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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 East Anglia 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 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank116
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads316
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.007 %
As % of the category below11.54 %31.37 %
Salaries quoted36
Average minimum salary£32,000£35,833
Average salary£32,500£40,833
% change on same period last year-20.40 %
Average maximum salary£33,000£45,833
UK excluding London average salary£35,367£35,655
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
East Anglia IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
East Anglia
Matching permanent IT job ads2651
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.021 %
Salaries quoted1628
Average minimum salary£40,931£37,743
Average salary£42,017£41,700
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Average maximum salary£43,103£45,657
UK excluding London average salary£40,005£41,895
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
Microsoft East of EnglandMicrosoft
East of England

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 beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the East Anglia region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East Anglia Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the East Anglia region.

East Anglia Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the East Anglia 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.

15 (55.56 %)MS Excel
24 (44.44 %)SQL Server
24 (44.44 %)Active Directory
33 (33.33 %).NET
33 (33.33 %)C#
33 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
42 (22.22 %)Health
42 (22.22 %)AJAX
42 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (22.22 %)Network Security
42 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
42 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
42 (22.22 %)SQL
42 (22.22 %)Oracle
42 (22.22 %)Windows
42 (22.22 %)DNS
51 (11.11 %)Cisco
51 (11.11 %)OOP
51 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
51 (11.11 %)Borland
51 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (11.11 %)ISA Server
51 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
51 (11.11 %)MS Office
51 (11.11 %)VB.NET
51 (11.11 %)C++
51 (11.11 %)C
51 (11.11 %)XML
51 (11.11 %)PRINCE2

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the East Anglia 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.

East Anglia IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (33.33 %).NET
13 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
22 (22.22 %)AJAX
31 (11.11 %)WCF
31 (11.11 %)WPF
31 (11.11 %)XML
East Anglia IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
East Anglia IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (55.56 %)MS Excel
21 (11.11 %)Paint Shop Pro
21 (11.11 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (11.11 %)MS Office
East Anglia IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)DNS
12 (22.22 %)Network Security
21 (11.11 %)VoIP
21 (11.11 %)VPN
East Anglia IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)SQL Server
22 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
31 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
East Anglia IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
21 (11.11 %)C++Builder
East Anglia IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Health
21 (11.11 %)Military
21 (11.11 %)Pensions
21 (11.11 %)Avionics
21 (11.11 %)Finance
21 (11.11 %)Construction
East Anglia IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Analyst
13 (33.33 %)Support Analyst
22 (22.22 %)1st Line Support
22 (22.22 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %)1st Line Support Analyst
22 (22.22 %).NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)C# Developer
31 (11.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)Junior Project Manager
31 (11.11 %)Senior C# Developer
31 (11.11 %)Senior .NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)IT Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Senior Developer
31 (11.11 %)Software Developer
31 (11.11 %)Project Manager
31 (11.11 %)Junior
31 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
East Anglia IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Client/Server
11 (11.11 %)N-Tier
East Anglia IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)Windows XP
21 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
21 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2008
East Anglia IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
21 (11.11 %)OOP
21 (11.11 %)Migration
21 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
East Anglia IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)C#
22 (22.22 %)SQL
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET
31 (11.11 %)C++
31 (11.11 %)C
East Anglia IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (44.44 %)Active Directory
21 (11.11 %)ISA Server
East Anglia IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)Cisco
21 (11.11 %)Borland