Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Hertfordshire 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
Rank32
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads420773
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.363 %0.394 %
As % of the category below56.76 %72.86 %
Salaries quoted378662
Average minimum salary£32,773£32,699
Average salary£35,298£34,848
% change on same period last year+1.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,822£36,998
UK excluding London average salary£33,132£33,036
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads7401061
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.640 %0.541 %
Salaries quoted669907
Average minimum salary£36,002£33,190
Average salary£38,603£35,628
% change on same period last year+8.35 %
Average maximum salary£41,205£38,066
UK excluding London average salary£34,281£34,122
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Windows East of EnglandWindows
East of England

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
WatfordUp+2103£34,659+1.40 %
StevenageUp+924£24,947-23.02 %
St AlbansDown-224£39,190-4.70 %
Potters BarUp+421£30,548-5.52 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-711£30,864+18.98 %
HertfordUp+111£33,500+43.43 %
Bishop's StortfordDown-49£40,938+27.92 %
HoddesdonNo change08£18,125-20.32 %
RoystonDown-15£32,000+28.96 %
TringDown-21£30,000+19.40 %
HitchinDown-141£28,000+20.00 %
LetchworthDown-31£18,750-50.00 %
WareNo change01£18,000-45.45 %
Windows East of EnglandWindows
East of England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1418 (37.19 %)Windows Server 2003
2304 (27.05 %)Microsoft
3266 (23.67 %)SQL Server
4234 (20.82 %)UNIX
5215 (19.13 %)SQL
6213 (18.95 %)Active Directory
7203 (18.06 %)Windows XP
8194 (17.26 %)MS Excel
9185 (16.46 %)MS Exchange
10170 (15.12 %)Linux
11151 (13.43 %)Windows 2000
12145 (12.90 %).NET
13143 (12.72 %)Degree
14141 (12.54 %)Microsoft Certification
15140 (12.46 %)Oracle
15140 (12.46 %)VMware
16134 (11.92 %)TCP/IP
17127 (11.30 %)MS Office
18114 (10.14 %)IIS
18114 (10.14 %)C++
18114 (10.14 %)Cisco
19109 (9.698 %)ITIL
20108 (9.609 %)SAN
21106 (9.431 %)Exchange Server 2003
22103 (9.164 %)MCSE
23100 (8.897 %)C#
2490 (8.007 %)DNS
2588 (7.829 %)Finance
2686 (7.651 %)Citrix
2782 (7.295 %)WAN

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1145 (12.90 %).NET
278 (6.940 %)XML
354 (4.804 %)ASP.NET
445 (4.004 %)WebServices
538 (3.381 %)HTML
634 (3.025 %)CSS
729 (2.580 %)XSL
729 (2.580 %)WinForms
828 (2.491 %)Middleware
927 (2.402 %)STL
1025 (2.224 %)J2EE
1123 (2.046 %)ASP
1222 (1.957 %)WebSphere
1318 (1.601 %)OpenGL
1414 (1.246 %)XHTML
1512 (1.068 %)DirectX
1512 (1.068 %)XSD
1512 (1.068 %).NET Framework
1512 (1.068 %)WPF
1611 (0.979 %)JSP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1185 (16.46 %)MS Exchange
2114 (10.14 %)IIS
3106 (9.431 %)Exchange Server 2003
471 (6.317 %)SharePoint
551 (4.537 %)Lotus Notes
640 (3.559 %)Exchange Server 2000
640 (3.559 %)Exchange Server 2007
731 (2.758 %)Exchange Server 5.5
822 (1.957 %)Apache
919 (1.690 %)BizTalk Server
1018 (1.601 %)CMS
1113 (1.157 %)WebSphere Application Server
1113 (1.157 %)MQSeries
1113 (1.157 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1212 (1.068 %)IBM HTTP Server
1310 (0.890 %)Tomcat
147 (0.623 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
147 (0.623 %)NetWeaver
147 (0.623 %)Office Project Server
156 (0.534 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1194 (17.26 %)MS Excel
2127 (11.30 %)MS Office
312 (1.068 %)MS Visio
410 (0.890 %)MS Project
