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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the Leeds 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
Rank711
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads372510
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.322 %0.260 %
As % of the category below71.26 %61.74 %
Salaries quoted323423
Average minimum salary£27,946£28,370
Average salary£29,800£30,508
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Average maximum salary£31,655£32,646
UK excluding London average salary£33,132£33,036
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads522826
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.451 %0.422 %
Salaries quoted460665
Average minimum salary£28,591£29,235
Average salary£30,226£31,769
% change on same period last year-4.85 %
Average maximum salary£31,861£34,303
UK excluding London average salary£34,281£34,122
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Windows West YorkshireWindows
West Yorkshire

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1372 (46.10 %)Windows Server 2003
2358 (44.36 %)Microsoft
3309 (38.29 %)Active Directory
4253 (31.35 %)SQL Server
5227 (28.13 %)Windows XP
6221 (27.39 %)MS Exchange
7190 (23.54 %)SQL
8179 (22.18 %).NET
9163 (20.20 %)MS Excel
10160 (19.83 %)Exchange Server 2003
11155 (19.21 %)Microsoft Certification
12149 (18.46 %)LAN
13144 (17.84 %)WAN
14143 (17.72 %)Windows 2000
15138 (17.10 %)Finance
16135 (16.73 %)Firewall
17122 (15.12 %)C#
18109 (13.51 %)Windows 2000 Server
19108 (13.38 %)TCP/IP
19108 (13.38 %)MCSE
20106 (13.14 %)SQL Server 2005
21104 (12.89 %)Linux
22102 (12.64 %)IIS
22102 (12.64 %)ITIL
23100 (12.39 %)XML
2499 (12.27 %)Degree
2593 (11.52 %)VMware
2688 (10.90 %)Citrix
2688 (10.90 %)VPN
2785 (10.53 %)UNIX

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1179 (22.18 %).NET
2100 (12.39 %)XML
365 (8.055 %)ASP.NET
460 (7.435 %)HTML
537 (4.585 %)WebServices
636 (4.461 %)CSS
735 (4.337 %)WinForms
828 (3.470 %)XSLT
926 (3.222 %)STL
1018 (2.230 %).NET Framework
1018 (2.230 %)ASP
1117 (2.107 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1213 (1.611 %)ADO.NET
1311 (1.363 %)DHTML
146 (0.743 %)MFC
146 (0.743 %)Application Packaging
146 (0.743 %)WF
155 (0.620 %)J2EE
164 (0.496 %)ActiveX
164 (0.496 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1221 (27.39 %)MS Exchange
2160 (19.83 %)Exchange Server 2003
3102 (12.64 %)IIS
447 (5.824 %)SharePoint
535 (4.337 %)Exchange Server 2007
626 (3.222 %)Lotus Notes
725 (3.098 %)Apache
819 (2.354 %)Exchange Server 2000
915 (1.859 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1011 (1.363 %)WebLogic
118 (0.991 %)Exchange Server 5.5
127 (0.867 %)CMS
134 (0.496 %)BizTalk Server
143 (0.372 %)SAS
152 (0.248 %)Tomcat
152 (0.248 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
152 (0.248 %)SharePoint Portal Server
161 (0.124 %)Oracle 10gAS
161 (0.124 %)GroupWise
161 (0.124 %)JBoss
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1163 (20.20 %)MS Excel
280 (9.913 %)MS Office
38 (0.991 %)InDesign
38 (0.991 %)Photoshop
47 (0.867 %)AutoCAD
54 (0.496 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.372 %)MS Visio
72 (0.248 %)MS Project
72 (0.248 %)InfoPath
81 (0.124 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.124 %)QuarkXPress
81 (0.124 %)Fireworks
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
122 (2.726 %)Microsoft CRM
28 (0.991 %)Oracle Applications
