The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 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 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 3 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows 22 15 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 33.85% 20.83% 37.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 73.33% 65.22% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 21 15 20
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +14.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £28,700 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,900 £34,100
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
30 23 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 46.15% 31.94% 54.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29 23 30
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £29,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £37,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
West Midlands

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Wolverhampton Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 25 (53.19%) Active Directory
3 24 (51.06%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (42.55%) SQL
5 19 (40.43%) MS Excel
5 19 (40.43%) Microsoft
5 19 (40.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (38.30%) VMware
6 18 (38.30%) MS Exchange
7 13 (27.66%) .NET
7 13 (27.66%) vSphere
8 12 (25.53%) Cisco
8 12 (25.53%) SAN
9 10 (21.28%) Citrix
9 10 (21.28%) HP
9 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
9 10 (21.28%) ASP.NET
9 10 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (21.28%) Degree
10 9 (19.15%) VMware ESX
11 8 (17.02%) Finance
11 8 (17.02%) Firewall
11 8 (17.02%) Project Management
11 8 (17.02%) T-SQL
11 8 (17.02%) Web Services
11 8 (17.02%) XML
11 8 (17.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (17.02%) SQL Server 2005
12 7 (14.89%) MCITP
12 7 (14.89%) XenApp

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 13 (27.66%) .NET
2 10 (21.28%) ASP.NET
3 8 (17.02%) Web Services
3 8 (17.02%) XML
4 7 (14.89%) CSS
5 6 (12.77%) HTML
6 3 (6.383%) COM+
6 3 (6.383%) DCOM
6 3 (6.383%) XSL
6 3 (6.383%) Middleware
7 2 (4.255%) Ajax
8 1 (2.128%) LINQ
8 1 (2.128%) Application Packaging
8 1 (2.128%) CSS3
8 1 (2.128%) HTML5
8 1 (2.128%) XSLT
8 1 (2.128%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 18 (38.30%) MS Exchange
2 6 (12.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (10.64%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (10.64%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (8.511%) IIS
5 3 (6.383%) MTS
6 2 (4.255%) SharePoint
6 2 (4.255%) Lync
7 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (2.128%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 19 (40.43%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.511%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.53%) SAN
2 8 (17.02%) Firewall
3 6 (12.77%) LAN
3 6 (12.77%) WAN
4 4 (8.511%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (8.511%) NAS
4 4 (8.511%) iSCSI
5 3 (6.383%) Intranet
5 3 (6.383%) Internet
6 2 (4.255%) WLAN
6 2 (4.255%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.255%) VPN
6 2 (4.255%) DNS
6 2 (4.255%) xDSL
6 2 (4.255%) Unified Communications
7 1 (2.128%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.128%) Wireless
7 1 (2.128%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (55.32%) SQL Server
2 8 (17.02%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (14.89%) MySQL
4 6 (12.77%) SQL Server 2000
4 6 (12.77%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (4.255%) DTS
5 2 (4.255%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.255%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Eclipse
1 4 (8.511%) NetBeans
1 4 (8.511%) Subversion
1 4 (8.511%) Zend Studio
2 3 (6.383%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.128%) MSI
General
1 8 (17.02%) Finance
2 6 (12.77%) Advertising
3 2 (4.255%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.128%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Support Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) Developer
4 6 (12.77%) Consultant
4 6 (12.77%) Technical Support
4 6 (12.77%) Technical Support Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) C# Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (10.64%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (8.511%) .NET Developer
6 4 (8.511%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (8.511%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Product Manager
7 3 (6.383%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Software Developer
7 3 (6.383%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.511%) Computer Science
3 3 (6.383%) Firmware
4 1 (2.128%) iPhone
4 1 (2.128%) Clustering
4 1 (2.128%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 24 (51.06%) Windows Server 2008
2 19 (40.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (14.89%) Linux
4 6 (12.77%) Windows XP
4 6 (12.77%) Android
4 6 (12.77%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (8.511%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (6.383%) Windows 7
6 3 (6.383%) Windows Phone
7 2 (4.255%) Windows Phone 8
7 2 (4.255%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.128%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Project Management
2 6 (12.77%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (12.77%) Asset Management
3 5 (10.64%) OO
4 4 (8.511%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (8.511%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (6.383%) CRM
6 2 (4.255%) ITIL
6 2 (4.255%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.255%) Web Development
6 2 (4.255%) Time Management
6 2 (4.255%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.255%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.128%) Business Development
7 1 (2.128%) Data Management
7 1 (2.128%) Project Planning
7 1 (2.128%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.128%) Logistics
7 1 (2.128%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.128%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 20 (42.55%) SQL
2 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
3 8 (17.02%) T-SQL
4 7 (14.89%) C#
4 7 (14.89%) VB.NET
5 4 (8.511%) PHP
6 3 (6.383%) VB6
6 3 (6.383%) VB
6 3 (6.383%) MUMPS
7 1 (2.128%) XPath
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 7 (14.89%) MCITP
3 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (10.64%) CCEE
4 5 (10.64%) CCAA
4 5 (10.64%) MCSE
4 5 (10.64%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (8.511%) MCTS
6 3 (6.383%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (4.255%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.128%) ISTQB
8 1 (2.128%) CCIA
8 1 (2.128%) NCDA
8 1 (2.128%) NCIE
8 1 (2.128%) CCNA
8 1 (2.128%) ISEB
8 1 (2.128%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.383%) QA
1 3 (6.383%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (53.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (27.66%) vSphere
3 10 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (19.15%) VMware ESX
5 7 (14.89%) XenApp
5 7 (14.89%) XenServer
5 7 (14.89%) XenDesktop
6 4 (8.511%) Hyper-V
7 3 (6.383%) ISA Server
8 2 (4.255%) Terminal Services
8 2 (4.255%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (2.128%) VMware Server
9 1 (2.128%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 4 (8.511%) SCOM
2 3 (6.383%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (6.383%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (6.383%) ARCserve
3 1 (2.128%) SCCM
3 1 (2.128%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (2.128%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.128%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 19 (40.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (38.30%) VMware
3 12 (25.53%) Cisco
4 10 (21.28%) Citrix
4 10 (21.28%) HP
5 6 (12.77%) McAfee
6 5 (10.64%) Dell
7 4 (8.511%) Oracle
7 4 (8.511%) Symantec
7 4 (8.511%) Zend
8 3 (6.383%) Telerik
8 3 (6.383%) NetApp
8 3 (6.383%) Veritas
9 2 (4.255%) Mitel
10 1 (2.128%) Dialogic
10 1 (2.128%) Intel
10 1 (2.128%) Nortel
10 1 (2.128%) Avaya
10 1 (2.128%) CommVault