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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Gloucestershire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank38
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads313199
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.271 %0.102 %
As % of the category below73.13 %62.58 %
Salaries quoted285185
Average minimum salary£31,384£27,904
Average salary£33,388£30,500
% change on same period last year+9.46 %
Average maximum salary£35,392£33,096
UK excluding London average salary£33,132£33,036
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Gloucestershire
Matching permanent IT job ads428318
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.370 %0.162 %
Salaries quoted394282
Average minimum salary£32,548£29,533
Average salary£34,507£32,079
% change on same period last year+7.56 %
Average maximum salary£36,465£34,625
UK excluding London average salary£34,281£34,122
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Windows South WestWindows
South West

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 8 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
GloucesterUp+5104£33,323+0.47 %
CheltenhamUp+2399£33,920+7.28 %
CirencesterUp+254£33,296-0.73 %
TewkesburyUp+121£34,100+21.42 %
StroudUp+1712£33,136+8.64 %
Wotton-under-EdgeNew entry-1£28,000-
Windows South WestWindows
South West

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1195 (31.60 %)Microsoft
2191 (30.96 %)Windows Server 2003
3157 (25.45 %)Linux
4149 (24.15 %)SQL Server
5129 (20.91 %)MS Exchange
6121 (19.61 %)Security Cleared
7109 (17.67 %)Windows XP
8106 (17.18 %)SQL
9101 (16.37 %).NET
10100 (16.21 %)C#
10100 (16.21 %)Active Directory
1197 (15.72 %)Windows 2000
1296 (15.56 %)MS Excel
1392 (14.91 %)C++
1490 (14.59 %)Internet
1587 (14.10 %)UNIX
1682 (13.29 %)MS Office
1781 (13.13 %)Pensions
1876 (12.32 %)Windows 2000 Server
1970 (11.35 %)Exchange Server 2003
1970 (11.35 %)ASP.NET
1970 (11.35 %)DNS
2066 (10.70 %)VMware
2066 (10.70 %)Citrix
2165 (10.53 %)Cisco
2165 (10.53 %)C
2261 (9.887 %)SMTP
2359 (9.562 %)DV Cleared
2458 (9.400 %)TCP/IP
2557 (9.238 %)FTP

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1101 (16.37 %).NET
270 (11.35 %)ASP.NET
337 (5.997 %)XML
432 (5.186 %)MFC
529 (4.700 %)HTML
626 (4.214 %)WebServices
718 (2.917 %)ASP
816 (2.593 %)AJAX
816 (2.593 %)WCF
911 (1.783 %)WPF
1010 (1.621 %)WF
1010 (1.621 %)WinForms
118 (1.297 %).NET Framework
126 (0.972 %)Application Packaging
126 (0.972 %)WSDL
126 (0.972 %)XSL
134 (0.648 %)Tapestry
134 (0.648 %)Hibernate
134 (0.648 %)ASP.NET 2.0
143 (0.486 %)WebSphere
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1129 (20.91 %)MS Exchange
270 (11.35 %)Exchange Server 2003
348 (7.780 %)IIS
425 (4.052 %)SharePoint
522 (3.566 %)Exchange Server 2000
616 (2.593 %)Exchange Server 2007
715 (2.431 %)Lotus Notes
814 (2.269 %)Apache
97 (1.135 %)BizTalk Server
106 (0.972 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
114 (0.648 %)Tomcat
123 (0.486 %)Lotus Domino
123 (0.486 %)SharePoint Server 2007
132 (0.324 %)Office Communications Server
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
196 (15.56 %)MS Excel
282 (13.29 %)MS Office
33 (0.486 %)MS Project
33 (0.486 %)MS Visio
41 (0.162 %)AutoCAD
41 (0.162 %)Windchill
