The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cannock region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Cannock 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 8 1 6
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 26 39 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cannock 24.53% 62.90% 16.67%
As % of the Vendors category 65.00% 92.86% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 31 1
Average salary £40,500 £45,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +66.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Cannock
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
40 42 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cannock 37.74% 67.74% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 36 34 1
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +57.40%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Staffordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cannock 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 Cannock region.

Cannock Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Cannock region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cannock Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cannock 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 18 (52.94%) SQL Server
2 17 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 15 (44.12%) .NET
4 12 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (32.35%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (29.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (29.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (29.41%) C#
6 10 (29.41%) ASP.NET
7 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2005
7 9 (26.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (23.53%) WCF
8 8 (23.53%) ITIL
9 7 (20.59%) SharePoint
9 7 (20.59%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (20.59%) MVC
9 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (17.65%) TOGAF
10 6 (17.65%) Programme Management
10 6 (17.65%) WPF
10 6 (17.65%) Degree
10 6 (17.65%) BizTalk Server
10 6 (17.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (17.65%) Service Management
10 6 (17.65%) ETL
10 6 (17.65%) Web Services
10 6 (17.65%) PRINCE2
10 6 (17.65%) Windows

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cannock 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 15 (44.12%) .NET
2 10 (29.41%) ASP.NET
3 8 (23.53%) WCF
4 6 (17.65%) WPF
4 6 (17.65%) Web Services
5 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (11.76%) .NET Framework
7 3 (8.824%) WinForms
7 3 (8.824%) MDX
8 2 (5.882%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (2.941%) CSS3
9 1 (2.941%) HTML
9 1 (2.941%) XML
9 1 (2.941%) CSS
9 1 (2.941%) SOAP
9 1 (2.941%) Middleware
9 1 (2.941%) Ajax
9 1 (2.941%) HTML5
9 1 (2.941%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (20.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (17.65%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (14.71%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (5.882%) ESB
5 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
5 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.824%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Lawson
1 4 (11.76%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.941%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) SAN
2 1 (2.941%) FTP
2 1 (2.941%) HTTP
2 1 (2.941%) Firewall
2 1 (2.941%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (52.94%) SQL Server
2 10 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (29.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 10 (29.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (26.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (20.59%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 5 (14.71%) PerformancePoint
6 4 (11.76%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (5.882%) RDBMS
8 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 11 (32.35%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (17.65%) Visual Studio
2 6 (17.65%) MSBuild
General
1 2 (5.882%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Developer
2 9 (26.47%) .NET Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Senior Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Senior .NET Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Report Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Web Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Support Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Microsoft Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Software Manager
7 2 (5.882%) IT Support
7 2 (5.882%) Technical Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior ETL Developer
7 2 (5.882%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 2 (5.882%) ETL Developer
7 2 (5.882%) .NET Web Developer
7 2 (5.882%) C# Developer
7 2 (5.882%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) iSeries
2 1 (2.941%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.941%) iPad
2 1 (2.941%) SaaS
2 1 (2.941%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (23.53%) ITIL
3 7 (20.59%) MVC
4 6 (17.65%) TOGAF
4 6 (17.65%) Programme Management
4 6 (17.65%) Service Management
4 6 (17.65%) ETL
4 6 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
5 5 (14.71%) Six Sigma
6 4 (11.76%) TDD
6 4 (11.76%) Scrum
6 4 (11.76%) SOA
6 4 (11.76%) ERP
7 2 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.882%) Workflow
7 2 (5.882%) E-Commerce
8 1 (2.941%) Business Transformation
8 1 (2.941%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) C#
2 6 (17.65%) SQL
3 3 (8.824%) T-SQL
3 3 (8.824%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (17.65%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) MCSE
3 1 (2.941%) CCAA
3 1 (2.941%) MCSD
3 1 (2.941%) MCSA
3 1 (2.941%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.941%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.941%) Terminal Services
2 1 (2.941%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (2.941%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.941%) XenApp
2 1 (2.941%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Citrix
1 4 (11.76%) VMware
2 3 (8.824%) Cisco
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle
4 1 (2.941%) HP
4 1 (2.941%) NetApp
4 1 (2.941%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.941%) Symantec
4 1 (2.941%) Telerik
4 1 (2.941%) ProCurve
4 1 (2.941%) SonicWALL