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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Wigan 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 3 months to 7 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
7 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1012
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads63
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
Salaries quoted43
Average minimum salary£18,250£25,000
Average salary£19,063£27,500
% change on same period last year-30.68 %
Average maximum salary£19,875£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,488£33,136
% change on same period last year-1.95 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads63
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
Salaries quoted43
Average minimum salary£17,900£25,000
Average salary£18,750£27,500
% change on same period last year-31.81 %
Average maximum salary£19,600£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,870£34,553
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Windows ManchesterWindows
Manchester

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Wigan Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Wigan Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 7 August 2008.

Wigan Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

17 (53.85 %)Windows Server 2003
17 (53.85 %)Windows XP
26 (46.15 %)MS Excel
26 (46.15 %)Microsoft
35 (38.46 %)MS Exchange
43 (23.08 %)Retail
43 (23.08 %)Windows Vista
43 (23.08 %)Problem Management
43 (23.08 %)Active Directory
43 (23.08 %)HTML
43 (23.08 %)IIS
43 (23.08 %)MS Office
43 (23.08 %).NET
43 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
43 (23.08 %)ITIL
52 (15.38 %)CSS
52 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
52 (15.38 %)ASP
52 (15.38 %)PHP
52 (15.38 %)SQL
52 (15.38 %)ActionScript
52 (15.38 %)Adobe
52 (15.38 %)Dreamweaver
52 (15.38 %)Flash
52 (15.38 %)XHTML
52 (15.38 %)Government
52 (15.38 %)Telecoms
52 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (7.692 %).NET Framework
61 (7.692 %)Education

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

Wigan IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (23.08 %)HTML
13 (23.08 %).NET
13 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
22 (15.38 %)CSS
22 (15.38 %)ASP
22 (15.38 %)XHTML
31 (7.692 %).NET Framework
Wigan IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (38.46 %)MS Exchange
23 (23.08 %)IIS
32 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (7.692 %)Live Communications Server
41 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2000
Wigan IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (46.15 %)MS Excel
23 (23.08 %)MS Office
Wigan IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.692 %)Microsoft CRM
Wigan IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)Firewall
11 (7.692 %)Wireless
11 (7.692 %)LAN
11 (7.692 %)WAN
11 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
11 (7.692 %)VPN
Wigan IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server
Wigan IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
12 (15.38 %)Dreamweaver
12 (15.38 %)Flash
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (23.08 %)Retail
22 (15.38 %)Government
22 (15.38 %)Telecoms
31 (7.692 %)Education
31 (7.692 %)Health
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (61.54 %)Analyst
25 (38.46 %)Support Analyst
33 (23.08 %)Developer
42 (15.38 %)Web Developer
51 (7.692 %)Helpdesk Analyst
51 (7.692 %)1st Line Support
51 (7.692 %)Service Analyst
51 (7.692 %)Field Engineer
51 (7.692 %)Senior Analyst
51 (7.692 %)C# Developer
51 (7.692 %)Helpdesk Support
51 (7.692 %)Service Desk Analyst
51 (7.692 %)Desktop Engineer
51 (7.692 %)Junior Developer
51 (7.692 %)Senior Systems Analyst
51 (7.692 %)Junior C# Developer
51 (7.692 %)Network Engineer
51 (7.692 %)Systems Support
51 (7.692 %)Systems Analyst
51 (7.692 %)Junior
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (53.85 %)Windows Server 2003
17 (53.85 %)Windows XP
23 (23.08 %)Windows Vista
31 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (7.692 %)Solaris
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)Problem Management
13 (23.08 %)ITIL
21 (7.692 %)CRM
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)PHP
12 (15.38 %)SQL
12 (15.38 %)ActionScript
21 (7.692 %)C#
Wigan IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (7.692 %)MCSE
11 (7.692 %)MCSA
Wigan IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (23.08 %)Active Directory
21 (7.692 %)ISA Server
21 (7.692 %)Terminal Server
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)Microsoft
22 (15.38 %)Adobe
31 (7.692 %)WatchGuard
31 (7.692 %)ZyXEL
31 (7.692 %)3Com
31 (7.692 %)Mitel
31 (7.692 %)Cisco
31 (7.692 %)Sun
31 (7.692 %)Citrix
31 (7.692 %)Oracle
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