The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bicester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 11 7 7
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 6 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bicester 15.38% 19.05% 6.667%
As % of the Vendors category 30.00% 80.00% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 1
Average salary £25,875 £27,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.90% -36.04%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Bicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20 5 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bicester 51.28% 23.81% 46.67%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 3
Average salary £52,500 £27,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+90.90% -21.42%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bicester 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 Bicester region.

Bicester Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Bicester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bicester Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bicester 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 6 (50.00%) HTML
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (50.00%) MS Office
1 6 (50.00%) CSS
1 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (25.00%) MVC
2 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (25.00%) Subversion
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (25.00%) Ruby
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (25.00%) Web Development
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (25.00%) WCF
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (25.00%) QlikView
2 3 (25.00%) jQuery
2 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (25.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (25.00%) DevExpress
2 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (25.00%) Network Management

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bicester 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 6 (50.00%) HTML
1 6 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (25.00%) WCF
2 3 (25.00%) jQuery
2 3 (25.00%) EDI
2 3 (25.00%) JSP
2 3 (25.00%) ASP
2 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (25.00%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Office
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) WAN
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (25.00%) QlikView
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Subversion
1 3 (25.00%) Git (software)
1 3 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
1 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Junior Developer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) PHP Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Support
2 3 (25.00%) Junior C# Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Junior .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Graduate C# Developer
2 3 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support
2 3 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) MVC
1 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (25.00%) Web Development
1 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (25.00%) Network Management
1 3 (25.00%) OO
1 3 (25.00%) DSDM
1 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) Ruby
2 3 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) VB
2 3 (25.00%) PHP
2 3 (25.00%) C#
2 3 (25.00%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) MCSE
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (25.00%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) DevExpress
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