Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Buckinghamshire region 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 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
6 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank56
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads341622
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.300 %0.312 %
As % of the category below73.33 %67.98 %
Salaries quoted310561
Average minimum salary£29,674£30,147
Average salary£32,327£32,809
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Average maximum salary£34,979£35,472
UK excluding London average salary£33,156£33,052
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Buckinghamshire
Matching permanent IT job ads465915
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.409 %0.458 %
Salaries quoted421809
Average minimum salary£30,092£31,707
Average salary£33,024£34,678
% change on same period last year-4.76 %
Average maximum salary£35,956£37,648
UK excluding London average salary£34,301£34,137
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Windows South EastWindows
South East

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

Buckinghamshire Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesNo change0115£31,990-1.03 %
High WycombeUp+760£33,158+24.17 %
AylesburyUp+636£29,758-16.72 %
AmershamNo change021£25,143-5.06 %
BeaconsfieldUp+1211£24,591-30.33 %
CheshamUp+19£35,167-7.57 %
MarlowDown-49£29,556-13.02 %
Gerrards CrossUp+104£40,000+17.74 %
BuckinghamUp+61£30,000+15.38 %
WycombeUp+41£27,500-2.94 %
Windows South EastWindows
South East

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1338 (39.08 %)Microsoft
2284 (32.83 %)Windows Server 2003
3242 (27.98 %)SQL Server
4217 (25.09 %)Windows XP
5215 (24.86 %).NET
6211 (24.39 %)SQL
7174 (20.12 %)MS Excel
8168 (19.42 %)Active Directory
9161 (18.61 %)C#
10144 (16.65 %)Microsoft Certification
11129 (14.91 %)Linux
12126 (14.57 %)ASP.NET
13125 (14.45 %)MCSE
14119 (13.76 %)Oracle
15118 (13.64 %)MS Exchange
16114 (13.18 %)MS Office
17111 (12.83 %)WAN
18108 (12.49 %)UNIX
19105 (12.14 %)XML
20103 (11.91 %)TCP/IP
2197 (11.21 %)Firewall
2288 (10.17 %)Windows 2000 Server
2384 (9.711 %)C++
2481 (9.364 %)VMware
2578 (9.017 %)Windows 2000
2578 (9.017 %)LAN
2677 (8.902 %)Citrix
2775 (8.671 %)VB
2775 (8.671 %)Exchange Server 2003
2872 (8.324 %)Pensions

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1215 (24.86 %).NET
2126 (14.57 %)ASP.NET
3105 (12.14 %)XML
464 (7.399 %)HTML
557 (6.590 %)ADO.NET
640 (4.624 %)ASP
640 (4.624 %)ATL
640 (4.624 %)WinForms
733 (3.815 %)ADO
829 (3.353 %)WebSphere
924 (2.775 %).NET Framework
1018 (2.081 %)MFC
1116 (1.850 %)CSS
1213 (1.503 %)WebServices
1310 (1.156 %)STL
149 (1.040 %)DHTML
149 (1.040 %)AJAX
158 (0.925 %)Hibernate
167 (0.809 %)Flash
167 (0.809 %)J2EE
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1118 (13.64 %)MS Exchange
275 (8.671 %)Exchange Server 2003
346 (5.318 %)IIS
434 (3.931 %)Exchange Server 2000
528 (3.237 %)SharePoint
626 (3.006 %)Exchange Server 2007
725 (2.890 %)WebLogic
820 (2.312 %)Apache
917 (1.965 %)SAS
1014 (1.618 %)BizTalk Server
1112 (1.387 %)GroupWise
1112 (1.387 %)JBoss
1112 (1.387 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1210 (1.156 %)Tomcat
1210 (1.156 %)CMS
139 (1.040 %)SharePoint Portal Server
146 (0.694 %)Oracle Application Server
146 (0.694 %)Lotus Notes
154 (0.462 %)Oracle 9iAS
163 (0.347 %)ColdFusion
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1174 (20.12 %)MS Excel
2114 (13.18 %)MS Office
310 (1.156 %)QuarkXPress
49 (1.040 %)MS PowerPoint
49 (1.040 %)Photoshop
58 (0.925 %)MS Visio
64 (0.462 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.231 %)Fireworks
