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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 Cheshire 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank813
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads452322
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.220 %0.144 %
As % of the category below34.27 %21.85 %
Salaries quoted403290
Average minimum salary£27,008£27,986
Average salary£29,220£31,033
% change on same period last year-5.84 %
Average maximum salary£31,433£34,080
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors CheshireVendors
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads13191474
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.643 %0.659 %
Salaries quoted11571247
Average minimum salary£30,762£33,737
Average salary£33,098£36,725
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
Average maximum salary£35,434£39,713
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Microsoft North WestMicrosoft
North West

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

Cheshire Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

Cheshire Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1WarringtonUp+8145£28,336-6.35 %
2ChesterDown-954£27,843-12.64 %
3CreweUp+131£29,033+11.92 %
3RuncornUp+431£32,883+9.09 %
4WinsfordNew entry-26£20,714-
5NorthwichDown-614£26,217-4.66 %
6KnutsfordDown-1610£20,950-22.40 %
7NantwichUp+49£38,333+34.30 %
8MacclesfieldDown-25£33,000+50.31 %
9Alderley EdgeNew entry-3£19,500-
9WidnesNew entry-3£27,000-
9WilmslowNew entry-3£28,500-
10MiddlewichNew entry-2£16,783-
10DaresburyUp+12£39,000-
Microsoft North WestMicrosoft
North West

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

1423 (49.47 %)MS Excel
2338 (39.53 %)Windows
3273 (31.93 %)SQL
4271 (31.70 %)SQL Server
5220 (25.73 %).NET
6218 (25.50 %)MS Office
7160 (18.71 %)MS Exchange
8149 (17.43 %)C#
8149 (17.43 %)Microsoft Certification
9134 (15.67 %)Citrix
10120 (14.04 %)Active Directory
11108 (12.63 %)Windows 2000
12105 (12.28 %)Degree
13100 (11.70 %)Pensions
13100 (11.70 %)IIS
1492 (10.76 %)VB
1591 (10.64 %)MCSE
1690 (10.53 %)ASP.NET
1789 (10.41 %)TCP/IP
1886 (10.06 %)XML
1886 (10.06 %)Health
1985 (9.942 %)Oracle
2084 (9.825 %)SQL Server 2000
2180 (9.357 %)VMware
2278 (9.123 %)ITIL
2374 (8.655 %)C++
2473 (8.538 %)Lotus Notes
2473 (8.538 %)Lotus
2569 (8.070 %)Finance
2668 (7.953 %)OO

