0.804%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.804%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.804%) Maven
5 3 (0.804%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.536%) NUnit
6 2 (0.536%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.268%) CruiseControl
7 1 (0.268%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.268%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.268%) MSI
7 1 (0.268%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.268%) Rhino Mocks
7 1 (0.268%) Moq
7 1 (0.268%) NCover
General
1 31 (8.311%) Finance
2 21 (5.630%) Advertising
3 16 (4.290%) Electronics
4 15 (4.021%) Telecoms
5 7 (1.877%) Local Government
5 7 (1.877%) Banking
6 5 (1.340%) Billing
7 4 (1.072%) Back Office
7 4 (1.072%) Retail
8 3 (0.804%) Avionics
8 3 (0.804%) Automotive
9 2 (0.536%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.536%) Law
9 2 (0.536%) Legal
9 2 (0.536%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.268%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 78 (20.91%) Analyst
2 50 (13.40%) Developer
3 43 (11.53%) Support Analyst
4 35 (9.383%) Administrator
5 30 (8.043%) Software Engineer
6 24 (6.434%) Systems Administrator
7 22 (5.898%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (5.898%) Architect
8 21 (5.630%) Applications Support
9 19 (5.094%) Applications Support Analyst
9 19 (5.094%) Support Engineer
9 19 (5.094%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 19 (5.094%) Systems Engineer
10 18 (4.826%) Network Administrator
11 17 (4.558%) .NET Developer
12 16 (4.290%) Infrastructure Architect
13 15 (4.021%) Senior Analyst
14 14 (3.753%) Software Developer
15 12 (3.217%) Senior Systems Administrator
16 11 (2.949%) SAP Support
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.702%) Blackberry
2 24 (6.434%) Clustering
3 22 (5.898%) DTV
4 20 (5.362%) SaaS
5 13 (3.485%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (2.949%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.413%) Informatics
7 9 (2.413%) IaaS
7 9 (2.413%) PaaS
8 8 (2.145%) EqualLogic
9 6 (1.609%) Mobile Banking
10 5 (1.340%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.340%) iPhone
10 5 (1.340%) VHDL
10 5 (1.340%) N-Tier
10 5 (1.340%) Firmware
10 5 (1.340%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.072%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.072%) Handset
11 4 (1.072%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 108 (28.95%) Linux
2 102 (27.35%) Windows Server 2008
3 77 (20.64%) UNIX
4 60 (16.09%) Windows Server 2003
5 52 (13.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 39 (10.46%) Windows 7
7 28 (7.507%) Windows XP
8 20 (5.362%) Windows 2000
9 19 (5.094%) Windows 8
10 16 (4.290%) Android
11 12 (3.217%) Apple iOS
12 7 (1.877%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (1.609%) AIX
14 5 (1.340%) Solaris
15 4 (1.072%) Tru64
16 3 (0.804%) Windows Vista
16 3 (0.804%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.804%) Windows Mobile
16 3 (0.804%) Windows NT
17 2 (0.536%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (13.40%) ITIL
2 24 (6.434%) Disaster Recovery
3 20 (5.362%) Incident Management
4 15 (4.021%) Agile Software Development
5 14 (3.753%) Scrum
6 13 (3.485%) Software Engineering
6 13 (3.485%) Service Delivery
6 13 (3.485%) OO
6 13 (3.485%) Business Transformation
7 12 (3.217%) Project Management
8 10 (2.681%) Service Management
8 10 (2.681%) MVC
9 7 (1.877%) Information Security
9 7 (1.877%) Asset Management
9 7 (1.877%) CRM
9 7 (1.877%) Risk Management
9 7 (1.877%) Migration
10 6 (1.609%) ITIL V3
10 6 (1.609%) ERP
10 6 (1.609%) Communications Security
Programming Languages
1 113 (30.29%) SQL
2 38 (10.19%) JavaScript
3 37 (9.920%) Java
4 35 (9.383%) C#
5 33 (8.847%) PL/SQL
6 27 (7.239%) VB.NET
7 25 (6.702%) C++
8 23 (6.166%) C
9 19 (5.094%) Shell Script
10 17 (4.558%) ActionScript
11 14 (3.753%) Python
11 14 (3.753%) PowerShell
12 12 (3.217%) T-SQL
13 11 (2.949%) ABAP
14 10 (2.681%) Perl
15 6 (1.609%) Embedded C
16 5 (1.340%) Objective-C
16 5 (1.340%) Ruby
16 5 (1.340%) Delphi
16 5 (1.340%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (12.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (9.383%) Degree
3 28 (7.507%) MCSE
3 28 (7.507%) Security Cleared
4 27 (7.239%) SC Cleared
5 23 (6.166%) MCITP
6 21 (5.630%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (5.630%) CCNA
7 18 (4.826%) MCSA
8 10 (2.681%) MCP
9 9 (2.413%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (2.145%) SAP Certification
11 6 (1.609%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.340%) MCDBA
12 5 (1.340%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.072%) ISEB
13 4 (1.072%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.804%) Citrix Certification
15 2 (0.536%) CCA
