Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills within the London 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
Rank67
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads686812259
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.936 %6.256 %
As % of the category below60.19 %55.69 %
Salaries quoted59119977
Average minimum salary£40,171£39,608
Average salary£43,199£42,619
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Average maximum salary£46,227£45,630
UK excluding London average salary£33,132£33,036
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1141122014
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.863 %11.23 %
Salaries quoted958717503
Average minimum salary£41,524£41,938
Average salary£44,892£45,315
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Average maximum salary£48,260£48,693
UK excluding London average salary£34,281£34,122
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonUp+11890£48,526+6.52 %
Docklands, LondonUp+4125£53,242+18.25 %
Canary WharfUp+370£53,224+11.90 %
BromleyUp+247£27,506-2.18 %
CroydonDown-146£32,435+5.85 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+141£32,500+0.80 %
LutonDown-139£30,526-2.37 %
UxbridgeDown-933£33,481-10.83 %
BarnetUp+2729£28,259-30.22 %
HounslowUp+119£28,972-30.72 %
WimbledonUp+118£34,688-20.85 %
RomfordUp+518£26,778-24.32 %
ClaphamUp+818£39,556+15.97 %
HammersmithDown-718£27,500-29.62 %
BexleyNew entry-17£34,941-
EalingUp+616£49,615+46.59 %
IlfordUp+1015£32,167+39.09 %
EnfieldDown-114£32,192+12.29 %
SouthwarkNo change014£34,000+1.49 %
SurbitonUp+314£43,346+22.85 %
HarrowNo change011£29,409-18.79 %
HayesNew entry-10£30,056-
WembleyUp+610£31,611-11.94 %
TwickenhamDown-48£31,688-4.51 %
BrentfordDown-128£35,438+15.80 %
WestminsterUp+28£39,813-14.68 %
EdgwareUp+17£28,929-26.93 %
FelthamDown-56£26,833+38.13 %
HendonNew entry-5£55,000-
OsterleyUp+25--
DagenhamNo change04£27,500+22.22 %
SidcupNo change04£34,875+47.35 %
MitchamDown-73£34,167+19.88 %
NorthwoodNew entry-3--
West DraytonNew entry-3£33,667-
WellingNew entry-3£39,500-
BarkingDown-43£25,000+4.89 %
PaddingtonUp+32£24,000-26.15 %
ChessingtonDown-21£23,000-16.66 %
BexleyheathNo change01£40,000-5.88 %
GraysNew entry-1£35,000-
GreenfordUp+11£45,000+14.10 %
TeddingtonUp+11£27,000-24.70 %
OrpingtonNo change01£20,000-2.83 %
RainhamNew entry-1£18,000-
New MaldenUp+61£26,000-7.14 %
South CroydonUp+21£25,000-42.30 %
StanmoreNew entry-1£37,500-
Windows EnglandWindows
England

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

16047 (33.42 %)Windows Server 2003
25125 (28.33 %)Active Directory
35054 (27.93 %)Finance
44855 (26.83 %)Microsoft
54259 (23.54 %)SQL
64071 (22.50 %)SQL Server
73930 (21.72 %)UNIX
83578 (19.78 %)Windows XP
93253 (17.98 %)MS Exchange
103012 (16.65 %)Linux
112813 (15.55 %)MS Excel
122695 (14.90 %)Microsoft Certification
132622 (14.49 %)C#
142606 (14.40 %).NET
152413 (13.34 %)TCP/IP
162401 (13.27 %)Banking
172382 (13.17 %)Windows 2000
182364 (13.07 %)MS Office
192106 (11.64 %)Exchange Server 2003
202092 (11.56 %)Cisco
212074 (11.46 %)C++
222028 (11.21 %)Oracle
231986 (10.98 %)MCSE
241862 (10.29 %)VMware
251839 (10.16 %)Citrix
261740 (9.617 %)Degree
271657 (9.158 %)Firewall
281527 (8.440 %)Java
291481 (8.185 %)SQL Server 2005
301475 (8.152 %)LAN

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12606 (14.40 %).NET
21319 (7.290 %)XML
31109 (6.129 %)ASP.NET
4724 (4.002 %)WebServices
5705 (3.897 %)WinForms
6699 (3.863 %)HTML
7416 (2.299 %)J2EE
8394 (2.178 %)AJAX
9389 (2.150 %)STL
10386 (2.133 %)CSS
11298 (1.647 %)ASP
12292 (1.614 %)WCF
13266 (1.470 %).NET Framework
14230 (1.271 %)WebSphere
15224 (1.238 %)XSLT
16209 (1.155 %)MFC
17202 (1.116 %)Middleware
18178 (0.984 %)JSP
19172 (0.951 %)WPF
20161 (0.890 %)Spring
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13253 (17.98 %)MS Exchange
22106 (11.64 %)Exchange Server 2003
31418 (7.837 %)IIS
4883 (4.880 %)SharePoint
5799 (4.416 %)Exchange Server 2007
6554 (3.062 %)Exchange Server 2000
7417 (2.305 %)Apache
8400 (2.211 %)Lotus Notes
9288 (1.592 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
10243 (1.343 %)Tomcat
11241 (1.332 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12189 (1.045 %)WebLogic
13170 (0.940 %)CMS
14142 (0.785 %)BizTalk Server
15126 (0.696 %)Lotus Domino
16120 (0.663 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1774 (0.409 %)WebSphere Application Server
1870 (0.387 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1966 (0.365 %)MQSeries
2063 (0.348 %)WorkSite
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12813 (15.55 %)MS Excel
22364 (13.07 %)MS Office
3120 (0.663 %)MS Visio
4119 (0.658 %)Photoshop
5108 (0.597 %)MS PowerPoint
650 (0.276 %)MS Project
748 (0.265 %)Spreadsheet
839 (0.216 %)DeltaView
926 (0.144 %)InfoPath
1024 (0.133 %)MATLAB
1123 (0.127 %)Adobe Illustrator
1217 (0.094 %)Quicktime
1217 (0.094 %)Acrobat
1316 (0.088 %)AutoCAD
1412 (0.066 %)InDesign
158 (0.044 %)Paint Shop Pro
166 (0.033 %)QuarkXPress
166 (0.033 %)RoboHelp
166 (0.033 %)Fireworks
166 (0.033 %)ImageReady
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
182 (0.453 %)SoftGrid
240 (0.221 %)Endur
334 (0.188 %)Oracle Applications
423 (0.127 %)Oracle Financials
522 (0.122 %)Oracle EBS
522 (0.122 %)assyst
621 (0.116 %)Summit
621 (0.116 %)Microsoft CRM
720 (0.111 %)Kondor+
818 (0.099 %)RMDS
916 (0.088 %)Oracle 11i
916 (0.088 %)Misys Opics
1013 (0.072 %)arcHouse
1111 (0.061 %)Navision
129 (0.050 %)Misys Midas
138 (0.044 %)Dynamics NAV
147 (0.039 %)Staffware
147 (0.039 %)SAP Business One
156 (0.033 %)Capstone
156 (0.033 %)SAP CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12413 (13.34 %)TCP/IP
21657 (9.158 %)Firewall
31475 (8.152 %)LAN
41448 (8.003 %)WAN
51341 (7.412 %)DNS
61239 (6.848 %)SAN
71045 (5.776 %)VPN
8849 (4.692 %)Internet
9835 (4.615 %)DHCP
10504 (2.786 %)VoIP
11309 (1.708 %)Network Security
12260 (1.437 %)Cisco PIX
13226 (1.249 %)Intranet
14212 (1.172 %)Wireless
15198 (1.094 %)HTTP
16193 (1.067 %)SMTP
17192 (1.061 %)LDAP
18163 (0.901 %)SSL
19162 (0.895 %)VLAN
20151 (0.835 %)FTP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14071 (22.50 %)SQL Server
21481 (8.185 %)SQL Server 2005
31092 (6.035 %)SQL Server 2000
4398 (2.200 %)MySQL
5269 (1.487 %)RDBMS
6254 (1.404 %)Oracle 10g
7171 (0.945 %)Oracle 9i
8137 (0.757 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9132 (0.730 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10128 (0.707 %)MS Access
11123 (0.680 %)Crystal Reports
12118 (0.652 %)Datawarehouse
12118 (0.652 %)Oracle 8/8i
13106 (0.586 %)DTS
1488 (0.486 %)Oracle Reports
1568 (0.376 %)Informix
1665 (0.359 %)DB2
1764 (0.354 %)ETL
1764 (0.354 %)BusinessObjects