41 (0.162 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.162 %)CA Clarity
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (2.107 %)SoftGrid
26 (0.972 %)assyst
33 (0.486 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
41 (0.162 %)Teamcenter
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
190 (14.59 %)Internet
270 (11.35 %)DNS
361 (9.887 %)SMTP
458 (9.400 %)TCP/IP
557 (9.238 %)FTP
641 (6.645 %)WAN
737 (5.997 %)LAN
737 (5.997 %)HTTP
826 (4.214 %)Firewall
826 (4.214 %)SAN
919 (3.079 %)HTTPS
919 (3.079 %)Broadband
1018 (2.917 %)DHCP
1115 (2.431 %)Cisco PIX
1214 (2.269 %)POP3
1311 (1.783 %)BIG-IP
1410 (1.621 %)DSL
1410 (1.621 %)VoIP
159 (1.459 %)SNMP
166 (0.972 %)NetScreen
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1149 (24.15 %)SQL Server
233 (5.348 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (4.214 %)DTS
420 (3.241 %)MySQL
518 (2.917 %)SQL Server 2000
69 (1.459 %)GIS
74 (0.648 %)FileMaker
74 (0.648 %)Oracle 10g
83 (0.486 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.324 %)MS Access
92 (0.324 %)Crystal Reports
92 (0.324 %)ETL
92 (0.324 %)RDBMS
92 (0.324 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (0.324 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.162 %)SQL Server 7
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (7.131 %)Visual Studio
212 (1.945 %)InstallShield
310 (1.621 %)Ant
48 (1.297 %)WinRunner
48 (1.297 %)TestDirector
55 (0.810 %)C++Builder
63 (0.486 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.162 %)Dreamweaver
71 (0.162 %)TeamTrack
71 (0.162 %)TestPartner
71 (0.162 %)FrontPage
71 (0.162 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.162 %)ARTiSAN
71 (0.162 %)MSI
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
181 (13.13 %)Pensions
254 (8.752 %)Finance
327 (4.376 %)Health
418 (2.917 %)Government
515 (2.431 %)Electronics
612 (1.945 %)Telecoms
711 (1.783 %)Education
810 (1.621 %)Military
98 (1.297 %)Home Office
105 (0.810 %)Banking
105 (0.810 %)Manufacturing
105 (0.810 %)Electric
114 (0.648 %)Publishing
123 (0.486 %)Insurance
132 (0.324 %)Games
132 (0.324 %)Back Office
132 (0.324 %)Construction
132 (0.324 %)Marketing
141 (0.162 %)Auditing
141 (0.162 %)Online Banking
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1106 (17.18 %)Developer
270 (11.35 %)Analyst
366 (10.70 %)Support Engineer
455 (8.914 %).NET Developer
550 (8.104 %)Software Engineer
646 (7.455 %)Technical Support
646 (7.455 %)Consultant
742 (6.807 %)C# Developer
835 (5.673 %)Systems Engineer
930 (4.862 %)VB.NET Developer
1028 (4.538 %)ASP.NET Developer
1028 (4.538 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1126 (4.214 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1126 (4.214 %)Installations Engineer
1225 (4.052 %)IT Consultant
1324 (3.890 %)Support Analyst
1421 (3.404 %)3rd Line Support
1421 (3.404 %)Administrator
1520 (3.241 %)C++ Developer
1619 (3.079 %)Storage Engineer
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (2.917 %)Clustering
216 (2.593 %)Client/Server
311 (1.783 %)CMDB
47 (1.135 %)Tandem
47 (1.135 %)PKI
47 (1.135 %)Blackberry
47 (1.135 %)Management Information System
47 (1.135 %)Device Driver
55 (0.810 %)Computer Science
63 (0.486 %)AS400
63 (0.486 %)N-Tier
63 (0.486 %)Thin Client
63 (0.486 %)Fat Client
72 (0.324 %)Smartcard
72 (0.324 %)Mathematics
72 (0.324 %)Cloud Computing
81 (0.162 %)W3C
