The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Developer
Rank 97 - 103
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 20 0 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.144% - 0.722%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.178% - 0.771%
Number of salaries quoted 18 0 13
Average salary £35,250 - £22,500
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 - £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 - £31,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.52% +13.33%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1698 1661 1687
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.14% 94.75% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1478 1465 1375
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Developer
South West

Microsoft Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Microsoft Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Microsoft Developer Salary Trend

Microsoft Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title.

1 43 (100.00%) C#
1 43 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 42 (97.67%) MS Excel
3 41 (95.35%) SQL Server
4 40 (93.02%) .NET
5 39 (90.70%) ASP.NET
6 34 (79.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (79.07%) SharePoint
7 29 (67.44%) Business Analysis
8 23 (53.49%) MVC
9 19 (44.19%) JavaScript
10 18 (41.86%) VBA
10 18 (41.86%) InfoPath
11 17 (39.53%) WCF
12 16 (37.21%) CSS
13 5 (11.63%) Agile Software Development
13 5 (11.63%) TDD
14 4 (9.302%) Pair Programming
14 4 (9.302%) Finance
14 4 (9.302%) Legal
14 4 (9.302%) Dynamics CRM
14 4 (9.302%) CRM
14 4 (9.302%) ASP.NET MVC
15 3 (6.977%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 3 (6.977%) SQL
15 3 (6.977%) SQL Server 2005
16 2 (4.651%) Web Development
16 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
16 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (93.02%) .NET
2 39 (90.70%) ASP.NET
3 17 (39.53%) WCF
4 16 (37.21%) CSS
5 4 (9.302%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (6.977%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
8 1 (2.326%) Web Services
8 1 (2.326%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 34 (79.07%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.326%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 42 (97.67%) MS Excel
2 18 (41.86%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (95.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.977%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (9.302%) Finance
1 4 (9.302%) Legal
2 1 (2.326%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.326%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (67.44%) Business Analysis
2 23 (53.49%) MVC
3 5 (11.63%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (11.63%) TDD
4 4 (9.302%) Pair Programming
4 4 (9.302%) CRM
5 2 (4.651%) Web Development
6 1 (2.326%) Domain-Driven Design
6 1 (2.326%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 43 (100.00%) C#
2 19 (44.19%) JavaScript
3 18 (41.86%) VBA
4 3 (6.977%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (79.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.651%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) Microsoft