The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Essex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 7 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 213 291 261
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 20.27% 22.68% 20.45%
As % of the Vendors category 39.44% 41.69% 38.16%
Number of salaries quoted 197 251 222
Average salary £35,000 £36,900 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.14% +5.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
540 698 684
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 51.38% 54.40% 53.61%
Number of salaries quoted 485 591 535
Average salary £41,500 £38,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.79% -9.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basildon -2 34 £47,500 +26.66% 2
Colchester +6 23 £40,000 +21.10% 1
Chelmsford -2 13 £40,000 +6.66% 1
Brentwood -12 12 £32,500 +18.18% 2
Southend-on-Sea +4 3 £38,000 +58.33%
Harlow +3 3 £22,250 -55.50%
Waltham Abbey -1 2 £34,750 -13.12% 1
Billericay - 2 £32,500 -
Saffron Walden +2 1 £36,500 +46.00%
Witham -10 1 £40,000 +36.75%
Braintree - 1 £22,500 -
Manningtree - 1 £21,500 -
Epping - 1 £20,500 - 1
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1 198 (44.39%) Windows
2 171 (38.34%) SQL Server
3 155 (34.75%) Finance
4 154 (34.53%) .NET
5 138 (30.94%) C#
6 133 (29.82%) SQL
7 131 (29.37%) MS Excel
8 113 (25.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 108 (24.22%) Active Directory
10 93 (20.85%) VMware
11 70 (15.70%) ASP.NET
12 60 (13.45%) DNS
12 60 (13.45%) Citrix
13 56 (12.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 54 (12.11%) MS Office
15 50 (11.21%) VB.NET
15 50 (11.21%) ITIL
15 50 (11.21%) Cisco
16 48 (10.76%) T-SQL
16 48 (10.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 47 (10.54%) Windows Server 2003
18 46 (10.31%) TCP/IP
18 46 (10.31%) SQL Server 2005
19 45 (10.09%) SQL Server 2008
19 45 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
19 45 (10.09%) HTML
20 44 (9.865%) XML
21 43 (9.641%) MS Exchange
21 43 (9.641%) SQL Server Integration Services
22 42 (9.417%) WPF

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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
1 154 (34.53%) .NET
2 70 (15.70%) ASP.NET
3 45 (10.09%) HTML
4 44 (9.865%) XML
5 42 (9.417%) WPF
6 39 (8.744%) Silverlight
7 33 (7.399%) CSS
8 31 (6.951%) WCF
9 30 (6.726%) WinForms
9 30 (6.726%) Castle Windsor
10 25 (5.605%) .NET Framework
10 25 (5.605%) NHibernate
10 25 (5.605%) MonoRail
11 23 (5.157%) ASP.NET MVC
12 21 (4.709%) Ajax
13 16 (3.587%) Web Services
14 15 (3.363%) XSD
15 13 (2.915%) jQuery
15 13 (2.915%) XSLT
16 10 (2.242%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 43 (9.641%) MS Exchange
2 34 (7.623%) IIS
3 31 (6.951%) SharePoint
4 20 (4.484%) Exchange Server 2010
5 17 (3.812%) Lync
5 17 (3.812%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (2.466%) Office Communications Server
7 7 (1.570%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (1.570%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.673%) Windows Azure
8 3 (0.673%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.673%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.673%) SAS
9 2 (0.448%) CMS
9 2 (0.448%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.448%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.448%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.224%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.224%) Captiva
10 1 (0.224%) Alfresco
Applications
1 131 (29.37%) MS Excel
2 54 (12.11%) MS Office
3 11 (2.466%) MS PowerPoint
4 8 (1.794%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.570%) MS Project
6 3 (0.673%) Office 365
6 3 (0.673%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.673%) RoboHelp
7 2 (0.448%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.224%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.345%) Oracle Financials
2 5 (1.121%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (1.121%) SAP CO
2 5 (1.121%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.897%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 4 (0.897%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.673%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.673%) AWD
5 2 (0.448%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.224%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 60 (13.45%) DNS
2 46 (10.31%) TCP/IP
3 40 (8.969%) Firewall
4 34 (7.623%) DHCP
5 27 (6.054%) LDAP
6 26 (5.830%) SAN
7 24 (5.381%) VoIP
8 22 (4.933%) VPN
9 20 (4.484%) LAN
10 15 (3.363%) Internet
11 14 (3.139%) WAN
12 11 (2.466%) Unified Communications
12 11 (2.466%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (2.466%) Ethernet
13 9 (2.018%) ADSL
14 7 (1.570%) VLAN
15 5 (1.121%) MPLS
16 4 (0.897%) Wireless
