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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 Birmingham 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 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1010
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads388353
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.189 %0.158 %
As % of the category below24.95 %26.70 %
Salaries quoted339305
Average minimum salary£29,183£29,126
Average salary£31,684£31,005
% change on same period last year+2.19 %
Average maximum salary£34,186£32,884
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors BirminghamVendors
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads15551322
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.758 %0.591 %
Salaries quoted13811057
Average minimum salary£37,647£34,994
Average salary£42,133£38,069
% change on same period last year+10.67 %
Average maximum salary£46,618£41,144
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Microsoft West MidlandsMicrosoft
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1269 (38.87 %)MS Excel
2258 (37.28 %)Windows
3205 (29.62 %)SQL Server
4199 (28.76 %)Microsoft Certification
5186 (26.88 %).NET
6168 (24.28 %)MS Exchange
7146 (21.10 %)Active Directory
8129 (18.64 %)ASP.NET
9122 (17.63 %)SQL
10111 (16.04 %)MS Office
10111 (16.04 %)MCSE
1192 (13.29 %)VB.NET
1290 (13.01 %)C#
1387 (12.57 %)HTML
1387 (12.57 %)Citrix
1486 (12.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
1576 (10.98 %)MCP
1672 (10.40 %)VB
1770 (10.12 %)XML
1770 (10.12 %)Pensions
1867 (9.682 %)SharePoint
1966 (9.538 %)Windows 2000
2065 (9.393 %)JavaScript
2163 (9.104 %)Windows XP
2260 (8.671 %)SQL Server 2005
2358 (8.382 %)Exchange Server 2000
2455 (7.948 %)Degree
2552 (7.514 %)WAN
2650 (7.225 %)Project Management
2749 (7.081 %)ASP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Birmingham 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
1186 (26.88 %).NET
2129 (18.64 %)ASP.NET
387 (12.57 %)HTML
470 (10.12 %)XML
549 (7.081 %)ASP
633 (4.769 %).NET Framework
730 (4.335 %)WebServices
829 (4.191 %)CSS
916 (2.312 %)XSLT
1014 (2.023 %)COM
1113 (1.879 %)XHTML
1212 (1.734 %)ADO
1311 (1.590 %)Windows SharePoint Services
146 (0.867 %)Middleware
155 (0.723 %)Web Dynpro
155 (0.723 %)SAP XI
155 (0.723 %)ODBC
155 (0.723 %)SAP Basis
155 (0.723 %)AJAX
155 (0.723 %)JDBC
Application Platforms
1168 (24.28 %)MS Exchange
286 (12.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
367 (9.682 %)SharePoint
458 (8.382 %)Exchange Server 2000
530 (4.335 %)IIS
629 (4.191 %)CMS
728 (4.046 %)SharePoint Server 2007
817 (2.457 %)Exchange Server 2007
914 (2.023 %)Lotus Notes
1013 (1.879 %)BizTalk Server
1110 (1.445 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1110 (1.445 %)Tomcat
126 (0.867 %)Oracle Application Server
135 (0.723 %)Apache
135 (0.723 %)Office Project Server
144 (0.578 %)MTS
144 (0.578 %)Lotus Domino
144 (0.578 %)Oracle Workflow
153 (0.434 %)Live Communications Server
162 (0.289 %)WebLogic
Applications
1269 (38.87 %)MS Excel
2111 (16.04 %)MS Office
312 (1.734 %)MS Project
46 (0.867 %)MS Visio
55 (0.723 %)Photoshop
