Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the East of England region.

 Microsoft
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank988
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads7418401914
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England12.57 %13.00 %14.74 %
As % of the Vendors category34.39 %33.24 %37.63 %
Salaries quoted6817081658
Average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£21,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£49,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,500£33,500
% change year-on-year
+4.470 %-
East of England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
215525275087
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England36.57 %39.09 %39.17 %
Salaries quoted170320964288
Average salary£37,500£37,500£37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+1.350 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£54,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireUp+1274£32,500-7.14 %
HertfordshireUp+1258£40,000+5.26 %
EssexDown-4105£32,250-0.76 %
SuffolkDown-758£30,000-7.69 %
BedfordshireDown-146£37,500+18.11 %
NorfolkUp+224£28,088-12.89 %
East AngliaDown-41£57,500+27.77 %
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1575 (45.38 %)Windows
2526 (41.52 %)SQL Server
3516 (40.73 %).NET
4480 (37.88 %)MS Excel
5448 (35.36 %)SQL
6358 (28.26 %)C#
7222 (17.52 %)Windows Server 2003
8198 (15.63 %)ASP.NET
9197 (15.55 %)Microsoft Certification
10180 (14.21 %)Degree
11174 (13.73 %)Active Directory
12172 (13.58 %)SQL Server 2005
13168 (13.26 %)XML
14153 (12.08 %)MS Exchange
15142 (11.21 %)Windows XP
16140 (11.05 %)VMware
17134 (10.58 %)AJAX
18133 (10.50 %)VB.NET
19132 (10.42 %)SharePoint
20131 (10.34 %)HTML
21128 (10.10 %)Web Services
22127 (10.02 %)MS Office
23120 (9.471 %)IIS
24103 (8.129 %)C++
24103 (8.129 %)Web Development
25102 (8.051 %)SQL Server 2000
26101 (7.972 %)MCSE
27100 (7.893 %)OO
2899 (7.814 %)VMware Infrastructure
2993 (7.340 %)CRM

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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 of England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1516 (40.73 %).NET
2198 (15.63 %)ASP.NET
3168 (13.26 %)XML
4134 (10.58 %)AJAX
5131 (10.34 %)HTML
6128 (10.10 %)Web Services
782 (6.472 %).NET Framework
881 (6.393 %)WCF
881 (6.393 %)CSS
948 (3.788 %)Middleware
1045 (3.552 %)ASP
1045 (3.552 %)Silverlight
1141 (3.236 %)WF
1235 (2.762 %)Flash
1331 (2.447 %)XHTML
1429 (2.289 %)WPF
1527 (2.131 %)J2EE
1625 (1.973 %)LINQ
1722 (1.736 %)NHibernate
1820 (1.579 %)MonoRail
East of England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1153 (12.08 %)MS Exchange
2132 (10.42 %)SharePoint
3120 (9.471 %)IIS
446 (3.631 %)Exchange Server 2003
544 (3.473 %)Exchange Server 2007
544 (3.473 %)CMS
643 (3.394 %)BizTalk Server
740 (3.157 %)EPiServer
834 (2.684 %)SharePoint Server 2007
923 (1.815 %)Apache
1010 (0.789 %)Tomcat
119 (0.710 %)Umbraco
128 (0.631 %)Lotus Domino
137 (0.552 %)ColdFusion
146 (0.474 %)WebLogic
146 (0.474 %)Lotus Notes
146 (0.474 %)SAS
154 (0.316 %)NetWeaver
154 (0.316 %)LiveLink
161 (0.079 %)Exchange Server 2000
East of England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1480 (37.88 %)MS Excel
2127 (10.02 %)MS Office
316 (1.263 %)MS PowerPoint
415 (1.184 %)MS Visio
514 (1.105 %)Photoshop
612 (0.947 %)MS Project
79 (0.710 %)SPSS
84 (0.316 %)Pro/ENGINEER
84 (0.316 %)PrintSoft PReS
93 (0.237 %)Spreadsheet
93 (0.237 %)RoboHelp
102 (0.158 %)Fireworks
111 (0.079 %)ArcInfo
111 (0.079 %)Acrobat
East of England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
148 (3.788 %)Dynamics CRM
230 (2.368 %)Microsoft CRM
328 (2.210 %)Dynamics AX
424 (1.894 %)Dynamics NAV
523 (1.815 %)Navision
615 (1.184 %)SoftGrid
712 (0.947 %)Axapta
810 (0.789 %)Line 50
