The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bromsgrove region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Bromsgrove 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 6 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4 23 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromsgrove 22.22% 58.97% 44.44%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 76.67% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 11
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Bromsgrove
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
12 30 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromsgrove 66.67% 76.92% 51.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12 23 13
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £27,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Worcestershire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove region.

Bromsgrove Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bromsgrove 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 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
2 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
4 6 (54.55%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 5 (45.45%) ADO.NET
5 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (45.45%) VB.NET
5 5 (45.45%) Windows
5 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (45.45%) Finance
5 5 (45.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (36.36%) VMware
6 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (36.36%) jQuery
6 4 (36.36%) CSS
6 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
6 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
7 3 (27.27%) Citrix
7 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
7 3 (27.27%) SQL
7 3 (27.27%) C#
7 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (18.18%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bromsgrove 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 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 5 (45.45%) ADO.NET
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (36.36%) jQuery
3 4 (36.36%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) XML
4 2 (18.18%) HTML5
5 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
5 1 (9.091%) MDX
5 1 (9.091%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (54.55%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
4 2 (18.18%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (18.18%) IIS
5 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) iSCSI
1 2 (18.18%) SAN
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (9.091%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
2 5 (45.45%) .NET Developer
2 5 (45.45%) VB.NET Developer
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Pre Sales Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) CRM Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior SharePoint Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) CRM
1 2 (18.18%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) VB.NET
2 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) C#
4 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
4 1 (9.091%) VBScript
4 1 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (18.18%) CCEE
1 2 (18.18%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
3 2 (18.18%) XenApp
3 2 (18.18%) XenServer
3 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
3 2 (18.18%) vSphere
4 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
1 1 (9.091%) WMI
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) Dell
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Minimum 2 yrs commercial experience of ASP.NET & VB.NET (2.0/3.5) Relational Database experience, including SQL Server 2008 and ADO.NET... Experience of ASP.NET...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
ASP.Net/VB.Net Developer - Bromsgrove - 30-38k - My client a leading financial company have several VB.Net/ASP.Net Development opportunities to work in their Bromsgrove offices.
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 - 38,000
Posted: 14 June 2013