Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank76
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads2410233309
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled15.55 %14.91 %
As % of the category below64.05 %59.53 %
Salaries quoted2084627677
Average minimum salary£34,430£34,574
Average salary£37,095£37,245
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Average maximum salary£39,761£39,915
UK excluding London average salary£33,141£32,990
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3762855958
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.28 %25.05 %
Salaries quoted3203945289
Average minimum salary£35,885£36,405
Average salary£38,707£39,386
% change on same period last year-1.72 %
Average maximum salary£41,529£42,367
UK excluding London average salary£34,385£34,225
% change on same period last year+0.46 %

Windows
Demand Trend

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

Windows Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows within the UK.

Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-123278£37,180-0.55 %
LondonUp+19839£43,354-0.83 %
South EastUp+15448£35,157+0.28 %
City of LondonUp+22725£47,004-0.43 %
East of EnglandDown-12051£33,591-3.05 %
BerkshireNo change01492£36,904+2.18 %
South WestDown-11414£31,919+4.50 %
North WestDown-31391£29,830-4.78 %
SurreyUp+21334£32,730-5.69 %
YorkshireUp+31173£29,731+4.30 %
West MidlandsDown-51056£31,781+3.31 %
HampshireUp+11045£36,481+8.04 %
East MidlandsDown-5791£30,258+4.11 %
West YorkshireNo change0709£29,217+4.81 %
CambridgeshireDown-1651£35,649+2.19 %
ManchesterDown-1646£29,447-12.29 %
HertfordshireDown-2583£35,182-1.52 %
CambridgeDown-1508£36,640+2.43 %
ScotlandDown-3503£33,870+14.14 %
EssexUp+4501£31,078-6.89 %
ReadingUp+2477£35,032-2.72 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1449£32,678-3.78 %
LeedsUp+1432£29,551+3.80 %
OxfordshireNo change0416£34,635+0.14 %
BristolNo change0375£33,052+12.72 %
CheshireDown-5368£30,627-0.93 %
BirminghamDown-2354£33,889+8.94 %
WiltshireDown-1326£31,092+3.63 %
GloucestershireUp+3319£31,247+4.10 %
NottinghamshireUp+2297£31,196+9.52 %

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

117703 (33.50 %)Windows Server 2003
216174 (30.61 %)Microsoft
313977 (26.45 %)Active Directory
412888 (24.39 %)SQL Server
512410 (23.48 %)SQL
610395 (19.67 %)UNIX
710118 (19.15 %)Windows XP
88992 (17.02 %)Finance
98921 (16.88 %)MS Excel
108646 (16.36 %)MS Exchange
118572 (16.22 %).NET
128364 (15.83 %)Linux
138018 (15.17 %)Microsoft Certification
147275 (13.77 %)C#
157075 (13.39 %)TCP/IP
167020 (13.28 %)Windows 2000
176365 (12.04 %)MS Office
186172 (11.68 %)C++
195984 (11.32 %)Oracle
205791 (10.96 %)MCSE
215543 (10.49 %)Citrix
225350 (10.12 %)Exchange Server 2003
235323 (10.07 %)Cisco
245296 (10.02 %)Degree
254750 (8.989 %)VMware
264474 (8.466 %)Firewall
274420 (8.364 %)WAN
284413 (8.351 %)IIS
294388 (8.304 %)LAN
304327 (8.188 %)Windows 2000 Server

