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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads16251351
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.783 %0.600 %
As % of the category below76.83 %69.14 %
Salaries quoted14731069
Average minimum salary£27,763£28,382
Average salary£29,541£30,540
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Average maximum salary£31,318£32,697
UK excluding London average salary£32,402£32,756
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Operating Systems West MidlandsOperating Systems
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads21151954
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.019 %0.868 %
Salaries quoted18741533
Average minimum salary£29,100£29,241
Average salary£31,194£31,502
% change on same period last year-0.97 %
Average maximum salary£33,288£33,763
UK excluding London average salary£34,675£34,921
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Windows across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BirminghamDown-3407£30,592+3.75 %
2WarwickshireNo change0266£29,052-1.64 %
3HerefordshireNo change0231£32,272-19.06 %
4CoventryDown-1175£29,428+16.25 %
5SolihullUp+7173£29,971+10.45 %
6WorcestershireUp+2138£29,217+0.80 %
7StaffordshireDown-5109£25,594-19.19 %
8ShropshireDown-257£25,047-14.42 %
9WolverhamptonUp+317£26,971+1.89 %
9West BromwichUp+117£24,941-21.44 %
10DudleyDown-39£25,286+26.42 %
11WalsallDown-16£24,583+2.07 %
11Sutton ColdfieldDown-26£19,417-7.66 %
12TiptonNo change01£17,000+6.25 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows.

1980 (34.31 %)Microsoft
2833 (29.17 %)Active Directory
3713 (24.96 %)SQL Server
4666 (23.32 %)SQL
5619 (21.67 %)Microsoft Certification
6521 (18.24 %)MS Exchange
7518 (18.14 %)Windows 2000
8480 (16.81 %).NET
9464 (16.25 %)MS Excel
10462 (16.18 %)Unix
11457 (16.00 %)TCP/IP
12449 (15.72 %)MCSE
13433 (15.16 %)Linux
14424 (14.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
15379 (13.27 %)MS Office
16372 (13.03 %)Windows XP
17369 (12.92 %)Citrix
18359 (12.57 %)LAN
19357 (12.50 %)WAN
20340 (11.90 %)MCP
21337 (11.80 %)Cisco
22332 (11.62 %)Exchange Server 2000
23326 (11.41 %)Java
24323 (11.31 %)C#
25315 (11.03 %)Oracle
26298 (10.43 %)Firewall
27287 (10.05 %)Degree
28275 (9.629 %)C++
29260 (9.104 %)ASP.NET
30259 (9.069 %)Windows Server 2003

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Windows also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1480 (16.81 %).NET
2260 (9.104 %)ASP.NET
3211 (7.388 %)XML
4159 (5.567 %)HTML
5123 (4.307 %)WebServices
685 (2.976 %)MFC
780 (2.801 %)CSS
879 (2.766 %).NET Framework
968 (2.381 %)ASP
1066 (2.311 %)WinForms
1159 (2.066 %)XSLT
1248 (1.681 %)AJAX
1338 (1.331 %)Application Packaging
1431 (1.085 %)J2EE
1530 (1.050 %)XHTML
1625 (0.875 %)ODBC
1724 (0.840 %)WebSphere
1823 (0.805 %)ATL
1921 (0.735 %)SAP Basis
2019 (0.665 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
1521 (18.24 %)MS Exchange
2424 (14.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
3332 (11.62 %)Exchange Server 2000
4250 (8.754 %)IIS
5103 (3.606 %)Apache
692 (3.221 %)Exchange Server 2007
784 (2.941 %)Lotus Notes
878 (2.731 %)SharePoint
969 (2.416 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1048 (1.681 %)Lotus Domino
1136 (1.261 %)CMS
1234 (1.190 %)Tomcat
1318 (0.630 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1413 (0.455 %)WebLogic
1512 (0.420 %)Oracle Application Server
1611 (0.385 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1611 (0.385 %)JBoss
1710 (0.350 %)Oracle 10gAS
1710 (0.350 %)Office Project Server
189 (0.315 %)GroupWise
Applications
1464 (16.25 %)MS Excel
2379 (13.27 %)MS Office
331 (1.085 %)Photoshop
430 (1.050 %)MS PowerPoint
525 (0.875 %)MS Visio
68 (0.280 %)MS Project
74 (0.140 %)InfoPath
