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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 8 6 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 2 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Malling 22.73% 12.50% 30.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 66.67% 84.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 42
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
West Malling
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 3 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Malling 22.73% 18.75% 36.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 50
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Kent

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Malling 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 Malling region.

West Malling Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

West Malling Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Malling 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 19 (79.17%) IBM
1 19 (79.17%) Windows Server 2008
2 17 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (70.83%) HP
2 17 (70.83%) VMware
3 16 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (50.00%) SAN
5 12 (50.00%) Citrix
5 12 (50.00%) VMware ESX
6 11 (45.83%) Cisco
6 11 (45.83%) vSphere
6 11 (45.83%) Windows 2000 Server
6 11 (45.83%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
8 8 (33.33%) Migration
9 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
10 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
10 5 (20.83%) ITIL
11 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
11 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (16.67%) Operations Management
11 4 (16.67%) Change Management
12 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
12 3 (12.50%) MS Exchange
12 3 (12.50%) McAfee
12 3 (12.50%) Websense
12 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (8.333%) SIEM
13 2 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Malling 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 Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (8.333%) MS Project Server
2 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (50.00%) SAN
2 2 (8.333%) Firewall
2 2 (8.333%) Network Security
2 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.333%) DNS
3 1 (4.167%) LAN
3 1 (4.167%) NAS
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 11 (45.83%) Technical Support Engineer
2 11 (45.83%) Technical Engineer
2 11 (45.83%) Technical Support
3 8 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Exchange Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Messaging Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Build Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Data Build Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Design Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Backup Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Security Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Network Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Blackberry
1 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (79.17%) Windows Server 2008
2 15 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (45.83%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.167%) AIX
4 1 (4.167%) HPUX
4 1 (4.167%) Solaris
4 1 (4.167%) Linux
4 1 (4.167%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Migration
2 5 (20.83%) ITIL
3 4 (16.67%) Change Management
3 4 (16.67%) Operations Management
4 2 (8.333%) Problem Management
4 2 (8.333%) Network Management
4 2 (8.333%) SIEM
4 2 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
4 2 (8.333%) Service Management
4 2 (8.333%) Security Management
4 2 (8.333%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.333%) MCSE
3 2 (8.333%) CISSP
3 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.333%) CISM
4 1 (4.167%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.333%) QA
2 2 (8.333%) BS7799
System Software
1 16 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 11 (45.83%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (45.83%) vSphere
4 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
5 2 (8.333%) ISA Server
5 2 (8.333%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (4.167%) NetBackup
2 1 (4.167%) Backup Exec
2 1 (4.167%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (4.167%) SCOM
2 1 (4.167%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (4.167%) Tivoli
2 1 (4.167%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) IBM
2 17 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (70.83%) HP
2 17 (70.83%) VMware
3 12 (50.00%) Citrix
4 11 (45.83%) Cisco
5 3 (12.50%) McAfee
5 3 (12.50%) Websense
6 2 (8.333%) Capita
7 1 (4.167%) SAP