The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Andover region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft 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 Vendors for the Andover 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 2 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 24 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Andover 58.54% 10.64% -
As % of the Vendors category 77.42% 14.71% -
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 0
Average salary £38,000 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+52.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Andover
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
31 34 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Andover 75.61% 72.34% 26.19%
Number of salaries quoted 24 33 11
Average salary £38,000 £37,250 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.01% -3.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £25,400 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,050 £52,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Hampshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Andover 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 Andover region.

Andover Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Andover Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Andover 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 41 (71.93%) DV Cleared
1 41 (71.93%) Security Cleared
2 37 (64.91%) SC Cleared
2 37 (64.91%) Active Directory
3 36 (63.16%) Back Office
3 36 (63.16%) Windows
4 31 (54.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (52.63%) Firewall
5 30 (52.63%) TCP/IP
6 27 (47.37%) X.400
7 25 (43.86%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (43.86%) Cisco
7 25 (43.86%) CCNA
7 25 (43.86%) SMTP
8 24 (42.11%) MCSE
8 24 (42.11%) UNIX
8 24 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
9 22 (38.60%) DNS
9 22 (38.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 21 (36.84%) DHCP
11 20 (35.09%) Linux
12 18 (31.58%) MS Exchange
12 18 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2010
13 17 (29.82%) HTTP
13 17 (29.82%) Symantec
14 16 (28.07%) CCNP
14 16 (28.07%) vSphere
14 16 (28.07%) Exchange Server 2007
15 15 (26.32%) CESG
15 15 (26.32%) FTP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Andover 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 5 (8.772%) HTML
2 4 (7.018%) Ajax
2 4 (7.018%) ASP.NET
2 4 (7.018%) .NET
2 4 (7.018%) CSS
3 3 (5.263%) COM
4 2 (3.509%) Application Packaging
5 1 (1.754%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 18 (31.58%) MS Exchange
1 18 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (28.07%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (21.05%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (3.509%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (3.509%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.754%) CMS
6 1 (1.754%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 12 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.509%) Office 365
3 1 (1.754%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.754%) MS Office
3 1 (1.754%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.509%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 30 (52.63%) Firewall
1 30 (52.63%) TCP/IP
2 27 (47.37%) X.400
3 25 (43.86%) SMTP
4 22 (38.60%) DNS
5 21 (36.84%) DHCP
6 17 (29.82%) HTTP
7 15 (26.32%) FTP
7 15 (26.32%) Extranet
7 15 (26.32%) DMZ
7 15 (26.32%) SAN
8 4 (7.018%) LAN
9 3 (5.263%) WAN
9 3 (5.263%) VPN
10 1 (1.754%) IP Telephony
10 1 (1.754%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.018%) SQL Server
General
1 36 (63.16%) Back Office
2 3 (5.263%) Retail
3 1 (1.754%) Electronics
3 1 (1.754%) Marketing
3 1 (1.754%) French Language
3 1 (1.754%) German Language
3 1 (1.754%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) Firewall Engineer
2 14 (24.56%) Administrator
3 10 (17.54%) Systems Administrator
4 9 (15.79%) Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) Systems Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) Security Analyst
5 5 (8.772%) Developer
5 5 (8.772%) Team Leader
6 4 (7.018%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (7.018%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (7.018%) .NET Web Developer
6 4 (7.018%) .NET Developer
6 4 (7.018%) C# Developer
6 4 (7.018%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (7.018%) C# Web Developer
6 4 (7.018%) Web Developer
7 3 (5.263%) Consultant
8 2 (3.509%) Microsoft Consultant
8 2 (3.509%) Exchange Administrator
8 2 (3.509%) Server Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.32%) CESG
2 12 (21.05%) Blackberry
3 11 (19.30%) Clustering
4 9 (15.79%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.509%) EPoS
6 1 (1.754%) Copywriting
Operating Systems
1 36 (63.16%) Windows
2 24 (42.11%) UNIX
2 24 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (38.60%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (35.09%) Linux
5 5 (8.772%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (7.018%) Windows 7
6 4 (7.018%) Windows XP
7 3 (5.263%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) ITIL
2 9 (15.79%) Ethical Hacking
3 4 (7.018%) ERP
3 4 (7.018%) OO
4 2 (3.509%) Migration
4 2 (3.509%) Identity Management
4 2 (3.509%) Project Management
5 1 (1.754%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.754%) Content Management
5 1 (1.754%) Project Planning
5 1 (1.754%) Web Development
5 1 (1.754%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.30%) SQL
2 4 (7.018%) C#
2 4 (7.018%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 41 (71.93%) DV Cleared
1 41 (71.93%) Security Cleared
2 37 (64.91%) SC Cleared
3 31 (54.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (43.86%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (43.86%) CCNA
5 24 (42.11%) MCSE
6 16 (28.07%) CCNP
7 15 (26.32%) RHCE
8 9 (15.79%) CISSP
9 5 (8.772%) Degree
10 3 (5.263%) MCTS
10 3 (5.263%) MCITP
11 2 (3.509%) MCSA
12 1 (1.754%) ISEB
12 1 (1.754%) MCP
12 1 (1.754%) HNC
12 1 (1.754%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.772%) SLA
2 1 (1.754%) QA
System Software
1 37 (64.91%) Active Directory
2 16 (28.07%) vSphere
3 6 (10.53%) VMware ESX
4 5 (8.772%) XenApp
5 2 (3.509%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.509%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (21.05%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 7 (12.28%) SCCM
2 7 (12.28%) SCOM
3 5 (8.772%) NetBackup
3 5 (8.772%) HP SIM
4 1 (1.754%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (43.86%) Cisco
2 17 (29.82%) Symantec
3 9 (15.79%) ArcSight
4 7 (12.28%) VMware
5 6 (10.53%) HP
6 5 (8.772%) Citrix
7 1 (1.754%) EPiServer
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