1861 (0.337 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1382 (2.111 %)Visual Studio
2118 (0.652 %)Subversion
397 (0.536 %)NUnit
493 (0.514 %)MSI
578 (0.431 %)ClearCase
665 (0.359 %)Eclipse
763 (0.348 %)VSS/SourceSafe
858 (0.321 %)Oracle Forms
957 (0.315 %)Ant
1053 (0.293 %)JUnit
1144 (0.243 %)InstallShield
1238 (0.210 %)QuickTest Pro
1333 (0.182 %)JIRA
1431 (0.171 %)CruiseControl
1528 (0.155 %)Log4j
1627 (0.149 %)WinRunner
1723 (0.127 %)LoadRunner
1822 (0.122 %)ClearQuest
1920 (0.111 %)TestDirector
1920 (0.111 %)PVCS
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15054 (27.93 %)Finance
22401 (13.27 %)Banking
31132 (6.257 %)Investment Banking
4978 (5.405 %)Front Office
5719 (3.974 %)Law
6603 (3.333 %)Legal
7538 (2.974 %)Telecoms
8527 (2.913 %)Insurance
9489 (2.703 %)Health
10457 (2.526 %)Back Office
11446 (2.465 %)Pensions
12345 (1.907 %)Retail
13329 (1.818 %)Games
14324 (1.791 %)Education
15309 (1.708 %)Financial Institution
16221 (1.221 %)Marketing
17151 (0.835 %)Government
18114 (0.630 %)Publishing
1985 (0.470 %)Music
2071 (0.392 %)Advertising
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13898 (21.54 %)Analyst
23172 (17.53 %)Developer
32224 (12.29 %)Support Analyst
41468 (8.114 %)Administrator
51156 (6.389 %)Support Engineer
6905 (5.002 %)C# Developer
7845 (4.670 %)Applications Support
8843 (4.659 %)Desktop Support
9837 (4.626 %)Systems Administrator
10794 (4.388 %)Consultant
11780 (4.311 %)C++ Developer
12665 (3.675 %).NET Developer
13536 (2.962 %)Architect
14532 (2.940 %)Team Leader
15467 (2.581 %)2nd Line Support
16465 (2.570 %)Systems Engineer
17441 (2.437 %)DBA
18430 (2.377 %)Senior Developer
19420 (2.321 %)3rd Line Support
20416 (2.299 %)Technical Support
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11133 (6.262 %)Derivative
2993 (5.488 %)Blackberry
3514 (2.841 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4475 (2.625 %)Equities
5452 (2.498 %)Clustering
6426 (2.355 %)Fixed Income
7368 (2.034 %)Multithreading
8296 (1.636 %)Equity Derivative
8296 (1.636 %)Computer Science
9252 (1.393 %)N-Tier
10220 (1.216 %)Replication
11215 (1.188 %)Client/Server
12167 (0.923 %)Management Information System
13161 (0.890 %)PDA
14150 (0.829 %)Mainframe
15139 (0.768 %)French Language
16117 (0.647 %)Grid Computing
17100 (0.553 %)Mathematics
1894 (0.520 %)Credit Derivative
1989 (0.492 %)Thin Client
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16047 (33.42 %)Windows Server 2003
23930 (21.72 %)UNIX
33578 (19.78 %)Windows XP
43012 (16.65 %)Linux
52382 (13.17 %)Windows 2000
61313 (7.257 %)Windows 2000 Server
71055 (5.831 %)Solaris
81032 (5.704 %)Windows Vista
9541 (2.990 %)Windows NT
10528 (2.918 %)Red Hat Linux
11516 (2.852 %)Windows Server 2008
12249 (1.376 %)Mac OS X
13166 (0.917 %)Windows Mobile
14162 (0.895 %)HPUX
15147 (0.812 %)AIX
1693 (0.514 %)Mac OS
1790 (0.497 %)SUSE
1867 (0.370 %)VMS
1954 (0.298 %)Debian
2046 (0.254 %)NetWare
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11401 (7.743 %)ITIL
2841 (4.648 %)OO
3822 (4.543 %)Project Management
4519 (2.869 %)Disaster Recovery
5485 (2.681 %)Electronic Trading
6470 (2.598 %)Agile Software Development
7372 (2.056 %)Migration
8321 (1.774 %)Asset Management
9300 (1.658 %)E-Commerce
10299 (1.653 %)Risk Management
11279 (1.542 %)Investment Management
12258 (1.426 %)PRINCE2
13257 (1.420 %)Algorithmic Trading
14254 (1.404 %)Service Delivery