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1220 (25.73 %).NET
290 (10.53 %)ASP.NET
386 (10.06 %)XML
458 (6.784 %)WebServices
554 (6.316 %)HTML
632 (3.743 %)ASP
730 (3.509 %)AJAX
825 (2.924 %)OpenGL
924 (2.807 %)MFC
1022 (2.573 %)SOAP
1121 (2.456 %).NET Framework
1218 (2.105 %)DirectX
1316 (1.871 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1415 (1.754 %)CSS
1512 (1.404 %)ADO
1512 (1.404 %)WinForms
169 (1.053 %)WAP
169 (1.053 %)ActiveX
178 (0.936 %)XSLT
187 (0.819 %)COM
Application Platforms
1160 (18.71 %)MS Exchange
2100 (11.70 %)IIS
373 (8.538 %)Lotus Notes
445 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
542 (4.912 %)Exchange Server 2000
622 (2.573 %)SharePoint
717 (1.988 %)Exchange Server 2007
816 (1.871 %)Apache
912 (1.404 %)BizTalk Server
1010 (1.170 %)MTS
114 (0.468 %)Lotus Domino
114 (0.468 %)SharePoint Server 2007
122 (0.234 %)SAS
122 (0.234 %)CMS
122 (0.234 %)Oracle Workflow
122 (0.234 %)Oracle BPEL
131 (0.117 %)Oracle Application Server
131 (0.117 %)JBoss
Applications
1423 (49.47 %)MS Excel
2218 (25.50 %)MS Office
322 (2.573 %)MS Project
416 (1.871 %)MS Visio
513 (1.520 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.468 %)Paint Shop Pro
72 (0.234 %)Fireworks
72 (0.234 %)Photoshop
81 (0.117 %)RoboHelp
81 (0.117 %)FrameMaker
81 (0.117 %)XMetaL
Business Applications
119 (2.222 %)Line 500
217 (1.988 %)Microsoft CRM
313 (1.520 %)SageCRM MME
412 (1.404 %)SalesLogix
412 (1.404 %)Dynamics CRM
511 (1.287 %)Line 50
511 (1.287 %)Line 100
68 (0.936 %)Oracle Applications
68 (0.936 %)Dynamics AX
77 (0.819 %)Axapta
77 (0.819 %)Remedy ITSM
82 (0.234 %)Oracle 11i
91 (0.117 %)Navision
91 (0.117 %)Oracle EBS
91 (0.117 %)Oracle CRM
91 (0.117 %)Dynamics GP
91 (0.117 %)Dynamics SL
Communications & Networking
189 (10.41 %)TCP/IP
259 (6.901 %)Internet
349 (5.731 %)DNS
349 (5.731 %)LAN
444 (5.146 %)WAN
532 (3.743 %)Firewall
623 (2.690 %)SAN
718 (2.105 %)Intranet
718 (2.105 %)WINS
813 (1.520 %)VPN
813 (1.520 %)Ethernet
911 (1.287 %)GPRS
911 (1.287 %)NetScreen
1010 (1.170 %)GSM
1010 (1.170 %)SSL
119 (1.053 %)DHCP
119 (1.053 %)HTTP
128 (0.936 %)OSPF
136 (0.702 %)Network Security
145 (0.585 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1271 (31.70 %)SQL Server
284 (9.825 %)SQL Server 2000
368 (7.953 %)SQL Server 2005
424 (2.807 %)Crystal Reports
519 (2.222 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
618 (2.105 %)RDBMS
717 (1.988 %)SQL Server 7
717 (1.988 %)MySQL
813 (1.520 %)DTS
912 (1.404 %)MS Access
108 (0.936 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
117 (0.819 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
124 (0.468 %)Datawarehouse
133 (0.351 %)Oracle Reports
133 (0.351 %)Data Mining
133 (0.351 %)BusinessObjects
133 (0.351 %)SQL Anywhere
142 (0.234 %)Data Cleansing
142 (0.234 %)SQL Server Integration Services
142 (0.234 %)Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
134 (3.977 %)Visual Studio
211 (1.287 %)Rational Rose
310 (1.170 %)VSS/SourceSafe
47 (0.819 %)Subversion
56 (0.702 %)Dreamweaver
65 (0.585 %)NUnit
73 (0.351 %)LoadRunner
73 (0.351 %)Flash
82 (0.234 %)Oracle Forms
82 (0.234 %)JDeveloper
82 (0.234 %)TestDirector
82 (0.234 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.117 %)Ant
91 (0.117 %)MSI
91 (0.117 %)Eclipse
General
1100 (11.70 %)Pensions
286 (10.06 %)Health
369 (8.070 %)Finance
446 (5.380 %)Marketing
524 (2.807 %)Pharmaceutical
623 (2.690 %)Chemicals
623 (2.690 %)3D Graphics
722 (2.573 %)Telecoms
821 (2.456 %)Manufacturing
918 (2.105 %)Retail
1012 (1.404 %)Insurance
1110 (1.170 %)Education
129 (1.053 %)Government
138 (0.936 %)Construction
146 (0.702 %)Publishing
146 (0.702 %)Telemarketing
154 (0.468 %)Banking
154 (0.468 %)Billing
163 (0.351 %)Back Office
163 (0.351 %)Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1194 (22.69 %)Analyst
2174 (20.35 %)Developer
383 (9.708 %)Consultant
383 (9.708 %)Support Analyst
452 (6.082 %).NET Developer
546 (5.380 %)Software Developer
