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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the East of England 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008		Same period last year
Rank810
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads18701911
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.035 %0.801 %
As % of the category below35.59 %34.90 %
Salaries quoted16371646
Average minimum salary£33,840£34,265
Average salary£36,574£36,984
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Average maximum salary£39,308£39,703
UK excluding London average salary£35,406£35,568
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads52545476
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.907 %2.296 %
Salaries quoted45184624
Average minimum salary£36,397£36,718
Average salary£39,278£40,064
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Average maximum salary£42,158£43,410
UK excluding London average salary£40,138£41,870
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
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 5 September 2008.

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 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		Average Salary
Last 3 Months		Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireDown-2596£33,785-4.39 %
HertfordshireDown-3562£41,851+8.48 %
EssexDown-2389£35,366-9.35 %
SuffolkUp+3164£36,700+8.93 %
BedfordshireUp+2105£37,452+17.40 %
NorfolkUp+1185£25,256-19.14 %
East AngliaDown-63£32,500-20.40 %
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

11645 (42.06 %).NET
21489 (38.07 %)SQL Server
31456 (37.23 %)Windows
41401 (35.82 %)MS Excel
51279 (32.70 %)C#
61019 (26.05 %)SQL
7748 (19.13 %)Microsoft Certification
8732 (18.72 %)ASP.NET
9614 (15.70 %)XML
10606 (15.49 %)Windows Server 2003
11593 (15.16 %)Active Directory
12585 (14.96 %)MS Office
13538 (13.76 %)Degree
14506 (12.94 %)SQL Server 2005
15482 (12.32 %)VB.NET
16424 (10.84 %)Finance
17422 (10.79 %)MS Exchange
18413 (10.56 %)OO
19383 (9.793 %)VB
20358 (9.154 %)Project Management
21350 (8.949 %)Visual Studio
22340 (8.693 %)MCSE
23338 (8.642 %)IIS
24322 (8.233 %)C++
25320 (8.182 %).NET Framework
26318 (8.131 %)Citrix
27317 (8.105 %)SQL Server 2000
28315 (8.054 %)WebServices
29311 (7.952 %)Oracle
30300 (7.671 %)Windows XP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
11645 (42.06 %).NET
2732 (18.72 %)ASP.NET
3614 (15.70 %)XML
4320 (8.182 %).NET Framework
5315 (8.054 %)WebServices
6241 (6.162 %)HTML
7232 (5.932 %)WinForms
8180 (4.602 %)ASP
9176 (4.500 %)AJAX
10149 (3.810 %)CSS
11118 (3.017 %)COM
1296 (2.455 %)J2EE
1392 (2.352 %)XSLT
1479 (2.020 %)XHTML
1575 (1.918 %)MFC
1666 (1.688 %)XSL
1763 (1.611 %)WCF
1857 (1.457 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1950 (1.278 %)WPF
2045 (1.151 %)Silverlight
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1422 (10.79 %)MS Exchange
2338 (8.642 %)IIS
3236 (6.034 %)BizTalk Server
4213 (5.446 %)SharePoint
5193 (4.935 %)Exchange Server 2003
667 (1.713 %)Lotus Notes
766 (1.688 %)Exchange Server 2000
