The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Canterbury 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 Canterbury 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 1 8 2
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 5 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canterbury 71.43% 12.90% 31.58%
As % of the Vendors category 83.33% 57.14% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
Average salary £30,000 £24,000 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,950 £20,400
10% offered a salary of more than £30,800 £29,950 £23,600
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Canterbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
6 7 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canterbury 85.71% 22.58% 47.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 6
Average salary £26,000 £26,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -38.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,800 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,400 £60,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
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Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canterbury 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 Canterbury region.

Canterbury Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canterbury 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 8 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) MS Office
2 6 (50.00%) DHCP
2 6 (50.00%) DNS
2 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (50.00%) Dell
2 6 (50.00%) Citrix
2 6 (50.00%) Terminal Services
2 6 (50.00%) VoIP
2 6 (50.00%) Lync
3 5 (41.67%) SQL
4 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 4 (33.33%) Windows
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (33.33%) VLAN
4 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 2 (16.67%) Social Media
5 2 (16.67%) Google Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canterbury 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 2 (16.67%) XHTML
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) XML
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (50.00%) Lync
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) DHCP
1 6 (50.00%) DNS
1 6 (50.00%) VoIP
2 4 (33.33%) VLAN
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
1 2 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Account Executive
3 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) PPC Executive
4 1 (8.333%) PPC Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) PPC Manager
4 1 (8.333%) PPC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (16.67%) Analytics
1 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) SEO
2 1 (8.333%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (50.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Dell
1 6 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (16.67%) Google
2 2 (16.67%) HP