Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Microsoft Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank236274
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching permanent IT job ads412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.053 %0.105 %
Salaries quoted310
Average minimum salary£35,667£31,500
Average salary£39,000£39,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£42,333£46,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,863£40,286
% change on same period last year-6.01 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Microsoft Developer South EastMicrosoft Developer
South East

Microsoft Developer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Microsoft Developer Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Microsoft Developer Salary Trend

Microsoft Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingNew entry-2£55,000-
BracknellNew entry-1--
Microsoft Developer South EastMicrosoft Developer
South East

Microsoft Developer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title.

115 (100.00 %)Microsoft
213 (86.67 %)C#
311 (73.33 %)SQL
49 (60.00 %)VB.NET
49 (60.00 %).NET
58 (53.33 %)ASP.NET
66 (40.00 %)MS Excel
66 (40.00 %)Dynamics AX
75 (33.33 %)MCSD
75 (33.33 %)SharePoint
75 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
75 (33.33 %)Java
83 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (20.00 %)Adobe Flex
83 (20.00 %)Integration Testing
83 (20.00 %)SharePoint Portal Server
83 (20.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
83 (20.00 %)French Language
83 (20.00 %)German Language
83 (20.00 %)Workflow
83 (20.00 %)WinForms
83 (20.00 %)WebServices
83 (20.00 %)XML
83 (20.00 %)SQL Server
83 (20.00 %)MS Project
92 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
92 (13.33 %)ERP
92 (13.33 %)BizTalk Server
101 (6.667 %)Axapta

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (60.00 %).NET
28 (53.33 %)ASP.NET
33 (20.00 %)WebServices
33 (20.00 %)XML
33 (20.00 %)WinForms
33 (20.00 %)Adobe Flex
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (33.33 %)SharePoint
23 (20.00 %)SharePoint Portal Server
23 (20.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (13.33 %)BizTalk Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (40.00 %)MS Excel
23 (20.00 %)MS Project
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (40.00 %)Dynamics AX
21 (6.667 %)Axapta
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (20.00 %)SQL Server
13 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)French Language
13 (20.00 %)German Language
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (20.00 %)Workflow
13 (20.00 %)Integration Testing
22 (13.33 %)ERP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (86.67 %)C#
211 (73.33 %)SQL
39 (60.00 %)VB.NET
45 (33.33 %)Java
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (33.33 %)MCSD
15 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (100.00 %)Microsoft