The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 33 61 52
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 14 2 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 4.861% 0.560% 3.505%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.28% 1.143% 8.621%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 11
Average salary £36,250 £40,000 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.37% +63.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £40,000 £23,497
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
114 175 174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 39.58% 49.02% 40.65%
Number of salaries quoted 95 105 106
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
Hertfordshire

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

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

Watford Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 17 (56.67%) Windows XP
4 16 (53.33%) MS Excel
5 14 (46.67%) LAN
6 13 (43.33%) SAN
7 12 (40.00%) MS Visio
7 12 (40.00%) MS Project
7 12 (40.00%) ISEB
7 12 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
8 10 (33.33%) Test Management
8 10 (33.33%) Test Scripting
8 10 (33.33%) QA
8 10 (33.33%) VMware
9 9 (30.00%) Citrix
9 9 (30.00%) TCP/IP
9 9 (30.00%) MS Office
9 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (26.67%) Integration Testing
10 8 (26.67%) MS Exchange
10 8 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (20.00%) Finance
11 6 (20.00%) Symantec
11 6 (20.00%) SAP
11 6 (20.00%) SQL
11 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (16.67%) iPad
12 5 (16.67%) Fat Client

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 4 (13.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (3.333%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (3.333%) Lync
Applications
1 16 (53.33%) MS Excel
2 12 (40.00%) MS Visio
2 12 (40.00%) MS Project
3 9 (30.00%) MS Office
4 2 (6.667%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 14 (46.67%) LAN
2 13 (43.33%) SAN
3 9 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.667%) VPN
4 2 (6.667%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (6.667%) VoIP
5 1 (3.333%) WLAN
5 1 (3.333%) WAN
5 1 (3.333%) DHCP
5 1 (3.333%) NAS
5 1 (3.333%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.333%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Analyst
2 8 (26.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (23.33%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 6 (20.00%) Technical Test Analyst
4 6 (20.00%) Test Leader
5 5 (16.67%) Support Analyst
6 4 (13.33%) Programmer
6 4 (13.33%) Data Analyst
6 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Consultant
7 2 (6.667%) Applications Support
7 2 (6.667%) Service Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) Technical Support
8 1 (3.333%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (3.333%) Senior Support Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) Senior Technical Analyst
8 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 5 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 5 (16.67%) Fat Client
1 5 (16.67%) iPad
2 2 (6.667%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Windows XP
3 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (16.67%) Windows 8
5 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (33.33%) Test Management
2 10 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 8 (26.67%) Integration Testing
3 8 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
4 4 (13.33%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL
6 2 (6.667%) Risk Management
7 1 (3.333%) Migration
7 1 (3.333%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.333%) Problem Management
7 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.333%) Identity Management
7 1 (3.333%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) SQL
2 4 (13.33%) VB
2 4 (13.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) ISEB
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (16.67%) MCSE
4 4 (13.33%) Degree
5 3 (10.00%) MCSA
6 2 (6.667%) CCNA
6 2 (6.667%) MCP
6 2 (6.667%) MCITP
6 2 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.333%) HND
7 1 (3.333%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.333%) ISSMP
7 1 (3.333%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) QA
2 4 (13.33%) ISO 9001
3 3 (10.00%) SLA
4 1 (3.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.333%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 20 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.667%) Terminal Server
4 1 (3.333%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (3.333%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (13.33%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (6.667%) Backup Exec
3 2 (6.667%) SCCM
3 2 (6.667%) SCOM
4 1 (3.333%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) VMware
2 9 (30.00%) Citrix
3 6 (20.00%) SAP
3 6 (20.00%) Symantec
4 5 (16.67%) Wyse
4 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 5 (16.67%) Apple
5 4 (13.33%) Sage
5 4 (13.33%) SolidWorks
6 2 (6.667%) Altiris
6 2 (6.667%) Avaya
6 2 (6.667%) Cisco
7 1 (3.333%) HP