The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London 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 11 11 46
Rank change year-on-year
0 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 26 35 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 13.68% 12.77% 3.922%
As % of the Vendors category 26.53% 22.58% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 25 29 15
Average salary £62,500 £34,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+83.82% -40.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £26,800 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £71,000 £75,100
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Docklands, London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
98 155 222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 51.58% 56.57% 36.27%
Number of salaries quoted 89 137 140
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £29,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Docklands, London Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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 32 (58.18%) Windows
2 29 (52.73%) Linux
3 22 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 20 (36.36%) Finance
5 19 (34.55%) SQL Server
6 17 (30.91%) Load Balancing
7 15 (27.27%) VMware
7 15 (27.27%) UNIX
8 14 (25.45%) Oracle
8 14 (25.45%) Degree
8 14 (25.45%) VMware Infrastructure
8 14 (25.45%) Product Management
9 13 (23.64%) SAN
9 13 (23.64%) MS Office
10 12 (21.82%) NFS
10 12 (21.82%) Windows Server 2003
10 12 (21.82%) iSCSI
10 12 (21.82%) Mathematics
10 12 (21.82%) Fibre Channel
11 10 (18.18%) Hyper-V
11 10 (18.18%) Replication
11 10 (18.18%) SLA
11 10 (18.18%) VoIP
11 10 (18.18%) SQL
12 9 (16.36%) ISDN
12 9 (16.36%) H.323
12 9 (16.36%) Banking
12 9 (16.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (16.36%) vSphere
12 9 (16.36%) Lync

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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 8 (14.55%) .NET
2 5 (9.091%) WCF
2 5 (9.091%) WPF
3 3 (5.455%) HTML
3 3 (5.455%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.636%) WF
4 2 (3.636%) WebSphere
4 2 (3.636%) Web Services
5 1 (1.818%) COM
5 1 (1.818%) XML
5 1 (1.818%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 9 (16.36%) Lync
2 3 (5.455%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.455%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.636%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (3.636%) IIS
4 1 (1.818%) Apache
4 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.818%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 22 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 13 (23.64%) MS Office
3 3 (5.455%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (3.636%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.818%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.273%) RMDS
2 1 (1.818%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.818%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.818%) SalesLogix
2 1 (1.818%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.64%) SAN
2 12 (21.82%) iSCSI
2 12 (21.82%) Fibre Channel
3 10 (18.18%) VoIP
4 9 (16.36%) ISDN
4 9 (16.36%) H.323
4 9 (16.36%) Unified Communications
5 8 (14.55%) VLAN
5 8 (14.55%) MPLS
5 8 (14.55%) TCP/IP
6 4 (7.273%) NAS
7 3 (5.455%) LAN
7 3 (5.455%) WAN
7 3 (5.455%) DNS
7 3 (5.455%) Firewall
8 1 (1.818%) DHCP
8 1 (1.818%) HTTP
8 1 (1.818%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.818%) VPN
8 1 (1.818%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (34.55%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (14.55%) MySQL
3 7 (12.73%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (12.73%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (10.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.818%) OLAP
6 1 (1.818%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.818%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.818%) DTS
6 1 (1.818%) MS Access
6 1 (1.818%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.818%) EDRMS
6 1 (1.818%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.818%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (7.273%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.818%) InstallShield
General
1 20 (36.36%) Finance
2 9 (16.36%) Banking
3 5 (9.091%) Back Office
4 4 (7.273%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.636%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.636%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.818%) Front Office
6 1 (1.818%) Advertising
6 1 (1.818%) Publishing
6 1 (1.818%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.818%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Architect
2 7 (12.73%) Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) Consultant
4 5 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (9.091%) Developer
4 5 (9.091%) Solutions Consultant
