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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 15 1 10
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +9
Permanent jobs citing Windows 18 31 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 15.93% 24.80% 13.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.13% 59.62% 39.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 34
Average salary £32,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
64 52 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 56.64% 41.60% 35.71%
Number of salaries quoted 24 42 70
Average salary £33,000 £37,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.81% -5.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Windows Salary Trend

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 West Lothian 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
Livingston -12 16 £32,500 -12.16%
Linlithgow - 1 £32,500 -
Windows
Scotland

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 28 (84.85%) Linux
2 27 (81.82%) UNIX
3 23 (69.70%) SQL
4 22 (66.67%) Broadband
5 21 (63.64%) Degree
6 20 (60.61%) Oracle
7 14 (42.42%) Replication
8 13 (39.39%) Java
8 13 (39.39%) Perl
8 13 (39.39%) Cisco
8 13 (39.39%) EMC
8 13 (39.39%) SAN
8 13 (39.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (36.36%) NetApp
9 12 (36.36%) XML
9 12 (36.36%) Symmetrix
9 12 (36.36%) Brocade
9 12 (36.36%) NAS
9 12 (36.36%) Symmetrix DMX
10 10 (30.30%) C#
10 10 (30.30%) Shell Script
10 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
11 9 (27.27%) IBM
11 9 (27.27%) T-SQL
11 9 (27.27%) VBScript
11 9 (27.27%) Data Modelling
11 9 (27.27%) SNMP
11 9 (27.27%) MS Excel
11 9 (27.27%) sed
11 9 (27.27%) Web Development

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 12 (36.36%) XML
2 4 (12.12%) Web Services
3 3 (9.091%) WebSphere
3 3 (9.091%) JMS
3 3 (9.091%) WSDL
3 3 (9.091%) J2EE
3 3 (9.091%) JDBC
3 3 (9.091%) SOAP
4 1 (3.030%) COM
4 1 (3.030%) WinForms
4 1 (3.030%) Dojo
4 1 (3.030%) WPF
4 1 (3.030%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
1 3 (9.091%) WebSphere Process Server
1 3 (9.091%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 3 (9.091%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 9 (27.27%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (66.67%) Broadband
2 13 (39.39%) SAN
3 12 (36.36%) NAS
4 9 (27.27%) SSH
4 9 (27.27%) SNMP
5 1 (3.030%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.030%) Ethernet
5 1 (3.030%) iSCSI
5 1 (3.030%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 1 (3.030%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Developer
2 5 (15.15%) Administrator
2 5 (15.15%) Technical Leader
2 5 (15.15%) Storage Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Senior Storage Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) SAN Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) SQL Developer
3 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) SAN Storage Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) SAN Specialist
4 3 (9.091%) SAN Storage Specialist
4 3 (9.091%) Storage Specialist
5 2 (6.061%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.030%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Graduate
6 1 (3.030%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Software Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Replication
2 12 (36.36%) Symmetrix
2 12 (36.36%) Symmetrix DMX
3 7 (21.21%) Celerra
4 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
5 5 (15.15%) Firmware
6 1 (3.030%) DTV
6 1 (3.030%) CLARiiON
6 1 (3.030%) Statistics
6 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (84.85%) Linux
2 27 (81.82%) UNIX
3 7 (21.21%) Solaris
4 3 (9.091%) AIX
5 1 (3.030%) Debian
5 1 (3.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Disaster Recovery
2 9 (27.27%) Data Modelling
2 9 (27.27%) Web Development
3 8 (24.24%) Customer Engagement
3 8 (24.24%) Infrastructure Management
3 8 (24.24%) Change Management
3 8 (24.24%) Incident Management
4 6 (18.18%) Analytics
5 5 (15.15%) Data Protection
5 5 (15.15%) Asset Management
5 5 (15.15%) Service Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) Service Management
6 4 (12.12%) ITIL
6 4 (12.12%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Information Security
6 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.091%) Workflow
7 3 (9.091%) SOA
7 3 (9.091%) ITSM
7 3 (9.091%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (69.70%) SQL
2 13 (39.39%) Java
2 13 (39.39%) Perl
3 10 (30.30%) C#
3 10 (30.30%) Shell Script
4 9 (27.27%) AWK
4 9 (27.27%) sed
4 9 (27.27%) T-SQL
4 9 (27.27%) VBScript
5 6 (18.18%) C
6 5 (15.15%) C++
7 4 (12.12%) Python
7 4 (12.12%) C-shell
7 4 (12.12%) Bash shell
8 3 (9.091%) XPath
9 1 (3.030%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) CISSP
2 4 (12.12%) CISM
2 4 (12.12%) CISMP
3 1 (3.030%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) QA
2 4 (12.12%) PCI DSS
2 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (24.24%) NFS
1 8 (24.24%) SRDF
2 7 (21.21%) Active Directory
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (6.061%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.030%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 9 (27.27%) WMI
2 8 (24.24%) EMC TimeFinder
2 8 (24.24%) Ionix
3 6 (18.18%) NetBackup
4 4 (12.12%) Tivoli
5 1 (3.030%) SCCM
5 1 (3.030%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (60.61%) Oracle
2 13 (39.39%) Cisco
2 13 (39.39%) EMC
3 12 (36.36%) NetApp
3 12 (36.36%) Brocade
4 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
5 9 (27.27%) IBM
5 9 (27.27%) Altiris
6 8 (24.24%) Symantec
7 6 (18.18%) Sun
7 6 (18.18%) StorageTek
8 4 (12.12%) NetIQ
9 2 (6.061%) VMware
10 1 (3.030%) McAfee
10 1 (3.030%) Lombardi
10 1 (3.030%) Citrix
10 1 (3.030%) HP