83 (0.105 %)3ds Max
92 (0.070 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.035 %)Acrobat
101 (0.035 %)FreeHand
101 (0.035 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
117 (0.595 %)Oracle EBS
215 (0.525 %)SAP R/3
312 (0.420 %)Oracle 11i
312 (0.420 %)Oracle Applications
312 (0.420 %)SAP Business One
47 (0.245 %)Microsoft CRM
56 (0.210 %)Siebel Analytics
65 (0.175 %)LabWindows
73 (0.105 %)Sage 1000
73 (0.105 %)Remedy ITSM
82 (0.070 %)Remedy AR System
82 (0.070 %)Navision
82 (0.070 %)SAP CRM
91 (0.035 %)MFGPRO
91 (0.035 %)SoftGrid
91 (0.035 %)Cartesis Magnitude
91 (0.035 %)Great Plains
91 (0.035 %)Hyperion Enterprise
91 (0.035 %)Line 500
Communications & Networking
1457 (16.00 %)TCP/IP
2359 (12.57 %)LAN
3357 (12.50 %)WAN
4298 (10.43 %)Firewall
5256 (8.964 %)DNS
6214 (7.493 %)VPN
7156 (5.462 %)SAN
8128 (4.482 %)Internet
966 (2.311 %)DHCP
1050 (1.751 %)Cisco IOS
1144 (1.541 %)DDNS
1240 (1.401 %)SMTP
1337 (1.296 %)Intranet
1436 (1.261 %)VoIP
1532 (1.120 %)WINS
1627 (0.945 %)SMS
1723 (0.805 %)Network Security
1822 (0.770 %)Wireless
1920 (0.700 %)Cisco PIX
2017 (0.595 %)MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1713 (24.96 %)SQL Server
2233 (8.158 %)SQL Server 2005
3220 (7.703 %)SQL Server 2000
461 (2.136 %)RDBMS
558 (2.031 %)Oracle 10g
657 (1.996 %)MySQL
746 (1.611 %)DB2
746 (1.611 %)SQL Server 7
842 (1.471 %)Oracle 9i
936 (1.261 %)OLAP
1033 (1.155 %)Crystal Reports
1128 (0.980 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1227 (0.945 %)Oracle OLAP
1320 (0.700 %)MS Access
1320 (0.700 %)Datawarehouse
1418 (0.630 %)Oracle Reports
1516 (0.560 %)DTS
1614 (0.490 %)Informix
1614 (0.490 %)TOAD
1713 (0.455 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
188 (3.081 %)Visual Studio
224 (0.840 %)InstallShield
322 (0.770 %)Oracle Forms
420 (0.700 %)Flash
510 (0.350 %)TestDirector
510 (0.350 %)QuickTest Pro
69 (0.315 %)WinRunner
69 (0.315 %)NUnit
78 (0.280 %)ERwin
87 (0.245 %)LoadRunner
87 (0.245 %)VSS/SourceSafe
94 (0.140 %)Ant
94 (0.140 %)Dreamweaver
94 (0.140 %)MSI
103 (0.105 %)Xcode
103 (0.105 %)LSMW
111 (0.035 %)ProC
111 (0.035 %)Eclipse
111 (0.035 %)Synon
111 (0.035 %)PowerBuilder
General
1206 (7.213 %)Finance
2201 (7.038 %)Pensions
3102 (3.571 %)Education
494 (3.291 %)Health
587 (3.046 %)Telecoms
677 (2.696 %)Insurance
765 (2.276 %)Retail
855 (1.926 %)Manufacturing
953 (1.856 %)Government
1031 (1.085 %)Back Office
1120 (0.700 %)Construction
1218 (0.630 %)Law
1218 (0.630 %)Games
1313 (0.455 %)Front Office
1412 (0.420 %)Electric
1510 (0.350 %)Marketing
169 (0.315 %)3D Graphics
169 (0.315 %)Local Government
169 (0.315 %)Automotive
169 (0.315 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1627 (21.95 %)Analyst
2438 (15.34 %)Developer
3373 (13.06 %)Support Analyst
4265 (9.279 %)Support Engineer
5192 (6.723 %)Consultant
6168 (5.882 %)Administrator
7146 (5.112 %).NET Developer
8143 (5.007 %)IT Support Analyst
9125 (4.377 %)Software Engineer
10111 (3.887 %)Applications Support
11103 (3.606 %)Technical Support
11103 (3.606 %)Software Developer
12101 (3.536 %)2nd Line Support
1399 (3.466 %)Helpdesk Support
1494 (3.291 %)Technical Specialist
1584 (2.941 %)Technical Analyst
1683 (2.906 %)Systems Administrator
1782 (2.871 %)C# Developer
1879 (2.766 %)DBA
1977 (2.696 %)IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
186 (3.011 %)Clustering
274 (2.591 %)EPoS
342 (1.471 %)NHS
439 (1.366 %)Client/Server
534 (1.190 %)Blackberry
623 (0.805 %)Management Information System
722 (0.770 %)Replication
820 (0.700 %)Computer Science
919 (0.665 %)N-Tier
1017 (0.595 %)Thin Client
1017 (0.595 %)Asset Management
1017 (0.595 %)SecurID
1017 (0.595 %)Fat Client
1116 (0.560 %)Mainframe
1214 (0.490 %)AS400
1313 (0.455 %)Speech Recognition
1313 (0.455 %)German Language
1410 (0.350 %)PDA
159 (0.315 %)Statistics
