The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Gatwick 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 9 35 11
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 11 3 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 11.70% 1.310% 10.34%
As % of the Vendors category 31.43% 8.824% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 6
Average salary £36,500 £43,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.09% +30.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £43,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,450 £50,700 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
35 34 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 37.23% 14.85% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 26 34 43
Average salary £43,500 £43,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,900 £34,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Sussex

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Gatwick region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Gatwick Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 19 (70.37%) ITIL
2 18 (66.67%) VMware
3 14 (51.85%) Service Delivery
4 13 (48.15%) Windows
4 13 (48.15%) Active Directory
5 11 (40.74%) LAN
5 11 (40.74%) WAN
5 11 (40.74%) Linux
6 10 (37.04%) Cisco
6 10 (37.04%) Firewall
6 10 (37.04%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (37.04%) vSphere
7 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (33.33%) Network Security
7 9 (33.33%) Citrix
7 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (33.33%) DNS
7 9 (33.33%) DHCP
8 8 (29.63%) HTTP
8 8 (29.63%) SMTP
8 8 (29.63%) WLAN
8 8 (29.63%) ISDN
8 8 (29.63%) SSL
8 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
8 8 (29.63%) VPN
8 8 (29.63%) Nortel
8 8 (29.63%) PRINCE2
8 8 (29.63%) CheckPoint
8 8 (29.63%) OSPF
8 8 (29.63%) BGP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (3.704%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.704%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.81%) MS Office
3 3 (11.11%) MS Project
4 1 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) LAN
1 11 (40.74%) WAN
2 10 (37.04%) Firewall
2 10 (37.04%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (33.33%) Network Security
3 9 (33.33%) DNS
3 9 (33.33%) DHCP
4 8 (29.63%) HTTP
4 8 (29.63%) SMTP
4 8 (29.63%) WLAN
4 8 (29.63%) ISDN
4 8 (29.63%) SSL
4 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (29.63%) VPN
4 8 (29.63%) OSPF
4 8 (29.63%) BGP
4 8 (29.63%) Wireless
4 8 (29.63%) EIGRP
4 8 (29.63%) Wireless Security
4 8 (29.63%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (7.407%) MySQL
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (7.407%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (3.704%) Finance
1 1 (3.704%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Network Security Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Network Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Security Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Project Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.407%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) DBA
6 2 (7.407%) Teradata DBA
6 2 (7.407%) Administrator
6 2 (7.407%) Server Administrator
6 2 (7.407%) Team Leader
6 2 (7.407%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (7.407%) SQL DBA
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Team Leader
6 2 (7.407%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (7.407%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) IVR
1 8 (29.63%) SecurID
2 2 (7.407%) SaaS
3 1 (3.704%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 11 (40.74%) Linux
3 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.407%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (3.704%) UNIX
6 1 (3.704%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) ITIL
2 14 (51.85%) Service Delivery
3 8 (29.63%) PRINCE2
3 8 (29.63%) Project Management
3 8 (29.63%) Performance Management
3 8 (29.63%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (11.11%) Data Management
4 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 3 (11.11%) Migration
4 3 (11.11%) Scrum
4 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 3 (11.11%) PRINCE
5 2 (7.407%) Capacity Management
5 2 (7.407%) Data Transformation
5 2 (7.407%) CRM
5 2 (7.407%) ETL
5 2 (7.407%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (7.407%) Problem Management
5 2 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.704%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) SQL
1 2 (7.407%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (7.407%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (7.407%) MCSE
3 2 (7.407%) MCSA
3 2 (7.407%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (29.63%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 13 (48.15%) Active Directory
2 10 (37.04%) vSphere
3 8 (29.63%) Hyper-V
4 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (7.407%) XenApp
5 2 (7.407%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (7.407%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (3.704%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 8 (29.63%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (7.407%) Data Guard
2 2 (7.407%) SCOM
2 2 (7.407%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) VMware
2 10 (37.04%) Cisco
3 9 (33.33%) Citrix
4 8 (29.63%) Nortel
4 8 (29.63%) CheckPoint
4 8 (29.63%) Avaya
4 8 (29.63%) Juniper
4 8 (29.63%) CA
4 8 (29.63%) Verint
5 5 (18.52%) NetApp
6 4 (14.81%) Altiris
7 3 (11.11%) Symantec
8 2 (7.407%) Cognos
8 2 (7.407%) Oracle
8 2 (7.407%) Business Objects
8 2 (7.407%) HP
8 2 (7.407%) SolarWinds
8 2 (7.407%) LANDesk
9 1 (3.704%) Blue Coat
9 1 (3.704%) Dell