55 (0.723 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.578 %)InfoPath
71 (0.145 %)AutoCAD
71 (0.145 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
115 (2.168 %)Navision
212 (1.734 %)Dynamics AX
311 (1.590 %)Axapta
410 (1.445 %)Line 500
57 (1.012 %)SAP Business One
57 (1.012 %)Great Plains
65 (0.723 %)Dynamics NAV
74 (0.578 %)Oracle EBS
74 (0.578 %)SMARTEAM
83 (0.434 %)Movex
83 (0.434 %)Microsoft CRM
83 (0.434 %)Dynamics CRM
92 (0.289 %)GoldMine
92 (0.289 %)Pegasus Opera
101 (0.145 %)SAP CRM
101 (0.145 %)SalesLogix
101 (0.145 %)Sage MMS
Communications & Networking
152 (7.514 %)WAN
233 (4.769 %)Internet
332 (4.624 %)LAN
332 (4.624 %)VPN
426 (3.757 %)Firewall
524 (3.468 %)TCP/IP
618 (2.601 %)WINS
717 (2.457 %)DNS
717 (2.457 %)SAN
811 (1.590 %)DHCP
910 (1.445 %)Network Security
105 (0.723 %)Intranet
105 (0.723 %)HTTPS
105 (0.723 %)LDAP
114 (0.578 %)Wireless
123 (0.434 %)VoIP
132 (0.289 %)Wi-Fi
141 (0.145 %)Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1205 (29.62 %)SQL Server
260 (8.671 %)SQL Server 2005
336 (5.202 %)SQL Server 2000
422 (3.179 %)SQL Server 7
519 (2.746 %)MS Access
618 (2.601 %)DTS
713 (1.879 %)Oracle Reports
810 (1.445 %)Crystal Reports
810 (1.445 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
99 (1.301 %)Oracle Discoverer
108 (1.156 %)Oracle 9i
108 (1.156 %)Oracle 10g
117 (1.012 %)MySQL
126 (0.867 %)BusinessObjects
134 (0.578 %)Datawarehouse
142 (0.289 %)RDBMS
151 (0.145 %)GIS
Development Applications
126 (3.757 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.434 %)NUnit
23 (0.434 %)LSMW
23 (0.434 %)FrontPage
32 (0.289 %)Flash
32 (0.289 %)WinRunner
32 (0.289 %)TestDirector
32 (0.289 %)MSI
32 (0.289 %)LabVIEW
41 (0.145 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.145 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.145 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.145 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.145 %)MorphX
41 (0.145 %)Subversion
General
170 (10.12 %)Pensions
249 (7.081 %)Finance
342 (6.069 %)Health
426 (3.757 %)Insurance
525 (3.613 %)Law
617 (2.457 %)Manufacturing
715 (2.168 %)Automotive
813 (1.879 %)Education
912 (1.734 %)Retail
1010 (1.445 %)Construction
119 (1.301 %)Back Office
126 (0.867 %)Government
126 (0.867 %)Legal
135 (0.723 %)Banking
135 (0.723 %)Publishing
135 (0.723 %)Marketing
143 (0.434 %)Billing
152 (0.289 %)Advertising
152 (0.289 %)Telecoms
152 (0.289 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
1144 (20.81 %)Developer
2114 (16.47 %)Analyst
398 (14.16 %)Consultant
481 (11.71 %).NET Developer
564 (9.249 %)Support Analyst
639 (5.636 %)Network Engineer
639 (5.636 %)C# Developer
738 (5.491 %)ASP.NET Developer
834 (4.913 %)Support Engineer
933 (4.769 %)Web Developer
933 (4.769 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1030 (4.335 %)Software Developer
1129 (4.191 %)IT Support Analyst
1227 (3.902 %)Architect
1227 (3.902 %)Programmer
1325 (3.613 %).NET Web Developer
1422 (3.179 %)Applications Support
1422 (3.179 %)Field Engineer
1519 (2.746 %)Administrator
1617 (2.457 %)VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
124 (3.468 %)EPoS
220 (2.890 %)Clustering
39 (1.301 %)Client/Server
47 (1.012 %)Management Information System
