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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 Hertfordshire 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 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank57
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads690593
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.336 %0.265 %
As % of the category below33.71 %28.33 %
Salaries quoted604446
Average minimum salary£34,081£33,918
Average salary£37,385£37,223
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
Average maximum salary£40,689£40,527
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors HertfordshireVendors
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads20472093
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.998 %0.935 %
Salaries quoted17111630
Average minimum salary£35,531£38,499
Average salary£39,119£41,487
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Average maximum salary£42,707£44,475
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Microsoft East of EnglandMicrosoft
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Hertfordshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1WatfordUp+1106£34,490-9.28 %
2St AlbansUp+852£33,078-5.20 %
3Welwyn Garden CityUp+1642£50,298+66.07 %
4StevenageUp+129£34,777+17.99 %
5RickmansworthUp+212£30,083+26.66 %
6HitchinDown-410£23,000-21.14 %
7WareNew entry-6£25,167-
8Waltham CrossNew entry-5£35,000-
8Bishop's StortfordDown-55£28,300-22.99 %
9RoystonDown-33£37,500+58.73 %
10HertfordDown-82£39,250+12.67 %
10TringNo change02£21,500-33.84 %
11BerkhamstedDown-21£21,500-21.81 %
11BaldockNew entry-1£20,000-
11Potters BarDown-61£20,000-42.36 %
11LetchworthDown-41£27,500+1.85 %
Microsoft East of EnglandMicrosoft
East of England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1456 (36.83 %)MS Excel
2425 (34.33 %)SQL Server
3409 (33.04 %).NET
4362 (29.24 %)Windows
5296 (23.91 %)SQL
6284 (22.94 %)C#
7236 (19.06 %)ASP.NET
8231 (18.66 %)XML
9224 (18.09 %)Microsoft Certification
10196 (15.83 %)Degree
11195 (15.75 %)Active Directory
12189 (15.27 %)MS Office
13186 (15.02 %)MS Exchange
14145 (11.71 %)SQL Server 2005
15138 (11.15 %)VB.NET
16129 (10.42 %)BizTalk Server
17117 (9.451 %)SharePoint
17117 (9.451 %)Retail
18114 (9.208 %)SQL Server 2000
19113 (9.128 %)HTML
19113 (9.128 %)WebServices
20108 (8.724 %)MCSE
20108 (8.724 %)Project Management
21104 (8.401 %)Oracle
22103 (8.320 %)JavaScript
2398 (7.916 %).NET Framework
2497 (7.835 %)Finance
2595 (7.674 %)VB
2694 (7.593 %)Pensions
2793 (7.512 %)IIS

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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
1409 (33.04 %).NET
2236 (19.06 %)ASP.NET
3231 (18.66 %)XML
4113 (9.128 %)WebServices
4113 (9.128 %)HTML
598 (7.916 %).NET Framework
690 (7.270 %)CSS
771 (5.735 %)COM
847 (3.796 %)WinForms
937 (2.989 %)ASP
1036 (2.908 %)SOAP
1036 (2.908 %)ADO.NET
1134 (2.746 %)XHTML
1226 (2.100 %)XSL
1226 (2.100 %)XSLT
1226 (2.100 %)JSP
1325 (2.019 %)AJAX
1421 (1.696 %)ADO
1520 (1.616 %)VXML
1618 (1.454 %)WML
Application Platforms
1186 (15.02 %)MS Exchange
2129 (10.42 %)BizTalk Server
3117 (9.451 %)SharePoint
493 (7.512 %)IIS
577 (6.220 %)Exchange Server 2003
649 (3.958 %)Exchange Server 2000
738 (3.069 %)Lotus Notes
834 (2.746 %)SharePoint Portal Server
925 (2.019 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1023 (1.858 %)Apache
1120 (1.616 %)Exchange Server 2007
1213 (1.050 %)CMS
1310 (0.808 %)CICS
1310 (0.808 %)Lotus Domino
146 (0.485 %)TeamSite
146 (0.485 %)Exchange Server 5.5
155 (0.404 %)SAS
155 (0.404 %)WebLogic
