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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 36 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 13 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 5.179% 1.456% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.63% 7.143% -
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 0
Average salary £40,000 £60,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
63 42 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 25.10% 20.39% 22.70%
Number of salaries quoted 61 39 37
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £53,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
Bedfordshire

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

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

Bedford Windows Azure Salary Histogram

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) .NET
2 12 (80.00%) TDD
2 12 (80.00%) WCF
2 12 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 12 (80.00%) C#
3 11 (73.33%) LINQ
3 11 (73.33%) MVC
3 11 (73.33%) .NET Framework
3 11 (73.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 10 (66.67%) Scrum
5 9 (60.00%) Subversion
5 9 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 9 (60.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 8 (53.33%) HTML
6 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
6 8 (53.33%) CSS
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (26.67%) OO
8 4 (26.67%) WinForms
8 4 (26.67%) WPF
9 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
9 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (20.00%) Firewall
9 3 (20.00%) MCSE
9 3 (20.00%) MCSA

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 12 (80.00%) .NET
1 12 (80.00%) WCF
1 12 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 11 (73.33%) LINQ
2 11 (73.33%) .NET Framework
2 11 (73.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 9 (60.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 8 (53.33%) HTML
4 8 (53.33%) CSS
5 4 (26.67%) WinForms
5 4 (26.67%) WPF
6 1 (6.667%) WF
6 1 (6.667%) Silverlight
6 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET
6 1 (6.667%) XML
6 1 (6.667%) LINQ to SQL
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (20.00%) IIS
1 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
1 3 (20.00%) HTTP
1 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (20.00%) DNS
1 3 (20.00%) HTTPS
1 3 (20.00%) SSL
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Subversion
1 9 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (13.33%) Moq
3 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
2 8 (53.33%) C# .NET Developer
2 8 (53.33%) Agile C# Developer
2 8 (53.33%) C# Developer
2 8 (53.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Data Centre Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Leader
4 2 (13.33%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Graduate
5 1 (6.667%) Development Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) TDD
2 11 (73.33%) MVC
3 10 (66.67%) Scrum
4 4 (26.67%) OO
5 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
6 2 (13.33%) OOD
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (6.667%) OOP
7 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
7 1 (6.667%) Domain-Driven Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) C#
2 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.667%) SQL
3 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) MCSE
1 3 (20.00%) MCSA
1 3 (20.00%) MCP
1 3 (20.00%) CCSP
1 3 (20.00%) CCNP
1 3 (20.00%) CCIP
1 3 (20.00%) CCNA
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013