The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Hertford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 16 18 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 13 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 15.85% 8.333% 21.74%
As % of the Vendors category 26.53% 13.04% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 5
Average salary £28,000 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Hertford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
49 23 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 59.76% 63.89% 65.22%
Number of salaries quoted 47 23 15
Average salary £40,000 £28,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.35% -36.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Hertfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Hertford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Hertford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertford Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 11 (40.74%) MS Excel
3 10 (37.04%) NHS
4 9 (33.33%) C#
4 9 (33.33%) .NET
4 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 9 (33.33%) Visual Studio
4 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 9 (33.33%) MVC
4 9 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (33.33%) Degree
4 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (29.63%) Cisco
6 7 (25.93%) VMware
6 7 (25.93%) Windows 8
7 5 (18.52%) Acronis
7 5 (18.52%) McAfee ePO
7 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (18.52%) SLA
7 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (18.52%) McAfee
7 5 (18.52%) MCAD
7 5 (18.52%) Windows XP
7 5 (18.52%) Broadband
8 4 (14.81%) N-Tier
8 4 (14.81%) Web Services
8 4 (14.81%) SQL

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 9 (33.33%) .NET
1 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (14.81%) Web Services
2 4 (14.81%) WPF
2 4 (14.81%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.704%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (40.74%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Broadband
2 2 (7.407%) VoIP
3 1 (3.704%) Firewall
3 1 (3.704%) DHCP
3 1 (3.704%) DNS
3 1 (3.704%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Developer
1 9 (33.33%) C# Developer
1 9 (33.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 9 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
2 8 (29.63%) IT Support
2 8 (29.63%) Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Network Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Server Support
3 5 (18.52%) Network Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Server Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Network Support
3 5 (18.52%) Server Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) .NET Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Coordinator
4 4 (14.81%) Software Developer
4 4 (14.81%) C# Software Developer
4 4 (14.81%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) NHS
2 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (14.81%) N-Tier
3 4 (14.81%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows 8
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (18.52%) Windows XP
4 2 (7.407%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) MVC
1 9 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (14.81%) OOD
2 4 (14.81%) TDD
2 4 (14.81%) User Stories
3 2 (7.407%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) C#
2 4 (14.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (18.52%) MCAD
3 2 (7.407%) HND
3 2 (7.407%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) SLA
2 4 (14.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
3 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 2 (7.407%) VMware Server
4 2 (7.407%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Cisco
2 7 (25.93%) VMware
3 5 (18.52%) Acronis
3 5 (18.52%) McAfee
4 2 (7.407%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (7.407%) Apple
5 1 (3.704%) Novell