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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank76
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads1830329805
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled15.52 %15.09 %
As % of the category below64.44 %60.49 %
Salaries quoted1593124952
Average minimum salary£34,185£34,146
Average salary£36,774£36,793
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
Average maximum salary£39,363£39,441
UK excluding London average salary£33,137£33,081
% change on same period last year+0.16 %
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads2840149275
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.08 %24.95 %
Salaries quoted2442440141
Average minimum salary£35,484£36,003
Average salary£38,271£38,919
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Average maximum salary£41,059£41,834
UK excluding London average salary£34,270£34,174
% change on same period last year+0.27 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandDown-117717£36,844-0.14 %
LondonUp+17050£43,260+1.54 %
South EastUp+14130£35,338+1.35 %
City of LondonUp+21971£48,711+7.10 %
East of EnglandNo change01540£33,969+0.17 %
South WestUp+11274£32,046+3.96 %
North WestDown-41159£29,264-8.06 %
BerkshireUp+11124£37,852+6.39 %
SurreyUp+1947£33,673-2.00 %
YorkshireUp+4941£30,078+0.86 %
West MidlandsDown-4888£32,115+3.74 %
HampshireUp+1814£34,796+0.91 %
East MidlandsUp+2696£30,503+5.29 %
ManchesterDown-3600£29,088-14.24 %
West YorkshireDown-1584£29,720+1.86 %
CambridgeshireNo change0517£36,773+6.64 %
HertfordshireDown-1421£35,258+0.30 %
CambridgeDown-2389£37,207+4.31 %
ReadingNo change0371£35,544+0.35 %
LeedsUp+2365£29,715-1.71 %
EssexUp+3352£30,573-5.92 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0345£32,446-1.14 %
BristolUp+4336£32,403+11.11 %
BirminghamUp+1331£32,797+3.13 %
ScotlandDown-2322£32,700+5.89 %
GloucestershireUp+5315£32,996+7.04 %
CheshireDown-5293£29,106-8.10 %
OxfordshireNo change0287£34,738+0.39 %
West SussexUp+2282£35,614+11.94 %
NottinghamshireUp+3276£31,376+7.22 %

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

115104 (33.37 %)Windows Server 2003
213924 (30.76 %)Microsoft
312064 (26.65 %)Active Directory
411101 (24.52 %)SQL Server
510455 (23.10 %)SQL
68825 (19.50 %)UNIX
78548 (18.88 %)Windows XP
87564 (16.71 %)MS Excel
97515 (16.60 %).NET
107506 (16.58 %)MS Exchange
117441 (16.44 %)Finance
127186 (15.88 %)Linux
136910 (15.27 %)Microsoft Certification
146279 (13.87 %)C#
156210 (13.72 %)TCP/IP
165751 (12.71 %)Windows 2000
175463 (12.07 %)MS Office
185258 (11.62 %)C++
195044 (11.14 %)MCSE
205011 (11.07 %)Oracle
214797 (10.60 %)Citrix
224619 (10.20 %)Degree
234605 (10.17 %)Exchange Server 2003
244583 (10.12 %)Cisco
254340 (9.588 %)VMware
263990 (8.815 %)Firewall
273889 (8.592 %)WAN
283881 (8.574 %)LAN
293764 (8.315 %)IIS
303539 (7.818 %)Windows 2000 Server

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
17515 (16.60 %).NET
23263 (7.209 %)ASP.NET
33190 (7.047 %)XML
42277 (5.030 %)HTML
51815 (4.010 %)WebServices
61412 (3.119 %)WinForms
71130 (2.496 %)CSS
81090 (2.408 %)ASP
9962 (2.125 %)J2EE
10861 (1.902 %)AJAX
11826 (1.825 %).NET Framework
12780 (1.723 %)MFC
13692 (1.529 %)STL
14618 (1.365 %)WebSphere
15507 (1.120 %)WCF
16494 (1.091 %)XSLT