16 4 (0.897%) Network Security
17 3 (0.673%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (38.34%) SQL Server
2 48 (10.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 46 (10.31%) SQL Server 2005
4 45 (10.09%) SQL Server 2008
5 43 (9.641%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 37 (8.296%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 37 (8.296%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (4.933%) SQL Server 2012
8 15 (3.363%) MySQL
9 14 (3.139%) SQL Server 2000
10 10 (2.242%) Oracle 8/8i
10 10 (2.242%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 9 (2.018%) Oracle 11g
11 9 (2.018%) Oracle 10g
11 9 (2.018%) Oracle 9i
12 7 (1.570%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (1.121%) PerformancePoint
14 3 (0.673%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.673%) MS Access
15 1 (0.224%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 32 (7.175%) NUnit
2 30 (6.726%) Rhino Mocks
3 26 (5.830%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.018%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 7 (1.570%) Subversion
6 6 (1.345%) TestDirector
6 6 (1.345%) MSTest
7 5 (1.121%) Moq
8 4 (0.897%) QuickTest Pro
8 4 (0.897%) JIRA
9 2 (0.448%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.448%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.448%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.448%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.224%) CruiseControl
10 1 (0.224%) Selenium
10 1 (0.224%) MSI
10 1 (0.224%) Dreamweaver
General
1 155 (34.75%) Finance
2 22 (4.933%) Banking
3 14 (3.139%) Financial Institution
4 11 (2.466%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.018%) Retail
6 8 (1.794%) Advertising
6 8 (1.794%) Back Office
7 7 (1.570%) Law
8 6 (1.345%) Telecoms
9 4 (0.897%) French Language
9 4 (0.897%) Hebrew Language
9 4 (0.897%) Italian Language
9 4 (0.897%) Spanish Language
10 3 (0.673%) Marketing
11 1 (0.224%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.224%) Local Government
11 1 (0.224%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.224%) Military
11 1 (0.224%) Legal
Job Titles
1 167 (37.44%) Developer
2 72 (16.14%) .NET Developer
3 58 (13.00%) Analyst
4 46 (10.31%) Support Engineer
5 32 (7.175%) Software Developer
6 26 (5.830%) C# Developer
7 22 (4.933%) Server Support
8 21 (4.709%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 20 (4.484%) Server Engineer
10 19 (4.260%) DBA
10 19 (4.260%) Support Analyst
10 19 (4.260%) Test Analyst
11 18 (4.036%) SQL DBA
11 18 (4.036%) Server Support Engineer
12 17 (3.812%) Database Developer
12 17 (3.812%) Administrator
12 17 (3.812%) Architect
13 16 (3.587%) Project Manager
13 16 (3.587%) Microsoft Developer
14 15 (3.363%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.157%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.709%) Replication
2 21 (4.709%) Tandem
3 15 (3.363%) IaaS
3 15 (3.363%) SaaS
3 15 (3.363%) PaaS
3 15 (3.363%) Enterprise Storage
3 15 (3.363%) Clustering
4 12 (2.691%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.466%) Computer Science
5 11 (2.466%) Handset
5 11 (2.466%) Blackberry
6 9 (2.018%) Smartphone
7 7 (1.570%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.121%) Inversion of Control
8 5 (1.121%) CMDB
9 4 (0.897%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.897%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.673%) CUDA
10 3 (0.673%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 198 (44.39%) Windows
2 56 (12.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 47 (10.54%) Windows Server 2003
4 28 (6.278%) Windows 7
5 22 (4.933%) Windows XP
6 20 (4.484%) Linux
7 15 (3.363%) Android
8 12 (2.691%) Windows 8
9 8 (1.794%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.345%) Windows 2000
10 6 (1.345%) Windows CE
10 6 (1.345%) Windows Mobile
11 5 (1.121%) Windows Vista
12 3 (0.673%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.448%) UNIX
13 2 (0.448%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.224%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.224%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.224%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (11.21%) ITIL
2 38 (8.520%) TDD
3 37 (8.296%) OO
4 36 (8.072%) Scrum
5 33 (7.399%) MVC
6 31 (6.951%) Business Intelligence
7 28 (6.278%) Change Management
8 26 (5.830%) Project Management
9 25 (5.605%) Capacity Planning
10 23 (5.157%) Service Delivery
10 23 (5.157%) Time Management
11 18 (4.036%) Service Management
11 18 (4.036%) E-Commerce
11 18 (4.036%) Agile Software Development
12 16 (3.587%) Change Control
13 15 (3.363%) Document Management
13 15 (3.363%) Test Scripting
14 14 (3.139%) Disaster Recovery
14 14 (3.139%) Web Development
15 12 (2.691%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (30.94%) C#
2 133 (29.82%) SQL
3 50 (11.21%) VB.NET
4 48 (10.76%) T-SQL
5 35 (7.848%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.157%) Java
7 12 (2.691%) C
8 11 (2.466%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.018%) VBScript
10 8 (1.794%) VBA
11 7 (1.570%) C++
12 6 (1.345%) Delphi
12 6 (1.345%) VB
13 5 (1.121%) Objective-C
13 5 (1.121%) PHP
14 3 (0.673%) XAML
15 1 (0.224%) Perl
15 1 (0.224%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 113 (25.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (8.072%) MCTS
3 35 (7.848%) MCP
4 30 (6.726%) MCAD
4 30 (6.726%) MCSD
4 30 (6.726%) Degree
5 20 (4.484%) MCSE
6 18 (4.036%) MCITP
7 12 (2.691%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.466%) CCNA
9 9 (2.018%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (2.018%) MCDBA
10 8 (1.794%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.121%) VCP5
11 5 (1.121%) MCDST
12 4 (0.897%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.897%) PMP
12 4 (0.897%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.673%) HNC
13 3 (0.673%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.812%) SLA
2 2 (0.448%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.448%) QA
2 2 (0.448%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 108 (24.22%) Active Directory
2 45 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.036%) vSphere
4 17 (3.812%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.363%) XenApp
6 13 (2.915%) VMware ESX
7 8 (1.794%) Xen
7 8 (1.794%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.345%) XenServer
9 5 (1.121%) DFS Replication
9 5 (1.121%) MetaFrame
10 4 (0.897%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.673%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.673%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.224%) MDaemon
12 1 (0.224%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (0.224%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (2.242%) SCCM
2 6 (1.345%) SCOM
3 4 (0.897%) Nagios
4 3 (0.673%) HP SIM
5 2 (0.448%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (0.448%) Tivoli
5 2 (0.448%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.448%) ARCserve
5 2 (0.448%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.448%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.448%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.224%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.224%) WSUS
6 1 (0.224%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.224%) MAILsweeper
6 1 (0.224%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 93 (20.85%) VMware
2 60 (13.45%) Citrix
3 50 (11.21%) Cisco
4 29 (6.502%) HP
5 24 (5.381%) Oracle
6 17 (3.812%) SolarWinds
7 15 (3.363%) Juniper
8 11 (2.466%) CheckPoint
9 10 (2.242%) Apple
9 10 (2.242%) IBM
9 10 (2.242%) Dell
10 8 (1.794%) NetApp
11 7 (1.570%) JBoss
12 6 (1.345%) SAP
12 6 (1.345%) DevExpress
13 5 (1.121%) JD Edwards
13 5 (1.121%) Sage
13 5 (1.121%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.897%) Avaya
15 3 (0.673%) WatchGuard
Epping, Essex
Networking experience (basic firewall configuration, IP addressing, NAT etc.) - Development experience in PHP and/or Microsoft .Net; SQL (MySQL and MSSQL) - Some development experience in a web-based...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Essex
They are seeking an experienced Web Developer with strong ASP.NET, C# & OO programming exp... It is essential that you can demonstrate your skills in the following areas: *...
Computer People
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits, Bonus, Overtime, healthcare
Posted: 18 June 2013
Waltham Abbey, Essex
Knowledge of SQL, CAML or SSRS. Exposure to Microsoft technologies including; Visual Studio, Visio or InfoPath. Exposure to web technologies including; XML, SOAP, Web Services, HTML, CSS, JavaScript,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum + Exc. Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Essex, South East
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team using a range of leading edge technologies including: .NET Framework, VB .NET, ASP .NET and Windows Forms Android/...
greywood
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + bens + training
Posted: 5 June 2013
Basildon, Essex
Software Developer - C / C++ - Global Company - Complex Top of the Range C++ Projects... Responsibilities You will be joining a team of specialised C++ and .Net Developers which will...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £4000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Colchester, Essex
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 20k to 20k per year GBP
Posted: 13 June 2013
Essex
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £52000 - £53000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013