34 (0.496 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.124 %)SAP FI
41 (0.124 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.124 %)BASE24
41 (0.124 %)SAP FI/CO
41 (0.124 %)SAP CO
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1149 (18.46 %)LAN
2144 (17.84 %)WAN
3135 (16.73 %)Firewall
4108 (13.38 %)TCP/IP
588 (10.90 %)VPN
667 (8.302 %)SAN
755 (6.815 %)DNS
847 (5.824 %)DHCP
946 (5.700 %)Internet
1035 (4.337 %)VoIP
1132 (3.965 %)MPLS
1217 (2.107 %)VLAN
1311 (1.363 %)Network Security
1410 (1.239 %)Cisco PIX
159 (1.115 %)iSCSI
159 (1.115 %)SMS
168 (0.991 %)FTP
168 (0.991 %)HTTP
175 (0.620 %)Wireless
183 (0.372 %)BGP
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1253 (31.35 %)SQL Server
2106 (13.14 %)SQL Server 2005
378 (9.665 %)SQL Server 2000
430 (3.717 %)MySQL
529 (3.594 %)Oracle 9i
529 (3.594 %)Oracle 10g
625 (3.098 %)DB2
710 (1.239 %)Crystal Reports
710 (1.239 %)DTS
86 (0.743 %)SQL Server 2008
95 (0.620 %)RDBMS
95 (0.620 %)SQL Server Integration Services
104 (0.496 %)Data Mining
104 (0.496 %)BusinessObjects
104 (0.496 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
104 (0.496 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
104 (0.496 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
113 (0.372 %)Database Marketing
113 (0.372 %)Oracle OLAP
113 (0.372 %)OLAP
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
146 (5.700 %)Visual Studio
214 (1.735 %)Visual Studio Team System
311 (1.363 %)Subversion
410 (1.239 %)VSS/SourceSafe
56 (0.743 %)NUnit
64 (0.496 %)Ant
72 (0.248 %)PowerBuilder
81 (0.124 %)Dreamweaver
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1138 (17.10 %)Finance
241 (5.081 %)Health
336 (4.461 %)Pensions
423 (2.850 %)Telecoms
522 (2.726 %)Law
621 (2.602 %)Legal
715 (1.859 %)Retail
811 (1.363 %)Marketing
99 (1.115 %)Education
106 (0.743 %)Government
106 (0.743 %)Back Office
114 (0.496 %)Electronics
114 (0.496 %)Advertising
114 (0.496 %)Publishing
114 (0.496 %)Auditing
114 (0.496 %)Insurance
123 (0.372 %)Games
132 (0.248 %)Banking
132 (0.248 %)Financial Institution
132 (0.248 %)Multimedia
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1135 (16.73 %)Analyst
2121 (14.99 %)Developer
398 (12.14 %)Support Analyst
482 (10.16 %)Support Engineer
564 (7.931 %)Administrator
662 (7.683 %)Technical Support
761 (7.559 %)2nd Line Support
859 (7.311 %)C# Developer
859 (7.311 %)Consultant
951 (6.320 %)DBA
1049 (6.072 %)Network Engineer
1145 (5.576 %).NET Developer
1235 (4.337 %)Network Support
1333 (4.089 %)Technical Engineer
1431 (3.841 %)Helpdesk Support
1530 (3.717 %)Software Developer
1628 (3.470 %)Oracle DBA
1727 (3.346 %)IT Support Analyst
1825 (3.098 %)Team Leader
1924 (2.974 %)3rd Line Support
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
133 (4.089 %)Clustering
232 (3.965 %)Blackberry
321 (2.602 %)Management Information System
418 (2.230 %)Client/Server
517 (2.107 %)Replication
616 (1.983 %)Computer Science
712 (1.487 %)N-Tier
811 (1.363 %)Video Conferencing
811 (1.363 %)PKI
94 (0.496 %)Mainframe
103 (0.372 %)DataPower
112 (0.248 %)NHS
121 (0.124 %)Thin Client
121 (0.124 %)EPoS
121 (0.124 %)NPfIT
121 (0.124 %)iSeries
121 (0.124 %)Fat Client
121 (0.124 %)Data Protection Act
121 (0.124 %)SecurID
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1372 (46.10 %)Windows Server 2003
2227 (28.13 %)Windows XP
3143 (17.72 %)Windows 2000
4109 (13.51 %)Windows 2000 Server
5104 (12.89 %)Linux
