The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Crewe region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Crewe 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 22 14 28
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 17 31 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crewe 11.49% 12.81% 3.867%
As % of the Vendors category 22.97% 32.63% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 14 26 7
Average salary £43,750 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £32,600
10% offered a salary of more than £59,400 £46,250 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Crewe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
74 95 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crewe 50.00% 39.26% 9.945%
Number of salaries quoted 35 71 16
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,300 £32,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £39,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Cheshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Crewe region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Crewe Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crewe 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 26 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 18 (46.15%) MS Excel
2 18 (46.15%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (43.59%) .NET
4 16 (41.03%) C#
5 15 (38.46%) SQL
5 15 (38.46%) SQL Server 2000
6 14 (35.90%) Windows
6 14 (35.90%) SQL Server 2008
7 11 (28.21%) ASP.NET
7 11 (28.21%) T-SQL
8 10 (25.64%) HTML
9 8 (20.51%) Finance
9 8 (20.51%) XML
10 7 (17.95%) PHP
10 7 (17.95%) VB.NET
10 7 (17.95%) Windows XP
10 7 (17.95%) MVC
11 6 (15.38%) CSS
11 6 (15.38%) Linux
11 6 (15.38%) JavaScript
11 6 (15.38%) Internet
11 6 (15.38%) Citrix
12 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
12 5 (12.82%) MS Exchange
12 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (12.82%) XSLT
12 5 (12.82%) MS Office
12 5 (12.82%) UML
12 5 (12.82%) UNIX

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crewe 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 17 (43.59%) .NET
2 11 (28.21%) ASP.NET
3 10 (25.64%) HTML
4 8 (20.51%) XML
5 6 (15.38%) CSS
6 5 (12.82%) XSLT
6 5 (12.82%) jQuery
7 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
7 4 (10.26%) WCF
8 3 (7.692%) SOAP
8 3 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 2 (5.128%) Castle Windsor
9 2 (5.128%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (5.128%) HTML5
9 2 (5.128%) NHibernate
9 2 (5.128%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (5.128%) Silverlight
9 2 (5.128%) LINQ
9 2 (5.128%) MonoRail
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.82%) MS Exchange
1 5 (12.82%) Magento
2 3 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.564%) IIS
4 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 18 (46.15%) MS Excel
2 5 (12.82%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) Internet
2 3 (7.692%) LAN
2 3 (7.692%) WAN
3 2 (5.128%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.564%) VoIP
4 1 (2.564%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 18 (46.15%) SQL Server 2005
3 15 (38.46%) SQL Server 2000
4 14 (35.90%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (10.26%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (5.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.692%) Visual Studio
1 3 (7.692%) NUnit
2 2 (5.128%) Rhino Mocks
2 2 (5.128%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (2.564%) WinRunner
General
1 8 (20.51%) Finance
2 2 (5.128%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.128%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Developer
2 11 (28.21%) SQL Developer
3 9 (23.08%) SQL Server Developer
4 6 (15.38%) DBA
4 6 (15.38%) SQL DBA
4 6 (15.38%) .NET Developer
5 5 (12.82%) Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Architect
5 5 (12.82%) SQL Server DBA
5 5 (12.82%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.692%) Lead Architect
6 3 (7.692%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.692%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.692%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (7.692%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.128%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Software Asset Manager
7 2 (5.128%) Help Desk Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (5.128%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Tandem
1 2 (5.128%) CMDB
2 1 (2.564%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.564%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.564%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 7 (17.95%) Windows XP
3 6 (15.38%) Linux
4 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (12.82%) UNIX
4 5 (12.82%) Windows 7
4 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (7.692%) Windows Vista
6 2 (5.128%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) MVC
2 5 (12.82%) UML
2 5 (12.82%) E-Commerce
2 5 (12.82%) OO
3 4 (10.26%) Web Application Development
3 4 (10.26%) Waterfall
3 4 (10.26%) Scrum
3 4 (10.26%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (10.26%) OOA/OOD
3 4 (10.26%) Project Management
4 3 (7.692%) ITIL
4 3 (7.692%) Web Development
4 3 (7.692%) TDD
4 3 (7.692%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.128%) MVVM
5 2 (5.128%) Data Management
5 2 (5.128%) CRM
5 2 (5.128%) OOD
5 2 (5.128%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.564%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) C#
2 15 (38.46%) SQL
3 11 (28.21%) T-SQL
4 7 (17.95%) PHP
4 7 (17.95%) VB.NET
5 6 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 3 (7.692%) VB
7 2 (5.128%) Ruby
8 1 (2.564%) VBScript
8 1 (2.564%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.128%) MCTS
2 2 (5.128%) MCP
2 2 (5.128%) MCAD
2 2 (5.128%) MCSD
3 1 (2.564%) ISEB
3 1 (2.564%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.564%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.128%) QA
2 1 (2.564%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.128%) vSphere
3 2 (5.128%) Terminal Server
4 1 (2.564%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.564%) XenApp
4 1 (2.564%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) Unicenter
2 1 (2.564%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.564%) Nagios
2 1 (2.564%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (2.564%) WSUS
2 1 (2.564%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.564%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.564%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Citrix
2 4 (10.26%) Siebel
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle
3 3 (7.692%) Avaya
3 3 (7.692%) VMware
4 2 (5.128%) Rackspace
5 1 (2.564%) Symantec
5 1 (2.564%) McAfee
5 1 (2.564%) Sophos
5 1 (2.564%) HP
5 1 (2.564%) Cisco
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