858 (1.483 %)SharePoint Server 2007
952 (1.330 %)Exchange Server 2007
1044 (1.125 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1129 (0.741 %)Apache
1227 (0.690 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1326 (0.665 %)SAS
1422 (0.563 %)Office Communications Server
1517 (0.435 %)CMS
1615 (0.384 %)Lotus Domino
1714 (0.358 %)ColdFusion
1810 (0.256 %)Office Project Server
199 (0.230 %)MTS
199 (0.230 %)Oracle Application Server
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11401 (35.82 %)MS Excel
2585 (14.96 %)MS Office
3113 (2.889 %)MS Visio
3113 (2.889 %)MS Project
444 (1.125 %)MS PowerPoint
527 (0.690 %)Spreadsheet
623 (0.588 %)Photoshop
714 (0.358 %)Acrobat
812 (0.307 %)SPSS
98 (0.205 %)AutoCAD
107 (0.179 %)CA Clarity
114 (0.102 %)Fireworks
114 (0.102 %)PrintSoft PReS
121 (0.026 %)InfoPath
121 (0.026 %)MATLAB
121 (0.026 %)Paint Shop Pro
121 (0.026 %)3ds Max
121 (0.026 %)Adobe Illustrator
121 (0.026 %)InDesign
East of England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
141 (1.048 %)Dynamics NAV
238 (0.972 %)Navision
337 (0.946 %)Dynamics AX
431 (0.793 %)Axapta
529 (0.741 %)Dynamics CRM
618 (0.460 %)SoftGrid
715 (0.384 %)Great Plains
813 (0.332 %)Oracle EBS
912 (0.307 %)Line 500
1011 (0.281 %)Oracle Financials
1110 (0.256 %)Microsoft CRM
129 (0.230 %)Oracle 11i
129 (0.230 %)Oracle Applications
138 (0.205 %)SAP Business One
146 (0.153 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
146 (0.153 %)Summit
146 (0.153 %)Pegasus Opera
155 (0.128 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
155 (0.128 %)Dynamics GP
155 (0.128 %)Remedy AR System
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1268 (6.852 %)Internet
2231 (5.906 %)TCP/IP
3223 (5.702 %)DNS
4177 (4.526 %)WAN
5161 (4.117 %)SAN
6147 (3.759 %)LAN
7146 (3.733 %)DHCP
8136 (3.477 %)Firewall
999 (2.531 %)VPN
1066 (1.688 %)HTTP
1142 (1.074 %)Network Security
1238 (0.972 %)Wireless
1330 (0.767 %)SMTP
1429 (0.741 %)Intranet
1524 (0.614 %)FTP
1622 (0.563 %)VoIP
1717 (0.435 %)RFID
1815 (0.384 %)IPCC
1815 (0.384 %)Cisco PIX
1911 (0.281 %)SSH
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11489 (38.07 %)SQL Server
2506 (12.94 %)SQL Server 2005
3317 (8.105 %)SQL Server 2000
4107 (2.736 %)Crystal Reports
596 (2.455 %)SQL Server Integration Services
681 (2.071 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
779 (2.020 %)MS Access
868 (1.739 %)MySQL
966 (1.688 %)DTS
966 (1.688 %)RDBMS
1056 (1.432 %)Datawarehouse
1147 (1.202 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1236 (0.920 %)Oracle 10g
1332 (0.818 %)Oracle 8/8i
1332 (0.818 %)Oracle 9i
1431 (0.793 %)OLAP
1529 (0.741 %)Oracle Reports
1628 (0.716 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1628 (0.716 %)SQL Server 2008
1722 (0.563 %)GIS
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1350 (8.949 %)Visual Studio
263 (1.611 %)VSS/SourceSafe
335 (0.895 %)MSI
426 (0.665 %)MorphX
426 (0.665 %)Visual Studio Team System
523 (0.588 %)AdminStudio
621 (0.537 %)WinRunner
717 (0.435 %)Flash
816 (0.409 %)Dreamweaver
