The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Erskine region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Erskine 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 6 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Erskine 23.08% 25.00% -
As % of the Vendors category 23.08% 35.48% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £40,000 £35,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Erskine
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
13 31 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Erskine 100.00% 70.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 0
Average salary £45,000 £35,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.87% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Renfrewshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Erskine 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 Erskine region.

Erskine Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Erskine 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 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (100.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Capacity Management
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) TIBCO
3 1 (11.11%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (11.11%) MSI
3 1 (11.11%) InstallShield
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (11.11%) PKI
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Intranet
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) Extranet
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VB
3 1 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (11.11%) IIS
3 1 (11.11%) ASP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Erskine 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 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) ASP
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 1 (11.11%) XML
1 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LDAP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Intranet
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) Extranet
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (88.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MSI
1 1 (11.11%) InstallShield
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VB
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) HP
1 1 (11.11%) TIBCO