81 (0.162 %)Grid Computing
81 (0.162 %)Video Conferencing
81 (0.162 %)Data Conversion
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1191 (30.96 %)Windows Server 2003
2157 (25.45 %)Linux
3109 (17.67 %)Windows XP
497 (15.72 %)Windows 2000
587 (14.10 %)UNIX
676 (12.32 %)Windows 2000 Server
742 (6.807 %)Windows Server 2008
841 (6.645 %)Windows Vista
940 (6.483 %)Solaris
1026 (4.214 %)Red Hat Linux
119 (1.459 %)Windows NT
128 (1.297 %)Ubuntu
128 (1.297 %)CentOS
135 (0.810 %)Debian
144 (0.648 %)Mac OS X
153 (0.486 %)AIX
153 (0.486 %)Windows Mobile
161 (0.162 %)SUSE
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
157 (9.238 %)ITIL
236 (5.835 %)Configuration Management
331 (5.024 %)Disaster Recovery
426 (4.214 %)OO
525 (4.052 %)Service Management
618 (2.917 %)UML
715 (2.431 %)Web Development
814 (2.269 %)Project Management
814 (2.269 %)Information Security
912 (1.945 %)Requirements Management
1010 (1.621 %)Unit Testing
1010 (1.621 %)Manual Testing
1010 (1.621 %)System Testing
119 (1.459 %)Change Management
119 (1.459 %)Integration Acceptance Testing
119 (1.459 %)Business Intelligence
127 (1.135 %)OOD
127 (1.135 %)RUP
127 (1.135 %)Scrum
127 (1.135 %)Unified Process
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1106 (17.18 %)SQL
2100 (16.21 %)C#
392 (14.91 %)C++
465 (10.53 %)C
548 (7.780 %)VB.NET
633 (5.348 %)VB
730 (4.862 %)Transact-SQL
730 (4.862 %)Java
827 (4.376 %)PHP
923 (3.728 %)Perl
1011 (1.783 %)VBScript
1011 (1.783 %)VC++
118 (1.297 %)VBA
126 (0.972 %)Embedded C
126 (0.972 %)JavaScript
126 (0.972 %)Delphi
135 (0.810 %)Python
135 (0.810 %)Assembly Language
144 (0.648 %)PL/SQL
153 (0.486 %)Shell Script
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1121 (19.61 %)Security Cleared
259 (9.562 %)DV Cleared
356 (9.076 %)Microsoft Certification
443 (6.969 %)MCSE
520 (3.241 %)SC Cleared
618 (2.917 %)CCNA
618 (2.917 %)CISSP
618 (2.917 %)Cisco Certification
716 (2.593 %)Degree
812 (1.945 %)HNC
812 (1.945 %)MCP
911 (1.783 %)ISEB
1010 (1.621 %)MCSA
117 (1.135 %)CCA
117 (1.135 %)Citrix Certification
117 (1.135 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
117 (1.135 %)MCDST
117 (1.135 %)MCPD
126 (0.972 %)CCSA
135 (0.810 %)CCSE
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (2.107 %)SLA
23 (0.486 %)QA
31 (0.162 %)ISO9001
31 (0.162 %)ISO27001
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1100 (16.21 %)Active Directory
232 (5.186 %)VMware Infrastructure
325 (4.052 %)VMware ESX
421 (3.404 %)Citrix Presentation Server
518 (2.917 %)NetBackup
614 (2.269 %)Backup Exec
79 (1.459 %)Xen
84 (0.648 %)MetaFrame
84 (0.648 %)Terminal Server
93 (0.486 %)MSMQ
101 (0.162 %)VMware Server
101 (0.162 %)Oracle RAC
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (1.459 %)MOM
26 (0.972 %)Norton AntiVirus
35 (0.810 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.162 %)SCOM
41 (0.162 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1195 (31.60 %)Microsoft
266 (10.70 %)Citrix
266 (10.70 %)VMware
365 (10.53 %)Cisco
435 (5.673 %)Oracle
435 (5.673 %)HP
530 (4.862 %)Red Hat
624 (3.890 %)Novell
719 (3.079 %)Altiris
817 (2.755 %)Fujitsu Siemens
817 (2.755 %)Siemens
817 (2.755 %)CommVault
817 (2.755 %)Hitachi
916 (2.593 %)Symantec
1015 (2.431 %)VERITAS
1015 (2.431 %)Lotus
1113 (2.107 %)IBM
1211 (1.783 %)Dell
1310 (1.621 %)Intel
149 (1.459 %)Juniper