Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Hertfordshire region.

 Microsoft
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank10118
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Down-3
Matching permanent IT job ads258247601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire13.59 %11.69 %13.34 %
As % of the Vendors category32.99 %25.33 %28.73 %
Salaries quoted241196505
Average salary£40,000£38,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %+8.570 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,250£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,500£33,500
% change year-on-year
+4.470 %-
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
7829752092
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire41.18 %46.14 %46.45 %
Salaries quoted6357831745
Average salary£45,000£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,150£27,500£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
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 beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs 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 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 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Welwyn Garden CityDown-133£40,000-33.33 %
WatfordNo change027£27,000-32.50 %
Bishop's StortfordUp+614£40,000-13.04 %
St AlbansDown-166£55,000+69.23 %
StevenageUp+65£27,000-21.73 %
BerkhamstedUp+13£44,000+95.55 %
RoystonUp+72£25,000-3.84 %
TringUp+32£31,250+13.63 %
LetchworthUp+71£37,500-11.76 %
WelwynUp+11£45,000+95.65 %
RickmansworthNew entry-1£24,500-
BaldockNew entry-1£34,000-
Microsoft East of EnglandMicrosoft
East of England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1201 (41.02 %)Windows
2174 (35.51 %).NET
3173 (35.31 %)MS Excel
4153 (31.22 %)SQL Server
5138 (28.16 %)C#
6106 (21.63 %)SQL
7103 (21.02 %)ASP.NET
891 (18.57 %)Microsoft Certification
986 (17.55 %)Active Directory
1081 (16.53 %)Windows Server 2003
1180 (16.33 %)VMware
1256 (11.43 %)VMware Infrastructure
1355 (11.22 %)SQL Server 2005
1355 (11.22 %)WCF
1451 (10.41 %)Citrix
1548 (9.796 %)Workflow
1646 (9.388 %)HP
1646 (9.388 %)MS Exchange
1745 (9.184 %)SharePoint
1844 (8.980 %)CMS
1943 (8.776 %)XML
1943 (8.776 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2042 (8.571 %)ITIL
2141 (8.367 %)MCSE
2141 (8.367 %)Web Development
2240 (8.163 %)WF
2240 (8.163 %)Cisco
2240 (8.163 %)EPiServer
2339 (7.959 %)Windows XP
2435 (7.143 %)AJAX

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1174 (35.51 %).NET
2103 (21.02 %)ASP.NET
355 (11.22 %)WCF
443 (8.776 %)XML
540 (8.163 %)WF
635 (7.143 %)AJAX
727 (5.510 %)Silverlight
727 (5.510 %).NET Framework
825 (5.102 %)LINQ
924 (4.898 %)CSS
1023 (4.694 %)HTML
1120 (4.082 %)Web Services
1217 (3.469 %)NHibernate
1217 (3.469 %)Flash
1316 (3.265 %)WPF
1415 (3.061 %)MonoRail
1415 (3.061 %)XHTML
1513 (2.653 %)WinForms
1611 (2.245 %)Application Packaging
1611 (2.245 %)ASP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
146 (9.388 %)MS Exchange
245 (9.184 %)SharePoint
344 (8.980 %)CMS
440 (8.163 %)EPiServer
534 (6.939 %)IIS
628 (5.714 %)Exchange Server 2003
726 (5.306 %)BizTalk Server
815 (3.061 %)Exchange Server 2007
910 (2.041 %)Apache
109 (1.837 %)Tomcat
118 (1.633 %)Umbraco
124 (0.816 %)LiveLink
133 (0.612 %)WebLogic
142 (0.408 %)SharePoint Server 2007
151 (0.204 %)Liferay
151 (0.204 %)Exchange Server 2000
151 (0.204 %)ESB
151 (0.204 %)Oracle 10gAS
151 (0.204 %)Lotus Notes
151 (0.204 %)Commerce Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1173 (35.31 %)MS Excel
234 (6.939 %)MS Office
312 (2.449 %)Photoshop
410 (2.041 %)MS Visio
