The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Blackburn region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Blackburn 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 17 12 20
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 9 12 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 13.24% 15.79% 4.598%
As % of the Vendors category 25.71% 46.15% 7.547%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 4
Average salary £21,000 £26,750 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.49% -0.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £18,350 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £22,800 £35,000 £36,653
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Blackburn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
35 26 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 51.47% 34.21% 60.92%
Number of salaries quoted 32 25 53
Average salary £23,250 £27,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.45% -31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,700 £17,950 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £47,000 £38,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Lancashire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Blackburn region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Blackburn Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 10 (62.50%) VMware
2 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Citrix
3 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
3 7 (43.75%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 6 (37.50%) Internet
5 5 (31.25%) SQL
5 5 (31.25%) Advertising
6 4 (25.00%) Cognos Planning
6 4 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 4 (25.00%) Back Office
6 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 4 (25.00%) CRM
6 4 (25.00%) Cognos
6 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (25.00%) ERP
6 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 1 (6.250%) jQuery
8 1 (6.250%) SLA
8 1 (6.250%) Sun
8 1 (6.250%) CCSP
8 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
8 1 (6.250%) LAN
8 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
8 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (6.250%) NetApp

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 1 (6.250%) jQuery
1 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
1 1 (6.250%) CSS
1 1 (6.250%) XML
1 1 (6.250%) XSLT
1 1 (6.250%) .NET
1 1 (6.250%) XHTML
1 1 (6.250%) HTML
1 1 (6.250%) HTML5
1 1 (6.250%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.250%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Cognos Planning
1 4 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) LAN
2 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.250%) Firewall
2 1 (6.250%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (31.25%) Advertising
2 4 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (6.250%) Electronics
3 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Service Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Business Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Junior
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Sales Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Account Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) CRM
1 4 (25.00%) ERP
1 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
2 1 (6.250%) Automated Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
2 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
2 1 (6.250%) C#
2 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) CCSP
1 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (6.250%) VTSP
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
1 7 (43.75%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) VMware
2 9 (56.25%) Citrix
3 4 (25.00%) Cognos
4 1 (6.250%) Sun
4 1 (6.250%) NetApp
4 1 (6.250%) HP
4 1 (6.250%) Dell
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