56 (0.867 %)Computer Science
65 (0.723 %)Replication
65 (0.723 %)Mathematics
65 (0.723 %)Asset Management
74 (0.578 %)NHS
74 (0.578 %)W3C
74 (0.578 %)Thin Client
74 (0.578 %)Blackberry
74 (0.578 %)Fat Client
83 (0.434 %)PDA
92 (0.289 %)SCADA
92 (0.289 %)N-Tier
101 (0.145 %)Chip and PIN
101 (0.145 %)Physics
Operating Systems
1258 (37.28 %)Windows
266 (9.538 %)Windows 2000
363 (9.104 %)Windows XP
438 (5.491 %)Windows Server 2003
530 (4.335 %)Windows NT
621 (3.035 %)Linux
720 (2.890 %)Unix
84 (0.578 %)Solaris
93 (0.434 %)AIX
93 (0.434 %)Debian
102 (0.289 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.289 %)NetWare
111 (0.145 %)HPUX
111 (0.145 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
150 (7.225 %)Project Management
246 (6.647 %)Migration
336 (5.202 %)ITIL
432 (4.624 %)Service Delivery
526 (3.757 %)CRM
624 (3.468 %)OO
624 (3.468 %)Web Development
721 (3.035 %)PRINCE2
819 (2.746 %)ERP
914 (2.023 %)Business Intelligence
914 (2.023 %)E-business
1012 (1.734 %)Workflow
1012 (1.734 %)Contact Management
1111 (1.590 %)Service Management
1210 (1.445 %)Business Analysis
139 (1.301 %)Content Management
139 (1.301 %)Project Planning
148 (1.156 %)Disaster Recovery
148 (1.156 %)UML
157 (1.012 %)OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1122 (17.63 %)SQL
292 (13.29 %)VB.NET
390 (13.01 %)C#
472 (10.40 %)VB
565 (9.393 %)JavaScript
647 (6.792 %)Transact-SQL
729 (4.191 %)Java
819 (2.746 %)C
915 (2.168 %)VB6
1014 (2.023 %)VBScript
1113 (1.879 %)Delphi
1210 (1.445 %)C++
138 (1.156 %)VBA
146 (0.867 %)Perl
155 (0.723 %)ABAP
164 (0.578 %)PHP
173 (0.434 %)DHTML
182 (0.289 %)MapBasic
191 (0.145 %)VC++
191 (0.145 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
1199 (28.76 %)Microsoft Certification
2111 (16.04 %)MCSE
376 (10.98 %)MCP
455 (7.948 %)Degree
526 (3.757 %)Cisco Certification
623 (3.324 %)MCSA
722 (3.179 %)Citrix Certification
817 (2.457 %)CCNA
913 (1.879 %)CCEA
1012 (1.734 %)MCSD
118 (1.156 %)ISEB
118 (1.156 %)CCA
118 (1.156 %)A+ Certification
127 (1.012 %)PRINCE2 Certification
127 (1.012 %)CCNP
127 (1.012 %)MCT
136 (0.867 %)ITIL Certification
136 (0.867 %)MOS
144 (0.578 %)MCDST
144 (0.578 %)MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
138 (5.491 %)SLA
29 (1.301 %)QA
33 (0.434 %)ISO9001
System Software
1146 (21.10 %)Active Directory
216 (2.312 %)VMware ESX
310 (1.445 %)Terminal Server
47 (1.012 %)ISA Server
55 (0.723 %)Terminal Services
64 (0.578 %)Backup Exec
72 (0.289 %)Citrix Presentation Server
72 (0.289 %)MetaFrame
Systems Management
136 (5.202 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
214 (2.023 %)SCOM
313 (1.879 %)MOM
46 (0.867 %)SCCM
55 (0.723 %)Norton AntiVirus
64 (0.578 %)ARCserve
73 (0.434 %)WSUS
Vendors
187 (12.57 %)Citrix
247 (6.792 %)Oracle
339 (5.636 %)Cisco
437 (5.347 %)HP
533 (4.769 %)VMware
629 (4.191 %)SAP
726 (3.757 %)Sage
816 (2.312 %)Remedy
816 (2.312 %)Pegasus
915 (2.168 %)Lotus
915 (2.168 %)Interwoven
1014 (2.023 %)Exchequer
1110 (1.445 %)Symantec
1110 (1.445 %)Dell
129 (1.301 %)Baan
138 (1.156 %)JD Edwards
138 (1.156 %)Compaq
138 (1.156 %)IBM
147 (1.012 %)Cognos
156 (0.867 %)Business Objects
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