The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Harrow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Harrow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 8 14 22
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 21 16 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrow 22.58% 14.04% 4.505%
As % of the Vendors category 45.65% 21.62% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 5
Average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £38,100
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Harrow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
46 74 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrow 49.46% 64.91% 35.14%
Number of salaries quoted 39 68 38
Average salary £36,500 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.75% -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £65,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrow 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 Harrow region.

Harrow Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Harrow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Harrow Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrow 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 21 (50.00%) Windows
2 19 (45.24%) SQL Server
3 18 (42.86%) .NET
4 16 (38.10%) C#
5 14 (33.33%) Web Services
6 13 (30.95%) MS Exchange
6 13 (30.95%) WAN
6 13 (30.95%) Active Directory
6 13 (30.95%) MVC
7 12 (28.57%) OO
8 11 (26.19%) ASP.NET
8 11 (26.19%) CSS
8 11 (26.19%) Ajax
8 11 (26.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (23.81%) Degree
9 10 (23.81%) TCP/IP
10 9 (21.43%) OOP
10 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (21.43%) ASP
10 9 (21.43%) MS Excel
10 9 (21.43%) Computer Science
10 9 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (19.05%) E-Commerce
11 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
11 8 (19.05%) SQL
11 8 (19.05%) HP
11 8 (19.05%) LAN
12 7 (16.67%) OOD
12 7 (16.67%) VMware
12 7 (16.67%) Subversion

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrow 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 18 (42.86%) .NET
2 14 (33.33%) Web Services
3 11 (26.19%) ASP.NET
3 11 (26.19%) CSS
3 11 (26.19%) Ajax
4 9 (21.43%) ASP
5 6 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 6 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 6 (14.29%) jQuery
5 6 (14.29%) HTML
6 4 (9.524%) WCF
6 4 (9.524%) WPF
6 4 (9.524%) XML
7 3 (7.143%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 3 (7.143%) HTML5
7 3 (7.143%) CSS3
8 2 (4.762%) LINQ
8 2 (4.762%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 13 (30.95%) MS Exchange
2 6 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (14.29%) IIS
3 5 (11.90%) GroupWise
3 5 (11.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (11.90%) CMS
3 5 (11.90%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (4.762%) Kentico
4 2 (4.762%) Umbraco
5 1 (2.381%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (21.43%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.143%) MS Project
2 3 (7.143%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.95%) WAN
2 10 (23.81%) TCP/IP
3 8 (19.05%) LAN
4 7 (16.67%) Wireless
5 5 (11.90%) Intranet
5 5 (11.90%) Internet
6 4 (9.524%) FTP
6 4 (9.524%) HTTP
6 4 (9.524%) DNS
6 4 (9.524%) SMTP
6 4 (9.524%) DHCP
7 2 (4.762%) VLAN
7 2 (4.762%) Firewall
7 2 (4.762%) SAN
7 2 (4.762%) VPN
7 2 (4.762%) Ethernet
8 1 (2.381%) PBX
8 1 (2.381%) VoIP
8 1 (2.381%) 3G
8 1 (2.381%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (45.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.143%) MySQL
4 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (16.67%) Subversion
3 2 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (11.90%) Electronics
2 4 (9.524%) Retail
2 4 (9.524%) Games
3 2 (4.762%) Finance
4 1 (2.381%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Developer
2 9 (21.43%) .NET Developer
3 7 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 7 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (11.90%) ICT Manager
4 5 (11.90%) Head of Development
5 4 (9.524%) Software Developer
5 4 (9.524%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) Support Technician
6 3 (7.143%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.143%) Technical Leader
7 2 (4.762%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.762%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Network Support Technician
7 2 (4.762%) Database Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Network Support
7 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.762%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 6 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.90%) Blackberry
3 5 (11.90%) E-Learning
3 5 (11.90%) CCTV
3 5 (11.90%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.143%) Online Games
5 2 (4.762%) Social Media
5 2 (4.762%) Fat Client
5 2 (4.762%) EPoS
5 2 (4.762%) Firmware
5 2 (4.762%) Thin Client
6 1 (2.381%) iPad
6 1 (2.381%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 21 (50.00%) Windows
2 11 (26.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 5 (11.90%) NetWare
6 4 (9.524%) Windows XP
7 3 (7.143%) Linux
7 3 (7.143%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) MVC
2 12 (28.57%) OO
3 9 (21.43%) OOP
4 8 (19.05%) E-Commerce
5 7 (16.67%) OOD
6 5 (11.90%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (11.90%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (9.524%) Web Development
7 4 (9.524%) Migration
8 3 (7.143%) PRINCE2
8 3 (7.143%) RAD
8 3 (7.143%) Project Management
8 3 (7.143%) SEO
8 3 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (7.143%) Pay per click
8 3 (7.143%) Supplier Management
8 3 (7.143%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (7.143%) Performance Management
8 3 (7.143%) Database Security
8 3 (7.143%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 16 (38.10%) C#
2 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
2 8 (19.05%) SQL
3 5 (11.90%) C
4 3 (7.143%) T-SQL
5 2 (4.762%) XPath
5 2 (4.762%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (9.524%) MCITP
4 3 (7.143%) MCSE
4 3 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (4.762%) MCDST
5 2 (4.762%) MCSA
5 2 (4.762%) MCP
6 1 (2.381%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) SLA
2 1 (2.381%) QA
System Software
1 13 (30.95%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.90%) Novell eDirectory
2 5 (11.90%) MDaemon
3 4 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.762%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.381%) VMware Server
5 1 (2.381%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) ARCserve
1 5 (11.90%) ZENworks
1 5 (11.90%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) HP
2 7 (16.67%) VMware
3 5 (11.90%) Dell
3 5 (11.90%) Citrix
3 5 (11.90%) Novell
4 4 (9.524%) Cisco
5 3 (7.143%) Oracle
5 3 (7.143%) Google
6 2 (4.762%) Facebook
6 2 (4.762%) Twitter