The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Eastleigh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Eastleigh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 11 5 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 5 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Eastleigh 12.82% 23.53% -
As % of the Vendors category 20.83% 34.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 0
Average salary £41,500 £27,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.70% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Eastleigh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
24 35 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Eastleigh 61.54% 68.63% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22 33 27
Average salary £37,500 £55,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.81% +57.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,400 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £40,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Hampshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Eastleigh 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 Eastleigh region.

Eastleigh Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Eastleigh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Eastleigh Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Eastleigh 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 13 (81.25%) MS Excel
2 12 (75.00%) Degree
2 12 (75.00%) QA
3 11 (68.75%) MS Office
4 9 (56.25%) Quality Management
4 9 (56.25%) MS Visio
4 9 (56.25%) Six Sigma
4 9 (56.25%) Project Management
4 9 (56.25%) Lean Six Sigma
4 9 (56.25%) MS PowerPoint
4 9 (56.25%) MS Project
4 9 (56.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Retail
5 4 (25.00%) Windows
5 4 (25.00%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) .NET
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
6 3 (18.75%) C#
6 3 (18.75%) C++
6 3 (18.75%) HTML
6 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
6 3 (18.75%) COM
6 3 (18.75%) XML
6 3 (18.75%) XSL
6 3 (18.75%) SOA
6 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (18.75%) Workflow
6 3 (18.75%) Validation
6 3 (18.75%) WCF

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Eastleigh 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 3 (18.75%) .NET
1 3 (18.75%) HTML
1 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
1 3 (18.75%) COM
1 3 (18.75%) XML
1 3 (18.75%) XSL
1 3 (18.75%) WCF
1 3 (18.75%) WPF
2 1 (6.250%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (81.25%) MS Excel
2 11 (68.75%) MS Office
3 9 (56.25%) MS Visio
3 9 (56.25%) MS PowerPoint
3 9 (56.25%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) LAN
1 1 (6.250%) VoIP
1 1 (6.250%) WAN
1 1 (6.250%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) QA Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) C# Developer
3 3 (18.75%) QA Leader
3 3 (18.75%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (18.75%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Support
5 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Wintel Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) EPoS
2 1 (6.250%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) UNIX
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Quality Management
1 9 (56.25%) Six Sigma
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
1 9 (56.25%) Lean Six Sigma
1 9 (56.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (18.75%) SOA
2 3 (18.75%) Workflow
2 3 (18.75%) Validation
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (6.250%) Service Management
4 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.250%) Time Management
4 1 (6.250%) QMS
4 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
4 1 (6.250%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) C#
2 3 (18.75%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) MCP
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
2 1 (6.250%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) MCITP
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (6.250%) CCENT
2 1 (6.250%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.250%) XenApp
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco
2 1 (6.250%) SAP
2 1 (6.250%) VMware