The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Walsall region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 21 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 Walsall region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 17 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows 9 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 12.68% 15.38% 17.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 40.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 7
Average salary £23,000 £31,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.98% +10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,300 £23,833
10% offered a salary of more than £32,300 £31,500 £29,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9 10 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 12.68% 38.46% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 7
Average salary £22,500 £23,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.17% -19.29%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Walsall region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Walsall Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 13 (86.67%) SQL Server
2 12 (80.00%) C#
3 10 (66.67%) .NET
4 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (53.33%) MS Excel
5 8 (53.33%) Visual Studio
5 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
5 8 (53.33%) XML
5 8 (53.33%) Telerik
6 6 (40.00%) Intranet
6 6 (40.00%) SQL
6 6 (40.00%) CRM
7 5 (33.33%) Ajax
7 5 (33.33%) Degree
8 4 (26.67%) OO
8 4 (26.67%) Internet
8 4 (26.67%) DTS
8 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (26.67%) WinForms
8 4 (26.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (26.67%) Web Development
8 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (20.00%) MySQL
9 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
10 2 (13.33%) HTML
10 2 (13.33%) Web Services
10 2 (13.33%) Linux
10 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
10 2 (13.33%) DHCP
10 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 10 (66.67%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
2 8 (53.33%) XML
3 5 (33.33%) Ajax
4 4 (26.67%) WinForms
5 2 (13.33%) HTML
5 2 (13.33%) Web Services
6 1 (6.667%) WCF
6 1 (6.667%) WPF
6 1 (6.667%) .NET Framework
6 1 (6.667%) HTML5
6 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (6.667%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.667%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Intranet
2 4 (26.67%) Internet
3 2 (13.33%) DHCP
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (13.33%) DNS
4 1 (6.667%) OpenVPN
4 1 (6.667%) LAN
4 1 (6.667%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (86.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (26.67%) DTS
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.667%) Zend Studio
2 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (6.667%) Subversion
2 1 (6.667%) NetBeans
2 1 (6.667%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (6.667%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Developer
2 9 (60.00%) .NET Developer
3 6 (40.00%) C# Developer
3 6 (40.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (33.33%) Junior
4 5 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (26.67%) Junior Developer
5 4 (26.67%) Support Analyst
5 4 (26.67%) Analyst
5 4 (26.67%) Junior .NET Developer
6 3 (20.00%) Junior C# Developer
6 3 (20.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 2 (13.33%) Graduate
7 2 (13.33%) Applications Support
7 2 (13.33%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (13.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (13.33%) Graduate .NET Developer
7 2 (13.33%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (13.33%) Graduate Developer
8 1 (6.667%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Smartphone
1 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (6.667%) Android
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) CentOS
2 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) CRM
2 4 (26.67%) OO
2 4 (26.67%) Web Development
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.667%) Logistics
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Scrum
4 1 (6.667%) Extreme Programming
4 1 (6.667%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) C#
2 6 (40.00%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) TickIT
1 1 (6.667%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.667%) Postfix
2 1 (6.667%) Samba
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) Telerik
3 1 (6.667%) Zend
3 1 (6.667%) Red Hat
3 1 (6.667%) Apple
3 1 (6.667%) Adobe
3 1 (6.667%) Sun
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle
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