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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 Cambridge 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
Rank1112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads375291
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.183 %0.130 %
As % of the category below38.94 %37.16 %
Salaries quoted340251
Average minimum salary£29,092£34,339
Average salary£31,752£36,050
% change on same period last year-11.92 %
Average maximum salary£34,412£37,761
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors CambridgeVendors
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads963783
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.469 %0.350 %
Salaries quoted851683
Average minimum salary£33,716£34,178
Average salary£36,404£36,854
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum salary£39,093£39,530
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
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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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1298 (42.69 %)MS Excel
2290 (41.55 %)Windows
3216 (30.95 %).NET
4194 (27.79 %)SQL
5186 (26.65 %)C#
6183 (26.22 %)MS Office
7163 (23.35 %)SQL Server
8107 (15.33 %)Degree
9105 (15.04 %)C++
10104 (14.90 %)Active Directory
1196 (13.75 %)ASP.NET
1284 (12.03 %)MS Exchange
1284 (12.03 %)Microsoft Certification
1380 (11.46 %)VB
1472 (10.32 %)Oracle
1472 (10.32 %)Windows 2000
1564 (9.169 %)XML
1662 (8.883 %)C
1759 (8.453 %)OO
1856 (8.023 %)Cisco
1953 (7.593 %)Java
2052 (7.450 %)TCP/IP
2150 (7.163 %)Unix
2150 (7.163 %)Finance
2249 (7.020 %)Pharmaceutical
2346 (6.590 %)Project Management
2445 (6.447 %)Linux
2544 (6.304 %)Pensions
2544 (6.304 %)Windows Server 2003
2641 (5.874 %)Windows XP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridge 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
1216 (30.95 %).NET
296 (13.75 %)ASP.NET
364 (9.169 %)XML
438 (5.444 %)HTML
524 (3.438 %)CSS
623 (3.295 %).NET Framework
722 (3.152 %)WinForms
821 (3.009 %)MFC
918 (2.579 %)ASP
1015 (2.149 %)WebServices
1015 (2.149 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1114 (2.006 %)AJAX
1213 (1.862 %)XHTML
1312 (1.719 %)XSLT
149 (1.289 %)COM
156 (0.860 %)J2EE
156 (0.860 %)CORBA
165 (0.716 %)WPF
173 (0.430 %)EDI
173 (0.430 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
184 (12.03 %)MS Exchange
237 (5.301 %)Exchange Server 2003
329 (4.155 %)SharePoint
426 (3.725 %)IIS
525 (3.582 %)Exchange Server 2000
611 (1.576 %)BizTalk Server
710 (1.433 %)Apache
89 (1.289 %)Lotus Notes
89 (1.289 %)Exchange Server 2007
97 (1.003 %)GroupWise
97 (1.003 %)Office Project Server
106 (0.860 %)SharePoint Portal Server
106 (0.860 %)JBoss
113 (0.430 %)Exchange Server 5.5
122 (0.287 %)SharePoint Server 2007
122 (0.287 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
131 (0.143 %)CMS
131 (0.143 %)ColdFusion MX
131 (0.143 %)Tomcat
Applications
1298 (42.69 %)MS Excel
2183 (26.22 %)MS Office
318 (2.579 %)MS Project
411 (1.576 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (0.860 %)MS Visio
64 (0.573 %)Photoshop
64 (0.573 %)Adobe Illustrator
73 (0.430 %)InfoPath
82 (0.287 %)MATLAB
91 (0.143 %)Acrobat
