The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wilmslow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 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 Wilmslow region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 17 2 9
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wilmslow 8.696% 46.88% 16.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 88.89% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 4
Average salary £28,500 £28,500 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -8.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,600 £27,900 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £33,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Wilmslow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wilmslow 9.783% 46.88% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 4
Average salary £28,500 £28,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.86% +4.54%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Cheshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wilmslow 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 Wilmslow region.

Wilmslow Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Wilmslow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wilmslow Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wilmslow 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 (42.86%) Windows 7
2 8 (28.57%) Citrix
2 8 (28.57%) Banking
3 7 (25.00%) Flash
3 7 (25.00%) C
4 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
4 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
5 5 (17.86%) OpenGL
5 5 (17.86%) Middleware
5 5 (17.86%) Mobile Commerce
5 5 (17.86%) Bluetooth
5 5 (17.86%) GPRS
5 5 (17.86%) GSM
5 5 (17.86%) MPEG
5 5 (17.86%) UMTS
5 5 (17.86%) VoIP
5 5 (17.86%) WLAN
5 5 (17.86%) SVG
5 5 (17.86%) Linux
5 5 (17.86%) E-Commerce
5 5 (17.86%) J2ME
5 5 (17.86%) MS Excel
5 5 (17.86%) C++
5 5 (17.86%) Java
5 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (17.86%) Electronics
5 5 (17.86%) Device Driver
5 5 (17.86%) DRM
5 5 (17.86%) DVB

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wilmslow 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 7 (25.00%) Flash
2 5 (17.86%) OpenGL
2 5 (17.86%) Middleware
2 5 (17.86%) SVG
2 5 (17.86%) J2ME
2 5 (17.86%) BREW
2 5 (17.86%) Qt
2 5 (17.86%) OpenAL
3 4 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) MS Exchange
2 2 (7.143%) Drupal
2 2 (7.143%) DotNetNuke
2 2 (7.143%) CMS
3 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Bluetooth
1 5 (17.86%) GPRS
1 5 (17.86%) GSM
1 5 (17.86%) UMTS
1 5 (17.86%) VoIP
1 5 (17.86%) WLAN
1 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (17.86%) DVB
1 5 (17.86%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 4 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
1 4 (14.29%) MS Access
1 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (28.57%) Banking
2 5 (17.86%) Electronics
2 5 (17.86%) Multimedia
3 2 (7.143%) French Language
3 2 (7.143%) German Language
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Developer
1 11 (39.29%) Support Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Technical Support
2 8 (28.57%) Technical Support Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Software Developer
4 4 (14.29%) MI Developer
4 4 (14.29%) DBA
5 3 (10.71%) Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) E-Learning Developer
6 2 (7.143%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) IT Support
6 2 (7.143%) Web Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Applications Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Web Applications Developer
6 2 (7.143%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) MPEG
1 5 (17.86%) Device Driver
1 5 (17.86%) Speech Recognition
1 5 (17.86%) iPhone
2 3 (10.71%) Thin Client
2 3 (10.71%) Fat Client
3 2 (7.143%) Mathematics
3 2 (7.143%) E-Learning
4 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows 7
2 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
3 5 (17.86%) Linux
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Mobile
3 5 (17.86%) Nucleus RTOS
3 5 (17.86%) Android
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Phone 7
3 5 (17.86%) Windows 8
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Phone 8
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Phone
4 2 (7.143%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) Mobile Commerce
1 5 (17.86%) E-Commerce
1 5 (17.86%) DRM
2 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.143%) Data Analysis
3 2 (7.143%) Market Research
4 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) C
2 5 (17.86%) C++
2 5 (17.86%) Java
3 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 4 (14.29%) PHP
3 4 (14.29%) SQL
3 4 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 4 (14.29%) VBA
3 4 (14.29%) C#
4 2 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.571%) XenApp
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Citrix
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.143%) VMware
4 1 (3.571%) Wyse
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