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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 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank915
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads2411820763
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.76 %9.278 %
As % of the category below28.95 %23.67 %
Salaries quoted2079016997
Average minimum salary£34,661£36,142
Average salary£37,886£39,120
% change on same period last year-3.15 %
Average maximum salary£41,111£42,098
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors EnglandVendors
England
Matching permanent IT job ads8332187704
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled40.61 %39.19 %
Salaries quoted6820268260
Average minimum salary£40,285£41,832
Average salary£43,928£45,539
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Average maximum salary£47,572£49,247
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Microsoft UKMicrosoft
UK

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 starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

England Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the England region over the past 3 months.

England Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		Average Salary
Last 3 Months		Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1LondonUp+78583£43,695-2.54 %
2South EastUp+36290£37,503-1.81 %
3East of EnglandUp+32028£34,623-3.19 %
4North WestUp+51650£33,920-3.25 %
5YorkshireUp+41578£31,945+4.67 %
6South WestUp+41410£33,556+6.43 %
7West MidlandsUp+11278£30,742-0.48 %
8East MidlandsUp+31002£30,737+0.36 %
9MidlandsNo change0196£44,419-5.98 %
10North EastUp+1195£30,526+3.61 %
11South CoastUp+119£50,000+83.48 %
Microsoft UKMicrosoft
UK

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

117359 (36.45 %)MS Excel
216653 (34.97 %)Windows
315543 (32.64 %).NET
415120 (31.75 %)SQL Server
511131 (23.37 %)C#
611088 (23.28 %)SQL
79236 (19.39 %)MS Exchange
89154 (19.22 %)Microsoft Certification
98475 (17.79 %)Active Directory
108162 (17.14 %)ASP.NET
117689 (16.14 %)MS Office
127003 (14.70 %)Finance
136050 (12.70 %)XML
144999 (10.50 %)MCSE
154774 (10.02 %)SQL Server 2005
164691 (9.850 %)Degree
174609 (9.677 %)SharePoint
184237 (8.896 %)Exchange Server 2003
194173 (8.762 %)Oracle
204026 (8.453 %)Windows 2000
213937 (8.266 %)VB.NET
223915 (8.220 %)Citrix
233785 (7.947 %)HTML
243769 (7.914 %)VB
253693 (7.754 %)SQL Server 2000
263438 (7.219 %)Cisco
273393 (7.124 %)Project Management
283313 (6.956 %)TCP/IP
293299 (6.927 %)IIS
303285 (6.897 %)JavaScript

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
115543 (32.64 %).NET
28162 (17.14 %)ASP.NET
36050 (12.70 %)XML
43785 (7.947 %)HTML
52594 (5.447 %)ASP
62502 (5.253 %)WebServices
72427 (5.096 %)CSS
82276 (4.779 %).NET Framework
91290 (2.709 %)AJAX
101239 (2.602 %)WinForms
111060 (2.226 %)XSLT
12935 (1.963 %)XHTML
13904 (1.898 %)COM
14857 (1.799 %)J2EE
15515 (1.081 %)XSL
16497 (1.044 %)MFC
17492 (1.033 %)ADO.NET
18466 (0.978 %)SOAP
19465 (0.976 %)JSP
20423 (0.888 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
19236 (19.39 %)MS Exchange
24609 (9.677 %)SharePoint
34237 (8.896 %)Exchange Server 2003