640 (4.678 %)3rd Line Support
739 (4.561 %)Administrator
838 (4.444 %)Server Analyst
936 (4.211 %)Support Engineer
936 (4.211 %)Server Support
1033 (3.860 %)Technical Support
1132 (3.743 %)C++ Developer
1231 (3.626 %)Support Consultant
1330 (3.509 %)Data Analyst
1330 (3.509 %)Technical Engineer
1429 (3.392 %)C# Developer
1429 (3.392 %)Technical Specialist
1527 (3.158 %)Web Developer
1626 (3.041 %)Server Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
124 (2.807 %)Clustering
222 (2.573 %)Client/Server
315 (1.754 %)Computer Science
413 (1.520 %)Management Information System
510 (1.170 %)Mathematics
66 (0.702 %)N-Tier
75 (0.585 %)PMI
75 (0.585 %)French Language
75 (0.585 %)Pocket PC
84 (0.468 %)Fat Client
84 (0.468 %)Multithreading
84 (0.468 %)AS400
84 (0.468 %)Thin Client
93 (0.351 %)PDA
93 (0.351 %)Statistics
102 (0.234 %)Data Extraction
102 (0.234 %)Device Driver
102 (0.234 %)EPoS
102 (0.234 %)NHS
102 (0.234 %)Smartphone
Operating Systems
1338 (39.53 %)Windows
2108 (12.63 %)Windows 2000
366 (7.719 %)Windows XP
452 (6.082 %)Windows NT
551 (5.965 %)Unix
644 (5.146 %)Windows Server 2003
742 (4.912 %)Linux
816 (1.871 %)Debian
910 (1.170 %)Windows Mobile
107 (0.819 %)AIX
115 (0.585 %)Symbian OS
123 (0.351 %)Solaris
132 (0.234 %)HPUX
141 (0.117 %)Windows CE
141 (0.117 %)Windows XP Embedded
141 (0.117 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
178 (9.123 %)ITIL
268 (7.953 %)OO
346 (5.380 %)CRM
441 (4.795 %)E-Commerce
540 (4.678 %)Project Management
634 (3.977 %)UML
634 (3.977 %)Migration
732 (3.743 %)ERP
830 (3.509 %)Web Development
927 (3.158 %)PRINCE2
927 (3.158 %)CAD
1025 (2.924 %)Service Management
1124 (2.807 %)Data Migration
1220 (2.339 %)Service Delivery
1220 (2.339 %)Data Analysis
1318 (2.105 %)Business Intelligence
1412 (1.404 %)ITSM
1511 (1.287 %)OOP
1610 (1.170 %)Business Analysis
1610 (1.170 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
1273 (31.93 %)SQL
2149 (17.43 %)C#
392 (10.76 %)VB
474 (8.655 %)C++
560 (7.018 %)VB.NET
657 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
738 (4.444 %)Java
837 (4.327 %)JavaScript
930 (3.509 %)VC++
1023 (2.690 %)C
1122 (2.573 %)VB6
1216 (1.871 %)PHP
1312 (1.404 %)VBA
1411 (1.287 %)VBScript
156 (0.702 %)X++
165 (0.585 %)PL/SQL
165 (0.585 %)Delphi
174 (0.468 %)Perl
182 (0.234 %)Shell Script
182 (0.234 %)LotusScript
Qualifications
1149 (17.43 %)Microsoft Certification
2105 (12.28 %)Degree
391 (10.64 %)MCSE
451 (5.965 %)MCP
544 (5.146 %)MCSA
620 (2.339 %)MCDST
715 (1.754 %)Cisco Certification
811 (1.287 %)HND
910 (1.170 %)ISEB
910 (1.170 %)Citrix Certification
910 (1.170 %)MCSD
910 (1.170 %)CCNA
109 (1.053 %)ITIL Certification
117 (0.819 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
125 (0.585 %)MCTS
134 (0.468 %)CCA
134 (0.468 %)PRINCE2 Certification
143 (0.351 %)CCDA
152 (0.234 %)CCIE
152 (0.234 %)CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
150 (5.848 %)SLA
217 (1.988 %)QA
31 (0.117 %)ISO9000
31 (0.117 %)BS7799
System Software
1120 (14.04 %)Active Directory
252 (6.082 %)ISA Server
334 (3.977 %)NetBackup
414 (1.637 %)Terminal Server
513 (1.520 %)MetaFrame
68 (0.936 %)Terminal Services
77 (0.819 %)VMware Server
84 (0.468 %)Citrix Presentation Server
84 (0.468 %)Backup Exec
84 (0.468 %)VMware ESX
91 (0.117 %)Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
156 (6.550 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
219 (2.222 %)MOM
34 (0.468 %)BMC PATROL
42 (0.234 %)OpenView
42 (0.234 %)Unicenter
51 (0.117 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1134 (15.67 %)Citrix
285 (9.942 %)Oracle
380 (9.357 %)VMware
473 (8.538 %)Lotus
555 (6.433 %)Cisco
632 (3.743 %)HP
730 (3.509 %)VERITAS
730 (3.509 %)Sage
817 (1.988 %)IBM
912 (1.404 %)Adobe
912 (1.404 %)Remedy
1011 (1.287 %)CheckPoint
1011 (1.287 %)Symbian
1011 (1.287 %)Juniper
1110 (1.170 %)Novell
1110 (1.170 %)Dundas
127 (0.819 %)BT
127 (0.819 %)SAP
136 (0.702 %)BMC
136 (0.702 %)Red Hat
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