The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Harrogate region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft 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 Vendors for the Harrogate 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 21 12 10
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 24 27 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 8.633% 17.53% 18.42%
As % of the Vendors category 19.35% 32.53% 35.51%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 49
Average salary £52,500 £25,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+110.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £13,500 £18,400
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £31,500 £37,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
124 83 138
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 44.60% 53.90% 51.88%
Number of salaries quoted 108 58 122
Average salary £48,000 £42,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.94% +37.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £20,500 £19,800
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £54,000 £61,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
North Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Harrogate Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 34 (58.62%) Windows
1 34 (58.62%) Finance
2 31 (53.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (50.00%) VMware
3 29 (50.00%) Firewall
4 28 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (48.28%) MS Excel
5 27 (46.55%) Windows 7
6 26 (44.83%) Active Directory
7 25 (43.10%) Citrix
8 24 (41.38%) XenServer
8 24 (41.38%) Hyper-V
9 21 (36.21%) HP
9 21 (36.21%) DNS
9 21 (36.21%) DHCP
10 20 (34.48%) MS Exchange
10 20 (34.48%) Network Security
10 20 (34.48%) XenDesktop
10 20 (34.48%) XenApp
11 19 (32.76%) LANDesk
11 19 (32.76%) WSUS
12 17 (29.31%) Exchange Server 2007
12 17 (29.31%) Exchange Server 2010
13 15 (25.86%) PCI DSS
13 15 (25.86%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (24.14%) PRINCE2
14 14 (24.14%) MCSE
15 13 (22.41%) SQL Server
15 13 (22.41%) Cisco
15 13 (22.41%) SQL Server 2005

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 6 (10.34%) .NET
2 3 (5.172%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.448%) EDI
4 1 (1.724%) CSS
4 1 (1.724%) XML
4 1 (1.724%) jQuery
4 1 (1.724%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 20 (34.48%) MS Exchange
2 17 (29.31%) Exchange Server 2007
2 17 (29.31%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (15.52%) Lync
4 8 (13.79%) Office Communications Server
5 5 (8.621%) SharePoint
6 2 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (3.448%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 28 (48.28%) MS Excel
2 11 (18.97%) MS Office
3 3 (5.172%) MS Project
4 2 (3.448%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (8.621%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.448%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 29 (50.00%) Firewall
2 21 (36.21%) DNS
2 21 (36.21%) DHCP
3 20 (34.48%) Network Security
4 11 (18.97%) TCP/IP
5 8 (13.79%) SSL
5 8 (13.79%) SAN
5 8 (13.79%) NAS
6 7 (12.07%) iSCSI
7 6 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (5.172%) LAN
9 1 (1.724%) SMTP
9 1 (1.724%) FTP
9 1 (1.724%) HTTP
9 1 (1.724%) LDAP
9 1 (1.724%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.41%) SQL Server
1 13 (22.41%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (20.69%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.448%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.724%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.724%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (58.62%) Finance
2 3 (5.172%) Legal
3 1 (1.724%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) Wintel Engineer
2 9 (15.52%) Architect
2 9 (15.52%) Analyst
2 9 (15.52%) Network Architect
3 7 (12.07%) Support Analyst
4 4 (6.897%) Technical Support
4 4 (6.897%) Developer
5 3 (5.172%) Consultant
5 3 (5.172%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) Head of Project Management
6 2 (3.448%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 2 (3.448%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.448%) Data Analyst
6 2 (3.448%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (3.448%) .NET Developer
6 2 (3.448%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (3.448%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (3.448%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (3.448%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.448%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.724%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.724%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (58.62%) Windows
2 31 (53.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (46.55%) Windows 7
4 10 (17.24%) UNIX
4 10 (17.24%) Solaris
4 10 (17.24%) Linux
5 8 (13.79%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (3.448%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.448%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) PRINCE2
2 10 (17.24%) ITIL
2 10 (17.24%) Change Control
3 9 (15.52%) Network Management
4 7 (12.07%) Network Load Balancing
5 5 (8.621%) CRM
5 5 (8.621%) Business Development
6 4 (6.897%) Project Management
7 3 (5.172%) PRINCE
7 3 (5.172%) Workflow
8 2 (3.448%) Network Architecture
8 2 (3.448%) Data Analysis
8 2 (3.448%) Security Management
8 2 (3.448%) Web Development
8 2 (3.448%) Time Management
9 1 (1.724%) UML
9 1 (1.724%) OO
9 1 (1.724%) Matrix Management
9 1 (1.724%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (1.724%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.897%) SQL
2 2 (3.448%) C#
2 2 (3.448%) Java
3 1 (1.724%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.724%) VB
3 1 (1.724%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.724%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (24.14%) MCSE
3 12 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (18.97%) MCSA
4 11 (18.97%) MCITP
5 10 (17.24%) CCNA
5 10 (17.24%) CCDA
6 9 (15.52%) CCNP
6 9 (15.52%) MCTS
7 8 (13.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (13.79%) CCA
7 8 (13.79%) Citrix Certification
7 8 (13.79%) MCP
8 6 (10.34%) Degree
9 3 (5.172%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (3.448%) HND
11 1 (1.724%) CCIE
11 1 (1.724%) CCDP
11 1 (1.724%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (25.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (44.83%) Active Directory
3 24 (41.38%) XenServer
3 24 (41.38%) Hyper-V
4 20 (34.48%) XenDesktop
4 20 (34.48%) XenApp
5 8 (13.79%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (12.07%) NFS
7 2 (3.448%) Xen
8 1 (1.724%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 19 (32.76%) WSUS
2 2 (3.448%) SCCM
2 2 (3.448%) MOM
3 1 (1.724%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (50.00%) VMware
2 25 (43.10%) Citrix
3 21 (36.21%) HP
4 19 (32.76%) LANDesk
5 13 (22.41%) Cisco
6 10 (17.24%) Juniper
7 9 (15.52%) F5
8 7 (12.07%) CommVault
8 7 (12.07%) EMC
9 3 (5.172%) AppSense
10 2 (3.448%) Avaya
10 2 (3.448%) SAP
10 2 (3.448%) Salesforce.com
11 1 (1.724%) Novell
11 1 (1.724%) PlateSpin
11 1 (1.724%) Wyse
11 1 (1.724%) Vizioncore
Harrogate, Yorkshire
My client has an urgent requirement for a Supply Chain ERP Project Manager for their head office in Harrogate. This is an excellent opportunity to join the growing...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Harrogate, Yorkshire
My client has an urgent requirement for a Supply Chain ERP Project Manager for their head office in Harrogate. This is an excellent opportunity to join the growing...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013