The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 16 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 2 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 3.333% 4.286% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.143% 13.04% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
Average salary £26,000 £29,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.34% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
28 23 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 46.67% 32.86% 55.00%
Number of salaries quoted 27 23 31
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £29,000 £21,900
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
West Midlands

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Wolverhampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Wolverhampton Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Mitel
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) SQL

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) MCITP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Mitel
2 1 (33.33%) HP