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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 Berkshire 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 last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank812
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads15091596
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.727 %0.709 %
As % of the category below27.31 %26.26 %
Salaries quoted12511284
Average minimum salary£36,683£38,151
Average salary£40,449£41,179
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Average maximum salary£44,215£44,207
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,694
% change on same period last year-0.91 %
Vendors BerkshireVendors
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads55266077
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.664 %2.701 %
Salaries quoted45054794
Average minimum salary£40,313£40,642
Average salary£43,781£43,882
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Average maximum salary£47,248£47,121
UK excluding London average salary£40,131£41,400
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

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 starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Berkshire Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

Berkshire Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		Average Salary
Last 3 Months		Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ReadingNo change0481£41,423+2.60 %
2BracknellDown-1156£38,910-16.07 %
3SloughDown-10118£33,563-17.34 %
4MaidenheadUp+158£36,245-10.50 %
5NewburyUp+853£35,368-2.71 %
6WokinghamDown-449£33,999-4.22 %
7WindsorUp+532£42,422+44.50 %
8HungerfordDown-54£37,500+2.27 %
9AscotDown-52£26,500-24.28 %
9ThatchamUp+12£15,750-47.20 %
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

11226 (39.16 %)Windows
21120 (35.77 %)MS Excel
3822 (26.25 %)SQL Server
4747 (23.86 %).NET
5735 (23.47 %)MS Exchange
6704 (22.48 %)Microsoft Certification
7649 (20.73 %)Active Directory
8609 (19.45 %)SQL
9518 (16.54 %)C#
10495 (15.81 %)MCSE
11442 (14.12 %)MS Office
12386 (12.33 %)Oracle
13381 (12.17 %)ASP.NET
14349 (11.15 %)SharePoint
15334 (10.67 %)Citrix
16324 (10.35 %)XML
17313 (9.997 %)VMware
18291 (9.294 %)Finance
19275 (8.783 %)Cisco
20262 (8.368 %)Exchange Server 2003
21255 (8.144 %)SQL Server 2005
22248 (7.921 %)VB
23241 (7.697 %)TCP/IP
24218 (6.963 %)Degree
25217 (6.931 %)Windows XP
26213 (6.803 %)Windows 2000
27212 (6.771 %)IIS
28204 (6.515 %)VB.NET
29203 (6.484 %)CRM
30197 (6.292 %)Unix

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1747 (23.86 %).NET
2381 (12.17 %)ASP.NET
3324 (10.35 %)XML
4168 (5.366 %)HTML
5156 (4.982 %)WebServices
6127 (4.056 %)ASP
6127 (4.056 %)CSS
7101 (3.226 %).NET Framework
856 (1.789 %)WinForms
953 (1.693 %)AJAX
1046 (1.469 %)XHTML
1144 (1.405 %)MAPI
1238 (1.214 %)J2EE
1337 (1.182 %)XSLT
1435 (1.118 %)WebSphere
1435 (1.118 %)Silverlight
1534 (1.086 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1633 (1.054 %)WPF