57 (0.623 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.445 %)Spreadsheet
74 (0.356 %)Photoshop
82 (0.178 %)AutoCAD
82 (0.178 %)Acrobat
91 (0.089 %)Fireworks
91 (0.089 %)InfoPath
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.623 %)BASE24
23 (0.267 %)SAP Retail
31 (0.089 %)assyst
31 (0.089 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.089 %)Microsoft CRM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1134 (11.92 %)TCP/IP
2108 (9.609 %)SAN
390 (8.007 %)DNS
482 (7.295 %)WAN
570 (6.228 %)LAN
664 (5.694 %)Firewall
737 (3.292 %)HTTP
836 (3.203 %)Internet
933 (2.936 %)VPN
1023 (2.046 %)DHCP
1122 (1.957 %)VoIP
1217 (1.512 %)Cisco PIX
1315 (1.335 %)X.400
1315 (1.335 %)ADSL
1411 (0.979 %)PBX
159 (0.801 %)ISDN
159 (0.801 %)FTP
159 (0.801 %)DSL
167 (0.623 %)SMTP
167 (0.623 %)ATM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1266 (23.67 %)SQL Server
249 (4.359 %)SQL Server 2005
336 (3.203 %)SQL Server 2000
422 (1.957 %)DB2
521 (1.868 %)Oracle 10g
615 (1.335 %)MS Access
615 (1.335 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
714 (1.246 %)SQL Server Integration Services
813 (1.157 %)RDBMS
813 (1.157 %)Data Mining
99 (0.801 %)MySQL
99 (0.801 %)DTS
108 (0.712 %)Datawarehouse
108 (0.712 %)Crystal Reports
117 (0.623 %)Text Mining
126 (0.534 %)Oracle 8/8i
135 (0.445 %)BusinessObjects
144 (0.356 %)SAP BW
144 (0.356 %)Informix
153 (0.267 %)Oracle 9i
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (1.335 %)MSI
29 (0.801 %)Visual Studio
36 (0.534 %)InstallShield
36 (0.534 %)Subversion
44 (0.356 %)VSS/SourceSafe
44 (0.356 %)Dreamweaver
53 (0.267 %)Visual Studio Team System
61 (0.089 %)Ant
61 (0.089 %)WinRunner
61 (0.089 %)Eclipse
61 (0.089 %)TestPartner
61 (0.089 %)JIRA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
188 (7.829 %)Finance
279 (7.028 %)Retail
365 (5.783 %)Pensions
448 (4.270 %)Health
538 (3.381 %)Telecoms
630 (2.669 %)Marketing
729 (2.580 %)Back Office
825 (2.224 %)Insurance
922 (1.957 %)Government
922 (1.957 %)Education
1021 (1.868 %)3D Graphics
1118 (1.601 %)Military
1216 (1.423 %)Games
1216 (1.423 %)Publishing
1216 (1.423 %)Construction
1216 (1.423 %)Pharmaceutical
1315 (1.335 %)Banking
1413 (1.157 %)Electric
1512 (1.068 %)Legal
1610 (0.890 %)Aerospace
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1180 (16.01 %)Analyst
2133 (11.83 %)Developer
3121 (10.77 %)Support Engineer
4101 (8.986 %)Administrator
596 (8.541 %)Support Analyst
657 (5.071 %)Technical Support
745 (4.004 %)Software Engineer
745 (4.004 %)Architect
841 (3.648 %)Consultant
841 (3.648 %)1st Line Support
940 (3.559 %)Desktop Support
940 (3.559 %)Junior
1038 (3.381 %)Helpdesk Support
1134 (3.025 %)Systems Administrator
1232 (2.847 %)Systems Engineer
1232 (2.847 %)Applications Support
1331 (2.758 %).NET Developer
1331 (2.758 %)Technical Engineer
1331 (2.758 %)Infrastructure Manager
1428 (2.491 %)SAN Administrator
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (3.292 %)Multithreading
233 (2.936 %)Client/Server
327 (2.402 %)Clustering
422 (1.957 %)Robotics
422 (1.957 %)Computer Science
520 (1.779 %)Blackberry
617 (1.512 %)Management Information System
617 (1.512 %)Mathematics
715 (1.335 %)Life Science
814 (1.246 %)W3C
913 (1.157 %)German Language
1012 (1.068 %)EPoS
1110 (0.890 %)Mainframe
129 (0.801 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
129 (0.801 %)Replication
137 (0.623 %)French Language
137 (0.623 %)Data Conversion
146 (0.534 %)APACS
146 (0.534 %)EFT
155 (0.445 %)MPEG
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1418 (37.19 %)Windows Server 2003
2234 (20.82 %)UNIX
3203 (18.06 %)Windows XP