Business Applications
128 (4.011 %)Navision
227 (3.868 %)Dynamics NAV
319 (2.722 %)Axapta
413 (1.862 %)Microsoft CRM
512 (1.719 %)Summit
66 (0.860 %)Dynamics CRM
75 (0.716 %)Line 100
75 (0.716 %)Sage MMS
84 (0.573 %)Dynamics AX
93 (0.430 %)Line 50
102 (0.287 %)SAP Business One
102 (0.287 %)Pegasus Opera
102 (0.287 %)SoftGrid
102 (0.287 %)Pivotal CRM
111 (0.143 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
152 (7.450 %)TCP/IP
232 (4.585 %)WAN
232 (4.585 %)Firewall
330 (4.298 %)LAN
330 (4.298 %)DNS
427 (3.868 %)VPN
521 (3.009 %)Internet
616 (2.292 %)Network Security
616 (2.292 %)HTTP
616 (2.292 %)DHCP
715 (2.149 %)VoIP
812 (1.719 %)FTP
812 (1.719 %)TELNET
910 (1.433 %)Intranet
108 (1.146 %)SAN
108 (1.146 %)Frame Relay
108 (1.146 %)MPLS
114 (0.573 %)SNMP
123 (0.430 %)ADSL
123 (0.430 %)GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1163 (23.35 %)SQL Server
226 (3.725 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (3.295 %)SQL Server 7
422 (3.152 %)Crystal Reports
422 (3.152 %)MS Access
521 (3.009 %)SQL Server 2000
617 (2.436 %)GIS
617 (2.436 %)RDBMS
716 (2.292 %)MySQL
716 (2.292 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (0.716 %)Oracle Reports
93 (0.430 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.430 %)FileMaker
93 (0.430 %)SQL Server Integration Services
102 (0.287 %)Datawarehouse
102 (0.287 %)ETL
102 (0.287 %)DB2
102 (0.287 %)OLAP
111 (0.143 %)Cognos Impromptu
111 (0.143 %)Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
137 (5.301 %)Visual Studio
217 (2.436 %)MorphX
311 (1.576 %)TestDirector
410 (1.433 %)WinRunner
57 (1.003 %)QARun
57 (1.003 %)LoadRunner
64 (0.573 %)Rational Robot
73 (0.430 %)JUnit
82 (0.287 %)Ant
82 (0.287 %)Flash
82 (0.287 %)Dreamweaver
82 (0.287 %)MSI
82 (0.287 %)InstallShield
82 (0.287 %)LabVIEW
91 (0.143 %)Subversion
91 (0.143 %)TestPartner
91 (0.143 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
150 (7.163 %)Finance
249 (7.020 %)Pharmaceutical
344 (6.304 %)Pensions
434 (4.871 %)Health
533 (4.728 %)Education
625 (3.582 %)Retail
719 (2.722 %)Manufacturing
818 (2.579 %)Insurance
917 (2.436 %)Government
1011 (1.576 %)Electronics
1011 (1.576 %)Telecoms
1110 (1.433 %)Publishing
126 (0.860 %)Back Office
135 (0.716 %)Banking
135 (0.716 %)Marketing
144 (0.573 %)Local Government
144 (0.573 %)Automotive
153 (0.430 %)3D Graphics
162 (0.287 %)Multimedia
171 (0.143 %)Games
Job Titles
1185 (26.50 %)Developer
2125 (17.91 %)Analyst
376 (10.89 %)Consultant
458 (8.309 %)Software Developer
556 (8.023 %).NET Developer
655 (7.880 %)Software Engineer
754 (7.736 %)Administrator
850 (7.163 %)Support Analyst
945 (6.447 %)Helpdesk Support
1041 (5.874 %)Support Engineer
1134 (4.871 %)C# Developer
1233 (4.728 %)C++ Developer
1331 (4.441 %)1st Line Support
1429 (4.155 %)Systems Administrator
1526 (3.725 %)Technical Support
1526 (3.725 %)2nd Line Support
1624 (3.438 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1722 (3.152 %)Team Leader
1821 (3.009 %)Data Analyst
1821 (3.009 %)Data Consultant
Miscellaneous
135 (5.014 %)Mathematics
234 (4.871 %)Client/Server
331 (4.441 %)Computer Science
422 (3.152 %)Physics
422 (3.152 %)Chemistry
516 (2.292 %)N-Tier
612 (1.719 %)Biology