915 (0.384 %)ClearQuest
915 (0.384 %)Subversion
1013 (0.332 %)TestDirector
1111 (0.281 %)InstallShield
1210 (0.256 %)Eclipse
139 (0.230 %)Oracle Forms
147 (0.179 %)LoadRunner
156 (0.153 %)QuickTest Pro
156 (0.153 %)C++Builder
156 (0.153 %)QARun
165 (0.128 %)TestPartner
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1424 (10.84 %)Finance
2247 (6.316 %)Retail
3243 (6.213 %)Pensions
4207 (5.293 %)Health
5164 (4.193 %)Insurance
6139 (3.554 %)Telecoms
7104 (2.659 %)Pharmaceutical
881 (2.071 %)Manufacturing
980 (2.046 %)Education
1078 (1.994 %)Banking
1170 (1.790 %)Back Office
1257 (1.457 %)Government
1345 (1.151 %)Publishing
1443 (1.099 %)Electronics
1542 (1.074 %)Marketing
1634 (0.869 %)Automotive
1731 (0.793 %)Billing
1826 (0.665 %)Multimedia
1826 (0.665 %)Legal
1923 (0.588 %)Construction
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11214 (31.04 %)Developer
2632 (16.16 %)Analyst
3464 (11.86 %).NET Developer
4307 (7.850 %)C# Developer
5235 (6.009 %)Support Analyst
6226 (5.779 %)Consultant
7200 (5.114 %)Software Developer
8195 (4.986 %)Support Engineer
9161 (4.117 %)Senior Developer
10157 (4.014 %)Web Developer
11149 (3.810 %)Programmer
12142 (3.631 %)Administrator
13139 (3.554 %)Software Engineer
14129 (3.298 %)Architect
15125 (3.196 %)Project Manager
16110 (2.813 %)Team Leader
17109 (2.787 %)Applications Support
1890 (2.301 %)DBA
1987 (2.224 %)Senior Analyst
2082 (2.097 %)Support Technician
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1136 (3.477 %)Computer Science
289 (2.276 %)Mathematics
378 (1.994 %)Clustering
462 (1.585 %)Management Information System
557 (1.457 %)N-Tier
638 (0.972 %)Client/Server
638 (0.972 %)Device Driver
737 (0.946 %)Data Protection Act
836 (0.920 %)AS400
932 (0.818 %)Mainframe
1027 (0.690 %)Statistics
1124 (0.614 %)Multithreading
1220 (0.511 %)Fat Client
1220 (0.511 %)Thin Client
1319 (0.486 %)Physics
1418 (0.460 %)Replication
1514 (0.358 %)EPoS
1514 (0.358 %)Web 2.0
1613 (0.332 %)W3C
1613 (0.332 %)Blackberry
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11456 (37.23 %)Windows
2606 (15.49 %)Windows Server 2003
3300 (7.671 %)Windows XP
4213 (5.446 %)Windows 2000 Server
5206 (5.267 %)Linux
6198 (5.063 %)Windows 2000
7166 (4.244 %)Windows Vista
8160 (4.091 %)UNIX
964 (1.636 %)Windows Server 2008
1039 (0.997 %)AIX
1133 (0.844 %)NetWare
1231 (0.793 %)Solaris
1323 (0.588 %)Windows Mobile
1410 (0.256 %)Windows NT
155 (0.128 %)HPUX
155 (0.128 %)Mac OS X
155 (0.128 %)Red Hat Linux
164 (0.102 %)Windows CE
173 (0.077 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
182 (0.051 %)Embedded Linux
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1413 (10.56 %)OO
2358 (9.154 %)Project Management
3205 (5.242 %)UML
4161 (4.117 %)Web Development
5133 (3.401 %)ITIL
6117 (2.992 %)Business Intelligence
7112 (2.864 %)ERP
8106 (2.710 %)E-Commerce
9102 (2.608 %)Scrum
1097 (2.480 %)Agile Software Development
1196 (2.455 %)OOD
1292 (2.352 %)PRINCE2
1387 (2.224 %)Change Management
1476 (1.943 %)Software Engineering
1566 (1.688 %)OOP
1665 (1.662 %)Business Analysis
