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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 Croydon 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
Rank1219
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads6238
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.017 %
As % of the category below26.05 %27.74 %
Salaries quoted5930
Average minimum salary£38,356£27,333
Average salary£40,678£29,567
% change on same period last year+37.58 %
Average maximum salary£43,000£31,800
UK excluding London average salary£35,351£35,652
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Vendors CroydonVendors
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads238137
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.117 %0.061 %
Salaries quoted22493
Average minimum salary£36,336£34,009
Average salary£38,002£35,978
% change on same period last year+5.62 %
Average maximum salary£39,669£37,948
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£41,444
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Microsoft LondonMicrosoft
London

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Croydon Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

168 (42.50 %).NET
261 (38.13 %)Insurance
359 (36.88 %)Finance
458 (36.25 %)CRM
544 (27.50 %)Windows
642 (26.25 %)MS Excel
740 (25.00 %)SQL Server
839 (24.38 %)SQL
936 (22.50 %)MS Office
1030 (18.75 %)Microsoft Certification
1128 (17.50 %)SharePoint
1226 (16.25 %)C#
1226 (16.25 %)ASP.NET
1325 (15.63 %)Business Analysis
1423 (14.38 %)MS Exchange
1520 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
1618 (11.25 %)Pensions
1717 (10.63 %)Microsoft CRM
1816 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
1816 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
1915 (9.375 %)Degree
1915 (9.375 %)Active Directory
2013 (8.125 %)Project Management
2013 (8.125 %)HTML
2013 (8.125 %)IIS
2013 (8.125 %)LAN
2013 (8.125 %)WAN
2013 (8.125 %)Banking
2112 (7.500 %)TCP/IP
2112 (7.500 %)E-Commerce