59 (1.837 %)SPSS
66 (1.224 %)MS Project
73 (0.612 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.408 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (0.408 %)RoboHelp
91 (0.204 %)PrintSoft PReS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (3.878 %)Navision
217 (3.469 %)Dynamics NAV
315 (3.061 %)Microsoft CRM
414 (2.857 %)Dynamics CRM
511 (2.245 %)SoftGrid
66 (1.224 %)Pivotal CRM
66 (1.224 %)SalesLogix
74 (0.816 %)Dynamics AX
82 (0.408 %)Google Analytics
82 (0.408 %)SAP R/3
82 (0.408 %)Oracle EBS
91 (0.204 %)Axapta
91 (0.204 %)Metrica
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (6.531 %)SAN
224 (4.898 %)Internet
316 (3.265 %)Firewall
415 (3.061 %)Intranet
512 (2.449 %)DNS
512 (2.449 %)SMTP
611 (2.245 %)NAS
78 (1.633 %)TCP/IP
86 (1.224 %)VPN
95 (1.020 %)LAN
95 (1.020 %)VoIP
104 (0.816 %)DHCP
104 (0.816 %)Wireless
113 (0.612 %)IPsec
113 (0.612 %)VLAN
113 (0.612 %)WAN
113 (0.612 %)ADSL
113 (0.612 %)Extranet
113 (0.612 %)MPLS
122 (0.408 %)Ethernet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1153 (31.22 %)SQL Server
255 (11.22 %)SQL Server 2005
331 (6.327 %)SQL Server 2008
425 (5.102 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
425 (5.102 %)SQL Server 2000
519 (3.878 %)Datawarehouse
618 (3.673 %)SQL Server Integration Services
715 (3.061 %)Crystal Reports
810 (2.041 %)OLAP
99 (1.837 %)Data Mining
108 (1.633 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
108 (1.633 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
117 (1.429 %)MySQL
124 (0.816 %)Oracle 10g
133 (0.612 %)DTS
133 (0.612 %)Oracle 11g
142 (0.408 %)PostgreSQL
142 (0.408 %)RDBMS
142 (0.408 %)Oracle 8/8i
142 (0.408 %)MS Access
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
125 (5.102 %)NUnit
217 (3.469 %)Visual Studio
311 (2.245 %)InstallShield
311 (2.245 %)Expression Blend
410 (2.041 %)WatiN
56 (1.224 %)Dreamweaver
64 (0.816 %)Subversion
72 (0.408 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.204 %)Oracle Forms
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
133 (6.735 %)Retail
230 (6.122 %)Health
329 (5.918 %)Finance
426 (5.306 %)Pensions
513 (2.653 %)Marketing
612 (2.449 %)Education
710 (2.041 %)Multimedia
710 (2.041 %)Animation
88 (1.633 %)Construction
95 (1.020 %)Back Office
104 (0.816 %)Games
104 (0.816 %)Pharmaceutical
104 (0.816 %)Advertising
104 (0.816 %)Graphic Design
113 (0.612 %)Insurance
113 (0.612 %)Publishing
113 (0.612 %)Government
113 (0.612 %)Law
122 (0.408 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.408 %)Banking
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1135 (27.55 %)Developer
279 (16.12 %)Consultant
367 (13.67 %)Analyst
448 (9.796 %)C# Developer
542 (8.571 %).NET Developer
632 (6.531 %)Architect
632 (6.531 %)Support Engineer
723 (4.694 %)Support Analyst
822 (4.490 %)Administrator
921 (4.286 %)Systems Engineer
1020 (4.082 %)Web Developer
1020 (4.082 %)Designer
1118 (3.673 %)Project Manager
1217 (3.469 %)Technical Consultant
1217 (3.469 %)Virtualisation Consultant
1217 (3.469 %)VMware Engineer
1316 (3.265 %)Senior Developer
1415 (3.061 %)Technical Analyst
1514 (2.857 %)ASP.NET Developer
1613 (2.653 %)Systems Administrator
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (3.061 %)Blackberry
115 (3.061 %)Mathematics
213 (2.653 %)Tandem
311 (2.245 %)Clustering
410 (2.041 %)Statistics
59 (1.837 %)Firmware
66 (1.224 %)RIA
75 (1.020 %)Management Information System
84 (0.816 %)Speech Recognition
84 (0.816 %)NHS
84 (0.816 %)EPoS
84 (0.816 %)Replication
84 (0.816 %)Open Source
84 (0.816 %)Computer Science
93 (0.612 %)Physics
93 (0.612 %)Dependency Injection
93 (0.612 %)Fat Client
