The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Bury 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 2 - 1
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3 0 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bury 21.43% - 72.22%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% - 86.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 13
Average salary £22,000 - £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £20,400 - £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £24,000 - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Bury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9 5 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bury 64.29% 23.81% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 15
Average salary £36,250 £21,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.60% -42.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Manchester

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bury 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 Bury region.

Bury Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bury 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 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) MS Office
3 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 3 (37.50%) DHCP
4 3 (37.50%) DNS
5 2 (25.00%) SEO
5 2 (25.00%) B2B
5 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
5 2 (25.00%) Online Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Pay per click
5 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Copywriting
6 1 (12.50%) Social Network
6 1 (12.50%) Email Marketing
6 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
6 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
6 1 (12.50%) Dell
6 1 (12.50%) SAN
6 1 (12.50%) Fireworks
6 1 (12.50%) EqualLogic
6 1 (12.50%) Social Media
6 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bury 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 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) COM
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 5 (62.50%) MS Office
3 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
4 1 (12.50%) Fireworks
4 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) DHCP
1 3 (37.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing Executive
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Team Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Copywriting
2 1 (12.50%) Social Network
2 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
2 1 (12.50%) EqualLogic
2 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) SEO
1 2 (25.00%) B2B
1 2 (25.00%) Online Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Pay per click
2 1 (12.50%) Email Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Dell
1 1 (12.50%) Eloqua
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) VMware
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