The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 7 over the 3 months to 20 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 7
Rank 44 69 63
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 10 13 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.232% 1.940% 1.089%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.130% 5.221% 4.237%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 5
Average salary £29,000 £37,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.14% +6.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £20,000 £29,600
10% offered a salary of more than £41,800 £44,000 £43,503
UK excluding London average salary £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
All Operating Systems
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
123 249 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 27.46% 37.16% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 97 228 101
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows 7
North West

Windows 7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Merseyside Windows 7 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside Windows 7 Salary Trend

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 7 across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Merseyside Windows 7 Salary Histogram

Windows 7
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Liverpool +24 8 £29,000 -28.39%
Windows 7
North West

Windows 7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Windows 7 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 7.

1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 14 (77.78%) Windows XP
4 9 (50.00%) MS Office
5 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
5 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (38.89%) DNS
6 7 (38.89%) DHCP
6 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
6 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
6 7 (38.89%) VMware
7 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (33.33%) SQL
7 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
8 5 (27.78%) VPN
8 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
8 5 (27.78%) VB
8 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
8 5 (27.78%) .NET
8 5 (27.78%) VB6
8 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
8 5 (27.78%) SCCM
8 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
9 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (22.22%) ITIL
9 4 (22.22%) MCP
10 3 (16.67%) Citrix
10 3 (16.67%) Blackberry

Windows 7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Windows 7 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 7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) ASP
2 2 (11.11%) COM
2 2 (11.11%) MAPI
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) MS Office
2 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
3 2 (11.11%) Google Apps
3 2 (11.11%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) DHCP
1 7 (38.89%) DNS
2 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 5 (27.78%) VPN
4 2 (11.11%) SMTP
4 2 (11.11%) DMZ
4 2 (11.11%) VLAN
4 2 (11.11%) IMAP
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security
5 1 (5.556%) VoIP
5 1 (5.556%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) MS Access
2 2 (11.11%) MySQL
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
1 5 (27.78%) VB Developer
1 5 (27.78%) VB6 Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Support
3 2 (11.11%) Network Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (11.11%) Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) VB.NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) IT Support
3 2 (11.11%) Senior IT Support
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.556%) Thin Client
3 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (77.78%) Windows XP
3 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Problem Management
2 4 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) VB
2 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
2 5 (27.78%) VB6
3 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) MCP
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (16.67%) MCITP
3 2 (11.11%) MCSA
4 1 (5.556%) CCNA
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.556%) MCSE
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (5.556%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (38.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (16.67%) XenApp
3 3 (16.67%) XenDesktop
4 1 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) SCCM
2 3 (16.67%) SCOM
2 3 (16.67%) SCVMM
3 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) Citrix
4 2 (11.11%) NetApp
4 2 (11.11%) Apple
4 2 (11.11%) Google
4 2 (11.11%) Draytek
4 2 (11.11%) NETGEAR
4 2 (11.11%) Kaseya
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco
5 1 (5.556%) HP
5 1 (5.556%) Symantec
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