1732 (1.022 %)WCF
1831 (0.990 %)COM
Application Platforms
1735 (23.47 %)MS Exchange
2349 (11.15 %)SharePoint
3262 (8.368 %)Exchange Server 2003
4212 (6.771 %)IIS
5183 (5.845 %)Exchange Server 2000
6136 (4.344 %)SharePoint Server 2007
7123 (3.928 %)BizTalk Server
8103 (3.290 %)Exchange Server 2007
985 (2.715 %)Lotus Notes
1054 (1.725 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1142 (1.341 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1142 (1.341 %)Apache
1228 (0.894 %)Lotus Domino
1228 (0.894 %)WebLogic
1319 (0.607 %)CMS
1416 (0.511 %)Oracle Workflow
1514 (0.447 %)LiveLink
1514 (0.447 %)SAS
1514 (0.447 %)WebLogic Portal
1613 (0.415 %)GroupWise
Applications
11120 (35.77 %)MS Excel
2442 (14.12 %)MS Office
398 (3.130 %)MS Project
439 (1.246 %)MS Visio
538 (1.214 %)MS PowerPoint
627 (0.862 %)InfoPath
719 (0.607 %)Paint Shop Pro
817 (0.543 %)RoboHelp
914 (0.447 %)Photoshop
1010 (0.319 %)Acrobat
117 (0.224 %)SPSS
117 (0.224 %)Adobe Illustrator
117 (0.224 %)InDesign
125 (0.160 %)FrameMaker
133 (0.096 %)S-PLUS
133 (0.096 %)QuarkXPress
133 (0.096 %)ImageReady
141 (0.032 %)DeltaView
Business Applications
167 (2.140 %)Dynamics CRM
266 (2.108 %)Microsoft CRM
342 (1.341 %)Dynamics NAV
440 (1.278 %)Dynamics AX
539 (1.246 %)Navision
634 (1.086 %)Axapta
715 (0.479 %)Oracle EBS
812 (0.383 %)Summit
911 (0.351 %)Singl.eView
911 (0.351 %)GoldMine
109 (0.287 %)Dynamics GP
118 (0.256 %)BPCS
127 (0.224 %)Applix TM1
127 (0.224 %)Oracle Applications
136 (0.192 %)SAP Business One
144 (0.128 %)Movex
144 (0.128 %)Great Plains
153 (0.096 %)WebTrends
153 (0.096 %)SalesLogix
162 (0.064 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
1241 (7.697 %)TCP/IP
2179 (5.717 %)WAN
3178 (5.685 %)LAN
4128 (4.088 %)VPN
5125 (3.992 %)DNS
6123 (3.928 %)Firewall
7121 (3.865 %)SAN
8119 (3.801 %)Internet
958 (1.852 %)DHCP
1048 (1.533 %)Intranet
1131 (0.990 %)WINS
1230 (0.958 %)Wireless
1329 (0.926 %)VoIP
1424 (0.767 %)HTTP
1520 (0.639 %)LDAP
1617 (0.543 %)IPX
1714 (0.447 %)IPX/SPX
1714 (0.447 %)WLAN
1714 (0.447 %)IP Telephony
1714 (0.447 %)OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1822 (26.25 %)SQL Server
2255 (8.144 %)SQL Server 2005
3197 (6.292 %)SQL Server 2000
4158 (5.046 %)Datawarehouse
5125 (3.992 %)SQL Server Integration Services
698 (3.130 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
796 (3.066 %)SQL Server 7
870 (2.236 %)BusinessObjects
955 (1.757 %)DTS
1046 (1.469 %)MS Access
1046 (1.469 %)Oracle 10g
1137 (1.182 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1233 (1.054 %)ETL
1331 (0.990 %)DB2
1331 (0.990 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1430 (0.958 %)Crystal Reports
1430 (0.958 %)Oracle 9i
1430 (0.958 %)RDBMS
1527 (0.862 %)Oracle 8/8i
1626 (0.830 %)TOAD
Development Applications
1130 (4.152 %)Visual Studio
245 (1.437 %)MSI
332 (1.022 %)NUnit
423 (0.735 %)InstallShield
423 (0.735 %)Flash
518 (0.575 %)StarTeam
612 (0.383 %)VSS/SourceSafe
710 (0.319 %)ClearCase