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Croydon 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
168 (42.50 %).NET
226 (16.25 %)ASP.NET
313 (8.125 %)HTML
410 (6.250 %)XML
410 (6.250 %)CSS
55 (3.125 %)ADO.NET
55 (3.125 %)AJAX
64 (2.500 %)WinForms
73 (1.875 %)ASP
73 (1.875 %).NET Framework
81 (0.625 %)Windows SharePoint Services
81 (0.625 %)WebServices
81 (0.625 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
128 (17.50 %)SharePoint
223 (14.38 %)MS Exchange
316 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
413 (8.125 %)IIS
56 (3.750 %)Lotus Notes
56 (3.750 %)Lotus Domino
56 (3.750 %)Exchange Server 2000
65 (3.125 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
74 (2.500 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.625 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.625 %)Apache
81 (0.625 %)Tomcat
Applications
142 (26.25 %)MS Excel
236 (22.50 %)MS Office
311 (6.875 %)MS Visio
48 (5.000 %)MS Project
Business Applications
117 (10.63 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.625 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
113 (8.125 %)LAN
113 (8.125 %)WAN
212 (7.500 %)TCP/IP
310 (6.250 %)VPN
49 (5.625 %)Internet
49 (5.625 %)Extranet
49 (5.625 %)Firewall
56 (3.750 %)VLAN
65 (3.125 %)Network Security
65 (3.125 %)Wireless
74 (2.500 %)HTTP
83 (1.875 %)DNS
91 (0.625 %)SSL
91 (0.625 %)Cisco PIX
91 (0.625 %)Intrusion Detection
91 (0.625 %)WINS
91 (0.625 %)DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
140 (25.00 %)SQL Server
216 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
39 (5.625 %)SQL Server 7
48 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (2.500 %)GIS
63 (1.875 %)Data Mining
71 (0.625 %)OLTP
71 (0.625 %)RDBMS
71 (0.625 %)Informix
71 (0.625 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.625 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.625 %)MySQL
71 (0.625 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.625 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
15 (3.125 %)Flash
23 (1.875 %)Visual Studio
32 (1.250 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
161 (38.13 %)Insurance
259 (36.88 %)Finance
318 (11.25 %)Pensions
413 (8.125 %)Banking
510 (6.250 %)Marketing
69 (5.625 %)Health
77 (4.375 %)Back Office
86 (3.750 %)Construction
86 (3.750 %)Education
94 (2.500 %)Telecoms
101 (0.625 %)Publishing
101 (0.625 %)Retail
101 (0.625 %)Auditing
Job Titles
144 (27.50 %)Developer
243 (26.88 %)Analyst
323 (14.38 %).NET Developer
419 (11.88 %)Business Analyst
515 (9.375 %)Support Analyst
515 (9.375 %)C# Developer
614 (8.750 %)Applications Support
712 (7.500 %)Project Manager
712 (7.500 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
811 (6.875 %)SharePoint Developer
811 (6.875 %)Desktop Support
99 (5.625 %)Support Engineer
107 (4.375 %)Support Technician
107 (4.375 %)ScrumMaster
116 (3.750 %)Applications Support Manager
116 (3.750 %)Applications Manager
116 (3.750 %)Network Engineer
116 (3.750 %)Senior Network Engineer
116 (3.750 %)Support Manager
125 (3.125 %)ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
19 (5.625 %)Asset Management
26 (3.750 %)Blackberry
35 (3.125 %)AS400
44 (2.500 %)Replication
51 (0.625 %)Computer Science
51 (0.625 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
144 (27.50 %)Windows
220 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
39 (5.625 %)Linux
47 (4.375 %)Windows XP
55 (3.125 %)Windows NT
62 (1.250 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (1.250 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.625 %)Mac OS X
71 (0.625 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
158 (36.25 %)CRM
225 (15.63 %)Business Analysis
313 (8.125 %)Project Management
412 (7.500 %)E-Commerce
511 (6.875 %)Agile Software Development
69 (5.625 %)Scrum
69 (5.625 %)DSDM
77 (4.375 %)Change Management
77 (4.375 %)Extreme Programming
86 (3.750 %)Test Scripting
95 (3.125 %)Configuration Management
104 (2.500 %)Disaster Recovery
104 (2.500 %)ITIL
104 (2.500 %)Manual Testing
104 (2.500 %)Web Development
104 (2.500 %)Automated Testing
113 (1.875 %)Data Analysis
113 (1.875 %)PRINCE2
113 (1.875 %)OO
113 (1.875 %)Six Sigma
Programming Languages
139 (24.38 %)SQL
226 (16.25 %)C#
312 (7.500 %)JavaScript
49 (5.625 %)VB
58 (5.000 %)VB.NET
58 (5.000 %)VB6
65 (3.125 %)Transact-SQL
73 (1.875 %)VBA
81 (0.625 %)PHP
81 (0.625 %)RPG
Qualifications
130 (18.75 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (9.375 %)Degree
37 (4.375 %)MCSE
44 (2.500 %)MCAD
44 (2.500 %)MCSD
44 (2.500 %)ISEB
44 (2.500 %)MCPD
53 (1.875 %)MCP
53 (1.875 %)HND
53 (1.875 %)MCSA
62 (1.250 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
71 (0.625 %)MCTS
71 (0.625 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
71 (0.625 %)CCNA
71 (0.625 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.625 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.125 %)QA
21 (0.625 %)ISO9000
System Software
115 (9.375 %)Active Directory
28 (5.000 %)Terminal Services
32 (1.250 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
15 (3.125 %)ServiceCenter
Vendors
110 (6.250 %)HP
29 (5.625 %)Cisco
36 (3.750 %)Lotus
45 (3.125 %)Dell
45 (3.125 %)Peregrine
54 (2.500 %)Oracle
54 (2.500 %)Red Hat
63 (1.875 %)VMware
63 (1.875 %)Compaq
72 (1.250 %)Citrix
72 (1.250 %)Symantec
81 (0.625 %)McAfee Security
81 (0.625 %)Apple
81 (0.625 %)Visualfiles
81 (0.625 %)PlateSpin
81 (0.625 %)WatchGuard
81 (0.625 %)PeopleSoft
81 (0.625 %)IBM
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