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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Avon region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-27
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads013
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %22.41 %
Salaries quoted013
Average minimum salary-£21,077
Average salary-£23,846
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£26,615
UK excluding London average salary£35,328£35,668
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Avon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Avon
Matching permanent IT job ads858
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.024 %
Salaries quoted755
Average minimum salary£40,900£31,247
Average salary£45,000£33,912
% change on same period last year+32.69 %
Average maximum salary£49,100£36,576
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Microsoft South WestMicrosoft
South West

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Avon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Avon Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Avon Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Avon 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.

14 (100.00 %)MS Excel
23 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)Web Development
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (25.00 %)DHTML
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)CSS

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Avon 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.

Avon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
11 (25.00 %)CSS
11 (25.00 %)AJAX
Avon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
Avon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Avon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Systems Engineer
13 (75.00 %)Design Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Java Developer
21 (25.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
Avon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
Avon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)OOD
11 (25.00 %)Web Development
Avon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)DHTML
11 (25.00 %)Java
11 (25.00 %)JavaScript
Avon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory