The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Jersey 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 Jersey 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 1 6 2
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 19 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Jersey 63.33% 33.33% 31.25%
As % of the Vendors category 70.37% 38.89% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 5
Average salary £57,500 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.77% -18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Jersey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
27 18 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Jersey 90.00% 85.71% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 21 17 11
Average salary £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.31% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £40,100 £43,750
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Channel Islands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Jersey 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 Jersey region.

Jersey Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Jersey Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Jersey 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 37 (74.00%) HP
1 37 (74.00%) SAN
1 37 (74.00%) VMware
2 36 (72.00%) Citrix
3 33 (66.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 33 (66.00%) MCSE
4 31 (62.00%) Active Directory
5 29 (58.00%) MS Excel
6 28 (56.00%) Cisco
7 27 (54.00%) Windows
8 25 (50.00%) MCITP
9 21 (42.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 21 (42.00%) Advertising
10 17 (34.00%) SCCM
10 17 (34.00%) SCOM
10 17 (34.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 15 (30.00%) NetApp
12 14 (28.00%) CCA
12 14 (28.00%) Citrix Certification
13 12 (24.00%) Legal
14 11 (22.00%) VMware ESX
14 11 (22.00%) Microsoft App-V
14 11 (22.00%) CCEA
15 10 (20.00%) HP ASE
16 9 (18.00%) Finance
16 9 (18.00%) MCSA
17 8 (16.00%) HP AIS
17 8 (16.00%) Hyper-V
18 7 (14.00%) HP MASE
18 7 (14.00%) Citrix Presentation Server

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Jersey 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 2 (4.000%) .NET
2 1 (2.000%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (6.000%) MS Exchange
2 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (6.000%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 29 (58.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.000%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 37 (74.00%) SAN
2 3 (6.000%) DHCP
2 3 (6.000%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.000%) DNS
3 2 (4.000%) NAS
3 2 (4.000%) LAN
3 2 (4.000%) VoIP
3 2 (4.000%) WAN
4 1 (2.000%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (6.000%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 21 (42.00%) Advertising
2 12 (24.00%) Legal
3 9 (18.00%) Finance
4 5 (10.00%) Banking
5 1 (2.000%) Games
5 1 (2.000%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (32.00%) Consultant
2 12 (24.00%) Senior Consultant
3 9 (18.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 7 (14.00%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
4 7 (14.00%) Server Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) Technical Consultant
5 6 (12.00%) Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 5 (10.00%) Technical Leader
7 4 (8.000%) Senior Technical Support
7 4 (8.000%) Senior Server Engineer
7 4 (8.000%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 4 (8.000%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (8.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.000%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (8.000%) Network Engineer
7 4 (8.000%) Technical Support
8 3 (6.000%) Support Analyst
8 3 (6.000%) Administrator
8 3 (6.000%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.000%) Blackberry
1 3 (6.000%) Hedge funds
2 2 (4.000%) HP StorageWorks
3 1 (2.000%) E-Learning
3 1 (2.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 27 (54.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (8.000%) OS/400
2 4 (8.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (6.000%) Linux
4 1 (2.000%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (12.00%) Project Management
1 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (10.00%) CRM
3 3 (6.000%) OO
4 2 (4.000%) Release Management
4 2 (4.000%) Information Security
5 1 (2.000%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.000%) ERP
5 1 (2.000%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.000%) Investment Management
5 1 (2.000%) Supplier Management
5 1 (2.000%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (2.000%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.000%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.000%) C
1 3 (6.000%) VBScript
1 3 (6.000%) VB
1 3 (6.000%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.000%) SQL
3 1 (2.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 33 (66.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 33 (66.00%) MCSE
2 25 (50.00%) MCITP
3 21 (42.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 14 (28.00%) CCA
4 14 (28.00%) Citrix Certification
5 11 (22.00%) CCEA
6 10 (20.00%) HP ASE
7 9 (18.00%) MCSA
8 8 (16.00%) HP AIS
9 7 (14.00%) HP MASE
10 5 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (10.00%) MCP
10 5 (10.00%) CCNP
10 5 (10.00%) CCNA
11 3 (6.000%) VCP4
11 3 (6.000%) VCP5
12 2 (4.000%) VCAP
12 2 (4.000%) MCTS
12 2 (4.000%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.000%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (62.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (34.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (22.00%) VMware ESX
3 11 (22.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 8 (16.00%) Hyper-V
5 7 (14.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 5 (10.00%) XenApp
7 3 (6.000%) ISA Server
7 3 (6.000%) vSphere
7 3 (6.000%) UAG
8 2 (4.000%) XenServer
9 1 (2.000%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (34.00%) SCCM
1 17 (34.00%) SCOM
2 3 (6.000%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (6.000%) NetBackup
2 3 (6.000%) HP SIM
2 3 (6.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 37 (74.00%) HP
1 37 (74.00%) VMware
2 36 (72.00%) Citrix
3 28 (56.00%) Cisco
4 15 (30.00%) NetApp
5 5 (10.00%) EMC
6 4 (8.000%) IBM
7 3 (6.000%) CA
7 3 (6.000%) Symantec
7 3 (6.000%) Sophos
8 2 (4.000%) 3PAR
8 2 (4.000%) CommVault
9 1 (2.000%) Intel
9 1 (2.000%) Interwoven
9 1 (2.000%) Oracle
Jersey, Channel Isles
The role is to design, install, administer and optimise Global Intel based servers and related components to maximize performance of the hosted business applications... Advanced knowledge and experience...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £60000.00 - £70000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Jersey, Channel Isles
Virtualization Consultant/ VMWare Engineer/ VMWare Consultant... - Additional knowledge of storage solutions such as HP-SAN and/or NetApp highly desirable. - Additional professional certification from the likes of NetApp,...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bens + Bonus + On-call + Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Jersey, Channel Isles
Advanced knowledge and experience with Microsoft Windows Servers, Intel technology, VMware ESXi ideally supported by recognized certification - MCSE/MCITP & VCP5.0. Additional exposure/experience to the following technologies...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bens + Bonus + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013