The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Altrincham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors for the Altrincham region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 13 10 4
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 24 28 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 15.89% 28.87% 19.51%
As % of the Vendors category 41.38% 90.32% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23 27 8
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -1.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £26,100 £25,650
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,500 £35,450
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Altrincham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
58 31 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 38.41% 31.96% 29.27%
Number of salaries quoted 56 30 10
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,700 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £44,000 £44,300
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Manchester

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Altrincham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Altrincham Microsoft Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Altrincham Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Altrincham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Altrincham Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft.

1 32 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 26 (65.00%) SQL
2 26 (65.00%) .NET
2 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET
3 22 (55.00%) SQL Server
4 21 (52.50%) C#
4 21 (52.50%) ASP.NET MVC
5 19 (47.50%) VB.NET
5 19 (47.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (45.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (45.00%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (40.00%) Oracle
8 15 (37.50%) Java
9 14 (35.00%) PHP
9 14 (35.00%) PL/SQL
9 14 (35.00%) J2EE
9 14 (35.00%) Oracle 9i
9 14 (35.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 14 (35.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 14 (35.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 13 (32.50%) Scrum
11 12 (30.00%) MCTS
11 12 (30.00%) SSADM
12 11 (27.50%) CSS
12 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
13 10 (25.00%) MVC
14 9 (22.50%) jQuery
14 9 (22.50%) OO
14 9 (22.50%) XHTML
15 8 (20.00%) MS Office

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (65.00%) .NET
1 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET
2 21 (52.50%) ASP.NET MVC
3 14 (35.00%) J2EE
3 14 (35.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 11 (27.50%) CSS
5 9 (22.50%) jQuery
5 9 (22.50%) XHTML
6 8 (20.00%) HTML
7 7 (17.50%) WCF
8 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET 2.0
8 6 (15.00%) Ajax
8 6 (15.00%) DHTML
9 5 (12.50%) XML
10 2 (5.000%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.500%) CMS
2 2 (5.000%) Apache Solr
2 2 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (5.000%) Drupal
2 2 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (5.000%) WordPress
2 2 (5.000%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.500%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 32 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 8 (20.00%) MS Office
3 4 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.500%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.500%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.500%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Intranet
1 6 (15.00%) Internet
2 3 (7.500%) VPN
3 1 (2.500%) ADSL
3 1 (2.500%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (47.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (45.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (35.00%) Oracle 9i
4 14 (35.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (35.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (5.000%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (5.000%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.500%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.500%) WiX
General
1 4 (10.00%) Retail
2 3 (7.500%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.500%) Legal
2 3 (7.500%) Marketing
3 1 (2.500%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.500%) Advertising
3 1 (2.500%) Publishing
3 1 (2.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) Developer
2 18 (45.00%) .NET Developer
3 7 (17.50%) Web Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Senior Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Junior
4 6 (15.00%) Junior Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Senior .NET Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Junior .NET Developer
5 3 (7.500%) Analyst
5 3 (7.500%) C# Developer
5 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (7.500%) .NET Web Developer
5 3 (7.500%) C# Web Developer
5 3 (7.500%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (5.000%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 2 (5.000%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Oracle DBA
6 2 (5.000%) Consultant
6 2 (5.000%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 18 (45.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.500%) Copywriting
3 3 (7.500%) Social Media
4 2 (5.000%) Open Source
4 2 (5.000%) iPad
4 2 (5.000%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (5.000%) AIX
2 2 (5.000%) Linux
2 2 (5.000%) UNIX
3 1 (2.500%) Windows 2000
3 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.500%) VMS
3 1 (2.500%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.500%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Scrum
2 12 (30.00%) SSADM
3 10 (25.00%) MVC
4 9 (22.50%) OO
5 3 (7.500%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (7.500%) E-Commerce
5 3 (7.500%) Benchmarking
5 3 (7.500%) SEO
5 3 (7.500%) Workflow
5 3 (7.500%) TDD
5 3 (7.500%) Content Management
5 3 (7.500%) Web Development
5 3 (7.500%) Pay per click
5 3 (7.500%) Email Marketing
5 3 (7.500%) Analytics
6 2 (5.000%) QMS
6 2 (5.000%) Use Case
6 2 (5.000%) OOD
6 2 (5.000%) SOA
6 2 (5.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 26 (65.00%) SQL
2 21 (52.50%) C#
3 19 (47.50%) VB.NET
4 15 (37.50%) Java
5 14 (35.00%) PHP
5 14 (35.00%) PL/SQL
6 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
7 4 (10.00%) T-SQL
8 2 (5.000%) XPath
8 2 (5.000%) Python
9 1 (2.500%) VB
9 1 (2.500%) C
9 1 (2.500%) C++
9 1 (2.500%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) MCTS
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.500%) MCSE
4 1 (2.500%) MCP
4 1 (2.500%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.000%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.500%) XenApp
Vendors
1 16 (40.00%) Oracle
2 3 (7.500%) BT
2 3 (7.500%) Google
3 2 (5.000%) ESRI
4 1 (2.500%) Citrix
4 1 (2.500%) VMware
4 1 (2.500%) Twitter
Altrincham, North West
Regular trips out as a team - Company BBQ's So, as you can imagine you will be joining a fun, dynamic and fully Agile team of .NET professionals...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
As a Web Developer (ASP.Net / VB.Net / C#) you will have:*Expert hands-on knowledge of Microsoft ASP.Net 2.0 and above * Experience developing in VB...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Altrincham, North West
You will be required to write, copy, edit and proof read all web content to ensure quality and work with my client's incumbent SEO company to ensure...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Good understanding of CMS platforms and email marketing. Solid knowledge of SEO and PPC. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Powerpoint. Working knowledge of social media and Google...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013