72 (0.231 %)PrintSoft PReS
81 (0.116 %)SPSS
81 (0.116 %)MS Project
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.578 %)SAP R/3
15 (0.578 %)SAP CRM
15 (0.578 %)SAP EBP
24 (0.462 %)Capstone
32 (0.231 %)Academy Housing
32 (0.231 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.231 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.231 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.116 %)Summit
41 (0.116 %)GoldMine
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1111 (12.83 %)WAN
2103 (11.91 %)TCP/IP
397 (11.21 %)Firewall
478 (9.017 %)LAN
547 (5.434 %)VPN
547 (5.434 %)Internet
641 (4.740 %)DNS
732 (3.699 %)DHCP
830 (3.468 %)SAN
927 (3.121 %)Wireless
1024 (2.775 %)Network Security
1120 (2.312 %)VoIP
127 (0.809 %)SSL
136 (0.694 %)VLAN
136 (0.694 %)802.11
136 (0.694 %)RFID
145 (0.578 %)SMTP
154 (0.462 %)HTTP
154 (0.462 %)3G
163 (0.347 %)Cisco PIX
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1242 (27.98 %)SQL Server
255 (6.358 %)SQL Server 2005
343 (4.971 %)Datawarehouse
441 (4.740 %)SQL Server 2000
539 (4.509 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
630 (3.468 %)OLAP
725 (2.890 %)Oracle 10g
822 (2.543 %)Oracle 9i
918 (2.081 %)MySQL
1017 (1.965 %)BusinessObjects
1116 (1.850 %)Oracle Reports
1214 (1.618 %)ETL
1313 (1.503 %)RDBMS
1412 (1.387 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1511 (1.272 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
168 (0.925 %)Oracle 8/8i
177 (0.809 %)DB2
177 (0.809 %)SQL Server Integration Services
185 (0.578 %)SAP BW
185 (0.578 %)Oracle OLAP
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
171 (8.208 %)Visual Studio
212 (1.387 %)Oracle Forms
36 (0.694 %)Eclipse
45 (0.578 %)Visual Studio Team System
53 (0.347 %)Expression Blend
53 (0.347 %)Rational Rose
53 (0.347 %)Ant
53 (0.347 %)JUnit
53 (0.347 %)ProC
62 (0.231 %)ClearQuest
62 (0.231 %)MSI
62 (0.231 %)JMeter
62 (0.231 %)NUnit
62 (0.231 %)ClearCase
62 (0.231 %)Dreamweaver
71 (0.116 %)Oracle APEX
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
172 (8.324 %)Pensions
258 (6.705 %)Finance
351 (5.896 %)Retail
430 (3.468 %)Health
524 (2.775 %)Telecoms
617 (1.965 %)Construction
716 (1.850 %)Marketing
814 (1.618 %)Education
912 (1.387 %)Insurance
1011 (1.272 %)Banking
1011 (1.272 %)Publishing
1110 (1.156 %)Advertising
1110 (1.156 %)Electronics
128 (0.925 %)Government
137 (0.809 %)Automotive
146 (0.694 %)Pharmaceutical
155 (0.578 %)Back Office
164 (0.462 %)Police
173 (0.347 %)Electric
182 (0.231 %)Games
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1146 (16.88 %)Developer
2104 (12.02 %)Analyst
391 (10.52 %)Support Engineer
484 (9.711 %)Consultant
574 (8.555 %).NET Developer
666 (7.630 %)Administrator
760 (6.936 %)C# Developer
851 (5.896 %)Support Analyst
943 (4.971 %)Technical Consultant
1041 (4.740 %)Software Engineer
1135 (4.046 %)Technical Support
1234 (3.931 %)Software Developer
1332 (3.699 %)Systems Engineer
1431 (3.584 %)Helpdesk Support
1530 (3.468 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1629 (3.353 %)IT Support Engineer
1728 (3.237 %)Web Developer
1825 (2.890 %)Systems Administrator
1924 (2.775 %)Network Engineer
1924 (2.775 %)Senior Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (2.890 %)Mainframe
221 (2.428 %)Thin Client
221 (2.428 %)Fat Client
318 (2.081 %)Client/Server
414 (1.618 %)German Language
511 (1.272 %)Blackberry
610 (1.156 %)Clustering
610 (1.156 %)Computer Science
79 (1.040 %)EPoS
88 (0.925 %)Dutch Language
88 (0.925 %)Statistics
88 (0.925 %)French Language
97 (0.809 %)PMI
97 (0.809 %)Replication
105 (0.578 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
105 (0.578 %)Italian Language