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18572 (16.22 %).NET
23696 (6.994 %)XML
33613 (6.837 %)ASP.NET
42615 (4.948 %)HTML
52082 (3.940 %)WebServices
61682 (3.183 %)WinForms
71296 (2.452 %)CSS
81241 (2.348 %)ASP
91194 (2.259 %)J2EE
101001 (1.894 %).NET Framework
11992 (1.877 %)AJAX
12899 (1.701 %)MFC
13794 (1.503 %)STL
14727 (1.376 %)WebSphere
15589 (1.115 %)XSLT
16565 (1.069 %)WCF
17523 (0.990 %)JSP
18470 (0.889 %)Middleware
19409 (0.774 %)WPF
20391 (0.740 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18646 (16.36 %)MS Exchange
25350 (10.12 %)Exchange Server 2003
34413 (8.351 %)IIS
42577 (4.877 %)SharePoint
51832 (3.467 %)Exchange Server 2007
61500 (2.838 %)Exchange Server 2000
71288 (2.437 %)Apache
81185 (2.242 %)Lotus Notes
9761 (1.440 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10651 (1.232 %)Tomcat
11487 (0.922 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
12446 (0.844 %)WebLogic
13445 (0.842 %)BizTalk Server
14393 (0.744 %)Exchange Server 5.5
15375 (0.710 %)CMS
16335 (0.634 %)Lotus Domino
17298 (0.564 %)SharePoint Portal Server
18271 (0.513 %)JBoss
19194 (0.367 %)WebSphere Application Server
20165 (0.312 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18921 (16.88 %)MS Excel
26365 (12.04 %)MS Office
3407 (0.770 %)MS Visio
4269 (0.509 %)MS PowerPoint
5267 (0.505 %)Photoshop
6187 (0.354 %)MS Project
7136 (0.257 %)InfoPath
882 (0.155 %)Spreadsheet
974 (0.140 %)MATLAB
1068 (0.129 %)Acrobat
1154 (0.102 %)DeltaView
1248 (0.091 %)QuarkXPress
1347 (0.089 %)AutoCAD
1441 (0.078 %)Adobe Illustrator
1530 (0.057 %)CATIA
1621 (0.040 %)CA Clarity
1621 (0.040 %)Fireworks
1719 (0.036 %)SPSS
1818 (0.034 %)Quicktime
1818 (0.034 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1193 (0.365 %)SoftGrid
2162 (0.307 %)Microsoft CRM
3135 (0.255 %)Oracle Applications
486 (0.163 %)Oracle 11i
584 (0.159 %)Oracle EBS
673 (0.138 %)Dynamics CRM
755 (0.104 %)Navision
853 (0.100 %)Dynamics AX
950 (0.095 %)Endur
1047 (0.089 %)GoldMine
1143 (0.081 %)Summit
1143 (0.081 %)Oracle Financials
1242 (0.079 %)assyst
1340 (0.076 %)SalesLogix
1438 (0.072 %)SAP CRM
1537 (0.070 %)SAP R/3
1635 (0.066 %)SAP Business One
1733 (0.062 %)Oracle EBS R12
1733 (0.062 %)Axapta
1829 (0.055 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17075 (13.39 %)TCP/IP
24474 (8.466 %)Firewall
34420 (8.364 %)WAN
44388 (8.304 %)LAN
53874 (7.331 %)DNS
63310 (6.264 %)SAN
73184 (6.025 %)Internet
82897 (5.482 %)VPN
92318 (4.386 %)DHCP
101110 (2.100 %)VoIP
11912 (1.726 %)Wireless
12737 (1.395 %)Intranet
13674 (1.275 %)HTTP
14648 (1.226 %)Network Security
15565 (1.069 %)Cisco PIX
16524 (0.992 %)FTP
17499 (0.944 %)SMTP
18431 (0.816 %)SSL
19367 (0.694 %)VLAN
20363 (0.687 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112888 (24.39 %)SQL Server
24065 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
32903 (5.493 %)SQL Server 2000
41140 (2.157 %)MySQL
5958 (1.813 %)RDBMS
6853 (1.614 %)Oracle 10g
7670 (1.268 %)Oracle 9i
8551 (1.043 %)DB2
9518 (0.980 %)Crystal Reports
10501 (0.948 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11483 (0.914 %)DTS
12451 (0.853 %)Oracle 8/8i
13448 (0.848 %)MS Access
14445 (0.842 %)SQL Server Integration Services
15357 (0.676 %)Datawarehouse
16302 (0.571 %)Oracle Reports
17266 (0.503 %)BusinessObjects
18197 (0.373 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
19193 (0.365 %)Informix