43299 (6.927 %)IIS
52679 (5.625 %)Exchange Server 2000
62262 (4.750 %)BizTalk Server
71501 (3.152 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81145 (2.404 %)Exchange Server 2007
9984 (2.066 %)Lotus Notes
10773 (1.623 %)CMS
11476 (0.999 %)Apache
12390 (0.819 %)Exchange Server 5.5
13287 (0.603 %)WebLogic
14286 (0.601 %)SharePoint Portal Server
15241 (0.506 %)Tomcat
16239 (0.502 %)Content Management Server
17230 (0.483 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
18220 (0.462 %)JBoss
19217 (0.456 %)SAS
20209 (0.439 %)ColdFusion
Applications
117359 (36.45 %)MS Excel
27689 (16.14 %)MS Office
31328 (2.788 %)MS Project
41022 (2.146 %)MS PowerPoint
5967 (2.030 %)MS Visio
6446 (0.936 %)Photoshop
7182 (0.382 %)Adobe Illustrator
8178 (0.374 %)InfoPath
9113 (0.237 %)Acrobat
1094 (0.197 %)Fireworks
1185 (0.178 %)AutoCAD
1272 (0.151 %)SPSS
1355 (0.115 %)RoboHelp
1452 (0.109 %)MATLAB
1548 (0.101 %)Paint Shop Pro
1642 (0.088 %)CA Clarity
1737 (0.078 %)QuarkXPress
1826 (0.055 %)InDesign
1921 (0.044 %)DeltaView
2016 (0.034 %)FrameMaker
Business Applications
11103 (2.316 %)Dynamics CRM
21074 (2.255 %)Microsoft CRM
3707 (1.484 %)Dynamics AX
4704 (1.478 %)Navision
5649 (1.363 %)Axapta
6616 (1.293 %)Dynamics NAV
7222 (0.466 %)Great Plains
8191 (0.401 %)Dynamics GP
9108 (0.227 %)Pivotal CRM
1091 (0.191 %)GoldMine
1185 (0.178 %)Summit
1279 (0.166 %)SalesLogix
1369 (0.145 %)Oracle Financials
1465 (0.136 %)Oracle EBS
1465 (0.136 %)SAP Business One
1562 (0.130 %)Oracle Applications
1653 (0.111 %)SoftGrid
1653 (0.111 %)Line 500
1751 (0.107 %)Sage MMS
1848 (0.101 %)SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
13313 (6.956 %)TCP/IP
22782 (5.841 %)Internet
32280 (4.787 %)LAN
42271 (4.768 %)WAN
52232 (4.687 %)Firewall
61993 (4.185 %)DNS
71573 (3.303 %)SAN
81524 (3.200 %)VPN
91090 (2.289 %)DHCP
10804 (1.688 %)Intranet
11590 (1.239 %)WINS
12569 (1.195 %)VoIP
13494 (1.037 %)Wireless
14351 (0.737 %)Network Security
15282 (0.592 %)SMTP
16243 (0.510 %)HTTP
17211 (0.443 %)VLAN
18210 (0.441 %)IP Telephony
19209 (0.439 %)Cisco PIX
20193 (0.405 %)ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
115120 (31.75 %)SQL Server
24774 (10.02 %)SQL Server 2005
33693 (7.754 %)SQL Server 2000
41607 (3.374 %)SQL Server 7
51225 (2.572 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61044 (2.192 %)Datawarehouse
7878 (1.844 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8835 (1.753 %)MS Access
9794 (1.667 %)Crystal Reports
10771 (1.619 %)DTS
11612 (1.285 %)BusinessObjects
12590 (1.239 %)MySQL
13586 (1.230 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
14529 (1.111 %)RDBMS
15434 (0.911 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
16422 (0.886 %)ETL
17414 (0.869 %)OLAP
18360 (0.756 %)Oracle 10g
19331 (0.695 %)DB2
20263 (0.552 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
12770 (5.816 %)Visual Studio
2498 (1.046 %)Flash
3392 (0.823 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4235 (0.493 %)NUnit
5220 (0.462 %)Dreamweaver
6166 (0.349 %)TestDirector
7162 (0.340 %)Eclipse
8154 (0.323 %)MSI
9142 (0.298 %)QuickTest Pro
10134 (0.281 %)Oracle Forms
11127 (0.267 %)Subversion
12122 (0.256 %)InstallShield
13114 (0.239 %)Rational Rose
14103 (0.216 %)MorphX
15100 (0.210 %)LoadRunner
1691 (0.191 %)WinRunner
1783 (0.174 %)Ant
1867 (0.141 %)FrontPage
1965 (0.136 %)JUnit
2057 (0.120 %)PVCS
General
17003 (14.70 %)Finance
22953 (6.200 %)Pensions
32438 (5.119 %)Health
41794 (3.767 %)Banking
51750 (3.674 %)Insurance
61615 (3.391 %)Retail
71273 (2.673 %)Marketing
81218 (2.557 %)Telecoms
91129 (2.371 %)Education
10964 (2.024 %)Law
11838 (1.760 %)Legal
12724 (1.520 %)Investment Banking
13673 (1.413 %)Manufacturing
14639 (1.342 %)Back Office
15634 (1.331 %)Government
16534 (1.121 %)Front Office
17502 (1.054 %)Publishing
18353 (0.741 %)Financial Institution
19339 (0.712 %)Construction
20316 (0.664 %)Games
Job Titles
112493 (26.23 %)Developer
28003 (16.80 %)Analyst
35352 (11.24 %)Consultant
44922 (10.33 %).NET Developer
53391 (7.120 %)Support Analyst
63063 (6.431 %)C# Developer
72569 (5.394 %)Architect
82324 (4.880 %)Support Engineer
91949 (4.092 %)Administrator
101637 (3.437 %)Project Manager
111606 (3.372 %)Web Developer
121595 (3.349 %)Senior Developer
131427 (2.996 %)ASP.NET Developer
141199 (2.518 %)Software Developer
151115 (2.341 %)Team Leader
161104 (2.318 %)DBA
171089 (2.287 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
181078 (2.263 %)Technical Support
191058 (2.221 %)Programmer
201033 (2.169 %)Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
11032 (2.167 %)Clustering
2966 (2.028 %)Blackberry
3916 (1.923 %)Computer Science
4789 (1.657 %)Client/Server
5545 (1.144 %)N-Tier
6500 (1.050 %)Asset Management
7497 (1.044 %)Management Information System
8407 (0.855 %)Derivative
9389 (0.817 %)Mathematics
10366 (0.768 %)Fat Client
10366 (0.768 %)Thin Client
11348 (0.731 %)Mainframe
12325 (0.682 %)Replication
13295 (0.619 %)Equities
14269 (0.565 %)French Language
15245 (0.514 %)German Language
16242 (0.508 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
17235 (0.493 %)W3C
18223 (0.468 %)Tandem
19209 (0.439 %)Fixed Income
Operating Systems
116653 (34.97 %)Windows
24026 (8.453 %)Windows 2000
32975 (6.247 %)Unix
42952 (6.198 %)Windows XP
52560 (5.375 %)Windows Server 2003
62532 (5.316 %)Linux
71564 (3.284 %)Windows NT
8765 (1.606 %)Solaris
9338 (0.710 %)AIX
10195 (0.409 %)HPUX
11194 (0.407 %)Mac OS X
12176 (0.370 %)Windows Mobile
13140 (0.294 %)NetWare
1487 (0.183 %)Windows Vista
1562 (0.130 %)Debian
1657 (0.120 %)SUSE
1751 (0.107 %)MVS
1849 (0.103 %)VMS
1942 (0.088 %)Windows CE
2031 (0.065 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
13393 (7.124 %)Project Management
22534 (5.321 %)ITIL
22534 (5.321 %)OO
32461 (5.167 %)CRM
41633 (3.429 %)PRINCE2
51603 (3.366 %)UML
61522 (3.196 %)Business Intelligence
71454 (3.053 %)E-Commerce
81302 (2.734 %)ERP
91301 (2.732 %)Web Development
101056 (2.217 %)Agile Software Development
111008 (2.116 %)Scrum
12969 (2.035 %)Migration
13859 (1.804 %)Business Analysis
14788 (1.655 %)Service Delivery
15705 (1.480 %)Content Management
16689 (1.447 %)Disaster Recovery
17659 (1.384 %)Workflow
18582 (1.222 %)Service Management
19581 (1.220 %)Project Planning
Programming Languages
111131 (23.37 %)C#
211088 (23.28 %)SQL
33937 (8.266 %)VB.NET