162 (0.162 %)Tomcat
162 (0.162 %)JBoss
Applications
1456 (36.83 %)MS Excel
2189 (15.27 %)MS Office
343 (3.473 %)MS Project
437 (2.989 %)MS PowerPoint
527 (2.181 %)Photoshop
623 (1.858 %)MS Visio
717 (1.373 %)AutoCAD
813 (1.050 %)Fireworks
911 (0.889 %)CA Clarity
104 (0.323 %)MATLAB
113 (0.242 %)Acrobat
113 (0.242 %)RoboHelp
121 (0.081 %)SPSS
121 (0.081 %)InDesign
Business Applications
130 (2.423 %)Navision
227 (2.181 %)Dynamics NAV
312 (0.969 %)Line 500
411 (0.889 %)Dynamics CRM
411 (0.889 %)Great Plains
58 (0.646 %)Microsoft CRM
58 (0.646 %)Dynamics AX
65 (0.404 %)Remedy AR System
73 (0.242 %)Axapta
81 (0.081 %)Oracle Financials
81 (0.081 %)SAP R/3
81 (0.081 %)BASE24
81 (0.081 %)SoftGrid
81 (0.081 %)SAP Business One
81 (0.081 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
171 (5.735 %)Internet
254 (4.362 %)SAN
342 (3.393 %)LAN
441 (3.312 %)Firewall
530 (2.423 %)DNS
627 (2.181 %)DHCP
724 (1.939 %)TCP/IP
819 (1.535 %)WAN
918 (1.454 %)VPN
918 (1.454 %)WINS
1015 (1.212 %)HTTP
1113 (1.050 %)VoIP
1113 (1.050 %)ADSL
129 (0.727 %)Wireless
137 (0.565 %)Intranet
146 (0.485 %)IPCC
146 (0.485 %)PBX
146 (0.485 %)Cisco PIX
146 (0.485 %)Network Security
155 (0.404 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1425 (34.33 %)SQL Server
2145 (11.71 %)SQL Server 2005
3114 (9.208 %)SQL Server 2000
476 (6.139 %)MS Access
551 (4.120 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
637 (2.989 %)Crystal Reports
731 (2.504 %)SQL Server 7
824 (1.939 %)DB2
921 (1.696 %)DTS
1015 (1.212 %)MySQL
1112 (0.969 %)RDBMS
1211 (0.889 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1211 (0.889 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1211 (0.889 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
135 (0.404 %)Datawarehouse
144 (0.323 %)Oracle 8/8i
144 (0.323 %)Data Mining
153 (0.242 %)OLAP
162 (0.162 %)Oracle 9i
162 (0.162 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
177 (6.220 %)Visual Studio
234 (2.746 %)VSS/SourceSafe
326 (2.100 %)Flash
414 (1.131 %)Dreamweaver
58 (0.646 %)MorphX
67 (0.565 %)COOL2E
76 (0.485 %)Synon
83 (0.242 %)ProC
83 (0.242 %)TestDirector
83 (0.242 %)Eclipse
92 (0.162 %)LoadRunner
92 (0.162 %)MSI
92 (0.162 %)Omnis Studio
101 (0.081 %)InstallShield
101 (0.081 %)Log4j
101 (0.081 %)PowerBuilder
General
1117 (9.451 %)Retail
297 (7.835 %)Finance
394 (7.593 %)Pensions
484 (6.785 %)Health
538 (3.069 %)Telecoms
624 (1.939 %)Construction
624 (1.939 %)Insurance
722 (1.777 %)Education
820 (1.616 %)Back Office
917 (1.373 %)Manufacturing
1014 (1.131 %)Electronics
1113 (1.050 %)Pharmaceutical
1212 (0.969 %)Banking
1311 (0.889 %)Marketing
149 (0.727 %)Games
149 (0.727 %)Publishing
158 (0.646 %)Government
158 (0.646 %)Aerospace
165 (0.404 %)Law
165 (0.404 %)Legal
Job Titles
1384 (31.02 %)Developer
2186 (15.02 %)Analyst
3126 (10.18 %)Consultant
4121 (9.774 %).NET Developer
599 (7.997 %)Support Analyst
666 (5.331 %)Project Manager
757 (4.604 %)Support Engineer
856 (4.523 %)C# Developer
952 (4.200 %)Team Leader
1051 (4.120 %)DBA
1144 (3.554 %)Senior Developer
1243 (3.473 %)Architect
1342 (3.393 %)Software Developer
1436 (2.908 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1436 (2.908 %)BizTalk Developer
1533 (2.666 %)Administrator
1632 (2.585 %)Desktop Support
1731 (2.504 %)Technical Support
1830 (2.423 %)Programmer
1830 (2.423 %)Junior
Miscellaneous
151 (4.120 %)Computer Science
229 (2.342 %)Mainframe
328 (2.262 %)Management Information System
416 (1.292 %)IVR
514 (1.131 %)Asset Management
613 (1.050 %)CMDB
613 (1.050 %)Client/Server
613 (1.050 %)iDTV
711 (0.889 %)Data Conversion
810 (0.808 %)IBM Mainframe