20185 (0.350 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11864 (3.527 %)Visual Studio
2391 (0.740 %)Flash
3295 (0.558 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4269 (0.509 %)Subversion
5264 (0.500 %)MSI
6243 (0.460 %)ClearCase
7222 (0.420 %)Ant
8205 (0.388 %)NUnit
9200 (0.378 %)Eclipse
10187 (0.354 %)Oracle Forms
11150 (0.284 %)InstallShield
12125 (0.237 %)JUnit
13106 (0.201 %)ClearQuest
14105 (0.199 %)TestDirector
1598 (0.185 %)Dreamweaver
1684 (0.159 %)QuickTest Pro
1783 (0.157 %)LoadRunner
1882 (0.155 %)WinRunner
1968 (0.129 %)Rational Rose
2064 (0.121 %)PVCS
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18992 (17.02 %)Finance
23365 (6.368 %)Banking
32565 (4.854 %)Pensions
41861 (3.522 %)Health
51623 (3.071 %)Telecoms
61460 (2.763 %)Investment Banking
71284 (2.430 %)Insurance
81181 (2.235 %)Front Office
91117 (2.114 %)Education
101025 (1.940 %)Retail
11968 (1.832 %)Law
12858 (1.624 %)Back Office
13856 (1.620 %)Legal
14787 (1.489 %)Government
15683 (1.292 %)Marketing
16597 (1.130 %)Games
17477 (0.903 %)Financial Institution
18382 (0.723 %)Manufacturing
19291 (0.551 %)Electronics
20280 (0.530 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110053 (19.02 %)Analyst
28710 (16.48 %)Developer
35539 (10.48 %)Support Analyst
44129 (7.813 %)Support Engineer
53883 (7.348 %)Administrator
62866 (5.423 %)Consultant
72220 (4.201 %)Software Engineer
82147 (4.063 %).NET Developer
92114 (4.000 %)Systems Administrator
102041 (3.862 %)C# Developer
111908 (3.611 %)Technical Support
121794 (3.395 %)Desktop Support
131785 (3.378 %)Applications Support
141673 (3.166 %)C++ Developer
151608 (3.043 %)Architect
161589 (3.007 %)2nd Line Support
171538 (2.910 %)Systems Engineer
181406 (2.661 %)DBA
191387 (2.625 %)Team Leader
201219 (2.307 %)Software Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11828 (3.459 %)Blackberry
21442 (2.729 %)Clustering
31383 (2.617 %)Derivative
41197 (2.265 %)Computer Science
51034 (1.957 %)Client/Server
6628 (1.188 %)Multithreading
7624 (1.181 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8583 (1.103 %)Equities
9544 (1.029 %)Mainframe
10531 (1.005 %)N-Tier
11501 (0.948 %)Fixed Income
12476 (0.901 %)Replication
13457 (0.865 %)Mathematics
14427 (0.808 %)German Language
15423 (0.800 %)Management Information System
16406 (0.768 %)French Language
17385 (0.729 %)PDA
18352 (0.666 %)Equity Derivative
19266 (0.503 %)AS400
20259 (0.490 %)Thin Client
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117703 (33.50 %)Windows Server 2003
210395 (19.67 %)UNIX
310118 (19.15 %)Windows XP
48364 (15.83 %)Linux
57020 (13.28 %)Windows 2000
64327 (8.188 %)Windows 2000 Server
73247 (6.144 %)Windows Vista
82595 (4.911 %)Solaris
91372 (2.596 %)Windows NT
101278 (2.418 %)Windows Server 2008
111058 (2.002 %)Red Hat Linux
12916 (1.733 %)AIX
13690 (1.306 %)Windows Mobile
14492 (0.931 %)Mac OS X
15458 (0.867 %)HPUX
16393 (0.744 %)Windows CE
17290 (0.549 %)NetWare
18192 (0.363 %)SUSE
19184 (0.348 %)Debian
20153 (0.290 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13826 (7.240 %)ITIL
22525 (4.778 %)OO
32295 (4.343 %)Project Management
41152 (2.180 %)Security Cleared
51096 (2.074 %)Disaster Recovery
61050 (1.987 %)UML
7949 (1.796 %)Migration
8939 (1.777 %)Agile Software Development
9851 (1.610 %)Service Delivery
10845 (1.599 %)E-Commerce
11805 (1.523 %)Web Development
12804 (1.521 %)CRM
13781 (1.478 %)PRINCE2
14714 (1.351 %)Software Engineering
15659 (1.247 %)Change Management
