The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford 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 5 9 12
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 16 36 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 24.62% 22.78% 14.50%
As % of the Vendors category 57.14% 41.38% 48.72%
Number of salaries quoted 14 33 19
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% -8.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,250 £24,000 £24,700
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Chelmsford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
28 87 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 43.08% 55.06% 29.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25 84 34
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,400 £25,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £53,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Essex

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Chelmsford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Chelmsford Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 25 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 20 (66.67%) Windows
3 11 (36.67%) .NET
3 11 (36.67%) TCP/IP
3 11 (36.67%) Cisco
3 11 (36.67%) Lync
4 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 9 (30.00%) C#
5 9 (30.00%) MCSE
5 9 (30.00%) CCNA
5 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 9 (30.00%) VoIP
5 9 (30.00%) Ethernet
5 9 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (30.00%) CheckPoint
5 9 (30.00%) Firewall
5 9 (30.00%) Unified Communications
5 9 (30.00%) Handset
5 9 (30.00%) Office Communications Server
5 9 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (26.67%) .NET Framework
6 8 (26.67%) ASP.NET
6 8 (26.67%) SQL
7 7 (23.33%) OO
7 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
8 6 (20.00%) Windows CE
8 6 (20.00%) OOP
8 6 (20.00%) CSS
8 6 (20.00%) XML

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 11 (36.67%) .NET
2 8 (26.67%) .NET Framework
2 8 (26.67%) ASP.NET
3 6 (20.00%) CSS
3 6 (20.00%) XML
3 6 (20.00%) HTML
3 6 (20.00%) ADO.NET
4 2 (6.667%) ASP
5 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (3.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (3.333%) LINQ
5 1 (3.333%) WebSphere
5 1 (3.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 11 (36.67%) Lync
2 9 (30.00%) Office Communications Server
3 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
4 5 (16.67%) MS Exchange
5 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (3.333%) Liferay
7 1 (3.333%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.00%) MS Office
3 1 (3.333%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) TCP/IP
2 9 (30.00%) VoIP
2 9 (30.00%) Ethernet
2 9 (30.00%) Firewall
2 9 (30.00%) Unified Communications
2 9 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (6.667%) ADSL
3 2 (6.667%) LAN
3 2 (6.667%) DHCP
3 2 (6.667%) WAN
3 2 (6.667%) DNS
4 1 (3.333%) NGN
4 1 (3.333%) IP Telephony
4 1 (3.333%) SAN
4 1 (3.333%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (6.667%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.333%) PROIV
General
1 3 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Software Developer
3 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Consultant
6 2 (6.667%) Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Services Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Service Manager
6 2 (6.667%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.667%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.667%) IT Support
7 1 (3.333%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Graduate Programmer
7 1 (3.333%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 1 (3.333%) Systems Manager
7 1 (3.333%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Handset
2 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Windows CE
2 6 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
3 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (6.667%) Windows 2000
5 2 (6.667%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) OO
2 6 (20.00%) OOP
3 4 (13.33%) Project Management
3 4 (13.33%) Time Management
4 3 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (6.667%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.333%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.333%) Validation
6 1 (3.333%) Change Management
6 1 (3.333%) MVC
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.333%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) C#
2 8 (26.67%) SQL
3 6 (20.00%) Delphi
4 2 (6.667%) Java
5 1 (3.333%) PHP
5 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.333%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (30.00%) MCSE
2 9 (30.00%) CCNA
2 9 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.667%) Degree
4 1 (3.333%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.333%) vSphere
2 1 (3.333%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Cisco
2 9 (30.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.667%) Oracle
4 1 (3.333%) Northgate
4 1 (3.333%) VMware
4 1 (3.333%) IBM
4 1 (3.333%) HP
4 1 (3.333%) Clearswift