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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills across the UK with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank76
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads2876735153
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled15.49 %14.65 %
As % of the category below63.41 %58.24 %
Salaries quoted2480228482
Average minimum salary£34,335£34,982
Average salary£37,049£37,681
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
Average maximum salary£39,763£40,379
UK excluding London average salary£32,626£33,219
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4537060361
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.42 %25.16 %
Salaries quoted3811447564
Average minimum salary£35,756£37,196
Average salary£38,630£40,204
% change on same period last year-3.91 %
Average maximum salary£41,503£43,211
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %

Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows within the UK.

Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-127726£37,122-1.83 %
LondonUp+311695£44,075-0.87 %
South EastNo change06474£34,433-3.63 %
City of LondonUp+53191£47,478-2.43 %
East of EnglandDown-12451£34,277+0.48 %
North WestDown-11637£29,918-3.73 %
South WestDown-31585£30,948+0.61 %
BerkshireDown-31566£36,566-3.98 %
SurreyNo change01554£33,695-5.75 %
YorkshireUp+11464£28,631-1.25 %
West MidlandsDown-21437£30,456+0.30 %
HampshireUp+21316£33,738-4.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+11002£34,618+0.87 %
East MidlandsDown-4859£29,265+0.41 %
West YorkshireUp+1850£28,071+0.76 %
HertfordshireDown-1800£36,318+3.60 %
CambridgeUp+1771£35,423+1.70 %
OxfordshireDown-3630£33,461+5.90 %
CheshireDown-1622£33,811+13.32 %
ManchesterDown-4616£27,544-16.29 %
ScotlandUp+3594£34,399+13.93 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1588£33,980-0.42 %
LeedsUp+3517£29,101+1.94 %
ReadingDown-4443£34,516-10.34 %
BirminghamUp+1442£31,232-0.44 %
BristolDown-3380£31,882+9.15 %
EssexUp+2370£32,261+1.50 %
South YorkshireUp+3369£29,558-1.73 %
BasingstokeUp+1361£35,089-7.71 %
GloucestershireDown-1360£31,233+3.00 %

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

119824 (33.17 %)Windows Server 2003
218250 (30.54 %)Microsoft
315371 (25.72 %)Active Directory
414143 (23.67 %)SQL
514085 (23.57 %)SQL Server
612247 (20.49 %)UNIX
711488 (19.22 %)Windows XP
810248 (17.15 %)Finance
910018 (16.76 %)MS Excel
109675 (16.19 %)Linux
119584 (16.04 %)MS Exchange
129252 (15.48 %).NET
139217 (15.42 %)Microsoft Certification
148520 (14.26 %)Windows 2000
157768 (13.00 %)C#
167728 (12.93 %)TCP/IP
177415 (12.41 %)MS Office
187099 (11.88 %)Oracle
196901 (11.55 %)C++
206680 (11.18 %)MCSE
216515 (10.90 %)Citrix
225942 (9.944 %)Cisco
235857 (9.801 %)Exchange Server 2003
245830 (9.756 %)Degree
255295 (8.861 %)Windows 2000 Server
265084 (8.508 %)Java
275029 (8.416 %)IIS
284862 (8.136 %)Firewall
294830 (8.083 %)WAN
304772 (7.986 %)LAN

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19252 (15.48 %).NET
24203 (7.033 %)XML
33826 (6.403 %)ASP.NET
42816 (4.712 %)HTML
52134 (3.571 %)WebServices
61887 (3.158 %)WinForms
71614 (2.701 %)ASP
81541 (2.579 %)J2EE
91361 (2.278 %)CSS
101272 (2.129 %).NET Framework
111028 (1.720 %)MFC
121016 (1.700 %)AJAX