685 (10.53 %)UNIX
775 (9.294 %)Windows Vista
829 (3.594 %)AIX
920 (2.478 %)Windows Server 2008
1019 (2.354 %)Solaris
1116 (1.983 %)NetWare
1215 (1.859 %)Red Hat Linux
1215 (1.859 %)HPUX
132 (0.248 %)Windows NT
141 (0.124 %)VMS
141 (0.124 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
141 (0.124 %)Ubuntu
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1102 (12.64 %)ITIL
266 (8.178 %)Project Management
337 (4.585 %)CRM
428 (3.470 %)PRINCE2
523 (2.850 %)OO
620 (2.478 %)Software Engineering
714 (1.735 %)Information Security
714 (1.735 %)Security Management
714 (1.735 %)Migration
714 (1.735 %)Network Load Balancing
813 (1.611 %)Time Management
912 (1.487 %)Data Security
912 (1.487 %)Service Management
1010 (1.239 %)Change Management
119 (1.115 %)Disaster Recovery
119 (1.115 %)Configuration Management
119 (1.115 %)Asset Management
119 (1.115 %)Document Management
119 (1.115 %)Web Development
128 (0.991 %)Data Management
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1190 (23.54 %)SQL
2122 (15.12 %)C#
361 (7.559 %)C++
435 (4.337 %)JavaScript
531 (3.841 %)VB.NET
629 (3.594 %)C
724 (2.974 %)Transact-SQL
820 (2.478 %)VB
919 (2.354 %)Java
1016 (1.983 %)PHP
1110 (1.239 %)VC++
129 (1.115 %)Perl
129 (1.115 %)VB6
136 (0.743 %)VBScript
144 (0.496 %)Python
144 (0.496 %)FoxPro (VFP)
144 (0.496 %)Embedded C++
144 (0.496 %)Shell Script
144 (0.496 %)Jython
153 (0.372 %)PL/SQL
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1155 (19.21 %)Microsoft Certification
2108 (13.38 %)MCSE
399 (12.27 %)Degree
454 (6.691 %)MCP
525 (3.098 %)MCSA
617 (2.107 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
713 (1.611 %)Cisco Certification
812 (1.487 %)CCNA
911 (1.363 %)Citrix Certification
109 (1.115 %)PRINCE2 Certification
118 (0.991 %)CCA
127 (0.867 %)MCDST
127 (0.867 %)ITIL Certification
135 (0.620 %)ECDL
135 (0.620 %)MCTS
135 (0.620 %)MOS
135 (0.620 %)HND
144 (0.496 %)Security Cleared
153 (0.372 %)CCEA
162 (0.248 %)CCNP
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (3.594 %)SLA
211 (1.363 %)ISO27001
39 (1.115 %)PCI DSS
46 (0.743 %)QA
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1309 (38.29 %)Active Directory
240 (4.957 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (3.346 %)Oracle RAC
426 (3.222 %)Oracle RMAN
524 (2.974 %)Terminal Services
623 (2.850 %)VMware ESX
722 (2.726 %)Backup Exec
815 (1.859 %)ISA Server
912 (1.487 %)NDS
107 (0.867 %)MetaFrame
107 (0.867 %)NetBackup
107 (0.867 %)VMware Server
116 (0.743 %)Terminal Server
125 (0.620 %)Citrix Presentation Server
134 (0.496 %)Novell eDirectory
143 (0.372 %)Xen
152 (0.248 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
152 (0.248 %)Hyper-V
161 (0.124 %)MSMQ
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (3.222 %)Data Guard
213 (1.611 %)OpenView
312 (1.487 %)Norton AntiVirus
45 (0.620 %)WSUS
53 (0.372 %)MOM
53 (0.372 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.124 %)Nagios
61 (0.124 %)Tivoli
61 (0.124 %)OVPI
61 (0.124 %)NNM
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1358 (44.36 %)Microsoft
293 (11.52 %)VMware
388 (10.90 %)Citrix
459 (7.311 %)Oracle
558 (7.187 %)Cisco
654 (6.691 %)HP
726 (3.222 %)Lotus
825 (3.098 %)Remedy
921 (2.602 %)Novell
1019 (2.354 %)VERITAS
1019 (2.354 %)Symantec
1118 (2.230 %)Sun
1118 (2.230 %)IBM
1215 (1.859 %)Red Hat
139 (1.115 %)Avaya
139 (1.115 %)Adobe
148 (0.991 %)Mitel
148 (0.991 %)Altiris
157 (0.867 %)CheckPoint
165 (0.620 %)Dell