17404 (0.893 %)Middleware
18400 (0.884 %)JSP
19378 (0.835 %)WPF
20350 (0.773 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17506 (16.58 %)MS Exchange
24605 (10.17 %)Exchange Server 2003
33764 (8.315 %)IIS
42281 (5.039 %)SharePoint
51702 (3.760 %)Exchange Server 2007
61230 (2.717 %)Exchange Server 2000
71120 (2.474 %)Apache
81004 (2.218 %)Lotus Notes
9682 (1.507 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10559 (1.235 %)Tomcat
11471 (1.041 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
12370 (0.817 %)BizTalk Server
13359 (0.793 %)WebLogic
14323 (0.714 %)Exchange Server 5.5
15320 (0.707 %)CMS
16297 (0.656 %)Lotus Domino
17278 (0.614 %)SharePoint Portal Server
18242 (0.535 %)JBoss
19174 (0.384 %)WebSphere Application Server
20119 (0.263 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17564 (16.71 %)MS Excel
25463 (12.07 %)MS Office
3352 (0.778 %)MS Visio
4251 (0.555 %)Photoshop
5245 (0.541 %)MS PowerPoint
6139 (0.307 %)MS Project
7122 (0.270 %)InfoPath
871 (0.157 %)Spreadsheet
956 (0.124 %)MATLAB
1047 (0.104 %)AutoCAD
1142 (0.093 %)DeltaView
1238 (0.084 %)Acrobat
1337 (0.082 %)Adobe Illustrator
1430 (0.066 %)CATIA
1527 (0.060 %)QuarkXPress
1622 (0.049 %)CA Clarity
1720 (0.044 %)Fireworks
1819 (0.042 %)InDesign
1917 (0.038 %)Quicktime
2013 (0.029 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1173 (0.382 %)SoftGrid
2115 (0.254 %)Oracle Applications
3113 (0.250 %)Microsoft CRM
476 (0.168 %)Oracle EBS
575 (0.166 %)Oracle 11i
657 (0.126 %)Oracle Financials
752 (0.115 %)assyst
843 (0.095 %)Dynamics CRM
942 (0.093 %)Navision
1041 (0.091 %)Endur
1137 (0.082 %)GoldMine
1236 (0.080 %)Summit
1335 (0.077 %)SalesLogix
1432 (0.071 %)Dynamics AX
1531 (0.068 %)SAP CRM
1628 (0.062 %)Teamcenter
1725 (0.055 %)SAP R/3
1822 (0.049 %)Axapta
1921 (0.046 %)Kondor+
2019 (0.042 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16210 (13.72 %)TCP/IP
23990 (8.815 %)Firewall
33889 (8.592 %)WAN
43881 (8.574 %)LAN
53508 (7.750 %)DNS
62883 (6.369 %)SAN
72609 (5.764 %)Internet
82507 (5.538 %)VPN
92069 (4.571 %)DHCP
101000 (2.209 %)VoIP
11837 (1.849 %)Wireless
12677 (1.496 %)Network Security
13624 (1.379 %)Intranet
14571 (1.261 %)HTTP
15478 (1.056 %)SMTP
16473 (1.045 %)Cisco PIX
17403 (0.890 %)FTP
18388 (0.857 %)SSL
19331 (0.731 %)LDAP
20320 (0.707 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111101 (24.52 %)SQL Server
23487 (7.704 %)SQL Server 2005
32496 (5.514 %)SQL Server 2000
4989 (2.185 %)MySQL
5842 (1.860 %)RDBMS
6683 (1.509 %)Oracle 10g
7492 (1.087 %)Oracle 9i
8475 (1.049 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9436 (0.963 %)DTS
10421 (0.930 %)MS Access
11405 (0.895 %)Crystal Reports
11405 (0.895 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12392 (0.866 %)Oracle 8/8i
13384 (0.848 %)DB2
14298 (0.658 %)Datawarehouse
15250 (0.552 %)Oracle Reports
16195 (0.431 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
17193 (0.426 %)GIS
18190 (0.420 %)BusinessObjects
19187 (0.413 %)Informix
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11566 (3.460 %)Visual Studio
2231 (0.510 %)Subversion
3222 (0.490 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4208 (0.460 %)MSI
5192 (0.424 %)ClearCase
6190 (0.420 %)NUnit
7160 (0.353 %)Eclipse
8154 (0.340 %)Ant
9152 (0.336 %)Oracle Forms