99 (0.727 %)EPoS
99 (0.727 %)French Language
108 (0.646 %)Interactive TV
117 (0.565 %)CCTV
117 (0.565 %)German Language
117 (0.565 %)Replication
117 (0.565 %)CLARiiON
126 (0.485 %)Firmware
126 (0.485 %)Clustering
135 (0.404 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
1362 (29.24 %)Windows
270 (5.654 %)Windows Server 2003
365 (5.250 %)Unix
461 (4.927 %)Windows XP
555 (4.443 %)Windows 2000
641 (3.312 %)Windows NT
736 (2.908 %)AIX
834 (2.746 %)Linux
96 (0.485 %)Solaris
104 (0.323 %)HPUX
104 (0.323 %)Windows Mobile
104 (0.323 %)Windows Vista
104 (0.323 %)Mac OS X
113 (0.242 %)MVS
121 (0.081 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1108 (8.724 %)Project Management
288 (7.108 %)UML
356 (4.523 %)Business Intelligence
452 (4.200 %)PRINCE2
546 (3.716 %)ITIL
546 (3.716 %)OO
645 (3.635 %)Change Management
744 (3.554 %)E-Commerce
839 (3.150 %)OOD
839 (3.150 %)CRM
938 (3.069 %)Service Delivery
1036 (2.908 %)TDD
1131 (2.504 %)ERP
1229 (2.342 %)Service Management
1326 (2.100 %)Release Management
1425 (2.019 %)Extreme Programming
1524 (1.939 %)Scrum
1524 (1.939 %)Agile Software Development
1524 (1.939 %)B2B
1620 (1.616 %)User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1296 (23.91 %)SQL
2284 (22.94 %)C#
3138 (11.15 %)VB.NET
4103 (8.320 %)JavaScript
595 (7.674 %)VB
671 (5.735 %)C++
752 (4.200 %)PHP
849 (3.958 %)VB6
947 (3.796 %)VBA
1038 (3.069 %)Java
1130 (2.423 %)VBScript
1229 (2.342 %)DHTML
1328 (2.262 %)C
1421 (1.696 %)ActionScript
1519 (1.535 %)XPath
1616 (1.292 %)Transact-SQL
178 (0.646 %)RPG
178 (0.646 %)X++
187 (0.565 %)COBOL
195 (0.404 %)VC++
Qualifications
1224 (18.09 %)Microsoft Certification
2196 (15.83 %)Degree
3108 (8.724 %)MCSE
466 (5.331 %)MCP
549 (3.958 %)MCSD
621 (1.696 %)Cisco Certification
720 (1.616 %)MCAD
815 (1.212 %)CCNA
914 (1.131 %)MCDBA
1013 (1.050 %)MCSA
1112 (0.969 %)PRINCE2 Certification
129 (0.727 %)Citrix Certification
138 (0.646 %)CCEA
138 (0.646 %)CCA
138 (0.646 %)ITIL Certification
146 (0.485 %)CCVP
146 (0.485 %)HND
155 (0.404 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
163 (0.242 %)MCDST
172 (0.162 %)PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
151 (4.120 %)SLA
220 (1.616 %)QA
34 (0.323 %)ISO8583
43 (0.242 %)ISO/IEC 20000
43 (0.242 %)GxP
52 (0.162 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.081 %)ISO9001
61 (0.081 %)WCAG
61 (0.081 %)WAI
System Software
1195 (15.75 %)Active Directory
212 (0.969 %)Backup Exec
37 (0.565 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
37 (0.565 %)Citrix Presentation Server
37 (0.565 %)NetBackup
45 (0.404 %)ISA Server
54 (0.323 %)Terminal Services
63 (0.242 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.162 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.081 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
131 (2.504 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
223 (1.858 %)OpenView Configuration Management
316 (1.292 %)MOM
48 (0.646 %)OpenView
57 (0.565 %)Norton AntiVirus
66 (0.485 %)SCOM
75 (0.404 %)OVSD
81 (0.081 %)ServiceCenter
81 (0.081 %)RepliStor
81 (0.081 %)Legato
81 (0.081 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
1104 (8.401 %)Oracle
267 (5.412 %)Citrix
352 (4.200 %)Lotus
451 (4.120 %)Cisco
549 (3.958 %)IBM
632 (2.585 %)VERITAS
730 (2.423 %)HP
829 (2.342 %)Intel
829 (2.342 %)Remedy
829 (2.342 %)VMware
928 (2.262 %)EMC
1027 (2.181 %)Novadigm
1113 (1.050 %)Macromedia
1113 (1.050 %)Symantec
1113 (1.050 %)Sage
1212 (0.969 %)Adobe
1212 (0.969 %)Exchequer
1311 (0.889 %)Pegasus
1311 (0.889 %)Sun
149 (0.727 %)Novell
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