The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 8 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 8 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 8
Rank 172 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.084% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.340% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £23,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year
-31.57% -
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
883 754 763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.59% 23.82% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 718 606 639
Average salary £30,000 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £20,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £44,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 8
Yorkshire

Windows 8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Yorkshire Windows 8 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 8
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 8 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Windows 8 Salary Trend

Windows 8
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leeds - 3 £23,500 -
Windows 8
Yorkshire

Windows 8
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Windows 8 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 8.

1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) Windows XP
3 10 (66.67%) MS Excel
4 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
4 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
4 8 (53.33%) Windows 7
5 7 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (46.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (46.67%) Windows Vista
6 6 (40.00%) VMware
6 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (40.00%) VPN
6 6 (40.00%) DNS
6 6 (40.00%) SQL
7 5 (33.33%) Finance
7 5 (33.33%) Thin Client
7 5 (33.33%) Firewall
7 5 (33.33%) Fat Client
8 4 (26.67%) Google
8 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (26.67%) ProCurve
8 4 (26.67%) NETGEAR
8 4 (26.67%) Network Design
8 4 (26.67%) MPLS
8 4 (26.67%) Terminal Services
8 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
8 4 (26.67%) VoIP
8 4 (26.67%) WAN
8 4 (26.67%) HP
8 4 (26.67%) Citrix

Windows 8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Windows 8 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 8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (13.33%) WordPress
2 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (26.67%) MS Office
2 4 (26.67%) Google Apps
3 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) VPN
1 6 (40.00%) DNS
2 5 (33.33%) Firewall
3 4 (26.67%) MPLS
3 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (26.67%) VoIP
3 4 (26.67%) WAN
4 2 (13.33%) FTP
4 2 (13.33%) Intranet
5 1 (6.667%) PABX
5 1 (6.667%) LAN
5 1 (6.667%) Wireless
5 1 (6.667%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Systems Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Systems Support
1 6 (40.00%) Support Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Technical Support
1 6 (40.00%) 1st Line Support
1 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (40.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) IT Administrator
2 4 (26.67%) Administrator
3 3 (20.00%) IT Support
3 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) SCCM Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 5 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.667%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) Windows XP
3 8 (53.33%) Windows 7
4 7 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (46.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (46.67%) Windows Vista
5 1 (6.667%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Network Design
1 4 (26.67%) ERP
2 1 (6.667%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) VB
2 2 (13.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (26.67%) Terminal Services
2 4 (26.67%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (26.67%) vSphere
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 4 (26.67%) Google
3 4 (26.67%) ProCurve
3 4 (26.67%) NETGEAR
3 4 (26.67%) HP
3 4 (26.67%) Citrix
4 2 (13.33%) Apple
4 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.667%) NetApp
5 1 (6.667%) McAfee
5 1 (6.667%) Wyse
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