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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 Crewe 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank810
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads2836
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.016 %
As % of the category below57.14 %33.96 %
Salaries quoted2732
Average minimum salary£25,556£23,469
Average salary£28,759£26,023
% change on same period last year+10.51 %
Average maximum salary£31,963£28,578
UK excluding London average salary£35,351£35,652
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Vendors CreweVendors
Crewe
Matching permanent IT job ads49106
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.047 %
Salaries quoted4681
Average minimum salary£29,545£26,546
Average salary£33,508£29,565
% change on same period last year+13.33 %
Average maximum salary£37,470£32,583
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£41,444
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Microsoft CheshireMicrosoft
Cheshire

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 Crewe region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Crewe Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Crewe 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.

121 (43.75 %)MS Excel
219 (39.58 %)Windows
318 (37.50 %)SQL Server
414 (29.17 %)ITIL
414 (29.17 %)Linux
513 (27.08 %)Citrix
612 (25.00 %)Cisco
711 (22.92 %)Unix
711 (22.92 %)MS Exchange
711 (22.92 %)SQL
810 (20.83 %).NET
810 (20.83 %)Windows XP
810 (20.83 %)Active Directory
99 (18.75 %)Microsoft Certification
99 (18.75 %)VB.NET
99 (18.75 %)MS Office
108 (16.67 %)LAN
117 (14.58 %)WAN
117 (14.58 %)Windows NT
117 (14.58 %)Finance
126 (12.50 %)Change Management
126 (12.50 %)Debian
126 (12.50 %)Apache
126 (12.50 %)AIX
126 (12.50 %)PHP
126 (12.50 %)MySQL
126 (12.50 %)HP
126 (12.50 %)Terminal Server
126 (12.50 %)OSPF
135 (10.42 %)TCP/IP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Crewe 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
110 (20.83 %).NET
22 (4.167 %)ASP.NET
22 (4.167 %)XML
Application Platforms
111 (22.92 %)MS Exchange
26 (12.50 %)Apache
32 (4.167 %)IIS
32 (4.167 %)BizTalk Server
32 (4.167 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (2.083 %)SAS
Applications
121 (43.75 %)MS Excel
29 (18.75 %)MS Office
31 (2.083 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
18 (16.67 %)LAN
27 (14.58 %)WAN
36 (12.50 %)OSPF
45 (10.42 %)TCP/IP
52 (4.167 %)ATM
61 (2.083 %)WINS
61 (2.083 %)DNS
61 (2.083 %)SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
118 (37.50 %)SQL Server
26 (12.50 %)MySQL
31 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2005
General
17 (14.58 %)Finance
25 (10.42 %)Insurance
25 (10.42 %)Pensions
34 (8.333 %)Telecoms
43 (6.250 %)Government
43 (6.250 %)Manufacturing
43 (6.250 %)Retail
52 (4.167 %)Education
Job Titles
110 (20.83 %)Developer
29 (18.75 %)Analyst
36 (12.50 %).NET Developer
36 (12.50 %)VB.NET Developer
36 (12.50 %)Technical Engineer
45 (10.42 %)Software Developer
45 (10.42 %)Helpdesk Analyst
45 (10.42 %)Change Manager
54 (8.333 %)Support Analyst
63 (6.250 %)Graduate
63 (6.250 %)Server Support
63 (6.250 %)Graduate Software Developer
63 (6.250 %)Graduate Developer
63 (6.250 %)Incident Manager
72 (4.167 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
72 (4.167 %)Technical Specialist
72 (4.167 %)Test Engineer
72 (4.167 %)Helpdesk Support
72 (4.167 %)Support Technician
72 (4.167 %)Tester
Miscellaneous
11 (2.083 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
119 (39.58 %)Windows
214 (29.17 %)Linux
311 (22.92 %)Unix
410 (20.83 %)Windows XP
57 (14.58 %)Windows NT
66 (12.50 %)Debian
66 (12.50 %)AIX
75 (10.42 %)Windows 2000
81 (2.083 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
114 (29.17 %)ITIL
26 (12.50 %)Change Management
35 (10.42 %)ITSM
35 (10.42 %)Service Management
43 (6.250 %)E-Commerce
43 (6.250 %)Web Development
52 (4.167 %)Test Scripting
52 (4.167 %)ERP
61 (2.083 %)Workflow
61 (2.083 %)Information Management
61 (2.083 %)Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
111 (22.92 %)SQL
29 (18.75 %)VB.NET
36 (12.50 %)PHP
45 (10.42 %)VB
45 (10.42 %)C#
52 (4.167 %)VB6
61 (2.083 %)VC++
61 (2.083 %)C++
Qualifications
19 (18.75 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (10.42 %)MCP
33 (6.250 %)MCSE
33 (6.250 %)Degree
42 (4.167 %)ISEB
51 (2.083 %)MCSA
51 (2.083 %)MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (6.250 %)QA
21 (2.083 %)SLA
System Software
110 (20.83 %)Active Directory
26 (12.50 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
12 (4.167 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (2.083 %)OpenView
21 (2.083 %)Unicenter
21 (2.083 %)MOM
Vendors
113 (27.08 %)Citrix
212 (25.00 %)Cisco
36 (12.50 %)HP
42 (4.167 %)McAfee Security
51 (2.083 %)Oracle
51 (2.083 %)CA
51 (2.083 %)Compaq
51 (2.083 %)Compuware
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