4170 (15.12 %)Linux
5151 (13.43 %)Windows 2000
663 (5.605 %)Solaris
663 (5.605 %)Windows 2000 Server
748 (4.270 %)Windows Vista
837 (3.292 %)AIX
932 (2.847 %)Windows Server 2008
1031 (2.758 %)NetWare
1125 (2.224 %)Windows CE
1214 (1.246 %)HPUX
1313 (1.157 %)Windows NT
144 (0.356 %)Windows Mobile
152 (0.178 %)VMS
152 (0.178 %)Red Hat Linux
161 (0.089 %)Tru64
161 (0.089 %)SUSE
161 (0.089 %)zOS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1109 (9.698 %)ITIL
245 (4.004 %)Project Management
332 (2.847 %)Service Delivery
332 (2.847 %)OO
430 (2.669 %)Content Management
528 (2.491 %)Incident Management
623 (2.046 %)Service Management
623 (2.046 %)Disaster Recovery
623 (2.046 %)Performance Testing
722 (1.957 %)Asset Management
821 (1.868 %)E-Commerce
821 (1.868 %)Performance Management
920 (1.779 %)Problem Management
1018 (1.601 %)Technical Architecture
1018 (1.601 %)PRINCE2
1018 (1.601 %)OOA/OOD
1114 (1.246 %)Configuration Management
1114 (1.246 %)UML
1114 (1.246 %)Data Management
1213 (1.157 %)Agile Software Development
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1215 (19.13 %)SQL
2114 (10.14 %)C++
3100 (8.897 %)C#
480 (7.117 %)VB
572 (6.406 %)C
654 (4.804 %)Java
742 (3.737 %)VB.NET
828 (2.491 %)JavaScript
925 (2.224 %)VB6
1023 (2.046 %)Perl
1117 (1.512 %)COBOL
1216 (1.423 %)PL/SQL
1314 (1.246 %)Shell Script
1314 (1.246 %)Transact-SQL
1413 (1.157 %)VBScript
159 (0.801 %)PHP
167 (0.623 %)VBA
176 (0.534 %)PHP5
184 (0.356 %)XPath
193 (0.267 %)PowerShell
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1143 (12.72 %)Degree
2141 (12.54 %)Microsoft Certification
3103 (9.164 %)MCSE
425 (2.224 %)MCP
521 (1.868 %)Cisco Certification
619 (1.690 %)CCNA
715 (1.335 %)ITIL Certification
814 (1.246 %)Security Cleared
814 (1.246 %)CNE
814 (1.246 %)Novell Certification
912 (1.068 %)MCSA
1010 (0.890 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
116 (0.534 %)CNA
125 (0.445 %)MCDBA
125 (0.445 %)SC Cleared
134 (0.356 %)A+ Certification
134 (0.356 %)PhD
134 (0.356 %)HP ASE
143 (0.267 %)HND
143 (0.267 %)MCITP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
168 (6.050 %)SLA
229 (2.580 %)QA
39 (0.801 %)JTAG
48 (0.712 %)WAI
55 (0.445 %)DICOM
63 (0.267 %)PCI DSS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1213 (18.95 %)Active Directory
233 (2.936 %)VMware ESX
326 (2.313 %)VMware Infrastructure
419 (1.690 %)Backup Exec
514 (1.246 %)ISA Server
612 (1.068 %)Terminal Services
77 (0.623 %)Citrix Presentation Server
85 (0.445 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
94 (0.356 %)VMware Server
103 (0.267 %)Oracle RAC
103 (0.267 %)MetaFrame
103 (0.267 %)Terminal Server
112 (0.178 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.178 %)NetBackup
121 (0.089 %)MSMQ
121 (0.089 %)NFS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
128 (2.491 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
224 (2.135 %)ZENworks
311 (0.979 %)Tivoli
49 (0.801 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
58 (0.712 %)MOM
63 (0.267 %)ARCserve
72 (0.178 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.178 %)Norton AntiVirus
81 (0.089 %)SCCM
81 (0.089 %)SCOM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1304 (27.05 %)Microsoft
2140 (12.46 %)Oracle
2140 (12.46 %)VMware
3114 (10.14 %)Cisco
486 (7.651 %)Citrix
570 (6.228 %)IBM
652 (4.626 %)Lotus
736 (3.203 %)HP
832 (2.847 %)Dell
832 (2.847 %)Novell
929 (2.580 %)Remedy
1023 (2.046 %)Brocade
1023 (2.046 %)Sun
1023 (2.046 %)Symbian
1120 (1.779 %)SAP
1120 (1.779 %)EMC
1120 (1.779 %)BMC
1120 (1.779 %)CommVault
1216 (1.423 %)Symantec
1315 (1.335 %)Red Hat