The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 19 19 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 -12
Permanent jobs citing Windows 14 21 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 18.18% 16.67% 23.68%
As % of the Operating Systems category 93.33% 100.00% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 20 9
Average salary £27,300 £27,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.72% -21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,200 £16,500 £19,400
10% offered a salary of more than £35,800 £43,100 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Wigan
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
15 21 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 19.48% 16.67% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 10
Average salary £27,300 £26,750 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.05% +4.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,950 £16,500 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Manchester

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wigan Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 26 (55.32%) SQL Server
2 24 (51.06%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (44.68%) Microsoft
3 21 (44.68%) Active Directory
4 19 (40.43%) MS Exchange
4 19 (40.43%) LAN
4 19 (40.43%) WAN
4 19 (40.43%) SQL
4 19 (40.43%) VMware
5 18 (38.30%) Exchange Server 2007
5 18 (38.30%) Linux
5 18 (38.30%) MS Excel
6 17 (36.17%) .NET
6 17 (36.17%) SQL Server 2008
7 16 (34.04%) SQL Server 2005
7 16 (34.04%) Firewall
7 16 (34.04%) Backup Exec
7 16 (34.04%) MS Office
7 16 (34.04%) TCP/IP
7 16 (34.04%) VoIP
7 16 (34.04%) Exchange Server 2010
8 15 (31.91%) Windows XP
9 14 (29.79%) UNIX
10 13 (27.66%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (25.53%) Windows Vista
11 12 (25.53%) Mitel
11 12 (25.53%) C#
11 12 (25.53%) DNS
11 12 (25.53%) SQL Server 2012
11 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2012

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 17 (36.17%) .NET
2 11 (23.40%) HTML
2 11 (23.40%) ASP.NET
2 11 (23.40%) CSS
3 6 (12.77%) Web Services
4 4 (8.511%) HTML5
5 1 (2.128%) XML
5 1 (2.128%) JSON
5 1 (2.128%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 19 (40.43%) MS Exchange
2 18 (38.30%) Exchange Server 2007
3 16 (34.04%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (23.40%) Windows Azure
5 5 (10.64%) WebLogic
6 4 (8.511%) Oracle Application Server
7 3 (6.383%) IIS
7 3 (6.383%) SharePoint
7 3 (6.383%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (38.30%) MS Excel
2 16 (34.04%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (40.43%) LAN
1 19 (40.43%) WAN
2 16 (34.04%) Firewall
2 16 (34.04%) TCP/IP
2 16 (34.04%) VoIP
3 12 (25.53%) DNS
4 8 (17.02%) Internet
5 4 (8.511%) VPN
6 2 (4.255%) SAN
7 1 (2.128%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (55.32%) SQL Server
2 17 (36.17%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (34.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (25.53%) SQL Server 2012
5 8 (17.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (12.77%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (10.64%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (10.64%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (10.64%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (4.255%) MS Access
8 2 (4.255%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Subversion
1 4 (8.511%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Analyst
2 16 (34.04%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 12 (25.53%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 12 (25.53%) Senior Analyst
3 12 (25.53%) Developer
4 11 (23.40%) C# Developer
5 8 (17.02%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (17.02%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (14.89%) Support Analyst
7 5 (10.64%) DBA
7 5 (10.64%) Senior Developer
7 5 (10.64%) Administrator
7 5 (10.64%) Oracle DBA
7 5 (10.64%) Senior C# Developer
7 5 (10.64%) Agile C# Developer
8 4 (8.511%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (8.511%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 4 (8.511%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (6.383%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (6.383%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.383%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.255%) CLARiiON
3 1 (2.128%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.128%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.128%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.128%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 24 (51.06%) Windows Server 2008
2 18 (38.30%) Linux
3 15 (31.91%) Windows XP
4 14 (29.79%) UNIX
5 12 (25.53%) Windows Vista
5 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (17.02%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (10.64%) Solaris
8 2 (4.255%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (4.255%) HPUX
9 1 (2.128%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Unit Testing
1 9 (19.15%) Service Delivery
1 9 (19.15%) Web Application Development
2 7 (14.89%) ITIL
3 5 (10.64%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (10.64%) TDD
4 4 (8.511%) PRINCE
4 4 (8.511%) PRINCE2
5 3 (6.383%) Change Management
5 3 (6.383%) Incident Management
5 3 (6.383%) Problem Management
6 2 (4.255%) Performance Management
6 2 (4.255%) Data Analysis
6 2 (4.255%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.128%) Capacity Management
7 1 (2.128%) OO
7 1 (2.128%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) SQL
2 12 (25.53%) C#
3 11 (23.40%) JavaScript
4 5 (10.64%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.255%) VB
5 2 (4.255%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.255%) VBA
6 1 (2.128%) Java
6 1 (2.128%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) Degree
2 2 (4.255%) CCNP
2 2 (4.255%) CCNA
2 2 (4.255%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.255%) MCSE
2 2 (4.255%) MCSA
2 2 (4.255%) MCP
3 1 (2.128%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 21 (44.68%) Active Directory
2 13 (27.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.64%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (4.255%) MetaFrame
4 2 (4.255%) vSphere
5 1 (2.128%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 16 (34.04%) Backup Exec
2 5 (10.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 5 (10.64%) Data Guard
3 4 (8.511%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 21 (44.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (40.43%) VMware
3 12 (25.53%) Mitel
4 9 (19.15%) Oracle
5 5 (10.64%) Citrix
6 4 (8.511%) Juniper
6 4 (8.511%) NetApp
7 2 (4.255%) Brocade
7 2 (4.255%) Cisco
7 2 (4.255%) HP
7 2 (4.255%) EMC
7 2 (4.255%) Avaya
8 1 (2.128%) Symantec
8 1 (2.128%) McAfee
8 1 (2.128%) Symbian
Wigan, North West
Technologies: ASP.Net, C#, .Net 3.5, 4.0, SQL Server 2005/2008/2012, tSQL (stored procedures, triggers, functions etc), OOP, Javascript / Java Script, jQuery, Web design, AJAX,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £35k - 40k per year
Posted: 24 April 2013