13915 (1.531 %)WebSphere
14863 (1.444 %)STL
15710 (1.188 %)JSP
16643 (1.076 %)XSLT
17621 (1.039 %)Middleware
18542 (0.907 %)Spring
19469 (0.785 %)WCF
20444 (0.743 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19584 (16.04 %)MS Exchange
25857 (9.801 %)Exchange Server 2003
35029 (8.416 %)IIS
42702 (4.522 %)SharePoint
51666 (2.788 %)Exchange Server 2000
61651 (2.763 %)Exchange Server 2007
71485 (2.485 %)Lotus Notes
81396 (2.336 %)Apache
9731 (1.223 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10710 (1.188 %)Tomcat
11585 (0.979 %)WebLogic
12565 (0.945 %)BizTalk Server
13465 (0.778 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
14445 (0.745 %)Exchange Server 5.5
15379 (0.634 %)Lotus Domino
16366 (0.612 %)JBoss
17350 (0.586 %)CMS
18316 (0.529 %)SharePoint Portal Server
19227 (0.380 %)WebSphere Application Server
20210 (0.351 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110018 (16.76 %)MS Excel
27415 (12.41 %)MS Office
3455 (0.761 %)MS Visio
4331 (0.554 %)MS PowerPoint
5304 (0.509 %)Photoshop
6290 (0.485 %)MS Project
7111 (0.186 %)InfoPath
8101 (0.169 %)MATLAB
999 (0.166 %)Acrobat
1086 (0.144 %)Spreadsheet
1164 (0.107 %)QuarkXPress
1262 (0.104 %)Adobe Illustrator
1357 (0.095 %)AutoCAD
1448 (0.080 %)DeltaView
1539 (0.065 %)Fireworks
1633 (0.055 %)SPSS
1731 (0.052 %)ImageReady
1824 (0.040 %)DOC1
1920 (0.033 %)PrintSoft PReS
2019 (0.032 %)CATIA
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1280 (0.469 %)Microsoft CRM
2190 (0.318 %)Dynamics CRM
3168 (0.281 %)Oracle Applications
4141 (0.236 %)SoftGrid
5132 (0.221 %)Oracle EBS
6128 (0.214 %)Summit
7121 (0.202 %)Dynamics AX
8118 (0.197 %)Oracle 11i
979 (0.132 %)Navision
1072 (0.120 %)Axapta
1167 (0.112 %)GoldMine
1262 (0.104 %)SAP Business One
1351 (0.085 %)Oracle Financials
1443 (0.072 %)Great Plains
1540 (0.067 %)SalesLogix
1637 (0.062 %)assyst
1736 (0.060 %)SAP R/3
1833 (0.055 %)SAP CRM
1833 (0.055 %)Movex
1928 (0.047 %)Endur
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17728 (12.93 %)TCP/IP
24862 (8.136 %)Firewall
34830 (8.083 %)WAN
44772 (7.986 %)LAN
54139 (6.926 %)DNS
63745 (6.267 %)SAN
73609 (6.039 %)Internet
83144 (5.261 %)VPN
92395 (4.008 %)DHCP
101240 (2.075 %)VoIP
11989 (1.655 %)Wireless
12785 (1.314 %)Intranet
13755 (1.263 %)Network Security
14731 (1.223 %)Cisco PIX
15666 (1.115 %)HTTP
16526 (0.880 %)SMTP
17503 (0.842 %)FTP
18431 (0.721 %)SMS
19424 (0.710 %)VLAN
20353 (0.591 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114085 (23.57 %)SQL Server
24004 (6.700 %)SQL Server 2005
33028 (5.067 %)SQL Server 2000
41305 (2.184 %)MySQL
51142 (1.911 %)RDBMS
61050 (1.757 %)Oracle 10g
7818 (1.369 %)Oracle 9i
8772 (1.292 %)DB2
9698 (1.168 %)Crystal Reports
10519 (0.869 %)DTS
11509 (0.852 %)Datawarehouse
12461 (0.771 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13459 (0.768 %)MS Access
14429 (0.718 %)Oracle 8/8i
15386 (0.646 %)SQL Server Integration Services
16346 (0.579 %)Oracle Reports
17334 (0.559 %)BusinessObjects
18247 (0.413 %)GIS
19219 (0.366 %)Informix
20184 (0.308 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12012 (3.367 %)Visual Studio
2436 (0.730 %)Flash
3376 (0.629 %)Subversion
4359 (0.601 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5301 (0.504 %)Ant
5301 (0.504 %)Eclipse
6271 (0.454 %)MSI
7262 (0.438 %)ClearCase
