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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 Cheltenham 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 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1410
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads5549
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.020 %
As % of the category below27.78 %36.57 %
Salaries quoted5545
Average minimum salary£32,518£28,556
Average salary£36,000£30,789
% change on same period last year+16.92 %
Average maximum salary£39,482£33,022
UK excluding London average salary£35,309£35,803
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Cheltenham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cheltenham
Matching permanent IT job ads198134
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.104 %0.055 %
Salaries quoted179122
Average minimum salary£33,888£29,859
Average salary£37,806£32,078
% change on same period last year+17.85 %
Average maximum salary£41,723£34,297
UK excluding London average salary£39,811£42,044
% change on same period last year-5.31 %
Microsoft GloucestershireMicrosoft
Gloucestershire

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 beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheltenham Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Cheltenham Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

155 (44.00 %)SQL Server
254 (43.20 %).NET
350 (40.00 %)C#
350 (40.00 %)Windows
440 (32.00 %)MS Excel
534 (27.20 %)ASP.NET
631 (24.80 %)Cisco
729 (23.20 %)Finance
827 (21.60 %)Pensions
924 (19.20 %)Microsoft Certification
1023 (18.40 %)VB.NET
1121 (16.80 %)WebServices
1121 (16.80 %)TCP/IP
1220 (16.00 %)Visual Studio
1318 (14.40 %)UNIX
1318 (14.40 %)Linux
1318 (14.40 %)SQL Server 2000
1417 (13.60 %)XML
1417 (13.60 %)Scrum
1417 (13.60 %)SQL Server 2005
1516 (12.80 %)WCF
1516 (12.80 %)AJAX
1516 (12.80 %)MCSE
1516 (12.80 %)Cisco Certification
1516 (12.80 %)CCNA
1614 (11.20 %)MS Exchange
1614 (11.20 %)Oracle
1713 (10.40 %)MS Office
1713 (10.40 %)VB
1713 (10.40 %)LAN

