The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Farnborough 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 Farnborough 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 10 14 12
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 31 27 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 17.61% 11.54% 15.13%
As % of the Vendors category 41.33% 21.60% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 31 27 16
Average salary £26,000 £37,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.66% -12.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £29,000 £36,750
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £62,500 £49,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
75 125 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 42.61% 53.42% 45.38%
Number of salaries quoted 75 117 52
Average salary £35,000 £55,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.36% +29.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,900 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,000 £65,000
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 Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Farnborough Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 22 (44.90%) MS Excel
2 20 (40.82%) Active Directory
3 17 (34.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (34.69%) MS Exchange
4 16 (32.65%) C#
5 15 (30.61%) .NET
6 14 (28.57%) MS Office
7 12 (24.49%) Automated Testing
7 12 (24.49%) QA
8 11 (22.45%) Performance Testing
8 11 (22.45%) SQL Server
9 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET
9 9 (18.37%) Windows
9 9 (18.37%) TDD
10 8 (16.33%) Software Testing
10 8 (16.33%) Manual Testing
10 8 (16.33%) CSS
10 8 (16.33%) HTML
10 8 (16.33%) JavaScript
11 7 (14.29%) MCP
12 6 (12.24%) Windows Vista
12 6 (12.24%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (12.24%) Windows 2000 Server
12 6 (12.24%) CRM
12 6 (12.24%) Windows XP
13 5 (10.20%) MVC
13 5 (10.20%) ADSL
13 5 (10.20%) jQuery
13 5 (10.20%) SQL Server 2005
14 4 (8.163%) C++

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 15 (30.61%) .NET
2 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET
3 8 (16.33%) CSS
3 8 (16.33%) HTML
4 5 (10.20%) jQuery
5 2 (4.082%) Ajax
5 2 (4.082%) NHibernate
5 2 (4.082%) MonoRail
5 2 (4.082%) WCF
5 2 (4.082%) Castle Windsor
5 2 (4.082%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (4.082%) COM
5 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 1 (2.041%) WinForms
6 1 (2.041%) XML
6 1 (2.041%) HTML5
6 1 (2.041%) CSS3
6 1 (2.041%) WPF
6 1 (2.041%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 17 (34.69%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.041%) CMS
2 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.041%) Lync
2 1 (2.041%) WordPress
2 1 (2.041%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (2.041%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (44.90%) MS Excel
2 14 (28.57%) MS Office
3 1 (2.041%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.041%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) ADSL
2 1 (2.041%) H.323
2 1 (2.041%) Firewall
2 1 (2.041%) DHCP
2 1 (2.041%) FTP
2 1 (2.041%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.041%) DNS
2 1 (2.041%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.45%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.24%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (10.20%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (4.082%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.041%) MySQL
5 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.082%) NUnit
1 2 (4.082%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (4.082%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 2 (4.082%) Finance
1 2 (4.082%) Automotive
2 1 (2.041%) Law
2 1 (2.041%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.041%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Developer
2 8 (16.33%) QA Tester
2 8 (16.33%) Tester
2 8 (16.33%) Administrator
3 7 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 7 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 6 (12.24%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (12.24%) IT Support
4 6 (12.24%) Support Technician
5 5 (10.20%) Exchange Administrator
6 4 (8.163%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (8.163%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.163%) Analyst
7 3 (6.122%) Web Developer
7 3 (6.122%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (6.122%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (6.122%) QA Engineer
7 3 (6.122%) Development Team Leader
7 3 (6.122%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.082%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.082%) Tandem
2 1 (2.041%) NHS
2 1 (2.041%) W3C
2 1 (2.041%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.041%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.041%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.37%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Windows Vista
2 6 (12.24%) Windows 2000 Server
2 6 (12.24%) Windows XP
3 3 (6.122%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.041%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Automated Testing
2 11 (22.45%) Performance Testing
3 9 (18.37%) TDD
4 8 (16.33%) Software Testing
4 8 (16.33%) Manual Testing
5 6 (12.24%) CRM
6 5 (10.20%) MVC
7 3 (6.122%) BDD
7 3 (6.122%) Web Development
7 3 (6.122%) Web Design
8 2 (4.082%) Unit Testing
8 2 (4.082%) Scrum
8 2 (4.082%) Web Application Development
9 1 (2.041%) SEO
9 1 (2.041%) OOP
9 1 (2.041%) Software Architecture
9 1 (2.041%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.65%) C#
2 8 (16.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.163%) C++
3 4 (8.163%) SQL
4 2 (4.082%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.082%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.041%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.041%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (14.29%) MCP
3 3 (6.122%) Degree
3 3 (6.122%) MCTS
4 2 (4.082%) MCAD
4 2 (4.082%) MCSD
5 1 (2.041%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.041%) CCNP
5 1 (2.041%) CCNA
5 1 (2.041%) MCSE
5 1 (2.041%) MCSA
5 1 (2.041%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.041%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.041%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.49%) QA
2 3 (6.122%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (40.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (4.082%) Cisco
2 1 (2.041%) Adobe
2 1 (2.041%) Polycom
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