The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Belfast 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 4 16
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 40 62 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 16.00% 29.95% 10.17%
As % of the Vendors category 34.19% 59.05% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 28 34 9
Average salary £31,750 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.30% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £14,144 £14,250 £28,900
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
117 105 111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 46.80% 50.72% 62.71%
Number of salaries quoted 69 48 42
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £17,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £50,000 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
County Antrim

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Belfast Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 30 (46.88%) MS Excel
2 27 (42.19%) SQL Server
3 24 (37.50%) Windows
4 23 (35.94%) .NET
5 22 (34.38%) C#
6 21 (32.81%) SQL
7 19 (29.69%) ASP.NET
8 16 (25.00%) MS Office
9 15 (23.44%) Security Cleared
10 14 (21.88%) SQL Server 2005
11 13 (20.31%) .NET Framework
12 12 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
12 12 (18.75%) Citrix
13 10 (15.63%) VMware
13 10 (15.63%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
13 10 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
14 9 (14.06%) Finance
14 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
15 8 (12.50%) HP
15 8 (12.50%) SLA
15 8 (12.50%) Visual Studio
15 8 (12.50%) Oracle
15 8 (12.50%) Network Security
15 8 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
15 8 (12.50%) Degree
16 7 (10.94%) HTML
16 7 (10.94%) OO
16 7 (10.94%) BizTalk Server
16 7 (10.94%) Windows Server 2003

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 23 (35.94%) .NET
2 19 (29.69%) ASP.NET
3 13 (20.31%) .NET Framework
4 7 (10.94%) HTML
5 5 (7.813%) WCF
6 4 (6.250%) Web Services
6 4 (6.250%) XML
7 3 (4.688%) WPF
7 3 (4.688%) Silverlight
7 3 (4.688%) CSS
8 2 (3.125%) Application Packaging
8 2 (3.125%) COM
9 1 (1.563%) J2EE
9 1 (1.563%) JMS
9 1 (1.563%) WinForms
9 1 (1.563%) Ajax
9 1 (1.563%) MDX
9 1 (1.563%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
2 7 (10.94%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (6.250%) IIS
3 4 (6.250%) Lync
4 3 (4.688%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (4.688%) MS Exchange
5 2 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (3.125%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.563%) SAS
6 1 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 30 (46.88%) MS Excel
2 16 (25.00%) MS Office
3 4 (6.250%) Office 365
4 2 (3.125%) MS Project
4 2 (3.125%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.563%) SPSS
5 1 (1.563%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.563%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.50%) Network Security
2 6 (9.375%) Internet
3 5 (7.813%) SAN
4 3 (4.688%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (4.688%) VoIP
4 3 (4.688%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.125%) HTTP
6 1 (1.563%) VPN
6 1 (1.563%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (42.19%) SQL Server
2 14 (21.88%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (6.250%) GIS
5 3 (4.688%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.125%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.563%) MySQL
7 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.563%) QlikView
7 1 (1.563%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.563%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.563%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.688%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (3.125%) MSI
3 2 (3.125%) InstallShield
4 1 (1.563%) AdminStudio
General
1 9 (14.06%) Finance
2 6 (9.375%) Automotive
2 6 (9.375%) German Language
2 6 (9.375%) Norwegian Language
3 5 (7.813%) Turkish Language
3 5 (7.813%) Dutch Language
4 3 (4.688%) Finnish Language
5 1 (1.563%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.563%) Advertising
5 1 (1.563%) Retail
5 1 (1.563%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (25.00%) Developer
2 10 (15.63%) Support Engineer
3 5 (7.813%) C# Developer
3 5 (7.813%) Senior Developer
3 5 (7.813%) Microsoft Developer
4 4 (6.250%) Technical Design Authority
4 4 (6.250%) Consultant
5 3 (4.688%) Senior Microsoft Developer
6 2 (3.125%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (3.125%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (3.125%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (3.125%) Analyst
6 2 (3.125%) Software Engineer
6 2 (3.125%) Software Developer
6 2 (3.125%) Applications Support
6 2 (3.125%) Lead Developer
7 1 (1.563%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (1.563%) Administrator
7 1 (1.563%) Report Analyst
7 1 (1.563%) Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.250%) Thin Client
1 4 (6.250%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.250%) Computer Science
1 4 (6.250%) Fat Client
1 4 (6.250%) EqualLogic
2 3 (4.688%) Open Source
3 2 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.563%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 24 (37.50%) Windows
2 10 (15.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (10.94%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (3.125%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (3.125%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.125%) UNIX
5 2 (3.125%) Windows NT
5 2 (3.125%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
2 7 (10.94%) OO
3 5 (7.813%) ITIL
3 5 (7.813%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (7.813%) Unit Testing
4 4 (6.250%) Validation
4 4 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (6.250%) MVC
5 3 (4.688%) Problem Management
5 3 (4.688%) Network Management
6 2 (3.125%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (3.125%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.125%) Software Deployment
6 2 (3.125%) Data Analysis
6 2 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.125%) Asset Management
6 2 (3.125%) Data Management
6 2 (3.125%) Data Modelling
6 2 (3.125%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.38%) C#
2 21 (32.81%) SQL
3 3 (4.688%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.125%) VB.NET
4 2 (3.125%) Java
5 1 (1.563%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.563%) Bash shell
5 1 (1.563%) VBScript
5 1 (1.563%) Perl
5 1 (1.563%) PHP
5 1 (1.563%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (23.44%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.50%) Degree
4 4 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.688%) CCVP
5 3 (4.688%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.688%) MCP
5 3 (4.688%) CCNA
6 2 (3.125%) MCSE
6 2 (3.125%) BC Cleared
6 2 (3.125%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.563%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (1.563%) QA
2 1 (1.563%) HL7
System Software
1 10 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.375%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.813%) vSphere
4 4 (6.250%) XenServer
4 4 (6.250%) XenDesktop
4 4 (6.250%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.688%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.563%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.563%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (4.688%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (3.125%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (3.125%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (3.125%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.563%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Citrix
2 10 (15.63%) VMware
3 8 (12.50%) HP
3 8 (12.50%) Oracle
4 5 (7.813%) EMC
5 4 (6.250%) Progress
5 4 (6.250%) Cisco
5 4 (6.250%) ESRI
5 4 (6.250%) 3PAR
6 2 (3.125%) Business Objects
6 2 (3.125%) Infragistics
6 2 (3.125%) Symantec
6 2 (3.125%) McAfee
7 1 (1.563%) Sybase
7 1 (1.563%) Altiris
7 1 (1.563%) Confirmit
7 1 (1.563%) DevExpress
7 1 (1.563%) LogiXML
Belfast, County Antrim
Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008/2010, C# and ASP.NET, TFS 2008 / 2010, SQL, root cause analysis and undertaking of diagnostic examinations to resolve software/system failures and...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 14 May 2013