10129 (0.285 %)InstallShield
1194 (0.208 %)JUnit
1285 (0.188 %)Dreamweaver
1383 (0.183 %)LoadRunner
1480 (0.177 %)TestDirector
1579 (0.175 %)QuickTest Pro
1670 (0.155 %)WinRunner
1769 (0.152 %)ClearQuest
1855 (0.122 %)AdminStudio
1949 (0.108 %)PVCS
2045 (0.099 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17441 (16.44 %)Finance
22743 (6.060 %)Banking
32255 (4.982 %)Pensions
41647 (3.639 %)Health
51324 (2.925 %)Telecoms
61214 (2.682 %)Investment Banking
71176 (2.598 %)Insurance
8998 (2.205 %)Front Office
9934 (2.063 %)Education
10861 (1.902 %)Retail
11858 (1.896 %)Law
12740 (1.635 %)Legal
13712 (1.573 %)Back Office
14647 (1.429 %)Government
15568 (1.255 %)Marketing
16494 (1.091 %)Games
17390 (0.862 %)Financial Institution
18306 (0.676 %)Manufacturing
19259 (0.572 %)Electronics
20235 (0.519 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18600 (19.00 %)Analyst
27349 (16.24 %)Developer
34719 (10.43 %)Support Analyst
43559 (7.863 %)Support Engineer
53267 (7.217 %)Administrator
62382 (5.262 %)Consultant
71928 (4.259 %)Software Engineer
81893 (4.182 %).NET Developer
91767 (3.904 %)C# Developer
101730 (3.822 %)Systems Administrator
111617 (3.572 %)Technical Support
121550 (3.424 %)Applications Support
131518 (3.354 %)Desktop Support
141431 (3.161 %)Architect
151366 (3.018 %)2nd Line Support
161335 (2.949 %)C++ Developer
171291 (2.852 %)Systems Engineer
181170 (2.585 %)DBA
191110 (2.452 %)Team Leader
201084 (2.395 %)Software Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11667 (3.683 %)Blackberry
21275 (2.817 %)Clustering
31182 (2.611 %)Derivative
41067 (2.357 %)Computer Science
5876 (1.935 %)Client/Server
6557 (1.231 %)Multithreading
7547 (1.208 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8492 (1.087 %)Equities
9485 (1.071 %)N-Tier
10473 (1.045 %)Mainframe
11449 (0.992 %)Fixed Income
12433 (0.957 %)Replication
13389 (0.859 %)German Language
14381 (0.842 %)Management Information System
15378 (0.835 %)Mathematics
16357 (0.789 %)PDA
17351 (0.775 %)French Language
18294 (0.650 %)Equity Derivative
19243 (0.537 %)Fat Client
19243 (0.537 %)Thin Client
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115104 (33.37 %)Windows Server 2003
28825 (19.50 %)UNIX
38548 (18.88 %)Windows XP
47186 (15.88 %)Linux
55751 (12.71 %)Windows 2000
63539 (7.818 %)Windows 2000 Server
72881 (6.365 %)Windows Vista
82159 (4.770 %)Solaris
91247 (2.755 %)Windows Server 2008
101158 (2.558 %)Windows NT
11899 (1.986 %)Red Hat Linux
12767 (1.694 %)AIX
13672 (1.485 %)Windows Mobile
14435 (0.961 %)HPUX
15424 (0.937 %)Mac OS X
16352 (0.778 %)Windows CE
17220 (0.486 %)NetWare
18179 (0.395 %)Debian
19170 (0.376 %)SUSE
20153 (0.338 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13456 (7.635 %)ITIL
22112 (4.666 %)OO
31935 (4.275 %)Project Management
41064 (2.351 %)Disaster Recovery
5910 (2.010 %)Agile Software Development
6864 (1.909 %)UML
7824 (1.820 %)Migration
8745 (1.646 %)Web Development
9707 (1.562 %)E-Commerce
10682 (1.507 %)Service Delivery
11671 (1.482 %)PRINCE2
12670 (1.480 %)CRM
13610 (1.348 %)Software Engineering
14572 (1.264 %)Service Management
15549 (1.213 %)Change Management
16521 (1.151 %)OOD
17502 (1.109 %)Electronic Trading
18499 (1.102 %)Business Intelligence
19464 (1.025 %)ERP