168 (0.280 %)Firmware
Operating Systems
1518 (18.14 %)Windows 2000
2462 (16.18 %)Unix
3433 (15.16 %)Linux
4372 (13.03 %)Windows XP
5259 (9.069 %)Windows Server 2003
6201 (7.038 %)Windows NT
774 (2.591 %)Solaris
844 (1.541 %)AIX
922 (0.770 %)HPUX
1018 (0.630 %)Windows Mobile
1116 (0.560 %)Windows CE
1215 (0.525 %)NetWare
1310 (0.350 %)Windows Vista
149 (0.315 %)Mac OS X
149 (0.315 %)zOS
149 (0.315 %)OS/400
155 (0.175 %)SUSE
155 (0.175 %)Debian
164 (0.140 %)Ubuntu
164 (0.140 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1221 (7.738 %)ITIL
2180 (6.303 %)OO
394 (3.291 %)Project Management
480 (2.801 %)Migration
573 (2.556 %)Service Delivery
664 (2.241 %)Configuration Management
761 (2.136 %)Web Development
859 (2.066 %)Disaster Recovery
956 (1.961 %)Problem Management
1050 (1.751 %)UML
1141 (1.436 %)PRINCE2
1141 (1.436 %)Business Intelligence
1239 (1.366 %)ERP
1338 (1.331 %)CRM
1434 (1.190 %)RUP
1533 (1.155 %)Content Management
1629 (1.015 %)Service Management
1727 (0.945 %)E-Commerce
1727 (0.945 %)Unified Process
1824 (0.840 %)Incident Management
Programming Languages
1666 (23.32 %)SQL
2326 (11.41 %)Java
3323 (11.31 %)C#
4275 (9.629 %)C++
5161 (5.637 %)VB.NET
6147 (5.147 %)JavaScript
7138 (4.832 %)VB
8128 (4.482 %)C
968 (2.381 %)Transact-SQL
1064 (2.241 %)PHP
1154 (1.891 %)VBScript
1250 (1.751 %)VC++
1346 (1.611 %)COBOL
1429 (1.015 %)VB6
1528 (0.980 %)Perl
1625 (0.875 %)PL/SQL
1720 (0.700 %)VBA
1816 (0.560 %)DHTML
1816 (0.560 %)Shell Script
1914 (0.490 %)Delphi
Qualifications
1619 (21.67 %)Microsoft Certification
2449 (15.72 %)MCSE
3340 (11.90 %)MCP
4287 (10.05 %)Degree
5111 (3.887 %)MCSA
649 (1.716 %)ISEB
746 (1.611 %)Citrix Certification
841 (1.436 %)Cisco Certification
939 (1.366 %)CCA
1037 (1.296 %)HND
1134 (1.190 %)ITIL Certification
1232 (1.120 %)MCDST
1330 (1.050 %)CCNA
1424 (0.840 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1424 (0.840 %)A+ Certification
1518 (0.630 %)CCNP
1616 (0.560 %)CCEA
1714 (0.490 %)SAP Certification
1813 (0.455 %)MCSD
1912 (0.420 %)MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1163 (5.707 %)SLA
233 (1.155 %)QA
313 (0.455 %)ISO27001
46 (0.210 %)ISO9000
55 (0.175 %)ISO9001
64 (0.140 %)ISO9002
71 (0.035 %)TickIT
71 (0.035 %)WCAG
System Software
1833 (29.17 %)Active Directory
278 (2.731 %)Terminal Services
349 (1.716 %)MetaFrame
438 (1.331 %)ISA Server
533 (1.155 %)Backup Exec
626 (0.910 %)Citrix Presentation Server
721 (0.735 %)Terminal Server
820 (0.700 %)NetBackup
917 (0.595 %)VMware ESX
1012 (0.420 %)Oracle RAC
118 (0.280 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
127 (0.245 %)VMware Server
135 (0.175 %)MailMarshal
144 (0.140 %)Snort
151 (0.035 %)VMware Workstation
151 (0.035 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
151 (1.786 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
246 (1.611 %)OpenView
333 (1.155 %)MAILsweeper
431 (1.085 %)MOM
525 (0.875 %)HP Data Protector
618 (0.630 %)Norton AntiVirus
715 (0.525 %)Legato
810 (0.350 %)BMC PATROL
99 (0.315 %)OpenView Configuration Management
99 (0.315 %)ZENworks
99 (0.315 %)EMC NetWorker
108 (0.280 %)ARCserve
117 (0.245 %)Tivoli
117 (0.245 %)WSUS
126 (0.210 %)DameWare
126 (0.210 %)BMC Performance Manager
135 (0.175 %)SCOM
144 (0.140 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
144 (0.140 %)CiscoWorks
153 (0.105 %)EMC Navisphere
Vendors
1980 (34.31 %)Microsoft
2369 (12.92 %)Citrix
3337 (11.80 %)Cisco
4315 (11.03 %)Oracle
5143 (5.007 %)VMware
6127 (4.447 %)HP
795 (3.326 %)Remedy
893 (3.256 %)Lotus
977 (2.696 %)IBM
1073 (2.556 %)SAP
1161 (2.136 %)VERITAS
1245 (1.576 %)LANDesk
1342 (1.471 %)Red Hat
1437 (1.296 %)Sun
1534 (1.190 %)Dell
1534 (1.190 %)Symantec
1629 (1.015 %)Novell
1726 (0.910 %)Sage
1825 (0.875 %)Avaya
1920 (0.700 %)BMC
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