15 2 (0.536%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.217%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.413%) SLA
3 6 (1.609%) JTAG
4 5 (1.340%) HL7
5 4 (1.072%) QA
6 3 (0.804%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.804%) DO-178B
7 2 (0.536%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.536%) HIPAA
System Software
1 108 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 41 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.558%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.021%) XenApp
5 13 (3.485%) VMware ESX
6 12 (3.217%) Terminal Services
7 10 (2.681%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 10 (2.681%) XenServer
8 8 (2.145%) vSphere
9 5 (1.340%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 5 (1.340%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.340%) vCloud
10 4 (1.072%) MetaFrame
10 4 (1.072%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.804%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.804%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.804%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.536%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.536%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.536%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 15 (4.021%) SCCM
2 14 (3.753%) NetBackup
3 12 (3.217%) Norton AntiVirus
3 12 (3.217%) Backup Exec
4 11 (2.949%) Windows Intune
5 9 (2.413%) ARCserve
6 6 (1.609%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (1.340%) SCOM
7 5 (1.340%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (1.072%) HP Data Protector
8 4 (1.072%) WSUS
9 3 (0.804%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.536%) Nagios
11 1 (0.268%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.268%) Business Desktop Deployment
11 1 (0.268%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.268%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 152 (40.75%) Microsoft
2 103 (27.61%) VMware
3 79 (21.18%) Oracle
4 63 (16.89%) Cisco
5 31 (8.311%) Citrix
6 26 (6.971%) HP
7 25 (6.702%) Dell
8 16 (4.290%) Symantec
9 14 (3.753%) SAP
9 14 (3.753%) CheckPoint
10 13 (3.485%) Remedy
11 10 (2.681%) Dialogic
11 10 (2.681%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.877%) Business Objects
12 7 (1.877%) IBM
12 7 (1.877%) Veritas
12 7 (1.877%) NetApp
13 6 (1.609%) Compaq
13 6 (1.609%) Sybase
14 5 (1.340%) Sun
Wales
Working for an internationally covering sporting association, you will be responsible for arriving at sports venues internationally and setting up internal networks based around Windows Server 2008 / 2008 /...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: IT, Infrastructure, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, HP, DELL, VMware, Linux... As an experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer, you must have: At least 4 years’ experience with Windows server...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Monmouth, Gwent
A Windows, Server, Exchange, Active Directory, VMware, Networking, Firewall, Mac 1st / 2nd line IT Support Technician is required to join this growing organisation. The main responsibilities of the...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £15000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Monmouth, Gwent
A Windows, Server, Exchange, Active Directory, VMware, Networking, Firewall, Mac 3rd line IT Support Technician is required to join this growing organisation. The main responsibilities of the Windows,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Flintshire
Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, Windows, Exchange... MCTS, MCSA, CCNA or MCITP (or studying)... Powershell/Bash/Korn/Perl/DOS batch-file scripting. Programming in C#, ASP.Net, UNIX...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
South Wales
Intapeople
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
South Wales
Intapeople
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £57K (incl. up to 15% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Roc Search
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wales
E-Choice Consulting
Salary: £25k - 30k per year + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £18000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bangor, Gwynedd
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 20k to 20k per year GBP
Posted: 12 June 2013
Abergavenny, Gwent
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £55K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £56.5K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: From £15,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cwmbran, Gwent
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £38K + up to 10% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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