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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Halifax region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads8528
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.012 %
As % of the category below42.71 %16.47 %
Salaries quoted8427
Average minimum salary£33,470£24,741
Average salary£35,474£29,241
% change on same period last year+21.31 %
Average maximum salary£37,479£33,741
UK excluding London average salary£35,351£35,652
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Vendors HalifaxVendors
Halifax
Matching permanent IT job ads199170
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.098 %0.075 %
Salaries quoted192158
Average minimum salary£30,859£28,969
Average salary£32,864£30,983
% change on same period last year+6.07 %
Average maximum salary£34,870£32,997
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£41,444
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Microsoft West YorkshireMicrosoft
West Yorkshire

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the Halifax region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Halifax Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the Halifax region.

Halifax Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Halifax region over the past 3 months.

Halifax Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Halifax region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

1128 (88.89 %).NET
2108 (75.00 %)C#
3100 (69.44 %)VB
497 (67.36 %)SQL
582 (56.94 %)Windows
677 (53.47 %)VB6
754 (37.50 %)XML
847 (32.64 %)Internet
944 (30.56 %)OO
1040 (27.78 %)Oracle
1139 (27.08 %)Windows NT
1238 (26.39 %)Visual Studio
1334 (23.61 %)SOA
1334 (23.61 %)N-Tier
1430 (20.83 %)SQL Server
1523 (15.97 %)WebServices
1523 (15.97 %)ASP.NET
1622 (15.28 %).NET Framework
1622 (15.28 %)MS Excel
1622 (15.28 %)Intranet
1720 (13.89 %)HTML
1720 (13.89 %)Insurance
1819 (13.19 %)SQL Server 2000
1917 (11.81 %)Degree
2015 (10.42 %)ASP
2113 (9.028 %)CSS
2113 (9.028 %)XSL
2113 (9.028 %)JavaScript
2113 (9.028 %)VBScript
2113 (9.028 %)XML Messaging

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Halifax region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1128 (88.89 %).NET
254 (37.50 %)XML
323 (15.97 %)ASP.NET
323 (15.97 %)WebServices
422 (15.28 %).NET Framework
520 (13.89 %)HTML
615 (10.42 %)ASP
713 (9.028 %)XSL
713 (9.028 %)XML Messaging
713 (9.028 %)CSS
88 (5.556 %)ADO.NET
95 (3.472 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
18 (5.556 %)BizTalk Server
22 (1.389 %)IIS
31 (0.694 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.694 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.694 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (0.694 %)Exchange Server 2003
Applications
122 (15.28 %)MS Excel
22 (1.389 %)MS Office
Business Applications
17 (4.861 %)Axapta
24 (2.778 %)Dynamics CRM
33 (2.083 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
147 (32.64 %)Internet
222 (15.28 %)Intranet
31 (0.694 %)Firewall
31 (0.694 %)LAN
31 (0.694 %)PBX
31 (0.694 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
130 (20.83 %)SQL Server
219 (13.19 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (7.639 %)Oracle 10g
410 (6.944 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (2.778 %)Oracle 9i
63 (2.083 %)OLAP
63 (2.083 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
63 (2.083 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (0.694 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.694 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
138 (26.39 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.694 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
120 (13.89 %)Insurance
210 (6.944 %)Finance
31 (0.694 %)Health
31 (0.694 %)Manufacturing
31 (0.694 %)Banking
Job Titles
1136 (94.44 %)Developer
245 (31.25 %)VB Developer
343 (29.86 %)C# Developer
437 (25.69 %)Senior Developer
535 (24.31 %)Senior C# Developer
623 (15.97 %)Systems Developer
623 (15.97 %).NET Developer
716 (11.11 %)VB6 Developer
814 (9.722 %)Software Developer
99 (6.250 %)ASP.NET Developer
107 (4.861 %)Senior Software Developer
107 (4.861 %)Senior .NET Developer
107 (4.861 %)VB.NET Developer
107 (4.861 %)Analyst
107 (4.861 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
107 (4.861 %)CSharp Software Developer
115 (3.472 %)Junior
124 (2.778 %)Analyst Developer
124 (2.778 %)Programmer
124 (2.778 %)Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
134 (23.61 %)N-Tier
25 (3.472 %)Computer Science
31 (0.694 %)AS400
31 (0.694 %)Mathematics
Operating Systems
182 (56.94 %)Windows
239 (27.08 %)Windows NT
32 (1.389 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.694 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
144 (30.56 %)OO
234 (23.61 %)SOA
313 (9.028 %)Web Development
412 (8.333 %)System Testing
59 (6.250 %)CRM
68 (5.556 %)Business Intelligence
76 (4.167 %)Scrum
76 (4.167 %)Software Testing
85 (3.472 %)Test Scripting
85 (3.472 %)Project Management
94 (2.778 %)UML
94 (2.778 %)RUP
103 (2.083 %)ERP
112 (1.389 %)Time Management
121 (0.694 %)Unit Testing
121 (0.694 %)RAD
121 (0.694 %)E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1108 (75.00 %)C#
2100 (69.44 %)VB
397 (67.36 %)SQL
477 (53.47 %)VB6
513 (9.028 %)VBScript
513 (9.028 %)JavaScript
611 (7.639 %)PL/SQL
79 (6.250 %)VB.NET
88 (5.556 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.694 %)C
91 (0.694 %)Java
Qualifications
117 (11.81 %)Degree
23 (2.083 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.389 %)MCP
32 (1.389 %)MCSE
32 (1.389 %)MCSA
41 (0.694 %)ISEB
41 (0.694 %)MCDST
System Software
11 (0.694 %)Active Directory
Vendors
140 (27.78 %)Oracle
21 (0.694 %)IBM
21 (0.694 %)Lotus
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