15235 (1.299 %)UML
16219 (1.210 %)Service Management
17204 (1.128 %)Web Development
18203 (1.122 %)CRM
19192 (1.061 %)Release Management
20191 (1.056 %)Document Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14259 (23.54 %)SQL
22622 (14.49 %)C#
32074 (11.46 %)C++
41527 (8.440 %)Java
51096 (6.058 %)Perl
6761 (4.206 %)VB
7605 (3.344 %)JavaScript
8588 (3.250 %)PHP
9544 (3.007 %)C
10506 (2.797 %)Python
11483 (2.670 %)Transact-SQL
12482 (2.664 %)VB.NET
13387 (2.139 %)VC++
14353 (1.951 %)VBA
15351 (1.940 %)VBScript
16322 (1.780 %)Shell Script
17289 (1.597 %)PL/SQL
18112 (0.619 %)VB6
1990 (0.497 %)Korn
2077 (0.426 %)Ruby
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12695 (14.90 %)Microsoft Certification
21986 (10.98 %)MCSE
31740 (9.617 %)Degree
4999 (5.521 %)MCP
5837 (4.626 %)Cisco Certification
6604 (3.338 %)CCNA
7459 (2.537 %)MCSA
8333 (1.840 %)CCNP
9251 (1.387 %)MCSD
10211 (1.166 %)MCAD
11190 (1.050 %)Security Cleared
12177 (0.978 %)Citrix Certification
13149 (0.824 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14144 (0.796 %)ITIL Certification
15111 (0.613 %)CCA
16102 (0.564 %)CCEA
1791 (0.503 %)ISEB
1888 (0.486 %)MOS
1987 (0.481 %)SC Cleared
2077 (0.426 %)A+ Certification
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1404 (2.233 %)SLA
2327 (1.807 %)QA
353 (0.293 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
422 (0.122 %)ISO27001
512 (0.066 %)ISO9000
610 (0.055 %)HL7
610 (0.055 %)ISO17799
79 (0.050 %)COBIT
88 (0.044 %)TickIT
97 (0.039 %)ISO9001
97 (0.039 %)DICOM
105 (0.028 %)PCI DSS
112 (0.011 %)JTAG
112 (0.011 %)BS7799
112 (0.011 %)RosettaNet
121 (0.006 %)ISO9002
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15125 (28.33 %)Active Directory
2852 (4.709 %)VMware Infrastructure
3430 (2.377 %)VMware ESX
4362 (2.001 %)Backup Exec
5263 (1.454 %)Citrix Presentation Server
6260 (1.437 %)ISA Server
7179 (0.989 %)NetBackup
8159 (0.879 %)Terminal Services
9146 (0.807 %)Terminal Server
1080 (0.442 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1173 (0.403 %)MetaFrame
1272 (0.398 %)Oracle RMAN
1360 (0.332 %)VMware Server
1458 (0.321 %)Oracle RAC
1548 (0.265 %)Hyper-V
1642 (0.232 %)NFS
1738 (0.210 %)Xen
1825 (0.138 %)VMware GSX
1917 (0.094 %)MailMarshal
1917 (0.094 %)VMware Workstation
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1290 (1.603 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2216 (1.194 %)MOM
3135 (0.746 %)SCOM
4120 (0.663 %)OpenView
5116 (0.641 %)SCCM
6115 (0.636 %)MAILsweeper
799 (0.547 %)WSUS
883 (0.459 %)Tivoli
967 (0.370 %)Nagios
1052 (0.287 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1052 (0.287 %)Norton AntiVirus
1151 (0.282 %)ARCserve
1243 (0.238 %)Legato
1341 (0.227 %)ServiceCenter
1440 (0.221 %)BMC PATROL
1538 (0.210 %)AutoSys
1636 (0.199 %)ZENworks
1731 (0.171 %)CONTROL-M
1731 (0.171 %)EMC NetWorker
1731 (0.171 %)Data Guard
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14855 (26.83 %)Microsoft
22092 (11.56 %)Cisco
32028 (11.21 %)Oracle
41862 (10.29 %)VMware
51839 (10.16 %)Citrix
61052 (5.814 %)HP
7591 (3.266 %)Sybase
8568 (3.139 %)Red Hat
9488 (2.697 %)Bloomberg
10485 (2.681 %)Reuters
11463 (2.559 %)IBM
12445 (2.460 %)Lotus
13439 (2.426 %)VERITAS
14352 (1.946 %)Symantec
15336 (1.857 %)Sun
16292 (1.614 %)Dell
16292 (1.614 %)EMC
17276 (1.525 %)CheckPoint
18243 (1.343 %)Remedy
19197 (1.089 %)NetApp