The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 148 172 153
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -19
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 29 6 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.836% 0.156% 0.452%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.149% 0.852% 2.319%
Number of salaries quoted 27 6 16
Average salary £70,000 £55,000 £58,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -6.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £40,000 £41,250
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £70,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
699 704 690
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.16% 18.35% 19.50%
Number of salaries quoted 621 631 602
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,400 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
South East

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Hampshire Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Windows Azure Salary Histogram

Windows Azure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Basingstoke -6 4 £60,000 -14.28%
Portsmouth - 2 £35,000 -
Farnborough - 1 £45,000 -
Windows Azure
South East

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 40 (74.07%) .NET
2 39 (72.22%) C#
3 33 (61.11%) Microsoft
4 27 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 27 (50.00%) ASP.NET
5 23 (42.59%) MVC
6 19 (35.19%) ASP.NET MVC
7 18 (33.33%) WCF
7 18 (33.33%) Visual Studio
8 17 (31.48%) Windows
8 17 (31.48%) BizTalk Server
9 16 (29.63%) Team Foundation Server
10 14 (25.93%) SharePoint
10 14 (25.93%) SQL
11 11 (20.37%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (16.67%) Office 365
13 8 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
13 8 (14.81%) Technical Architecture
13 8 (14.81%) MS Office
13 8 (14.81%) CSS
13 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
14 7 (12.96%) Internet
14 7 (12.96%) Law
14 7 (12.96%) Web Development
14 7 (12.96%) TDD
14 7 (12.96%) Pair Programming
14 7 (12.96%) CSS3
14 7 (12.96%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 7 (12.96%) BDD

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (74.07%) .NET
2 27 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 19 (35.19%) ASP.NET MVC
4 18 (33.33%) WCF
5 8 (14.81%) CSS
6 7 (12.96%) CSS3
6 7 (12.96%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 6 (11.11%) AppFabric
7 6 (11.11%) WF
8 5 (9.259%) Node.js
9 4 (7.407%) XML
10 3 (5.556%) HTML
10 3 (5.556%) Web Services
10 3 (5.556%) jQuery
11 2 (3.704%) Razor View Engine
11 2 (3.704%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (3.704%) HTML5
11 2 (3.704%) WebSphere
11 2 (3.704%) SOAP
12 1 (1.852%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 17 (31.48%) BizTalk Server
2 14 (25.93%) SharePoint
3 6 (11.11%) Lync
3 6 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
3 6 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 5 (9.259%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (3.704%) Amazon AWS
5 2 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (3.704%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (1.852%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Office 365
2 8 (14.81%) MS Office
3 4 (7.407%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) Internet
2 5 (9.259%) Extranet
2 5 (9.259%) Intranet
3 2 (3.704%) NetScaler
3 2 (3.704%) BIG-IP
3 2 (3.704%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.259%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.852%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 18 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 16 (29.63%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (9.259%) Selenium
4 2 (3.704%) NUnit
5 1 (1.852%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (12.96%) Law
2 4 (7.407%) Retail
2 4 (7.407%) Finance
3 2 (3.704%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (35.19%) Developer
2 18 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 11 (20.37%) Senior Developer
4 10 (18.52%) Senior .NET Developer
5 8 (14.81%) Consultant
5 8 (14.81%) Software Architect
5 8 (14.81%) Technical Architect
5 8 (14.81%) Architect
6 7 (12.96%) Project Manager
7 6 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (9.259%) ASP.NET Developer
8 5 (9.259%) Agile .NET Developer
9 4 (7.407%) Exchange Specialist
10 3 (5.556%) Test Manager
10 3 (5.556%) BizTalk Consultant
10 3 (5.556%) Software Consultant
10 3 (5.556%) Software Development Consultant
10 3 (5.556%) Senior BizTalk Consultant
10 3 (5.556%) Development Consultant
11 2 (3.704%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.556%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.704%) Social Media
3 2 (3.704%) IaaS
4 1 (1.852%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 17 (31.48%) Windows
2 2 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (3.704%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) MVC
2 8 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (14.81%) Technical Architecture
3 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
3 7 (12.96%) Web Development
3 7 (12.96%) TDD
3 7 (12.96%) Pair Programming
3 7 (12.96%) BDD
3 7 (12.96%) Domain-Driven Design
4 6 (11.11%) Scrum
4 6 (11.11%) Workflow
5 5 (9.259%) Project Management
6 4 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (5.556%) Web Testing
7 3 (5.556%) Test Automation
8 2 (3.704%) Business Development
8 2 (3.704%) PRINCE2
9 1 (1.852%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 39 (72.22%) C#
2 14 (25.93%) SQL
3 5 (9.259%) Ruby
3 5 (9.259%) Clojure
4 3 (5.556%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.704%) C
6 1 (1.852%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.852%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.407%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.407%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.407%) MCSE
2 4 (7.407%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.852%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (3.704%) IAG
2 2 (3.704%) UAG
2 2 (3.704%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 33 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.704%) TIBCO
2 2 (3.704%) webMethods
2 2 (3.704%) Oracle
2 2 (3.704%) Citrix
2 2 (3.704%) Juniper
2 2 (3.704%) Cisco
2 2 (3.704%) IBM
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