The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Windsor region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 22 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 Windsor region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 12 2 18
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows 10 37 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 15.63% 36.63% 12.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 52.63% 80.43% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10 36 20
Average salary £36,750 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.12% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,150 £35,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
19 46 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 29.69% 45.54% 18.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19 43 31
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £40,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Berkshire

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Windsor region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Windsor Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 19 (44.19%) Windows Server 2008
2 16 (37.21%) Microsoft
3 15 (34.88%) GSM
3 15 (34.88%) Bluetooth
3 15 (34.88%) ZigBee
4 14 (32.56%) SQL Server
4 14 (32.56%) Active Directory
5 13 (30.23%) Linux
5 13 (30.23%) SharePoint
6 11 (25.58%) Cisco
6 11 (25.58%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (25.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (25.58%) Hyper-V
6 11 (25.58%) Advertising
6 11 (25.58%) SharePoint 2010
7 10 (23.26%) Test Management
8 9 (20.93%) MS Exchange
8 9 (20.93%) C++
8 9 (20.93%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (20.93%) VMware
8 9 (20.93%) Exchange Server 2010
9 8 (18.60%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (18.60%) Migration
9 8 (18.60%) Wireless
9 8 (18.60%) Web Services
9 8 (18.60%) GPRS
9 8 (18.60%) HP
9 8 (18.60%) SAN
9 8 (18.60%) 3G
10 7 (16.28%) VxWorks

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 8 (18.60%) Web Services
2 6 (13.95%) .NET
3 2 (4.651%) WCF
3 2 (4.651%) WPF
3 2 (4.651%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.326%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 13 (30.23%) SharePoint
2 11 (25.58%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (20.93%) MS Exchange
3 9 (20.93%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (9.302%) Lync
5 3 (6.977%) IIS
5 3 (6.977%) Apache
6 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (4.651%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.302%) MS Office
3 2 (4.651%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (4.651%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (34.88%) GSM
1 15 (34.88%) Bluetooth
1 15 (34.88%) ZigBee
2 8 (18.60%) Wireless
2 8 (18.60%) GPRS
2 8 (18.60%) SAN
2 8 (18.60%) 3G
3 7 (16.28%) Firewall
3 7 (16.28%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (6.977%) VoIP
5 2 (4.651%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (32.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (4.651%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (11.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (25.58%) Pharmaceutical
1 11 (25.58%) Advertising
2 1 (2.326%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Support Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) Technical Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) Technical Support
3 9 (20.93%) Technical Support Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Test Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Software Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Consultant
4 7 (16.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Senior Support Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Senior Technical Support
5 6 (13.95%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) Analyst
6 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Consultant
6 5 (11.63%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (6.977%) Project Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (6.977%) Senior Manager
7 3 (6.977%) IT Consultant
7 3 (6.977%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (16.28%) Device Driver
3 5 (11.63%) Clustering
4 2 (4.651%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.651%) CESG
4 2 (4.651%) Smartcard
5 1 (2.326%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (44.19%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (30.23%) Linux
3 7 (16.28%) VxWorks
3 7 (16.28%) Windows CE
3 7 (16.28%) ThreadX
4 5 (11.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (11.63%) UNIX
4 5 (11.63%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (11.63%) Windows 7
5 3 (6.977%) Windows 2000
5 3 (6.977%) Windows NT
5 3 (6.977%) Windows XP
5 3 (6.977%) Android
6 2 (4.651%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) Test Management
2 8 (18.60%) Migration
3 7 (16.28%) ITIL
3 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
4 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
5 4 (9.302%) Quality Management
6 3 (6.977%) Automated Testing
6 3 (6.977%) Software Engineering
6 3 (6.977%) System Testing
7 2 (4.651%) Performance Testing
7 2 (4.651%) Security Testing
7 2 (4.651%) Web Testing
7 2 (4.651%) QMS
7 2 (4.651%) Identity Management
7 2 (4.651%) OO
8 1 (2.326%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (2.326%) Project Management
8 1 (2.326%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) C++
2 7 (16.28%) Embedded C
2 7 (16.28%) C
3 6 (13.95%) C#
4 5 (11.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) ISEB
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 3 (6.977%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.651%) MCTS
3 2 (4.651%) MCITP
3 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.651%) MCSA
4 1 (2.326%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (25.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (11.63%) ISO 9001
2 5 (11.63%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 11 (25.58%) Hyper-V
3 9 (20.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.651%) NDS
5 1 (2.326%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (9.302%) SCOM
2 2 (4.651%) SCVMM
2 2 (4.651%) SCCM
2 2 (4.651%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (2.326%) MOM
Vendors
1 16 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.58%) Cisco
3 9 (20.93%) VMware
4 8 (18.60%) HP
5 3 (6.977%) Symbian
6 2 (4.651%) Avaya
6 2 (4.651%) CA
7 1 (2.326%) WatchGuard