105 (0.578 %)Spanish Language
114 (0.462 %)Swedish Language
114 (0.462 %)PDA
114 (0.462 %)Mathematics
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1284 (32.83 %)Windows Server 2003
2217 (25.09 %)Windows XP
3129 (14.91 %)Linux
4108 (12.49 %)UNIX
588 (10.17 %)Windows 2000 Server
678 (9.017 %)Windows 2000
736 (4.162 %)Windows Vista
832 (3.699 %)Windows Mobile
925 (2.890 %)Windows CE
925 (2.890 %)Solaris
1019 (2.197 %)Windows NT
1118 (2.081 %)Red Hat Linux
1213 (1.503 %)Windows Server 2008
1312 (1.387 %)NetWare
146 (0.694 %)SUSE
146 (0.694 %)Debian
146 (0.694 %)AIX
155 (0.578 %)Fedora
164 (0.462 %)VxWorks
173 (0.347 %)Mac OS X
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
153 (6.127 %)Business Intelligence
234 (3.931 %)ITIL
333 (3.815 %)Project Management
420 (2.312 %)UML
516 (1.850 %)OO
615 (1.734 %)Disaster Recovery
714 (1.618 %)Agile Software Development
714 (1.618 %)Content Management
813 (1.503 %)Software Engineering
912 (1.387 %)Service Delivery
1010 (1.156 %)Logistics
119 (1.040 %)Requirements Analysis
119 (1.040 %)Benchmarking
119 (1.040 %)CRM
128 (0.925 %)V-Model
137 (0.809 %)PRINCE2
137 (0.809 %)Data Security
146 (0.694 %)Validation
146 (0.694 %)OOA/OOD
146 (0.694 %)RUP
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1211 (24.39 %)SQL
2161 (18.61 %)C#
384 (9.711 %)C++
475 (8.671 %)VB
564 (7.399 %)JavaScript
654 (6.243 %)VB.NET
742 (4.855 %)C
838 (4.393 %)Java
934 (3.931 %)VBA
1033 (3.815 %)VB6
1122 (2.543 %)Perl
1221 (2.428 %)Transact-SQL
1315 (1.734 %)PHP
1414 (1.618 %)PL/SQL
157 (0.809 %)VC++
157 (0.809 %)Assembly Language
166 (0.694 %)VBScript
175 (0.578 %)ABAP
175 (0.578 %)ActionScript
183 (0.347 %)COBOL
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1144 (16.65 %)Microsoft Certification
2125 (14.45 %)MCSE
370 (8.092 %)Degree
460 (6.936 %)MCP
533 (3.815 %)MCSA
628 (3.237 %)Cisco Certification
717 (1.965 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
717 (1.965 %)HP ASE
811 (1.272 %)Security Cleared
98 (0.925 %)HP MASE
98 (0.925 %)HND
98 (0.925 %)ISEB
107 (0.809 %)PhD
107 (0.809 %)CCNP
107 (0.809 %)CCNA
107 (0.809 %)MCTS
116 (0.694 %)SC Cleared
116 (0.694 %)CISSP
116 (0.694 %)CNA
116 (0.694 %)CNE
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (3.121 %)SLA
212 (1.387 %)QA
35 (0.578 %)TickIT
35 (0.578 %)ISO9001
41 (0.116 %)ISO17799
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1168 (19.42 %)Active Directory
230 (3.468 %)Terminal Services
319 (2.197 %)Backup Exec
417 (1.965 %)VMware Infrastructure
516 (1.850 %)VMware ESX
612 (1.387 %)Samba
77 (0.809 %)Citrix Presentation Server
77 (0.809 %)Oracle RAC
77 (0.809 %)Hyper-V
77 (0.809 %)NetBackup
77 (0.809 %)MetaFrame
84 (0.462 %)Oracle RMAN
93 (0.347 %)Squid
93 (0.347 %)ISA Server
101 (0.116 %)Novell eDirectory
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (1.387 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
211 (1.272 %)ZENworks
37 (0.809 %)Norton AntiVirus
37 (0.809 %)EMC NetWorker
46 (0.694 %)Legato
46 (0.694 %)Tivoli
55 (0.578 %)MOM
55 (0.578 %)Data Guard
64 (0.462 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
64 (0.462 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
73 (0.347 %)SCOM
73 (0.347 %)Nagios
81 (0.116 %)SCCM
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1338 (39.08 %)Microsoft
2119 (13.76 %)Oracle
381 (9.364 %)VMware
477 (8.902 %)Citrix
562 (7.168 %)Cisco
629 (3.353 %)HP
728 (3.237 %)IBM
822 (2.543 %)VERITAS
921 (2.428 %)Red Hat
1019 (2.197 %)SAP
1118 (2.081 %)Symantec
1217 (1.965 %)Business Objects
1314 (1.618 %)Novell
1413 (1.503 %)Cognos
1512 (1.387 %)WatchGuard
1611 (1.272 %)Sybase
1611 (1.272 %)Adobe
1710 (1.156 %)Draytek
189 (1.040 %)CheckPoint
189 (1.040 %)Sun