The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Hitchin region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hitchin 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 1 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 6 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hitchin 18.18% 60.00% -
As % of the Vendors category 37.50% 66.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 0
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Hitchin
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
16 18 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hitchin 48.48% 90.00% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 1
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
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 Hitchin region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Hitchin 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 Hitchin region.

Hitchin Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Hitchin region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hitchin Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hitchin 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 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
1 5 (55.56%) ISEB
2 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
2 4 (44.44%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (33.33%) System Testing
4 2 (22.22%) MAPM
4 2 (22.22%) Matrix Management
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (22.22%) Lync
4 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
4 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Supply Chain Management
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) QA
5 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (11.11%) MCITP
5 1 (11.11%) MBCS
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) VLAN
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Mitel
5 1 (11.11%) CCVP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hitchin 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 1 (11.11%) SAML
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
1 1 (11.11%) XML
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) OpenID
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Lync
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (11.11%) JCAPS
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
2 4 (44.44%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) VLAN
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Support
3 1 (11.11%) Messaging Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Voice Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Voice Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) zOS
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
2 3 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Matrix Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) SOA
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) B2B
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) COBOL
1 1 (11.11%) Delphi
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ISEB
2 2 (22.22%) MAPM
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) MCITP
3 1 (11.11%) MBCS
3 1 (11.11%) CCVP
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Mitel
2 1 (11.11%) IBM
2 1 (11.11%) Nortel
2 1 (11.11%) Avaya
2 1 (11.11%) Informatica
2 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Dialogic
2 1 (11.11%) Twitter