The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 17 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 Warwickshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 61 69 58
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -11
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 14 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.779% 1.754% 0.160%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.333% 6.699% 0.699%
Number of salaries quoted 14 14 1
Average salary £31,500 £25,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
168 209 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 21.35% 26.19% 22.84%
Number of salaries quoted 152 189 141
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,150 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
West Midlands

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwick - 6 £25,250 -
Rugby - 5 £33,000 -
Leamington Spa - 3 £31,500 -
Nuneaton - 1 £33,000 -
Windows 7
West Midlands

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (64.00%) Windows XP
2 16 (64.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
4 10 (40.00%) VMware
5 9 (36.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
6 8 (32.00%) Project Management
7 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (28.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (28.00%) SCCM
8 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (24.00%) MS Exchange
8 6 (24.00%) VPN
8 6 (24.00%) MS Office
9 5 (20.00%) MCP
9 5 (20.00%) Time Management
10 4 (16.00%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (16.00%) Acronis
10 4 (16.00%) Change Control
10 4 (16.00%) Migration
10 4 (16.00%) Ubuntu
10 4 (16.00%) LANDesk
10 4 (16.00%) NetApp
10 4 (16.00%) Red Hat
10 4 (16.00%) HP
10 4 (16.00%) Dell
10 4 (16.00%) Linux
10 4 (16.00%) MCSA
10 4 (16.00%) IBM

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 (8.000%) Application Packaging
2 1 (4.000%) jQuery
2 1 (4.000%) HTML5
2 1 (4.000%) CSS3
2 1 (4.000%) HTML
2 1 (4.000%) CSS
2 1 (4.000%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (24.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.000%) IIS
3 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (24.00%) MS Office
3 2 (8.000%) Google Apps
4 1 (4.000%) Photoshop
4 1 (4.000%) Fireworks
4 1 (4.000%) CATIA
4 1 (4.000%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) VPN
2 4 (16.00%) LAN
3 3 (12.00%) DMZ
4 2 (8.000%) DNS
4 2 (8.000%) VoIP
4 2 (8.000%) DHCP
4 2 (8.000%) HTTP
4 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.000%) Firewall
5 1 (4.000%) Wireless
5 1 (4.000%) VLAN
5 1 (4.000%) WAN
5 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (8.000%) Automotive
2 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) IT Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Desktop Support
3 4 (16.00%) Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Configuration Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Systems Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Server Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Server Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) UI Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Front-End Web Developer
6 1 (4.000%) UI Programmer
6 1 (4.000%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Thin Client
1 2 (8.000%) Blackberry
1 2 (8.000%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.000%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (64.00%) Windows XP
3 9 (36.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (28.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (16.00%) Ubuntu
5 4 (16.00%) Linux
6 3 (12.00%) Windows Vista
7 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Project Management
2 5 (20.00%) Time Management
3 4 (16.00%) Change Control
3 4 (16.00%) Migration
4 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.000%) CRM
6 1 (4.000%) CAD
6 1 (4.000%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) VBScript
2 1 (4.000%) VB
2 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (20.00%) MCP
3 4 (16.00%) MCSA
4 3 (12.00%) MCSE
5 2 (8.000%) A+ Certification
5 2 (8.000%) MCITP
5 2 (8.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (16.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (8.000%) Hyper-V
4 2 (8.000%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.000%) SCOM
2 2 (8.000%) WSUS
2 2 (8.000%) MOM
2 2 (8.000%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (8.000%) NetBackup
3 1 (4.000%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (40.00%) VMware
3 4 (16.00%) IBM
3 4 (16.00%) NetApp
3 4 (16.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (16.00%) Sun
3 4 (16.00%) HP
3 4 (16.00%) Dell
3 4 (16.00%) LANDesk
3 4 (16.00%) Acronis
4 3 (12.00%) Symantec
5 2 (8.000%) Apple
5 2 (8.000%) Citrix
6 1 (4.000%) Avaya
6 1 (4.000%) Juniper
6 1 (4.000%) Adobe
6 1 (4.000%) SAP
6 1 (4.000%) Cisco
6 1 (4.000%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (4.000%) Google
Warwickshire
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