The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 74 68 52
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 4 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 0.560% 0.496% 0.965%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.484% 2.564% 4.673%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 5
Average salary £60,000 £70,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
161 117 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 22.55% 19.34% 20.66%
Number of salaries quoted 139 102 78
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,200 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
Hampshire

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Basingstoke Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Windows Azure 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 Azure.

1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
3 9 (52.94%) Windows
4 7 (41.18%) C#
4 7 (41.18%) .NET
4 7 (41.18%) WCF
5 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (35.29%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (35.29%) Lync
5 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
5 6 (35.29%) MS Office
5 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET
5 6 (35.29%) MS Exchange
5 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (35.29%) Office 365
5 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (29.41%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (23.53%) Project Management
7 4 (23.53%) Intranet
7 4 (23.53%) Extranet
7 4 (23.53%) MCSE
7 4 (23.53%) MCSA
7 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
7 4 (23.53%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (23.53%) Finance
7 4 (23.53%) Retail
8 3 (17.65%) MVC
8 3 (17.65%) Scrum

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Windows Azure 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 Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (41.18%) .NET
1 7 (41.18%) WCF
2 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET
3 3 (17.65%) WF
3 3 (17.65%) AppFabric
3 3 (17.65%) XML
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (11.76%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
2 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (35.29%) Office Communications Server
2 6 (35.29%) Lync
2 6 (35.29%) MS Exchange
2 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (29.41%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (23.53%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (11.76%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) MS Office
1 6 (35.29%) Office 365
2 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Intranet
1 4 (23.53%) Extranet
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) BIG-IP
2 2 (11.76%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Exchange Specialist
3 3 (17.65%) BizTalk Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Senior BizTalk Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Wintel Specialist
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (5.882%) Development Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Software Development Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Software Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Social Media
1 2 (11.76%) IaaS
2 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Project Management
2 3 (17.65%) MVC
2 3 (17.65%) Scrum
3 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (23.53%) MCSE
2 4 (23.53%) MCSA
3 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) ISA Server
2 2 (11.76%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (11.76%) IAG
2 2 (11.76%) UAG
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
2 2 (11.76%) IBM
2 2 (11.76%) TIBCO
2 2 (11.76%) webMethods
2 2 (11.76%) Juniper
2 2 (11.76%) Citrix