99 (0.710 %)Dynamics GP
107 (0.552 %)SalesLogix
116 (0.474 %)Pivotal CRM
124 (0.316 %)Great Plains
124 (0.316 %)Google Analytics
132 (0.158 %)SAP R/3
132 (0.158 %)Oracle EBS
141 (0.079 %)Metrica
141 (0.079 %)JDE OneWorld
141 (0.079 %)GoldMine
141 (0.079 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
159 (4.657 %)DNS
256 (4.420 %)Firewall
353 (4.183 %)SAN
450 (3.946 %)Internet
549 (3.867 %)Intranet
647 (3.710 %)DHCP
742 (3.315 %)LAN
838 (2.999 %)TCP/IP
931 (2.447 %)WAN
1022 (1.736 %)VPN
1120 (1.579 %)NAS
1218 (1.421 %)VoIP
1317 (1.342 %)SMTP
1410 (0.789 %)Network Security
158 (0.631 %)VLAN
158 (0.631 %)MPLS
164 (0.316 %)Wireless
164 (0.316 %)iSCSI
173 (0.237 %)Cisco PIX
173 (0.237 %)Extranet
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1526 (41.52 %)SQL Server
2172 (13.58 %)SQL Server 2005
3102 (8.051 %)SQL Server 2000
482 (6.472 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
579 (6.235 %)MySQL
675 (5.919 %)SQL Server Integration Services
772 (5.683 %)SQL Server 2008
847 (3.710 %)Crystal Reports
943 (3.394 %)Datawarehouse
1032 (2.526 %)DTS
1032 (2.526 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1122 (1.736 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1221 (1.657 %)MS Access
1221 (1.657 %)Oracle 8/8i
1320 (1.579 %)Oracle 10g
1417 (1.342 %)OLAP
1511 (0.868 %)Oracle 11g
1610 (0.789 %)Oracle Reports
1610 (0.789 %)Data Mining
178 (0.631 %)ETL
East of England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
156 (4.420 %)Visual Studio
230 (2.368 %)NUnit
319 (1.500 %)InstallShield
415 (1.184 %)WatiN
511 (0.868 %)Expression Blend
511 (0.868 %)Oracle Forms
610 (0.789 %)ProC
79 (0.710 %)TestComplete
88 (0.631 %)Dreamweaver
97 (0.552 %)Subversion
105 (0.395 %)TestPartner
105 (0.395 %)WATIR
105 (0.395 %)Selenium
105 (0.395 %)WinRunner
105 (0.395 %)LoadRunner
105 (0.395 %)Eclipse
114 (0.316 %)Ant
123 (0.237 %)Bugzilla
132 (0.158 %)CruiseControl
132 (0.158 %)QuickTest Pro
East of England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
187 (6.867 %)Finance
261 (4.815 %)Pensions
354 (4.262 %)Retail
451 (4.025 %)Health
547 (3.710 %)Education
631 (2.447 %)Telecoms
729 (2.289 %)Marketing
816 (1.263 %)Manufacturing
915 (1.184 %)Multimedia
1014 (1.105 %)Insurance
1112 (0.947 %)Construction
1112 (0.947 %)Back Office
1211 (0.868 %)Games
1310 (0.789 %)Animation
1310 (0.789 %)Publishing
146 (0.474 %)Government
146 (0.474 %)Electronics
146 (0.474 %)3D Graphics
155 (0.395 %)Law
155 (0.395 %)Advertising
East of England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1421 (33.23 %)Developer
2248 (19.57 %)Analyst
3161 (12.71 %).NET Developer
4119 (9.392 %)C# Developer
5116 (9.155 %)Support Analyst
6103 (8.129 %)Consultant
792 (7.261 %)Support Engineer
872 (5.683 %)Web Developer
957 (4.499 %)SQL Developer
1053 (4.183 %)Administrator
1152 (4.104 %)Programmer
1251 (4.025 %)Architect
1350 (3.946 %)Senior Developer
1447 (3.710 %)Technical Support
1539 (3.078 %)IT Support
1636 (2.841 %)3rd Line Support
1636 (2.841 %)Software Developer
1735 (2.762 %)Systems Administrator
1834 (2.684 %)DBA
1933 (2.605 %)SQL Server Developer
East of England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
139 (3.078 %)Mathematics
230 (2.368 %)Computer Science
324 (1.894 %)N-Tier
324 (1.894 %)Replication
423 (1.815 %)Clustering
522 (1.736 %)Tandem
619 (1.500 %)Blackberry
714 (1.105 %)Statistics
810 (0.789 %)Management Information System
810 (0.789 %)Firmware
99 (0.710 %)EPoS
99 (0.710 %)Client/Server
108 (0.631 %)NHS
117 (0.552 %)RIA
126 (0.474 %)Cloud Computing
134 (0.316 %)Visualisation
134 (0.316 %)Open Source
134 (0.316 %)Fat Client
134 (0.316 %)Thin Client
134 (0.316 %)AS400
East of England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1575 (45.38 %)Windows
2222 (17.52 %)Windows Server 2003