93 (0.612 %)PMI
93 (0.612 %)Thin Client
93 (0.612 %)Economics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1201 (41.02 %)Windows
281 (16.53 %)Windows Server 2003
339 (7.959 %)Windows XP
434 (6.939 %)Windows Server 2008
523 (4.694 %)UNIX
622 (4.490 %)Linux
714 (2.857 %)Windows 2000
812 (2.449 %)Windows Vista
97 (1.429 %)AIX
106 (1.224 %)Windows 2000 Server
114 (0.816 %)Solaris
122 (0.408 %)HPUX
131 (0.204 %)OS/400
131 (0.204 %)Windows 7
131 (0.204 %)i5/OS
131 (0.204 %)Mac OS X Server
131 (0.204 %)Android
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
148 (9.796 %)Workflow
242 (8.571 %)ITIL
341 (8.367 %)Web Development
433 (6.735 %)OO
433 (6.735 %)Project Management
532 (6.531 %)Agile Software Development
631 (6.327 %)CRM
730 (6.122 %)TDD
828 (5.714 %)Scrum
926 (5.306 %)E-Commerce
1025 (5.102 %)Business Intelligence
1124 (4.898 %)SOA
1222 (4.490 %)Content Management
1222 (4.490 %)Time Management
1320 (4.082 %)Software Architecture
1320 (4.082 %)Automated Testing
1419 (3.878 %)PRINCE2
1517 (3.469 %)Service Delivery
1517 (3.469 %)Business Analysis
1616 (3.265 %)Change Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1138 (28.16 %)C#
2106 (21.63 %)SQL
320 (4.082 %)JavaScript
418 (3.673 %)T-SQL
516 (3.265 %)VB
614 (2.857 %)C
713 (2.653 %)Java
812 (2.449 %)C++
911 (2.245 %)XAML
1010 (2.041 %)VB.NET
116 (1.224 %)ActionScript
116 (1.224 %)ActionScript 3.0
124 (0.816 %)PL/SQL
133 (0.612 %)VBA
133 (0.612 %)Shell Script
142 (0.408 %)VB6
151 (0.204 %)PowerShell
151 (0.204 %)VBScript
151 (0.204 %)Perl
151 (0.204 %)PHP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
191 (18.57 %)Microsoft Certification
243 (8.776 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
341 (8.367 %)MCSE
430 (6.122 %)MCP
430 (6.122 %)Degree
528 (5.714 %)HP ASE
618 (3.673 %)VCP4
717 (3.469 %)HP MASE
717 (3.469 %)Citrix Certification
717 (3.469 %)CCEA
816 (3.265 %)CCA
914 (2.857 %)MCITP
1013 (2.653 %)MCSD
1111 (2.245 %)MCSA
1210 (2.041 %)MCTS
139 (1.837 %)Security Cleared
139 (1.837 %)Cisco Certification
148 (1.633 %)CCNA
148 (1.633 %)MCAD
156 (1.224 %)MCDBA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.837 %)SLA
27 (1.429 %)QA
35 (1.020 %)ISO27001
43 (0.612 %)COBIT
52 (0.408 %)ISO9001
61 (0.204 %)BS7799
61 (0.204 %)ISO17799
61 (0.204 %)ISO9000
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
186 (17.55 %)Active Directory
256 (11.43 %)VMware Infrastructure
319 (3.878 %)vSphere
417 (3.469 %)XenServer
516 (3.265 %)XenDesktop
516 (3.265 %)XenApp
64 (0.816 %)VMware ESX
73 (0.612 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
82 (0.408 %)Hyper-V
82 (0.408 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.204 %)VMware Server
91 (0.204 %)Oracle RAC
91 (0.204 %)ISA Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
130 (6.122 %)SCCM
229 (5.918 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
320 (4.082 %)WSUS
49 (1.837 %)MSI
54 (0.816 %)OpenView Configuration Management
54 (0.816 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.408 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
71 (0.204 %)BMC Marimba
71 (0.204 %)Norton AntiVirus
71 (0.204 %)NetBackup
71 (0.204 %)Data Guard
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
180 (16.33 %)VMware
251 (10.41 %)Citrix
346 (9.388 %)HP
440 (8.163 %)Cisco
528 (5.714 %)Oracle
619 (3.878 %)Altiris
716 (3.265 %)Adobe
813 (2.653 %)SAP
911 (2.245 %)IronPort
109 (1.837 %)Google
117 (1.429 %)LANDesk
117 (1.429 %)NetApp
126 (1.224 %)Salesforce.com
126 (1.224 %)Symantec
126 (1.224 %)IBM
126 (1.224 %)Dell
134 (0.816 %)Veritas
134 (0.816 %)Softricity
143 (0.612 %)BladeLogic
143 (0.612 %)EMC