5 4 (7.273%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.273%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (5.455%) Network Engineer
6 3 (5.455%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (5.455%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.455%) .NET Developer
6 3 (5.455%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.455%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.455%) Windows Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.636%) Agile .NET Developer
7 2 (3.636%) Market Data Administrator
7 2 (3.636%) Senior Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.636%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.82%) Mathematics
2 10 (18.18%) Replication
3 9 (16.36%) Physics
3 9 (16.36%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (9.091%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.455%) Clustering
5 3 (5.455%) Derivative
6 2 (3.636%) SWIFT
6 2 (3.636%) RIA
6 2 (3.636%) Equities
6 2 (3.636%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (3.636%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.818%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (1.818%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.818%) E-Learning
7 1 (1.818%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.818%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.818%) iPhone
7 1 (1.818%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.818%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (58.18%) Windows
2 29 (52.73%) Linux
3 15 (27.27%) UNIX
4 12 (21.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (16.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (14.55%) Debian
7 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (9.091%) Solaris
9 4 (7.273%) Android
10 3 (5.455%) Mac OS X
10 3 (5.455%) Apple iOS
10 3 (5.455%) Windows 7
11 2 (3.636%) Windows XP
11 2 (3.636%) Windows 8
11 2 (3.636%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (1.818%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.91%) Load Balancing
2 14 (25.45%) Product Management
3 8 (14.55%) Data Management
4 6 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (10.91%) Project Management
5 4 (7.273%) Multithreading
5 4 (7.273%) TDD
5 4 (7.273%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (5.455%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.455%) Service Management
6 3 (5.455%) Workflow
6 3 (5.455%) Network Design
6 3 (5.455%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (5.455%) Network Architecture
6 3 (5.455%) Investment Management
7 2 (3.636%) Waterfall
7 2 (3.636%) Unit Testing
7 2 (3.636%) Document Management
7 2 (3.636%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (3.636%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) SQL
2 7 (12.73%) PowerShell
3 6 (10.91%) Python
4 4 (7.273%) Bash shell
4 4 (7.273%) Perl
5 3 (5.455%) PL/SQL
5 3 (5.455%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.455%) VBScript
5 3 (5.455%) IronPython
6 2 (3.636%) VB.NET
6 2 (3.636%) VBA
6 2 (3.636%) Java
6 2 (3.636%) C#
6 2 (3.636%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.818%) C
7 1 (1.818%) VB
7 1 (1.818%) Korn
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Degree
2 3 (5.455%) CCIE
2 3 (5.455%) CCNP
2 3 (5.455%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.636%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.636%) CCNA
4 1 (1.818%) Microsoft Certified Architect
4 1 (1.818%) MCSE
4 1 (1.818%) MCDBA
4 1 (1.818%) PMP
4 1 (1.818%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.818%) MCITP
4 1 (1.818%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.818%) MCTS
4 1 (1.818%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.18%) SLA
2 3 (5.455%) QA
System Software
1 14 (25.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (21.82%) NFS
3 10 (18.18%) Hyper-V
4 9 (16.36%) vSphere
5 5 (9.091%) Active Directory
5 5 (9.091%) XenServer
6 4 (7.273%) Xen
7 1 (1.818%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.818%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.818%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.818%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (12.73%) NetBackup
2 2 (3.636%) SCCM
2 2 (3.636%) SCOM
3 1 (1.818%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.818%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.818%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.818%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) VMware
2 14 (25.45%) Oracle
3 9 (16.36%) Acme Packet
4 5 (9.091%) Mercator
4 5 (9.091%) EMC
4 5 (9.091%) Citrix
4 5 (9.091%) NetApp
4 5 (9.091%) Veritas
5 3 (5.455%) Cisco
5 3 (5.455%) HP
5 3 (5.455%) Apple
5 3 (5.455%) Google
6 2 (3.636%) Altiris
6 2 (3.636%) Symantec
6 2 (3.636%) IBM
6 2 (3.636%) Unisys
6 2 (3.636%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.818%) F5
7 1 (1.818%) SAP
7 1 (1.818%) Siebel