8227 (0.380 %)Oracle Forms
9196 (0.328 %)NUnit
10186 (0.311 %)InstallShield
11178 (0.298 %)TestDirector
12158 (0.264 %)JUnit
13128 (0.214 %)WinRunner
14124 (0.208 %)Dreamweaver
15122 (0.204 %)ClearQuest
16105 (0.176 %)Rational Rose
1789 (0.149 %)PVCS
1885 (0.142 %)JIRA
1976 (0.127 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110248 (17.15 %)Finance
23680 (6.158 %)Banking
33021 (5.055 %)Pensions
42231 (3.733 %)Health
52026 (3.390 %)Telecoms
61513 (2.532 %)Investment Banking
71406 (2.353 %)Insurance
81384 (2.316 %)Education
91247 (2.087 %)Front Office
101203 (2.013 %)Retail
11963 (1.612 %)Legal
12961 (1.608 %)Back Office
13941 (1.575 %)Law
14888 (1.486 %)Government
15772 (1.292 %)Marketing
16690 (1.155 %)Games
17604 (1.011 %)Financial Institution
18471 (0.788 %)Manufacturing
19348 (0.582 %)Electronics
20339 (0.567 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111438 (19.14 %)Analyst
210122 (16.94 %)Developer
36525 (10.92 %)Support Analyst
44615 (7.723 %)Support Engineer
54461 (7.465 %)Administrator
63626 (6.068 %)Consultant
72378 (3.979 %)Software Engineer
82367 (3.961 %)Systems Administrator
92264 (3.789 %).NET Developer
102216 (3.708 %)C# Developer
112172 (3.635 %)Technical Support
122045 (3.422 %)Desktop Support
131978 (3.310 %)C++ Developer
141893 (3.168 %)Applications Support
151848 (3.093 %)Architect
161789 (2.994 %)2nd Line Support
171742 (2.915 %)DBA
181665 (2.786 %)Systems Engineer
191609 (2.693 %)Team Leader
201396 (2.336 %)Software Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11906 (3.190 %)Blackberry
21585 (2.652 %)Clustering
31428 (2.390 %)Derivative
41296 (2.169 %)Client/Server
51280 (2.142 %)Computer Science
6671 (1.123 %)Equities
7620 (1.038 %)Mainframe
8614 (1.027 %)Multithreading
9590 (0.987 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
10571 (0.956 %)Mathematics
11538 (0.900 %)N-Tier
12514 (0.860 %)Fixed Income
13485 (0.812 %)Replication
14426 (0.713 %)Management Information System
15404 (0.676 %)German Language
16401 (0.671 %)PDA
17389 (0.651 %)French Language
18349 (0.584 %)Equity Derivative
19336 (0.562 %)AS400
20325 (0.544 %)Thin Client
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119824 (33.17 %)Windows Server 2003
212247 (20.49 %)UNIX
311488 (19.22 %)Windows XP
49675 (16.19 %)Linux
58520 (14.26 %)Windows 2000
65295 (8.861 %)Windows 2000 Server
73149 (5.270 %)Windows Vista
83077 (5.149 %)Solaris
91836 (3.072 %)Windows NT
101199 (2.006 %)Red Hat Linux
111092 (1.827 %)AIX
12835 (1.397 %)Windows Server 2008
13662 (1.108 %)Windows Mobile
14475 (0.795 %)HPUX
15469 (0.785 %)Mac OS X
16415 (0.694 %)Windows CE
17346 (0.579 %)NetWare
18209 (0.350 %)SUSE
19155 (0.259 %)VxWorks
20140 (0.234 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13994 (6.684 %)ITIL
22879 (4.818 %)OO
32623 (4.389 %)Project Management
41293 (2.164 %)UML
51184 (1.981 %)Disaster Recovery
61159 (1.940 %)Security Cleared
71065 (1.782 %)CRM
81004 (1.680 %)E-Commerce
9951 (1.591 %)Migration
10940 (1.573 %)PRINCE2
11929 (1.555 %)Service Delivery
12824 (1.379 %)Web Development
13750 (1.255 %)Software Engineering
14733 (1.227 %)Agile Software Development
15722 (1.208 %)OOD
16717 (1.200 %)Business Intelligence
17668 (1.118 %)Change Management
18666 (1.115 %)ERP
19631 (1.056 %)Asset Management
