The first table below looks at the demand for Windows skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows
Rank 6 2 10
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows 69 145 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 18.85% 28.66% 18.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 67.65% 86.83% 63.04%
Number of salaries quoted 52 128 48
Average salary £36,250 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.60% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £27,200 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Operating Systems
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
102 167 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 27.87% 33.00% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 83 149 77
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £55,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows
Merseyside

Windows
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Liverpool Windows Jobs Demand Trend

Windows
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool Windows Salary Trend

Windows
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Liverpool Windows Salary Histogram

Windows
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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.

1 58 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 56 (38.62%) Microsoft
3 54 (37.24%) SQL
3 54 (37.24%) Finance
4 46 (31.72%) Windows Server 2008
5 44 (30.34%) .NET
6 43 (29.66%) Linux
7 41 (28.28%) Windows Server 2003
8 33 (22.76%) Active Directory
9 31 (21.38%) MS Excel
9 31 (21.38%) VMware
10 30 (20.69%) ITIL
10 30 (20.69%) Degree
11 26 (17.93%) JavaScript
12 25 (17.24%) Java
12 25 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
13 22 (15.17%) Oracle
14 20 (13.79%) Web Services
14 20 (13.79%) MS Exchange
14 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (13.10%) IIS
16 18 (12.41%) XML
16 18 (12.41%) ASP.NET
16 18 (12.41%) Solaris
16 18 (12.41%) Management Information System
16 18 (12.41%) Computer Science
17 17 (11.72%) .NET Framework
17 17 (11.72%) UNIX
17 17 (11.72%) AIX
17 17 (11.72%) Apache

Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Application Development
1 44 (30.34%) .NET
2 20 (13.79%) Web Services
3 18 (12.41%) XML
3 18 (12.41%) ASP.NET
4 17 (11.72%) .NET Framework
5 12 (8.276%) HTML
6 11 (7.586%) CSS
6 11 (7.586%) SOAP
6 11 (7.586%) ASP
7 9 (6.207%) jQuery
8 8 (5.517%) LINQ
8 8 (5.517%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
8 8 (5.517%) ADO.NET
9 7 (4.828%) WCF
10 5 (3.448%) MFC
10 5 (3.448%) STL
10 5 (3.448%) XML Messaging
10 5 (3.448%) Qt
10 5 (3.448%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 4 (2.759%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 20 (13.79%) MS Exchange
2 19 (13.10%) IIS
3 17 (11.72%) Apache
4 15 (10.34%) Tomcat
5 9 (6.207%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (4.828%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (3.448%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (3.448%) SharePoint
7 5 (3.448%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (2.759%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (1.379%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (1.379%) ESB
10 1 (0.690%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.690%) Lync
10 1 (0.690%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 31 (21.38%) MS Excel
2 11 (7.586%) MS Office
3 3 (2.069%) Office 365
4 2 (1.379%) Google Apps
4 2 (1.379%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.379%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 15 (10.34%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (4.138%) Visualfiles
3 2 (1.379%) SAP BPC
3 2 (1.379%) Lawson
4 1 (0.690%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.72%) Extranet
2 15 (10.34%) Intranet
3 14 (9.655%) Internet
4 13 (8.966%) DNS
5 11 (7.586%) DHCP
6 10 (6.897%) VPN
7 6 (4.138%) TCP/IP
7 6 (4.138%) SAN
8 5 (3.448%) Firewall
9 4 (2.759%) WAN
10 3 (2.069%) LAN
10 3 (2.069%) VoIP
11 2 (1.379%) Network Security
11 2 (1.379%) IMAP
11 2 (1.379%) VLAN
11 2 (1.379%) DMZ
11 2 (1.379%) SSL
11 2 (1.379%) SMTP
12 1 (0.690%) SNMP
12 1 (0.690%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (10.34%) Informix
2 15 (10.34%) DB2
3 7 (4.828%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (3.448%) MySQL
4 5 (3.448%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.379%) MS Access
6 1 (0.690%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.690%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.690%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.690%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.690%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (0.690%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.690%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 10 (6.897%) Visual Studio
2 8 (5.517%) Subversion
3 5 (3.448%) Git (software)
4 4 (2.759%) MSTest
4 4 (2.759%) NUnit
5 2 (1.379%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.379%) Rhino Mocks
5 2 (1.379%) Moq
5 2 (1.379%) CruiseControl
5 2 (1.379%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 54 (37.24%) Finance
2 16 (11.03%) Manufacturing
3 11 (7.586%) Back Office
4 10 (6.897%) Law
5 5 (3.448%) Legal
5 5 (3.448%) Banking
5 5 (3.448%) Retail
6 4 (2.759%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.379%) Marketing
8 1 (0.690%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (28.97%) Developer
2 38 (26.21%) Analyst
3 15 (10.34%) Business Analyst
4 14 (9.655%) 2nd Line Support
5 13 (8.966%) Technical Analyst
6 12 (8.276%) Systems Analyst
7 9 (6.207%) Administrator
7 9 (6.207%) Support Technician
8 8 (5.517%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 8 (5.517%) .NET Developer
9 7 (4.828%) Systems Developer
10 6 (4.138%) C++ Developer
10 6 (4.138%) Support Analyst
10 6 (4.138%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.448%) Technical Support
11 5 (3.448%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.448%) Consultant
11 5 (3.448%) Desktop Engineer
11 5 (3.448%) Case Management Developer
12 4 (2.759%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.41%) Management Information System
1 18 (12.41%) Computer Science
2 12 (8.276%) Blackberry
3 5 (3.448%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.069%) Clustering
4 3 (2.069%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.379%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (1.379%) Open Source
6 1 (0.690%) CLARiiON
6 1 (0.690%) Celerra
6 1 (0.690%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 46 (31.72%) Windows Server 2008
2 43 (29.66%) Linux
3 41 (28.28%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (12.41%) Solaris
5 17 (11.72%) UNIX
5 17 (11.72%) AIX
6 16 (11.03%) Windows XP
7 15 (10.34%) HPUX
7 15 (10.34%) Windows 7
8 6 (4.138%) Android
8 6 (4.138%) Windows Mobile
9 4 (2.759%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (2.759%) Apple iOS
10 3 (2.069%) Mac OS
10 3 (2.069%) Windows Phone 8
10 3 (2.069%) Windows Phone
11 2 (1.379%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.379%) Windows Vista
11 2 (1.379%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.690%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (20.69%) ITIL
2 17 (11.72%) OO
2 17 (11.72%) ERP
2 17 (11.72%) Project Management
3 15 (10.34%) Process Management
3 15 (10.34%) Business Analysis
3 15 (10.34%) Strategic Planning
3 15 (10.34%) Resource Management
4 14 (9.655%) Multithreading
4 14 (9.655%) Change Management
5 8 (5.517%) Problem Management
5 8 (5.517%) Data Management
5 8 (5.517%) OOD
6 7 (4.828%) Scrum
6 7 (4.828%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (4.138%) Workflow
8 5 (3.448%) MVC
8 5 (3.448%) Information Security
8 5 (3.448%) TDD
8 5 (3.448%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 54 (37.24%) SQL
2 26 (17.93%) JavaScript
3 25 (17.24%) Java
4 17 (11.72%) VB.NET
5 14 (9.655%) VB
5 14 (9.655%) C#
6 13 (8.966%) VB6
7 12 (8.276%) T-SQL
8 11 (7.586%) C++
9 9 (6.207%) PHP
10 6 (4.138%) Perl
11 3 (2.069%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.379%) Bash shell
12 2 (1.379%) Groovy
12 2 (1.379%) C
13 1 (0.690%) Python
13 1 (0.690%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (20.69%) Degree
2 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (8.276%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (7.586%) MCITP
5 10 (6.897%) MCSE
6 9 (6.207%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (4.828%) MCP
8 5 (3.448%) MCTS
9 4 (2.759%) MCSA
10 3 (2.069%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (2.069%) CISSP
10 3 (2.069%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.069%) CISM
10 3 (2.069%) ISSAP
10 3 (2.069%) ISSMP
11 2 (1.379%) VCDX
11 2 (1.379%) CCIA
11 2 (1.379%) CCEE
11 2 (1.379%) VCAP
11 2 (1.379%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.448%) QA
2 2 (1.379%) COBIT
2 2 (1.379%) SLA
3 1 (0.690%) Data Quality
System Software
1 33 (22.76%) Active Directory
2 25 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.207%) XenApp
4 7 (4.828%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.138%) XenDesktop
5 6 (4.138%) VMware ESX
6 5 (3.448%) vSphere
7 4 (2.759%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (1.379%) XenServer
8 2 (1.379%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.690%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.690%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (4.828%) SCCM
2 5 (3.448%) SCOM
2 5 (3.448%) SCVMM
3 2 (1.379%) WSUS
3 2 (1.379%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.690%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.690%) Nagios
4 1 (0.690%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 56 (38.62%) Microsoft
2 31 (21.38%) VMware
3 22 (15.17%) Oracle
4 17 (11.72%) SAP
5 16 (11.03%) Citrix
5 16 (11.03%) Sun
6 15 (10.34%) IBM
6 15 (10.34%) Baan
6 15 (10.34%) JD Edwards
7 11 (7.586%) Cisco
8 4 (2.759%) NetApp
9 3 (2.069%) HP
9 3 (2.069%) Dell
9 3 (2.069%) Apple
9 3 (2.069%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.379%) Kaseya
10 2 (1.379%) NorthgateArinso
10 2 (1.379%) NETGEAR
10 2 (1.379%) Draytek
10 2 (1.379%) OutlookSoft
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