The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield 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 15 26 3
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 9 5 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 14.52% 3.521% 30.43%
As % of the Vendors category 23.68% 27.78% 56.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 37
Average salary £21,600 £21,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.46% -28.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,800 £21,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,167 £21,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Huddersfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
38 18 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 61.29% 12.68% 54.35%
Number of salaries quoted 30 9 58
Average salary £29,750 £21,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.37% -36.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,600 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,750 £47,500 £29,800
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield region.

Huddersfield Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Huddersfield Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 13 (41.94%) C#
1 13 (41.94%) .NET
2 12 (38.71%) SQL
2 12 (38.71%) MS Office
3 11 (35.48%) SQL Server
4 9 (29.03%) ASP.NET
4 9 (29.03%) Windows
5 8 (25.81%) CSS
5 8 (25.81%) HTML
5 8 (25.81%) JavaScript
6 6 (19.35%) Finance
6 6 (19.35%) Citrix
7 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
7 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (12.90%) T-SQL
8 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio
9 3 (9.677%) LAN
9 3 (9.677%) WAN
9 3 (9.677%) Regression Testing
9 3 (9.677%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (9.677%) QA
9 3 (9.677%) Test Scripting
9 3 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (6.452%) Replication
10 2 (6.452%) VMware

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 13 (41.94%) .NET
2 9 (29.03%) ASP.NET
3 8 (25.81%) CSS
3 8 (25.81%) HTML
4 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET MVC 2
4 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.452%) MS Exchange
2 2 (6.452%) IIS
3 1 (3.226%) IBM Notes
3 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 12 (38.71%) MS Office
2 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.226%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (9.677%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.677%) LAN
1 3 (9.677%) WAN
2 2 (6.452%) SAN
3 1 (3.226%) DHCP
3 1 (3.226%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.226%) DNS
3 1 (3.226%) WLAN
3 1 (3.226%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (35.48%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (6.452%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (3.226%) MySQL
6 1 (3.226%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (19.35%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.226%) Automotive
2 1 (3.226%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) .NET Developer
2 8 (25.81%) C# Developer
3 7 (22.58%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (19.35%) ASP.NET Developer
4 6 (19.35%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 6 (19.35%) Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (9.677%) DBA
5 3 (9.677%) Applications Developer
5 3 (9.677%) Applications Support
5 3 (9.677%) Test Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) C# Application Developer
5 3 (9.677%) .NET Applications Developer
5 3 (9.677%) SQL DBA
5 3 (9.677%) QA Test Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) QA Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.452%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Windows
2 3 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (6.452%) Windows 7
3 2 (6.452%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.226%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (9.677%) Regression Testing
1 3 (9.677%) Test Scripting
2 1 (3.226%) E-Commerce
2 1 (3.226%) MVC
2 1 (3.226%) CAD
2 1 (3.226%) Data Protection
2 1 (3.226%) Web Development
2 1 (3.226%) Software Engineering
2 1 (3.226%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) C#
2 12 (38.71%) SQL
3 8 (25.81%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.90%) T-SQL
5 2 (6.452%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.226%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.226%) C
6 1 (3.226%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.226%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.677%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.226%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) SCCM
1 1 (3.226%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Citrix
2 2 (6.452%) VMware
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle
3 1 (3.226%) Cisco
3 1 (3.226%) IBM
3 1 (3.226%) HP
3 1 (3.226%) Dell
3 1 (3.226%) Juniper
3 1 (3.226%) NetApp
3 1 (3.226%) Lotus
3 1 (3.226%) Apple
3 1 (3.226%) Sage
3 1 (3.226%) Veeam
3 1 (3.226%) WatchGuard
3 1 (3.226%) SonicWALL
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