20626 (1.048 %)Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114143 (23.67 %)SQL
27768 (13.00 %)C#
36901 (11.55 %)C++
45084 (8.508 %)Java
53297 (5.517 %)VB
63266 (5.465 %)C
72368 (3.963 %)JavaScript
82142 (3.585 %)VB.NET
92017 (3.375 %)Perl
101560 (2.611 %)Transact-SQL
111262 (2.112 %)VC++
121166 (1.951 %)PHP
131017 (1.702 %)VBScript
14959 (1.605 %)VB6
15923 (1.545 %)PL/SQL
16830 (1.389 %)Shell Script
17764 (1.279 %)VBA
18706 (1.181 %)Python
19307 (0.514 %)Delphi
20251 (0.420 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19217 (15.42 %)Microsoft Certification
26680 (11.18 %)MCSE
35830 (9.756 %)Degree
43321 (5.558 %)MCP
52149 (3.596 %)Cisco Certification
61826 (3.056 %)CCNA
71722 (2.882 %)MCSA
8591 (0.989 %)Citrix Certification
9572 (0.957 %)CCNP
10478 (0.800 %)ISEB
11441 (0.738 %)ITIL Certification
12440 (0.736 %)MCSD
13385 (0.644 %)CCA
14334 (0.559 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15297 (0.497 %)MCAD
16285 (0.477 %)HND
17281 (0.470 %)MCDST
18277 (0.464 %)CCEA
19230 (0.385 %)A+ Certification
20192 (0.321 %)MCDBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11591 (2.662 %)SLA
21120 (1.874 %)QA
3147 (0.246 %)ISO27001
492 (0.154 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
577 (0.129 %)ISO9001
643 (0.072 %)COBIT
740 (0.067 %)ISO17799
837 (0.062 %)BS7799
837 (0.062 %)ISO9000
920 (0.033 %)PCI DSS
1019 (0.032 %)TickIT
1118 (0.030 %)HL7
1216 (0.027 %)WAI
1310 (0.017 %)HMG Infosec
146 (0.010 %)JTAG
155 (0.008 %)DICOM
155 (0.008 %)GxP
164 (0.007 %)Basel II
164 (0.007 %)ISO8583
173 (0.005 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115371 (25.72 %)Active Directory
21864 (3.119 %)VMware Infrastructure
31030 (1.724 %)ISA Server
4973 (1.628 %)VMware ESX
5951 (1.591 %)Backup Exec
6814 (1.362 %)Terminal Services
7709 (1.186 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8661 (1.106 %)NetBackup
9463 (0.775 %)Terminal Server
10434 (0.726 %)MetaFrame
11303 (0.507 %)Oracle RAC
12290 (0.485 %)Oracle RMAN
13176 (0.295 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
14102 (0.171 %)VMware Server
1594 (0.157 %)NFS
1645 (0.075 %)Xen
1742 (0.070 %)MSMQ
1742 (0.070 %)VMware Workstation
1838 (0.064 %)MailMarshal
1936 (0.060 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1994 (1.663 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2896 (1.499 %)MOM
3383 (0.641 %)Tivoli
4324 (0.542 %)OpenView
5320 (0.536 %)Norton AntiVirus
6257 (0.430 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
7254 (0.425 %)WSUS
8235 (0.393 %)SCOM
9178 (0.298 %)Legato
10159 (0.266 %)CONTROL-M
11147 (0.246 %)SCCM
12130 (0.218 %)EMC NetWorker
13116 (0.194 %)ARCserve
13116 (0.194 %)OpenView Configuration Management
14111 (0.186 %)ZENworks
15101 (0.169 %)MAILsweeper
1694 (0.157 %)Nagios
1792 (0.154 %)BMC PATROL
1881 (0.136 %)Unicenter
1976 (0.127 %)ServiceCenter
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
118250 (30.54 %)Microsoft
27099 (11.88 %)Oracle
36515 (10.90 %)Citrix
45942 (9.944 %)Cisco
54629 (7.746 %)VMware
63077 (5.149 %)HP
71837 (3.074 %)IBM
81651 (2.763 %)Lotus
91339 (2.241 %)VERITAS
101294 (2.165 %)Red Hat
111240 (2.075 %)Sybase
121053 (1.762 %)Sun
13938 (1.570 %)Symantec
14908 (1.519 %)Dell
15796 (1.332 %)SAP
16743 (1.243 %)CheckPoint
17710 (1.188 %)Reuters
18709 (1.186 %)Novell
19699 (1.170 %)EMC
20673 (1.126 %)Bloomberg