43769 (7.914 %)VB
53285 (6.897 %)JavaScript
62705 (5.680 %)Java
72518 (5.287 %)C++
82030 (4.262 %)Transact-SQL
91332 (2.797 %)C
101222 (2.566 %)VB6
11870 (1.827 %)VBA
12860 (1.806 %)VBScript
13640 (1.344 %)VC++
14607 (1.275 %)PHP
15525 (1.102 %)DHTML
16510 (1.071 %)Perl
17451 (0.947 %)PL/SQL
18284 (0.596 %)Shell Script
19206 (0.433 %)Delphi
20172 (0.361 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
19154 (19.22 %)Microsoft Certification
24999 (10.50 %)MCSE
34691 (9.850 %)Degree
42674 (5.615 %)MCP
51533 (3.219 %)Cisco Certification
61264 (2.654 %)MCSA
71126 (2.364 %)CCNA
81024 (2.150 %)MCSD
9672 (1.411 %)Citrix Certification
10558 (1.172 %)MCAD
11458 (0.962 %)CCNP
12420 (0.882 %)ISEB
13409 (0.859 %)CCA
14396 (0.831 %)CCEA
15358 (0.752 %)PRINCE2 Certification
16346 (0.726 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17326 (0.685 %)MCDBA
18299 (0.628 %)ITIL Certification
19203 (0.426 %)MCDST
20196 (0.412 %)MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11230 (2.583 %)SLA
2790 (1.659 %)QA
3119 (0.250 %)WAI
492 (0.193 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
573 (0.153 %)ISO9001
672 (0.151 %)COBIT
749 (0.103 %)ISO9000
841 (0.086 %)ISO27001
937 (0.078 %)WCAG
1034 (0.071 %)ISO/IEC 20000
1129 (0.061 %)Basel II
1220 (0.042 %)BS7799
139 (0.019 %)TickIT
147 (0.015 %)EFQM
156 (0.013 %)ISO17799
156 (0.013 %)JSP 440
156 (0.013 %)DICOM
165 (0.010 %)HL7
174 (0.008 %)ISO8583
174 (0.008 %)ISO12207
System Software
18475 (17.79 %)Active Directory
2884 (1.856 %)ISA Server
3535 (1.123 %)Backup Exec
4485 (1.018 %)Terminal Services
5417 (0.876 %)VMware ESX
6378 (0.794 %)MetaFrame
7374 (0.785 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8357 (0.750 %)NetBackup
9234 (0.491 %)Terminal Server
10179 (0.376 %)MSMQ
11145 (0.304 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1273 (0.153 %)VMware Server
1370 (0.147 %)Oracle RAC
1465 (0.136 %)Xen
1545 (0.094 %)NFS
1640 (0.084 %)MailMarshal
1736 (0.076 %)VMware Workstation
1834 (0.071 %)Squid
1931 (0.065 %)Novell eDirectory
2026 (0.055 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
11239 (2.602 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2787 (1.652 %)MOM
3208 (0.437 %)Tivoli
4179 (0.376 %)OpenView
5175 (0.367 %)Norton AntiVirus
6167 (0.351 %)SCOM
7125 (0.262 %)WSUS
8122 (0.256 %)SCCM
9117 (0.246 %)MIIS
10100 (0.210 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1191 (0.191 %)ARCserve
1288 (0.185 %)MAILsweeper
1373 (0.153 %)Unicenter
1452 (0.109 %)MIMEsweeper
1551 (0.107 %)DameWare
1646 (0.097 %)ZENworks
1744 (0.092 %)Legato
1842 (0.088 %)EMC NetWorker
1941 (0.086 %)CONTROL-M
2039 (0.082 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
14173 (8.762 %)Oracle
23915 (8.220 %)Citrix
33438 (7.219 %)Cisco
42426 (5.094 %)VMware
51678 (3.523 %)HP
61125 (2.362 %)IBM
71083 (2.274 %)Lotus
81033 (2.169 %)SAP
9782 (1.642 %)VERITAS
10612 (1.285 %)Business Objects
11519 (1.090 %)Sun
12497 (1.044 %)Novell
13493 (1.035 %)Sage
14479 (1.006 %)Symantec
15462 (0.970 %)Red Hat
16456 (0.957 %)EMC
17452 (0.949 %)Adobe
18440 (0.924 %)Dell
19434 (0.911 %)Sybase
20398 (0.836 %)Remedy
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