The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Argyll and Bute region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Argyll and Bute 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Argyll and Bute - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Argyll and Bute
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Argyll and Bute 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Argyll and Bute 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 Argyll and Bute region.

Argyll and Bute Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Argyll and Bute 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 3 (100.00%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) McAfee
2 2 (66.67%) 3Com
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Clustering
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) QMS
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Argyll and Bute 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Clustering
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) QMS
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) McAfee
1 2 (66.67%) 3Com
1 2 (66.67%) VMware