The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cleveland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 23 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 Cleveland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 3 - 1
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cleveland 40.00% - 100.00%
As % of the Vendors category 66.67% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 5
Average salary £35,000 - £21,500
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 - £19,400
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 - £22,100
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Cleveland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
6 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cleveland 60.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 5
Average salary £40,000 £26,500 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.94% +23.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,500 £19,400
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £22,100 £26,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
North East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cleveland 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 Cleveland region.

Cleveland Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cleveland 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 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) WCF
1 4 (100.00%) WPF
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 4 (100.00%) Modbus
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cleveland 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 (100.00%) WCF
1 4 (100.00%) WPF
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Modbus
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Support
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree