The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Castleford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Castleford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Castleford 21.05% - -
As % of the Vendors category 44.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £26,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Castleford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Castleford 47.37% 20.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £29,500 £24,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.40% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Castleford 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 Castleford region.

Castleford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Castleford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Castleford Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Castleford 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 4 (57.14%) HTML
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) jQuery
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) XML
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 2 (28.57%) VBA
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
3 2 (28.57%) Eclipse
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Xcode
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (28.57%) Web Development
3 2 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 2 (28.57%) SQLite
4 1 (14.29%) PABX
4 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Castleford 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 4 (57.14%) HTML
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) jQuery
2 3 (42.86%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) XHTML
3 1 (14.29%) DHTML
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (14.29%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (28.57%) SQLite
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (14.29%) MS Access
4 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
4 1 (14.29%) GIS
4 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
1 2 (28.57%) Eclipse
1 2 (28.57%) Xcode
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Data Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Data Quality Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 1 (14.29%) BCP
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 2 (28.57%) VBA
3 2 (28.57%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) C++
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 1 (14.29%) VB6
4 1 (14.29%) VB
4 1 (14.29%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Intel
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