20450 (0.994 %)Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110455 (23.10 %)SQL
26279 (13.87 %)C#
35258 (11.62 %)C++
43465 (7.655 %)Java
52640 (5.832 %)VB
62409 (5.322 %)C
71931 (4.266 %)JavaScript
81851 (4.089 %)VB.NET
91704 (3.764 %)Perl
101279 (2.826 %)Transact-SQL
111120 (2.474 %)PHP
12895 (1.977 %)VBScript
13832 (1.838 %)VC++
14785 (1.734 %)VB6
15784 (1.732 %)Python
16739 (1.633 %)PL/SQL
17652 (1.440 %)VBA
18532 (1.175 %)Shell Script
19280 (0.619 %)COBOL
20224 (0.495 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16910 (15.27 %)Microsoft Certification
25044 (11.14 %)MCSE
34619 (10.20 %)Degree
42321 (5.128 %)MCP
51819 (4.019 %)Cisco Certification
61395 (3.082 %)CCNA
71207 (2.667 %)MCSA
81064 (2.351 %)Security Cleared
9595 (1.314 %)CCNP
10438 (0.968 %)Citrix Certification
11433 (0.957 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12389 (0.859 %)ITIL Certification
13383 (0.846 %)MCSD
14370 (0.817 %)SC Cleared
15305 (0.674 %)MCAD
16296 (0.654 %)CCA
17279 (0.616 %)ISEB
18241 (0.532 %)MCTS
19210 (0.464 %)MCDST
20200 (0.442 %)CCEA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11255 (2.773 %)SLA
2740 (1.635 %)QA
3162 (0.358 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4136 (0.300 %)ISO27001
561 (0.135 %)ISO9001
656 (0.124 %)ISO9000
747 (0.104 %)PCI DSS
837 (0.082 %)HL7
934 (0.075 %)COBIT
1030 (0.066 %)TickIT
1128 (0.062 %)BS7799
1218 (0.040 %)ISO17799
1313 (0.029 %)DICOM
1313 (0.029 %)JTAG
148 (0.018 %)WAI
153 (0.007 %)ISO14001
162 (0.004 %)RosettaNet
162 (0.004 %)21 CFR Part 11
162 (0.004 %)GAMP
162 (0.004 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112064 (26.65 %)Active Directory
21888 (4.171 %)VMware Infrastructure
31011 (2.234 %)VMware ESX
4795 (1.756 %)Backup Exec
5709 (1.566 %)ISA Server
6664 (1.467 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7637 (1.407 %)Terminal Services
8451 (0.996 %)NetBackup
9401 (0.886 %)Terminal Server
10293 (0.647 %)MetaFrame
11214 (0.473 %)Oracle RAC
12209 (0.462 %)Oracle RMAN
13193 (0.426 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
14192 (0.424 %)NFS
15127 (0.281 %)Hyper-V
16115 (0.254 %)VMware Server
1767 (0.148 %)Xen
1853 (0.117 %)MailMarshal
1951 (0.113 %)Samba
2045 (0.099 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1666 (1.471 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2549 (1.213 %)MOM
3284 (0.627 %)Tivoli
4262 (0.579 %)SCOM
5240 (0.530 %)OpenView
6239 (0.528 %)SCCM
7206 (0.455 %)Norton AntiVirus
8175 (0.387 %)WSUS
9171 (0.378 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
10152 (0.336 %)Data Guard
11127 (0.281 %)ZENworks
12125 (0.276 %)MAILsweeper
13124 (0.274 %)Legato
14111 (0.245 %)Nagios
15104 (0.230 %)OpenView Configuration Management
16103 (0.228 %)EMC NetWorker
1796 (0.212 %)ARCserve
1891 (0.201 %)BMC PATROL
1975 (0.166 %)Unicenter
2063 (0.139 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113924 (30.76 %)Microsoft
25011 (11.07 %)Oracle
34797 (10.60 %)Citrix
44583 (10.12 %)Cisco
54340 (9.588 %)VMware
62544 (5.620 %)HP
71452 (3.208 %)IBM
81124 (2.483 %)Lotus
91057 (2.335 %)VERITAS
10992 (2.192 %)Red Hat
11829 (1.831 %)Sybase
12805 (1.778 %)Sun
13763 (1.686 %)Symantec
14707 (1.562 %)Dell
15618 (1.365 %)CheckPoint
16564 (1.246 %)EMC
17553 (1.222 %)Reuters
18520 (1.149 %)Bloomberg
19518 (1.144 %)Novell
20476 (1.052 %)Remedy