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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 Birkenhead 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 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£26,000-
Average salary£29,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£32,000-
UK excluding London average salary£35,332£35,663
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Birkenhead IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birkenhead
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£26,000-
Average salary£29,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£32,000-
UK excluding London average salary£39,939£41,945
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Microsoft MerseysideMicrosoft
Merseyside

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

Birkenhead Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Birkenhead Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birkenhead 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.

18 (88.89 %)SQL Server
18 (88.89 %)SQL Server 2005
25 (55.56 %)XML
34 (44.44 %)XHTML
34 (44.44 %)Datawarehouse
34 (44.44 %)Data Modelling
34 (44.44 %)OLTP
34 (44.44 %)RDBMS
34 (44.44 %)BusinessObjects
34 (44.44 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (44.44 %)Intranet
34 (44.44 %)OLAP
34 (44.44 %)Business Objects
34 (44.44 %)HTML
34 (44.44 %)JavaScript
34 (44.44 %)SQL
34 (44.44 %).NET
34 (44.44 %)Visual Studio
34 (44.44 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (44.44 %)Legal
34 (44.44 %)Migration
34 (44.44 %)CMS
34 (44.44 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
34 (44.44 %)Business Analysis
34 (44.44 %)AJAX
34 (44.44 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (44.44 %)MDX
34 (44.44 %)Data Migration
34 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
34 (44.44 %)CSS

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birkenhead 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.

Birkenhead IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (55.56 %)XML
24 (44.44 %)XHTML
24 (44.44 %)AJAX
24 (44.44 %)MDX
24 (44.44 %)HTML
24 (44.44 %).NET
24 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
24 (44.44 %)CSS
31 (11.11 %)ASP
Birkenhead IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (44.44 %)CMS
Birkenhead IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Birkenhead IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (44.44 %)Intranet
Birkenhead IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (88.89 %)SQL Server
18 (88.89 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (44.44 %)SQL Server Integration Services
24 (44.44 %)OLAP
24 (44.44 %)Datawarehouse
24 (44.44 %)OLTP
24 (44.44 %)RDBMS
24 (44.44 %)BusinessObjects
24 (44.44 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Birkenhead IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (44.44 %)Visual Studio
14 (44.44 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Birkenhead IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Legal
Birkenhead IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (44.44 %)Web Developer
24 (44.44 %)DBA
24 (44.44 %)SQL Server DBA
24 (44.44 %)SQL Developer
24 (44.44 %)SQL DBA
24 (44.44 %)SQL Server Developer
31 (11.11 %)Applications Developer
Birkenhead IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)Data Modelling
14 (44.44 %)Migration
14 (44.44 %)Business Analysis
14 (44.44 %)Data Migration
Birkenhead IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (44.44 %)JavaScript
14 (44.44 %)SQL
23 (33.33 %)C#
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET
Birkenhead IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (44.44 %)Microsoft Certification
Birkenhead IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Business Objects
21 (11.11 %)Visualfiles