The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Devon 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 12 7 13
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 41 74 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 14.75% 24.10% 15.98%
As % of the Vendors category 36.94% 45.96% 37.29%
Number of salaries quoted 29 72 55
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,800 £22,500 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £38,300 £37,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
111 161 177
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 39.93% 52.44% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 94 137 143
Average salary £30,000 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £38,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Devon region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Devon Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Devon region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Exeter -3 20 £23,950 -12.90%
Plymouth 0 17 £33,000 -10.81%
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 44 (47.31%) SQL Server
2 32 (34.41%) Windows
3 27 (29.03%) SQL
4 23 (24.73%) MS Excel
5 20 (21.51%) .NET
6 17 (18.28%) C#
6 17 (18.28%) Linux
6 17 (18.28%) Finance
7 15 (16.13%) Windows Server 2003
7 15 (16.13%) ITIL
7 15 (16.13%) MS Office
7 15 (16.13%) T-SQL
8 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (13.98%) Banking
9 13 (13.98%) .NET Framework
9 13 (13.98%) Citrix
9 13 (13.98%) MS Exchange
10 12 (12.90%) SLA
11 11 (11.83%) TCP/IP
11 11 (11.83%) Internet
11 11 (11.83%) Windows 7
11 11 (11.83%) VMware Infrastructure
11 11 (11.83%) VMware
12 10 (10.75%) Marketing
12 10 (10.75%) Red Hat
12 10 (10.75%) IBM
12 10 (10.75%) Apache
12 10 (10.75%) Visual Studio
12 10 (10.75%) Oracle
13 9 (9.677%) Java

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 20 (21.51%) .NET
2 13 (13.98%) .NET Framework
3 7 (7.527%) ASP.NET
4 5 (5.376%) CSS
4 5 (5.376%) HTML
5 4 (4.301%) jQuery
6 3 (3.226%) REST
6 3 (3.226%) Web Services
6 3 (3.226%) COM
6 3 (3.226%) WCF
7 2 (2.151%) XML
8 1 (1.075%) Ajax
8 1 (1.075%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 13 (13.98%) MS Exchange
2 10 (10.75%) Apache
3 7 (7.527%) IIS
4 6 (6.452%) ColdFusion
4 6 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (4.301%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (4.301%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (3.226%) MS Project Server
6 3 (3.226%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.075%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (1.075%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 23 (24.73%) MS Excel
2 15 (16.13%) MS Office
3 8 (8.602%) MS Project
4 3 (3.226%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (2.151%) QuarkXPress
6 1 (1.075%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.075%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.075%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.075%) Summit
1 1 (1.075%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.075%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.075%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.83%) TCP/IP
1 11 (11.83%) Internet
2 8 (8.602%) DNS
2 8 (8.602%) LAN
3 7 (7.527%) SAN
3 7 (7.527%) Firewall
4 6 (6.452%) VPN
4 6 (6.452%) DHCP
4 6 (6.452%) Ethernet
5 5 (5.376%) WAN
6 3 (3.226%) SSL
7 2 (2.151%) LDAP
7 2 (2.151%) HTTPS
7 2 (2.151%) SMTP
7 2 (2.151%) PBX
7 2 (2.151%) FTP
7 2 (2.151%) HTTP
7 2 (2.151%) Kerberos
7 2 (2.151%) SNMP
8 1 (1.075%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (47.31%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.527%) MySQL
3 6 (6.452%) SQL Server 2000
3 6 (6.452%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (4.301%) DTS
4 4 (4.301%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (4.301%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (4.301%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (2.151%) MS Access
6 1 (1.075%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.075%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (10.75%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.226%) C++Builder
General
1 17 (18.28%) Finance
2 13 (13.98%) Banking
3 10 (10.75%) Marketing
4 3 (3.226%) Publishing
4 3 (3.226%) Legal
5 2 (2.151%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.151%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.075%) Back Office
6 1 (1.075%) Law