612 (1.719 %)German Language
711 (1.576 %)French Language
87 (1.003 %)IPTV
96 (0.860 %)Multithreading
96 (0.860 %)Device Driver
105 (0.716 %)Blackberry
114 (0.573 %)MPEG
123 (0.430 %)Clustering
123 (0.430 %)DTV
123 (0.430 %)Smartcard
123 (0.430 %)Bioinformatics
132 (0.287 %)VLE
132 (0.287 %)EPoS
Operating Systems
1290 (41.55 %)Windows
272 (10.32 %)Windows 2000
350 (7.163 %)Unix
445 (6.447 %)Linux
544 (6.304 %)Windows Server 2003
641 (5.874 %)Windows XP
711 (1.576 %)Solaris
86 (0.860 %)NetWare
86 (0.860 %)Windows Mobile
95 (0.716 %)Windows NT
103 (0.430 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.287 %)Debian
112 (0.287 %)Ubuntu
112 (0.287 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
159 (8.453 %)OO
246 (6.590 %)Project Management
332 (4.585 %)ERP
424 (3.438 %)OOP
424 (3.438 %)Automated Testing
521 (3.009 %)Resource Management
620 (2.865 %)Scrum
717 (2.436 %)ITIL
717 (2.436 %)CRM
815 (2.149 %)Software Testing
914 (2.006 %)PRINCE2
1013 (1.862 %)OOD
1013 (1.862 %)Agile Software Development
1112 (1.719 %)Business Intelligence
1112 (1.719 %)Software Engineering
1211 (1.576 %)Data Modelling
1211 (1.576 %)Migration
1310 (1.433 %)System Testing
149 (1.289 %)Web Development
149 (1.289 %)RUP
Programming Languages
1194 (27.79 %)SQL
2186 (26.65 %)C#
3105 (15.04 %)C++
480 (11.46 %)VB
562 (8.883 %)C
653 (7.593 %)Java
732 (4.585 %)VB.NET
827 (3.868 %)JavaScript
827 (3.868 %)VB6
925 (3.582 %)VBScript
1020 (2.865 %)X++
1114 (2.006 %)VBA
1212 (1.719 %)Perl
1310 (1.433 %)Transact-SQL
1310 (1.433 %)Python
149 (1.289 %)VC++
157 (1.003 %)PHP
165 (0.716 %)Pascal
174 (0.573 %)Delphi
174 (0.573 %)DHTML
Qualifications
1107 (15.33 %)Degree
284 (12.03 %)Microsoft Certification
337 (5.301 %)MCP
337 (5.301 %)MCSE
422 (3.152 %)PhD
515 (2.149 %)MCSA
515 (2.149 %)Cisco Certification
611 (1.576 %)CCNA
611 (1.576 %)ISEB
710 (1.433 %)CCNP
84 (0.573 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
93 (0.430 %)CNE
93 (0.430 %)Novell Certification
93 (0.430 %)CCA
93 (0.430 %)Citrix Certification
102 (0.287 %)MCDST
111 (0.143 %)HNC
111 (0.143 %)HND
111 (0.143 %)PRINCE2 Certification
111 (0.143 %)A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
114 (2.006 %)QA
26 (0.860 %)DICOM
33 (0.430 %)SLA
42 (0.287 %)ISO9001
51 (0.143 %)ISO17799
System Software
1104 (14.90 %)Active Directory
210 (1.433 %)VMware ESX
38 (1.146 %)Backup Exec
38 (1.146 %)Terminal Services
47 (1.003 %)ISA Server
53 (0.430 %)Novell eDirectory
62 (0.287 %)VMware Server
62 (0.287 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
19 (1.289 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
28 (1.146 %)MOM
36 (0.860 %)ZENworks
43 (0.430 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.287 %)OpenView
61 (0.143 %)Legato
61 (0.143 %)Tivoli
Vendors
172 (10.32 %)Oracle
256 (8.023 %)Cisco
330 (4.298 %)Citrix
330 (4.298 %)VMware
422 (3.152 %)Novell
513 (1.862 %)Cognos
611 (1.576 %)WatchGuard
710 (1.433 %)McAfee Security
710 (1.433 %)Lotus
710 (1.433 %)Sage
88 (1.146 %)Sophos
88 (1.146 %)SAP
88 (1.146 %)VERITAS
97 (1.003 %)Sybase
97 (1.003 %)Adobe
106 (0.860 %)HP
115 (0.716 %)Remedy
115 (0.716 %)CheckPoint
123 (0.430 %)NetIQ
123 (0.430 %)Symantec
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