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
154 (43.20 %).NET
234 (27.20 %)ASP.NET
321 (16.80 %)WebServices
417 (13.60 %)XML
516 (12.80 %)AJAX
516 (12.80 %)WCF
613 (10.40 %)WF
712 (9.600 %)WPF
89 (7.200 %)HTML
96 (4.800 %)CSS
104 (3.200 %)JDBC
104 (3.200 %)COM
104 (3.200 %)ASP
104 (3.200 %)JavaBeans
104 (3.200 %)Swing
113 (2.400 %).NET Framework
113 (2.400 %)WSDL
122 (1.600 %)Silverlight
122 (1.600 %)JSON
122 (1.600 %)WebSphere
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (11.20 %)MS Exchange
28 (6.400 %)BizTalk Server
28 (6.400 %)IIS
37 (5.600 %)SharePoint
43 (2.400 %)Content Management Server
43 (2.400 %)CMS
51 (0.800 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.800 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.800 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cheltenham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (32.00 %)MS Excel
213 (10.40 %)MS Office
34 (3.200 %)MS Project
42 (1.600 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.800 %)MS Visio
51 (0.800 %)Acrobat
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.600 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
21 (0.800 %)Microsoft CRM
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (16.80 %)TCP/IP
213 (10.40 %)LAN
213 (10.40 %)WAN
310 (8.000 %)Internet
47 (5.600 %)Firewall
47 (5.600 %)SMTP
55 (4.000 %)FTP
55 (4.000 %)HTTP
55 (4.000 %)DNS
63 (2.400 %)Intranet
72 (1.600 %)Wi-Fi
72 (1.600 %)POP3
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (44.00 %)SQL Server
218 (14.40 %)SQL Server 2000
317 (13.60 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (6.400 %)SQL Server 7
53 (2.400 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (1.600 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (1.600 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
62 (1.600 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.800 %)Oracle 9i
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (16.00 %)Visual Studio
27 (5.600 %)Visual Studio Team System
34 (3.200 %)Flash
43 (2.400 %)VSS/SourceSafe
43 (2.400 %)ClearQuest
52 (1.600 %)Oracle Forms
52 (1.600 %)TestDirector
61 (0.800 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.800 %)SilkTest
Cheltenham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (23.20 %)Finance
227 (21.60 %)Pensions
35 (4.000 %)Back Office
35 (4.000 %)Government
35 (4.000 %)Health
43 (2.400 %)Legal
43 (2.400 %)Publishing
52 (1.600 %)Insurance
61 (0.800 %)Marketing
61 (0.800 %)Military
61 (0.800 %)Education
61 (0.800 %)Manufacturing
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
156 (44.80 %)Developer
231 (24.80 %).NET Developer
323 (18.40 %)C# Developer
323 (18.40 %)Analyst
412 (9.600 %)Business Analyst
59 (7.200 %)Software Developer
59 (7.200 %)Trainer
68 (6.400 %)Applications Developer
68 (6.400 %)Technical Trainer
77 (5.600 %)Applications Support
77 (5.600 %)Systems Engineer
77 (5.600 %)Graduate
77 (5.600 %)Software Engineer
77 (5.600 %)C# Application Developer
77 (5.600 %).NET Applications Developer
86 (4.800 %)IT Manager
86 (4.800 %)Web Developer
86 (4.800 %)Junior
95 (4.000 %)CSharp Software Developer
104 (3.200 %)Web Analyst
Cheltenham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (7.200 %)Tandem
26 (4.800 %)Client/Server
34 (3.200 %)N-Tier
43 (2.400 %)Management Information System
52 (1.600 %)Replication
52 (1.600 %)Clustering
61 (0.800 %)Mathematics
61 (0.800 %)Computer Science
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
150 (40.00 %)Windows
218 (14.40 %)Linux
218 (14.40 %)UNIX
313 (10.40 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (9.600 %)Windows 2000
54 (3.200 %)Windows XP
63 (2.400 %)Windows NT
71 (0.800 %)Solaris
71 (0.800 %)Windows Vista
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (13.60 %)Scrum
213 (10.40 %)Agile Software Development
312 (9.600 %)ITIL
410 (8.000 %)Project Management
410 (8.000 %)Web Development
59 (7.200 %)Service Delivery
59 (7.200 %)UML
67 (5.600 %)Systems Analysis
67 (5.600 %)Security Cleared
76 (4.800 %)Strategic Planning
76 (4.800 %)Business Intelligence
76 (4.800 %)Disaster Recovery
85 (4.000 %)E-Commerce
85 (4.000 %)OO
94 (3.200 %)Manual Testing
103 (2.400 %)Business Analysis
103 (2.400 %)Content Management
103 (2.400 %)Regression Testing
112 (1.600 %)Service Management
112 (1.600 %)Information Security
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
150 (40.00 %)C#
223 (18.40 %)VB.NET
313 (10.40 %)VB
49 (7.200 %)SQL
55 (4.000 %)Java
64 (3.200 %)C++
64 (3.200 %)C
64 (3.200 %)VC++
73 (2.400 %)VB6
82 (1.600 %)RPG
82 (1.600 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.800 %)DHTML
91 (0.800 %)JavaScript
Cheltenham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (19.20 %)Microsoft Certification
216 (12.80 %)Cisco Certification
216 (12.80 %)MCSE
216 (12.80 %)CCNA
313 (10.40 %)MCSA
313 (10.40 %)Degree
412 (9.600 %)CCNP
54 (3.200 %)ISEB
54 (3.200 %)MCPD
62 (1.600 %)CISM
62 (1.600 %)MCTS
62 (1.600 %)CISSP
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.000 %)SLA
Cheltenham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (8.000 %)Active Directory
22 (1.600 %)Terminal Server
22 (1.600 %)MSMQ
Cheltenham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.800 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cheltenham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (24.80 %)Cisco
214 (11.20 %)Oracle
311 (8.800 %)Citrix
42 (1.600 %)JD Edwards
42 (1.600 %)McAfee Security
42 (1.600 %)IBM
51 (0.800 %)Intel
51 (0.800 %)Sybase
51 (0.800 %)Alterian
51 (0.800 %)LANDesk
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