3142 (11.21 %)Windows XP
480 (6.314 %)Linux
573 (5.762 %)Windows Server 2008
672 (5.683 %)Windows 2000 Server
754 (4.262 %)Windows Vista
851 (4.025 %)UNIX
922 (1.736 %)Windows 2000
1017 (1.342 %)Windows 7
1112 (0.947 %)Red Hat Linux
1210 (0.789 %)Mac OS X
139 (0.710 %)Windows Mobile
148 (0.631 %)Solaris
157 (0.552 %)AIX
163 (0.237 %)HPUX
172 (0.158 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
181 (0.079 %)i5/OS
181 (0.079 %)Mac OS X Server
181 (0.079 %)Android
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1103 (8.129 %)Web Development
2100 (7.893 %)OO
393 (7.340 %)CRM
475 (5.919 %)ITIL
560 (4.736 %)Project Management
653 (4.183 %)Workflow
752 (4.104 %)TDD
848 (3.788 %)Agile Software Development
943 (3.394 %)Business Intelligence
1037 (2.920 %)Scrum
1136 (2.841 %)ERP
1234 (2.684 %)E-Commerce
1333 (2.605 %)PRINCE2
1333 (2.605 %)SOA
1333 (2.605 %)Disaster Recovery
1333 (2.605 %)Automated Testing
1430 (2.368 %)MVC
1526 (2.052 %)Content Management
1625 (1.973 %)Business Analysis
1625 (1.973 %)Migration
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1448 (35.36 %)SQL
2358 (28.26 %)C#
3133 (10.50 %)VB.NET
4103 (8.129 %)C++
578 (6.156 %)JavaScript
676 (5.998 %)VB
766 (5.209 %)T-SQL
858 (4.578 %)Java
952 (4.104 %)PHP
1051 (4.025 %)C
1127 (2.131 %)PL/SQL
1223 (1.815 %)VB6
1318 (1.421 %)VBScript
1416 (1.263 %)VBA
1511 (0.868 %)Shell Script
1511 (0.868 %)XAML
1610 (0.789 %)X++
177 (0.552 %)Delphi
186 (0.474 %)ActionScript
186 (0.474 %)ActionScript 3.0
East of England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1197 (15.55 %)Microsoft Certification
2180 (14.21 %)Degree
3101 (7.972 %)MCSE
452 (4.104 %)MCP
546 (3.631 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
628 (2.210 %)HP ASE
727 (2.131 %)Cisco Certification
825 (1.973 %)CCNA
921 (1.657 %)MCSD
1020 (1.579 %)ISEB
1119 (1.500 %)Citrix Certification
1119 (1.500 %)CCEA
1218 (1.421 %)CCA
1218 (1.421 %)MCSA
1218 (1.421 %)VCP4
1317 (1.342 %)HP MASE
1317 (1.342 %)MCTS
1416 (1.263 %)MCAD
1514 (1.105 %)MCITP
1514 (1.105 %)Security Cleared
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
133 (2.605 %)QA
229 (2.289 %)SLA
314 (1.105 %)PCI DSS
46 (0.474 %)COBIT
55 (0.395 %)ISO27001
62 (0.158 %)ISO9001
71 (0.079 %)BS7799
71 (0.079 %)ISO17799
71 (0.079 %)ISO9000
East of England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1174 (13.73 %)Active Directory
299 (7.814 %)VMware Infrastructure
322 (1.736 %)vSphere
417 (1.342 %)XenApp
417 (1.342 %)XenServer
417 (1.342 %)XenDesktop
514 (1.105 %)VMware ESX
613 (1.026 %)Hyper-V
711 (0.868 %)Citrix Presentation Server
88 (0.631 %)Terminal Services
97 (0.552 %)ISA Server
97 (0.552 %)Oracle RMAN
97 (0.552 %)Xen
103 (0.237 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
103 (0.237 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.158 %)Oracle RAC
121 (0.079 %)Terminal Server
121 (0.079 %)VMware Server
East of England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
130 (2.368 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
130 (2.368 %)SCCM
225 (1.973 %)WSUS
324 (1.894 %)Backup Exec
414 (1.105 %)MSI
54 (0.316 %)OpenView Configuration Management
54 (0.316 %)Norton AntiVirus
54 (0.316 %)OSSEC
62 (0.158 %)Data Guard
62 (0.158 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
71 (0.079 %)BMC Marimba
71 (0.079 %)NetBackup
East of England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1140 (11.05 %)VMware
292 (7.261 %)Oracle
390 (7.103 %)Citrix
485 (6.709 %)Cisco
566 (5.209 %)HP
622 (1.736 %)Altiris
720 (1.579 %)SAP
818 (1.421 %)Dell
917 (1.342 %)Adobe
1016 (1.263 %)Sage
1016 (1.263 %)Sitecore
1114 (1.105 %)Symantec
1114 (1.105 %)NetApp
1213 (1.026 %)Apple
1213 (1.026 %)Google
1312 (0.947 %)LANDesk
1411 (0.868 %)IronPort
1411 (0.868 %)IBM
1510 (0.789 %)Red Hat
169 (0.710 %)EMC