1761 (1.560 %)Service Delivery
1859 (1.509 %)CRM
1957 (1.457 %)Migration
2053 (1.355 %)TDD
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11279 (32.70 %)C#
21019 (26.05 %)SQL
3482 (12.32 %)VB.NET
4383 (9.793 %)VB
5322 (8.233 %)C++
6244 (6.239 %)JavaScript
7236 (6.034 %)Java
8156 (3.989 %)C
9147 (3.759 %)Transact-SQL
10107 (2.736 %)VBA
11105 (2.685 %)PHP
12100 (2.557 %)VB6
1376 (1.943 %)VBScript
1457 (1.457 %)Delphi
1550 (1.278 %)DHTML
1645 (1.151 %)X++
1737 (0.946 %)Perl
1836 (0.920 %)RPG
1932 (0.818 %)PL/SQL
2022 (0.563 %)VC++
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1748 (19.13 %)Microsoft Certification
2538 (13.76 %)Degree
3340 (8.693 %)MCSE
4176 (4.500 %)MCP
5106 (2.710 %)MCSD
669 (1.764 %)Cisco Certification
762 (1.585 %)MCSA
846 (1.176 %)CCNA
939 (0.997 %)MCAD
1029 (0.741 %)Citrix Certification
1122 (0.563 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1219 (0.486 %)ITIL Certification
1219 (0.486 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1318 (0.460 %)ISEB
1416 (0.409 %)MCDBA
1515 (0.384 %)CCVP
1613 (0.332 %)CCNP
1712 (0.307 %)MCDST
1810 (0.256 %)CCA
199 (0.230 %)HND
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
195 (2.429 %)SLA
249 (1.253 %)QA
314 (0.358 %)ISO27001
48 (0.205 %)21 CFR Part 11
48 (0.205 %)ISO9000
54 (0.102 %)ISO8583
63 (0.077 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
72 (0.051 %)BS15000
72 (0.051 %)WAI
72 (0.051 %)DICOM
72 (0.051 %)ISO/IEC 20000
72 (0.051 %)JTAG
81 (0.026 %)WCAG
81 (0.026 %)GxP
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1593 (15.16 %)Active Directory
286 (2.199 %)VMware Infrastructure
344 (1.125 %)ISA Server
431 (0.793 %)VMware ESX
529 (0.741 %)Terminal Services
628 (0.716 %)Citrix Presentation Server
726 (0.665 %)NetBackup
821 (0.537 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
821 (0.537 %)Terminal Server
917 (0.435 %)Xen
1015 (0.384 %)Backup Exec
1113 (0.332 %)MetaFrame
127 (0.179 %)VMware Server
133 (0.077 %)Oracle RMAN
142 (0.051 %)MSMQ
142 (0.051 %)VMware Workstation
151 (0.026 %)Samba
151 (0.026 %)Oracle RAC
East of England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
155 (1.406 %)MOM
249 (1.253 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
342 (1.074 %)OpenView
427 (0.690 %)ZENworks
521 (0.537 %)SCOM
614 (0.358 %)OpenView Configuration Management
76 (0.153 %)SCCM
76 (0.153 %)Tivoli
84 (0.102 %)HP Data Protector
92 (0.051 %)WSUS
101 (0.026 %)BMC PATROL
101 (0.026 %)ARCserve
101 (0.026 %)Netcool
101 (0.026 %)Norton AntiVirus
101 (0.026 %)OVSD
101 (0.026 %)NNM
101 (0.026 %)OVOW
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1318 (8.131 %)Citrix
2311 (7.952 %)Oracle
3225 (5.753 %)Cisco
4200 (5.114 %)VMware
583 (2.122 %)HP
675 (1.918 %)Lotus
757 (1.457 %)IBM
757 (1.457 %)Novell
848 (1.227 %)VERITAS
938 (0.972 %)Sun
1036 (0.920 %)Sage
1036 (0.920 %)Remedy
1133 (0.844 %)SAP
1230 (0.767 %)Adobe
1326 (0.665 %)CheckPoint
1424 (0.614 %)EMC
1424 (0.614 %)Intel
1523 (0.588 %)Macrovision
1622 (0.563 %)Cognos
1721 (0.537 %)Dell
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