The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Developer
Rank 119 127 117
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 4 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.222% 0.050% 0.121%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.232% 0.052% 0.129%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
Average salary £42,500 £38,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.84% +61.70%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +13.33%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1725 1916 1556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.89% 95.42% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1684 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Developer
North West

Microsoft Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Microsoft Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Microsoft Developer Salary Trend

Microsoft Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire Microsoft Developer Salary Histogram

Microsoft Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 1 - -
Warrington - 1 £22,500 -
Microsoft Developer
North West

Microsoft Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 7 (77.78%) .NET
3 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 6 (66.67%) HTML
3 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 6 (66.67%) CSS
4 5 (55.56%) C#
4 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
5 4 (44.44%) CRM
5 4 (44.44%) MVC
5 4 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (44.44%) XML
6 3 (33.33%) Advertising
6 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
6 3 (33.33%) HTTP
6 3 (33.33%) COM
7 2 (22.22%) SOAP
7 2 (22.22%) Web Services
7 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
7 2 (22.22%) REST
7 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) jQuery
7 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
7 2 (22.22%) WCF
7 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (11.11%) QlikView
8 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (11.11%) Data Migration

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 6 (66.67%) HTML
2 6 (66.67%) CSS
3 4 (44.44%) XML
4 3 (33.33%) COM
5 2 (22.22%) SOAP
5 2 (22.22%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) REST
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 2 (22.22%) jQuery
5 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 2 (22.22%) WCF
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) QlikView
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (33.33%) Advertising
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) CRM
1 4 (44.44%) MVC
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Information Management
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) C#
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft