The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 169 154 146
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -8
Permanent jobs citing Windows Vista 35 31 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.696% 0.680% 0.719%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.030% 2.911% 3.421%
Number of salaries quoted 33 26 28
Average salary £35,000 £24,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.83% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,500 £21,750 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £37,500 £35,350
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £29,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year
-5.17% +13.72%
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1155 1065 877
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 22.97% 23.37% 21.02%
Number of salaries quoted 975 961 772
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Windows Vista Salary Trend

Windows Vista
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Windows Vista Salary Histogram

Windows Vista
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -20 12 £31,500 +43.18%
Warwickshire - 12 £35,000 -
Staffordshire - 6 £22,000 -
Coventry - 2 £28,750 -
Solihull - 2 £25,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £20,000 -
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista.

1 81 (100.00%) Windows
2 59 (72.84%) Windows XP
3 50 (61.73%) Windows Server 2008
4 47 (58.02%) Windows Server 2003
5 42 (51.85%) Microsoft
6 33 (40.74%) Active Directory
7 30 (37.04%) SQL
7 30 (37.04%) Windows 7
8 24 (29.63%) Test Scripting
8 24 (29.63%) IIS
8 24 (29.63%) Finance
9 23 (28.40%) Identity Management
9 23 (28.40%) Agile Software Development
9 23 (28.40%) Degree
9 23 (28.40%) Biometrics
9 23 (28.40%) Smartcard
9 23 (28.40%) Cyber Security
10 21 (25.93%) MS Excel
11 18 (22.22%) MS Office
12 17 (20.99%) Windows 2000
13 16 (19.75%) ITIL
13 16 (19.75%) Citrix
14 14 (17.28%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (17.28%) SCCM
15 12 (14.81%) MS Exchange
16 9 (11.11%) AS400
16 9 (11.11%) MCITP
16 9 (11.11%) WAN
16 9 (11.11%) MCP
17 8 (9.877%) Linux

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows Vista 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 Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.469%) HTML
2 1 (1.235%) HTML5
2 1 (1.235%) CSS3
2 1 (1.235%) jQuery
2 1 (1.235%) X-Windows
2 1 (1.235%) Middleware
2 1 (1.235%) XHTML
2 1 (1.235%) CSS
2 1 (1.235%) Web Services
2 1 (1.235%) XML
Application Platforms
1 24 (29.63%) IIS
2 12 (14.81%) MS Exchange
3 3 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (3.704%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.704%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.235%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.235%) MQSeries
Applications
1 21 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 18 (22.22%) MS Office
3 1 (1.235%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.235%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.235%) Fireworks
3 1 (1.235%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.235%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.11%) WAN
2 8 (9.877%) TCP/IP
3 7 (8.642%) LAN
4 5 (6.173%) DHCP
4 5 (6.173%) DNS
5 3 (3.704%) OpenVPN
5 3 (3.704%) Firewall
6 2 (2.469%) VPN
6 2 (2.469%) SAN
6 2 (2.469%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.235%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.235%) NAS
7 1 (1.235%) Internet
7 1 (1.235%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.407%) MySQL
2 1 (1.235%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.704%) MSI
2 1 (1.235%) TestDirector
2 1 (1.235%) Dreamweaver
General
1 24 (29.63%) Finance
2 5 (6.173%) Advertising
3 1 (1.235%) Banking
3 1 (1.235%) French Language
3 1 (1.235%) German Language
3 1 (1.235%) Italian Language
3 1 (1.235%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 23 (28.40%) Tester
1 23 (28.40%) Software Tester
2 11 (13.58%) Analyst
3 10 (12.35%) Support Engineer
4 8 (9.877%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (8.642%) Support Technician
6 6 (7.407%) Architect
6 6 (7.407%) Consultant
6 6 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support Technician
7 4 (4.938%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.938%) Network Support
7 4 (4.938%) IT Support
8 3 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (3.704%) Desktop Support
9 2 (2.469%) Network Analyst
9 2 (2.469%) Junior
9 2 (2.469%) Network Engineer
9 2 (2.469%) Technical Support
9 2 (2.469%) Infrastructure Designer
9 2 (2.469%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 23 (28.40%) Biometrics
1 23 (28.40%) Smartcard
2 9 (11.11%) AS400
3 8 (9.877%) iSeries
4 6 (7.407%) Blackberry
4 6 (7.407%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 81 (100.00%) Windows
2 59 (72.84%) Windows XP
3 50 (61.73%) Windows Server 2008
4 47 (58.02%) Windows Server 2003
5 30 (37.04%) Windows 7
6 17 (20.99%) Windows 2000
7 8 (9.877%) Linux
8 6 (7.407%) Windows NT
9 3 (3.704%) CentOS
9 3 (3.704%) Windows 8
9 3 (3.704%) Windows XP Embedded
10 2 (2.469%) Mac OS X
10 2 (2.469%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.469%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (1.235%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.63%) Test Scripting
2 23 (28.40%) Identity Management
2 23 (28.40%) Agile Software Development
2 23 (28.40%) Cyber Security
3 16 (19.75%) ITIL
4 4 (4.938%) BCP
4 4 (4.938%) Time Management
5 3 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (2.469%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (2.469%) Change Control
6 2 (2.469%) Build Automation
6 2 (2.469%) Software Deployment
6 2 (2.469%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.235%) V-Model
7 1 (1.235%) Waterfall
7 1 (1.235%) Software Testing
7 1 (1.235%) Resource Management
7 1 (1.235%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.235%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.235%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (37.04%) SQL
2 1 (1.235%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.235%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (28.40%) Degree
2 14 (17.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (11.11%) MCITP
3 9 (11.11%) MCP
4 8 (9.877%) MCSE
5 6 (7.407%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (4.938%) MCSA
7 2 (2.469%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.235%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.235%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.469%) SLA
2 1 (1.235%) QA
System Software
1 33 (40.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.642%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.704%) Xen
4 3 (3.704%) Postfix
4 3 (3.704%) vSphere
4 3 (3.704%) Samba
4 3 (3.704%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.469%) IAG
5 2 (2.469%) XenApp
5 2 (2.469%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (17.28%) SCCM
2 5 (6.173%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (3.704%) SCOM
4 1 (1.235%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.235%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 42 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.75%) Citrix
3 6 (7.407%) VMware
4 3 (3.704%) Lotus
4 3 (3.704%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.469%) Symantec
5 2 (2.469%) Remedy
5 2 (2.469%) AppSense
6 1 (1.235%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.235%) NetApp
6 1 (1.235%) Adobe
6 1 (1.235%) HP
6 1 (1.235%) EMC
6 1 (1.235%) Apple
6 1 (1.235%) Avaya
6 1 (1.235%) Cisco
6 1 (1.235%) IBM
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