16630 (1.192 %)Business Intelligence
17615 (1.164 %)OOD
18595 (1.126 %)Service Management
19576 (1.090 %)ERP
20542 (1.026 %)Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112410 (23.48 %)SQL
27275 (13.77 %)C#
36172 (11.68 %)C++
44223 (7.991 %)Java
53062 (5.794 %)VB
62870 (5.431 %)C
72251 (4.260 %)JavaScript
82030 (3.841 %)VB.NET
92027 (3.836 %)Perl
101410 (2.668 %)Transact-SQL
111158 (2.191 %)PHP
121016 (1.923 %)VBScript
13997 (1.887 %)VC++
14920 (1.741 %)VB6
15865 (1.637 %)Python
16828 (1.567 %)PL/SQL
17738 (1.397 %)VBA
18663 (1.255 %)Shell Script
19280 (0.530 %)COBOL
20268 (0.507 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18018 (15.17 %)Microsoft Certification
25791 (10.96 %)MCSE
35296 (10.02 %)Degree
42834 (5.363 %)MCP
52073 (3.923 %)Cisco Certification
61651 (3.124 %)CCNA
71388 (2.627 %)MCSA
8642 (1.215 %)CCNP
9492 (0.931 %)Citrix Certification
10458 (0.867 %)MCSD
11446 (0.844 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12435 (0.823 %)ITIL Certification
13387 (0.732 %)ISEB
14375 (0.710 %)MCAD
15349 (0.660 %)CCA
16259 (0.490 %)MCTS
17229 (0.433 %)MCDST
18228 (0.431 %)HND
19202 (0.382 %)CCEA
20165 (0.312 %)A+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11450 (2.744 %)SLA
2885 (1.675 %)QA
3157 (0.297 %)ISO27001
4133 (0.252 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
563 (0.119 %)ISO9001
652 (0.098 %)ISO9000
745 (0.085 %)PCI DSS
841 (0.078 %)COBIT
936 (0.068 %)HL7
1026 (0.049 %)TickIT
1125 (0.047 %)BS7799
1218 (0.034 %)ISO17799
1312 (0.023 %)DICOM
1411 (0.021 %)JTAG
158 (0.015 %)WAI
163 (0.006 %)ISO8583
163 (0.006 %)ISO14001
163 (0.006 %)GxP
172 (0.004 %)RosettaNet
172 (0.004 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113977 (26.45 %)Active Directory
22046 (3.872 %)VMware Infrastructure
31111 (2.102 %)VMware ESX
4915 (1.731 %)Backup Exec
5862 (1.631 %)ISA Server
6748 (1.415 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7732 (1.385 %)Terminal Services
8519 (0.982 %)NetBackup
9427 (0.808 %)Terminal Server
10351 (0.664 %)MetaFrame
11252 (0.477 %)Oracle RAC
12245 (0.464 %)Oracle RMAN
13227 (0.430 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
14183 (0.346 %)NFS
15134 (0.254 %)VMware Server
1662 (0.117 %)Xen
1752 (0.098 %)Samba
1850 (0.095 %)MailMarshal
1941 (0.078 %)VMware GSX
2037 (0.070 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1799 (1.512 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2645 (1.221 %)MOM
3318 (0.602 %)Tivoli
4299 (0.566 %)SCOM
5284 (0.537 %)OpenView
6260 (0.492 %)SCCM
7250 (0.473 %)Norton AntiVirus
8223 (0.422 %)WSUS
9191 (0.361 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
10155 (0.293 %)ZENworks
11152 (0.288 %)Legato
12126 (0.238 %)Nagios
13119 (0.225 %)MAILsweeper
13119 (0.225 %)EMC NetWorker
14111 (0.210 %)BMC PATROL
14111 (0.210 %)ARCserve
15101 (0.191 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1691 (0.172 %)Unicenter
1779 (0.149 %)CONTROL-M
1865 (0.123 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116174 (30.61 %)Microsoft
25984 (11.32 %)Oracle
35543 (10.49 %)Citrix
45323 (10.07 %)Cisco
54750 (8.989 %)VMware
62844 (5.382 %)HP
71664 (3.149 %)IBM
81334 (2.524 %)Lotus
91183 (2.239 %)VERITAS
101163 (2.201 %)Red Hat
11997 (1.887 %)Sybase
12958 (1.813 %)Sun
13857 (1.622 %)Symantec
14829 (1.569 %)Dell
15676 (1.279 %)CheckPoint
16668 (1.264 %)Reuters
17637 (1.205 %)Bloomberg
18635 (1.202 %)Novell
19627 (1.186 %)EMC
20597 (1.130 %)SAP