The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Durham 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 Durham 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 6 10 3
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 15 17 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 19.23% 11.89% 20.19%
As % of the Vendors category 71.43% 23.29% 43.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 11
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,850 £20,800 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £64,250 £32,880
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21 73 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 26.92% 51.05% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17 69 31
Average salary £38,750 £29,000 £32,880
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.62% -11.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,500 £24,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
North East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Durham 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 Durham region over the 3 months to 23 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
Darlington +8 8 £45,000 +55.17%
Hartlepool 0 1 £17,500 -18.60%
Microsoft
North East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 12 (41.38%) TCP/IP
3 11 (37.93%) MS Excel
4 10 (34.48%) MS Office
5 9 (31.03%) .NET
6 8 (27.59%) C#
6 8 (27.59%) SQL
7 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (24.14%) SQL Server
7 7 (24.14%) Cisco
8 6 (20.69%) MCSE
8 6 (20.69%) C
8 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET
8 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
8 6 (20.69%) VLAN
9 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
9 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
9 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
9 5 (17.24%) VMware
9 5 (17.24%) MCDST
9 5 (17.24%) Linux
9 5 (17.24%) HNC
9 5 (17.24%) HND
9 5 (17.24%) MS Exchange
9 5 (17.24%) VoIP
10 4 (13.79%) WAN
10 4 (13.79%) VPN
10 4 (13.79%) LAN
10 4 (13.79%) Thin Client

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 9 (31.03%) .NET
2 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET
3 2 (6.897%) HTML
3 2 (6.897%) Web Services
3 2 (6.897%) Middleware
3 2 (6.897%) WCF
3 2 (6.897%) WPF
4 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.448%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.448%) jQuery
4 1 (3.448%) CSS
4 1 (3.448%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) MS Exchange
2 2 (6.897%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.448%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.448%) Lync
3 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 11 (37.93%) MS Excel
2 10 (34.48%) MS Office
3 2 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (3.448%) AutoCAD
4 1 (3.448%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) TCP/IP
2 6 (20.69%) VLAN
3 5 (17.24%) VoIP
4 4 (13.79%) WAN
4 4 (13.79%) VPN
4 4 (13.79%) LAN
4 4 (13.79%) Firewall
5 3 (10.34%) Internet
6 2 (6.897%) Modbus
6 2 (6.897%) Unified Communications
6 2 (6.897%) IPv4
6 2 (6.897%) MPLS
6 2 (6.897%) OSPF
6 2 (6.897%) BGP
6 2 (6.897%) EIGRP
6 2 (6.897%) Wireless
7 1 (3.448%) DNS
7 1 (3.448%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (24.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (6.897%) RDBMS
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
1 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
2 4 (13.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Support Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Field Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Field Service Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Support
4 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) .NET Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.897%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.897%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Head of Development
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Thin Client
1 4 (13.79%) Fat Client
2 2 (6.897%) W3C
2 2 (6.897%) Statistics
2 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.448%) BBC
3 1 (3.448%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Linux
3 4 (13.79%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.897%) Windows XP
4 2 (6.897%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (6.897%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.79%) Unit Testing
2 3 (10.34%) ITIL
3 2 (6.897%) OO
3 2 (6.897%) SOA
3 2 (6.897%) ERP
3 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (6.897%) Data Analysis
3 2 (6.897%) Software Engineering
3 2 (6.897%) Integration Testing
3 2 (6.897%) Multithreading
4 1 (3.448%) Data Protection
4 1 (3.448%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (3.448%) Incident Management
4 1 (3.448%) Data Management
4 1 (3.448%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.448%) Network Design
4 1 (3.448%) MVC
4 1 (3.448%) MOF
4 1 (3.448%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) C#
1 8 (27.59%) SQL
2 6 (20.69%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (20.69%) MCSE
3 5 (17.24%) MCDST
3 5 (17.24%) HNC
3 5 (17.24%) HND
4 2 (6.897%) MCTS
4 2 (6.897%) MCITP
4 2 (6.897%) Degree
5 1 (3.448%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.448%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.448%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) SCCM
1 1 (3.448%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Cisco
2 5 (17.24%) VMware
3 2 (6.897%) Citrix
4 1 (3.448%) HP
4 1 (3.448%) EMC
4 1 (3.448%) CommVault
4 1 (3.448%) NetApp
4 1 (3.448%) Symantec
4 1 (3.448%) 3PAR
Darlington, County Durham
Design and Development of solutions based on a SharePoint 2010 platform. Management / Administration / Improvement of existing SharePoint provision... Strong SharePoint, .Net and SQL Server experience... Experience of MS...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Durham, County Durham
Monitor the helpdesk for new cases during office hours - Assist with answering the helpdesk phone - Resolve helpdesk requests - Update the IT management databases - Respond to system failures - Mange...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: From £9.62 to £9.62 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
County Durham, North East
Due to the growth of the business, they require a Desktop Support Analyst to work on a Part-time basis (9am-1pm, Mon-Fri) in their impressive premises...
Salary: £20000.00 - £22000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland
As a Service Desk Advisor you will be required to work in a Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP environment and be responsible to provide 1st line...
Alexander Mann Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 30 April 2013
County Durham
Beneficial skills and experience: - Commercial experience with WCF, ASP.NET Web Forms, MS SQL Server Reporting Services, HTML5, CSS3, TFS, and Jira... - Industry recognised qualifications, such as Microsoft...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 21 May 2013
County Durham
Requirements analysis... Required skills and experience: - A degree in a relevant discipline - At least 3 years commercial development experience (at least 1-2 years specifically in .NET web...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 21 May 2013