The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Westminster region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 21 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 Westminster region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 5 - 8
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows 5 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster 27.78% - 29.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 5
Average salary £48,000 - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Westminster
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
5 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster 27.78% - 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 5
Average salary £48,000 - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
London

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Westminster 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 Westminster region.

Westminster Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 9 (56.25%) MCSA
2 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 9 (56.25%) MCITP
3 8 (50.00%) Citrix
4 7 (43.75%) MCP
5 6 (37.50%) DNS
6 5 (31.25%) CCNA
6 5 (31.25%) ITIL
6 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (31.25%) Finance
6 5 (31.25%) VMware
7 4 (25.00%) Games
7 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
7 4 (25.00%) MCTS
8 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (18.75%) QA
8 3 (18.75%) WCF
8 3 (18.75%) WPF
8 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (18.75%) Degree
8 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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 3 (18.75%) WCF
1 3 (18.75%) WPF
1 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 3 (18.75%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (6.250%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (6.250%) Network Security
3 1 (6.250%) WAN
3 1 (6.250%) VPN
3 1 (6.250%) LAN
3 1 (6.250%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (6.250%) MySQL
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Games
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Support Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 3 (18.75%) Team Leader
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Software Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Software Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Network Security Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) DBA
3 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Senior DBA
3 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
3 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
3 1 (6.250%) UNIX
3 1 (6.250%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
3 3 (18.75%) CRM
3 3 (18.75%) UML
3 3 (18.75%) OO
3 3 (18.75%) MVC
3 3 (18.75%) Workflow
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) Capacity Management
5 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.250%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C#
2 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (56.25%) MCSA
2 9 (56.25%) MCITP
3 7 (43.75%) MCP
4 5 (31.25%) CCNA
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (25.00%) MCTS
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) MCSE
6 3 (18.75%) MCAD
6 3 (18.75%) MCSD
6 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (6.250%) JNCIA
7 1 (6.250%) CCNP
7 1 (6.250%) OCP
7 1 (6.250%) OCA
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.250%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Citrix
3 5 (31.25%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) Avaya
4 2 (12.50%) NetApp
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle
5 1 (6.250%) Lotus
5 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.250%) Juniper