89 (0.287 %)ProC
98 (0.256 %)Oracle APEX
107 (0.224 %)JUnit
116 (0.192 %)TestDirector
125 (0.160 %)Subversion
134 (0.128 %)Dreamweaver
134 (0.128 %)JDeveloper
134 (0.128 %)Oracle Forms
143 (0.096 %)Ant
152 (0.064 %)PVCS
152 (0.064 %)Eclipse
152 (0.064 %)SilkPerformer
General
1291 (9.294 %)Finance
2143 (4.567 %)Pensions
3137 (4.376 %)Telecoms
4120 (3.833 %)Retail
591 (2.906 %)Health
687 (2.779 %)Marketing
767 (2.140 %)Government
849 (1.565 %)Manufacturing
943 (1.373 %)Education
1038 (1.214 %)Insurance
1137 (1.182 %)Advertising
1234 (1.086 %)Publishing
1325 (0.798 %)Banking
1423 (0.735 %)Back Office
1522 (0.703 %)Legal
1621 (0.671 %)Billing
1719 (0.607 %)Games
1818 (0.575 %)Local Government
1916 (0.511 %)Military
2013 (0.415 %)Electronics
Job Titles
1652 (20.82 %)Consultant
2545 (17.41 %)Developer
3442 (14.12 %)Analyst
4224 (7.154 %).NET Developer
5206 (6.579 %)Support Analyst
6197 (6.292 %)Architect
7187 (5.973 %)Support Engineer
8159 (5.078 %)Technical Support
9147 (4.695 %)Technical Consultant
10136 (4.344 %)Microsoft Consultant
11117 (3.737 %)C# Developer
12114 (3.641 %)Administrator
13112 (3.577 %)Project Manager
1494 (3.002 %)Systems Engineer
1587 (2.779 %)Technical Engineer
1686 (2.747 %)ASP.NET Developer
1783 (2.651 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1882 (2.619 %)Desktop Support
1882 (2.619 %)Team Leader
1976 (2.427 %)Helpdesk Support
Miscellaneous
1124 (3.960 %)Clustering
261 (1.948 %)Thin Client
261 (1.948 %)Fat Client
358 (1.852 %)German Language
449 (1.565 %)Blackberry
547 (1.501 %)French Language
645 (1.437 %)Replication
741 (1.309 %)Client/Server
830 (0.958 %)Computer Science
927 (0.862 %)N-Tier
1024 (0.767 %)Mathematics
1122 (0.703 %)Management Information System
1220 (0.639 %)Tandem
1220 (0.639 %)Spanish Language
1318 (0.575 %)Handset
1416 (0.511 %)Italian Language
1515 (0.479 %)Video Conferencing
1515 (0.479 %)PMI
1614 (0.447 %)PKI
1710 (0.319 %)Asset Management
Operating Systems
11226 (39.16 %)Windows
2217 (6.931 %)Windows XP
3213 (6.803 %)Windows 2000
4197 (6.292 %)Unix
4197 (6.292 %)Windows Server 2003
5195 (6.228 %)Windows NT
6111 (3.545 %)Linux
782 (2.619 %)Solaris
833 (1.054 %)AIX
930 (0.958 %)Windows Mobile
1018 (0.575 %)NetWare
1117 (0.543 %)HPUX
1214 (0.447 %)SUSE
139 (0.287 %)Mac OS X
145 (0.160 %)Debian
145 (0.160 %)Windows Vista
153 (0.096 %)Fedora
162 (0.064 %)VMS
171 (0.032 %)Tru64
171 (0.032 %)Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
1203 (6.484 %)CRM
2157 (5.014 %)Project Management
3153 (4.887 %)Business Intelligence
4151 (4.823 %)ITIL
5108 (3.449 %)ERP
698 (3.130 %)PRINCE2
792 (2.938 %)Migration
882 (2.619 %)Web Development
958 (1.852 %)TDD
1054 (1.725 %)OO
1151 (1.629 %)Workflow
1249 (1.565 %)Network Design
1345 (1.437 %)Business Analysis
1443 (1.373 %)Disaster Recovery
1540 (1.278 %)Scrum
1635 (1.118 %)UML
1734 (1.086 %)Configuration Management
1734 (1.086 %)Extreme Programming
1734 (1.086 %)Content Management
