Microsoft Jobs in Halifax
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax 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 1 25 6
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 51 14 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 31.88% 6.931% 17.12%
As % of the Vendors category 60.71% 40.00% 44.19%
Number of salaries quoted 47 12 11
Average salary £32,500 £34,163 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.86% -8.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,140 £31,650 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,700 £37,950 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 84 35 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 52.50% 17.33% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 66 20 31
Average salary £32,500 £33,325 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.47% -4.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,600 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £55,000 £37,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Halifax region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Halifax Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 54 (52.94%) SharePoint
2 41 (40.20%) Windows
3 40 (39.22%) MS Excel
4 37 (36.27%) SQL
5 36 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
6 35 (34.31%) SAN
6 35 (34.31%) VMware
6 35 (34.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 34 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 34 (33.33%) MS Exchange
8 33 (32.35%) Active Directory
9 31 (30.39%) SQL Server
9 31 (30.39%) Backup Exec
10 29 (28.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (27.45%) MCSE
12 27 (26.47%) HP
12 27 (26.47%) McAfee
12 27 (26.47%) Migration
12 27 (26.47%) VMware ESXi
13 26 (25.49%) Release Management
13 26 (25.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 26 (25.49%) Norton AntiVirus
13 26 (25.49%) Symantec
13 26 (25.49%) Veritas
14 24 (23.53%) Dynamics AX
15 23 (22.55%) MS Office
16 22 (21.57%) ITIL
17 21 (20.59%) SharePoint 2010
18 20 (19.61%) WSUS
18 20 (19.61%) T-SQL

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 13 (12.75%) .NET
2 7 (6.863%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.941%) WinForms
3 3 (2.941%) Ajax
4 1 (0.980%) WPF
4 1 (0.980%) Silverlight
4 1 (0.980%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.980%) ASP.NET MVC 2
4 1 (0.980%) CSS
4 1 (0.980%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 54 (52.94%) SharePoint
2 34 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 21 (20.59%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (6.863%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (2.941%) SAP Portal
6 2 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.980%) IIS
7 1 (0.980%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 40 (39.22%) MS Excel
2 23 (22.55%) MS Office
3 1 (0.980%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.980%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (23.53%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.961%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.980%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.980%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (34.31%) SAN
2 4 (3.922%) Wireless
2 4 (3.922%) NAS
3 2 (1.961%) DEFINITY
4 1 (0.980%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.980%) Firewall
4 1 (0.980%) LAN
4 1 (0.980%) WAN
4 1 (0.980%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.980%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (30.39%) SQL Server
2 18 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 18 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (15.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (6.863%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (3.922%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (3.922%) DTS
5 4 (3.922%) MySQL
6 2 (1.961%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.961%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.961%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.961%) PerformancePoint
7 1 (0.980%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (0.980%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (16.67%) Finance
2 5 (4.902%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.961%) Financial Institution
3 2 (1.961%) Marketing
4 1 (0.980%) Automotive
4 1 (0.980%) Advertising
4 1 (0.980%) Banking
4 1 (0.980%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (29.41%) Administrator
2 23 (22.55%) Systems Administrator
3 22 (21.57%) DBA
4 19 (18.63%) Analyst
4 19 (18.63%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 12 (11.76%) Developer
6 11 (10.78%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (8.824%) Business Analyst
8 7 (6.863%) Support Analyst
8 7 (6.863%) 3rd Line Support
9 6 (5.882%) Database Analyst
9 6 (5.882%) .NET Developer
9 6 (5.882%) C# Developer
9 6 (5.882%) Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (5.882%) SQL DBA
9 6 (5.882%) Applications Support
10 5 (4.902%) C# .NET Developer
10 5 (4.902%) Technical Engineer
11 4 (3.922%) IT Administrator
11 4 (3.922%) Teradata DBA
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.75%) Replication
2 2 (1.961%) CLARiiON
2 2 (1.961%) Copywriting
2 2 (1.961%) Celerra
2 2 (1.961%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.980%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 41 (40.20%) Windows
2 36 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 34 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (6.863%) Windows 7
5 5 (4.902%) Windows XP
6 4 (3.922%) Linux
7 2 (1.961%) UNIX
7 2 (1.961%) HPUX
7 2 (1.961%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.980%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.980%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.980%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (26.47%) Migration
2 26 (25.49%) Release Management
3 22 (21.57%) ITIL
4 12 (11.76%) ERP
5 9 (8.824%) Project Management
6 8 (7.843%) Test Scripting
7 5 (4.902%) CAD
7 5 (4.902%) Regression Testing
8 4 (3.922%) Risk Management
8 4 (3.922%) Contact Management
8 4 (3.922%) Data Protection
9 3 (2.941%) Business Continuity
10 2 (1.961%) Pay per click
10 2 (1.961%) Time Management
10 2 (1.961%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (1.961%) Change Control
10 2 (1.961%) Test Strategy
10 2 (1.961%) Database Security
10 2 (1.961%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (1.961%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (36.27%) SQL
2 20 (19.61%) T-SQL
3 12 (11.76%) C#
4 4 (3.922%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.922%) VBA
5 3 (2.941%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.961%) VB
6 2 (1.961%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.961%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.980%) C
7 1 (0.980%) VB6
Qualifications
1 29 (28.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (27.45%) MCSE
3 19 (18.63%) MCP
4 4 (3.922%) Degree
5 2 (1.961%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.961%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.961%) OCP
5 2 (1.961%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.961%) HNC
5 2 (1.961%) HND
5 2 (1.961%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.843%) QA
2 2 (1.961%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (34.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (32.35%) Active Directory
3 27 (26.47%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (25.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (3.922%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.961%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (30.39%) Backup Exec
2 26 (25.49%) Norton AntiVirus
3 20 (19.61%) WSUS
4 2 (1.961%) SCCM
4 2 (1.961%) SCOM
4 2 (1.961%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 35 (34.31%) VMware
2 27 (26.47%) McAfee
2 27 (26.47%) HP
3 26 (25.49%) Veritas
3 26 (25.49%) Symantec
4 6 (5.882%) Citrix
5 5 (4.902%) Veeam
6 4 (3.922%) Sophos
6 4 (3.922%) SolidWorks
7 3 (2.941%) Lotus
7 3 (2.941%) Dell
7 3 (2.941%) Oracle
7 3 (2.941%) SAP
7 3 (2.941%) Cisco
8 2 (1.961%) EMC
8 2 (1.961%) Avaya
8 2 (1.961%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.961%) Google
9 1 (0.980%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.980%) SonicWALL
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Salary: £13000 - £14000
Posted: 18 May 2013
Systems Engineer, MCSE - Halifax, Yorkshire
Halifax, Yorkshire
They are looking for a dynamic individual who is strong technically and business savvy who will be able to drive the organisation forward with the Infrastucture and technical...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Technical Lead Developer / Solutions Architect - £45k - Halifax
Halifax, Yorkshire
Our client provides a high quality design and application development service delivering the analysis, build and support of applications and services in conjunction with their offshore partners.As...
Hudson
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Senior Systems Engineer, MCSE - Halifax, Yorkshire
Halifax, Yorkshire
They are looking for a dynamic individual who is strong technically and business savvy who will be able to drive the organisation forward with the Infrastucture and technical...
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Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Business Analyst
Halifax, Yorkshire
Essential experience: 3 years of ERP experience 4 + years as a Business Analyst Experience in a faced paced environment Good customer service experienceDesirable experience: Microsoft Dynamics Ax skillsThis...
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
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