6 1 (1.075%) Advertising
6 1 (1.075%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (27.96%) Developer
2 17 (18.28%) .NET Developer
3 16 (17.20%) Analyst
4 14 (15.05%) Support Engineer
5 10 (10.75%) IT Support
6 8 (8.602%) Administrator
7 7 (7.527%) Chief Technology Officer
7 7 (7.527%) Chief Operating Officer
8 6 (6.452%) Technical Engineer
8 6 (6.452%) C# Developer
8 6 (6.452%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.376%) DBA
9 5 (5.376%) Software Developer
9 5 (5.376%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.376%) Database Analyst
9 5 (5.376%) Oracle DBA
9 5 (5.376%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (5.376%) Oracle Analyst
9 5 (5.376%) C# .NET Developer
10 4 (4.301%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.452%) Clustering
2 4 (4.301%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.151%) Firmware
3 2 (2.151%) Xserve
3 2 (2.151%) Statistics
3 2 (2.151%) Graphic Design
3 2 (2.151%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.075%) iPhone
4 1 (1.075%) iPad
4 1 (1.075%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 32 (34.41%) Windows
2 17 (18.28%) Linux
3 15 (16.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (11.83%) Windows 7
6 8 (8.602%) Windows XP
7 6 (6.452%) AIX
8 5 (5.376%) Windows 2000 Server
9 4 (4.301%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.151%) UNIX
10 2 (2.151%) Windows Vista
11 1 (1.075%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (1.075%) CentOS
11 1 (1.075%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.13%) ITIL
2 9 (9.677%) Project Management
3 7 (7.527%) Service Delivery
4 6 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (6.452%) Change Control
5 5 (5.376%) Problem Management
6 4 (4.301%) Load Balancing
6 4 (4.301%) MVC
7 3 (3.226%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.226%) Service Management
7 3 (3.226%) PRINCE2
7 3 (3.226%) Network Load Balancing
7 3 (3.226%) Release Management
7 3 (3.226%) Time Management
7 3 (3.226%) TDD
7 3 (3.226%) Information Management
7 3 (3.226%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.151%) SIEM
8 2 (2.151%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (2.151%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (29.03%) SQL
2 17 (18.28%) C#
3 15 (16.13%) T-SQL
4 9 (9.677%) Java
5 7 (7.527%) PHP
6 6 (6.452%) PL/SQL
7 5 (5.376%) JavaScript
8 4 (4.301%) C++
9 3 (3.226%) VBScript
10 2 (2.151%) VB
10 2 (2.151%) VB.NET
10 2 (2.151%) VBA
11 1 (1.075%) Objective-C
11 1 (1.075%) X++
11 1 (1.075%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (8.602%) Degree
2 6 (6.452%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (6.452%) MCP
3 5 (5.376%) MCSE
4 4 (4.301%) CCA
4 4 (4.301%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.151%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.151%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.075%) ACCA
6 1 (1.075%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.90%) SLA
2 6 (6.452%) QA
3 2 (2.151%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.151%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (11.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (8.602%) Hyper-V
3 7 (7.527%) XenApp
3 7 (7.527%) Active Directory
4 6 (6.452%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (6.452%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (5.376%) XenServer
6 4 (4.301%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 4 (4.301%) Terminal Services
6 4 (4.301%) ISA Server
7 3 (3.226%) XenDesktop
8 2 (2.151%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (1.075%) vSphere
9 1 (1.075%) Terminal Server
9 1 (1.075%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (9.677%) WSUS
2 8 (8.602%) SCCM
3 7 (7.527%) SCOM
4 6 (6.452%) Data Guard
5 5 (5.376%) Nagios
5 5 (5.376%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (13.98%) Citrix
2 11 (11.83%) VMware
3 10 (10.75%) Red Hat
3 10 (10.75%) Oracle
3 10 (10.75%) IBM
4 8 (8.602%) HP
5 7 (7.527%) EMC
6 6 (6.452%) Cisco
6 6 (6.452%) Dell
7 5 (5.376%) CheckPoint
7 5 (5.376%) CommVault
7 5 (5.376%) Bomgar
8 4 (4.301%) NetApp
8 4 (4.301%) Juniper
9 3 (3.226%) Borland
10 2 (2.151%) McAfee
10 2 (2.151%) Apple
10 2 (2.151%) Adobe
11 1 (1.075%) Cognos
11 1 (1.075%) Sage
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
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Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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