1833 (1.054 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1609 (19.45 %)SQL
2518 (16.54 %)C#
3248 (7.921 %)VB
4204 (6.515 %)VB.NET
5170 (5.430 %)JavaScript
6130 (4.152 %)Java
7123 (3.928 %)Transact-SQL
898 (3.130 %)C++
992 (2.938 %)VBScript
1090 (2.874 %)C
1154 (1.725 %)PL/SQL
1232 (1.022 %)VC++
1330 (0.958 %)Perl
1428 (0.894 %)VB6
1520 (0.639 %)Shell Script
1520 (0.639 %)PHP
1618 (0.575 %)DHTML
1717 (0.543 %)VBA
1813 (0.415 %)Delphi
1910 (0.319 %)Korn
Qualifications
1704 (22.48 %)Microsoft Certification
2495 (15.81 %)MCSE
3218 (6.963 %)Degree
4151 (4.823 %)MCP
5142 (4.535 %)Citrix Certification
6108 (3.449 %)CCEA
796 (3.066 %)Cisco Certification
887 (2.779 %)MCSD
985 (2.715 %)CCA
985 (2.715 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1064 (2.044 %)MCSA
1159 (1.884 %)CCNA
1235 (1.118 %)MCAD
1329 (0.926 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1423 (0.735 %)MCTS
1521 (0.671 %)CCNP
1617 (0.543 %)CNE
1617 (0.543 %)Novell Certification
1617 (0.543 %)PMI Certification
1716 (0.511 %)PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1100 (3.194 %)SLA
255 (1.757 %)QA
36 (0.192 %)COBIT
45 (0.160 %)ISO9000
54 (0.128 %)ISO9001
63 (0.096 %)WAI
72 (0.064 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
81 (0.032 %)Basel II
81 (0.032 %)ISO27001
81 (0.032 %)WCAG
System Software
1649 (20.73 %)Active Directory
290 (2.874 %)ISA Server
363 (2.012 %)VMware ESX
439 (1.246 %)NFS
521 (0.671 %)Novell eDirectory
620 (0.639 %)Citrix Presentation Server
718 (0.575 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
817 (0.543 %)NetBackup
915 (0.479 %)Terminal Services
1014 (0.447 %)Terminal Server
1112 (0.383 %)Oracle RAC
1210 (0.319 %)Backup Exec
137 (0.224 %)Xen
137 (0.224 %)MetaFrame
146 (0.192 %)VMware Server
153 (0.096 %)NDS
162 (0.064 %)VMware GSX
162 (0.064 %)Squid
162 (0.064 %)VMware Workstation
171 (0.032 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
1166 (5.302 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2124 (3.960 %)MOM
370 (2.236 %)Tivoli
457 (1.821 %)OpenView Configuration Management
533 (1.054 %)Unicenter
628 (0.894 %)SCCM
720 (0.639 %)OpenView
720 (0.639 %)Netcool
817 (0.543 %)Legato
915 (0.479 %)MIIS
1014 (0.447 %)SCOM
1112 (0.383 %)EMC NetWorker
1211 (0.351 %)Netcool/Webtop
1211 (0.351 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
139 (0.287 %)Novell Identity Manager
139 (0.287 %)DirXML
148 (0.256 %)Norton AntiVirus
157 (0.224 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
166 (0.192 %)MAILsweeper
175 (0.160 %)Nagios
Vendors
1386 (12.33 %)Oracle
2334 (10.67 %)Citrix
3313 (9.997 %)VMware
4275 (8.783 %)Cisco
5140 (4.471 %)HP
6109 (3.481 %)Novell
7101 (3.226 %)IBM
892 (2.938 %)Lotus
990 (2.874 %)VERITAS
1086 (2.747 %)EMC
1170 (2.236 %)Business Objects
1267 (2.140 %)SAP
1351 (1.629 %)Symantec
1449 (1.565 %)Altiris
1545 (1.437 %)Sun
1643 (1.373 %)CA
1742 (1.341 %)Intel
1840 (1.278 %)NetApp
1840 (1.278 %)CheckPoint
1939 (1.246 %)PeopleSoft
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