The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 23 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 Kent 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 9 9
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 206 121 218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 17.98% 17.02% 20.28%
As % of the Vendors category 39.31% 35.17% 35.74%
Number of salaries quoted 185 113 195
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £53,850 £48,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
524 344 610
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.72% 48.38% 56.74%
Number of salaries quoted 449 313 542
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,950 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dartford +6 21 £25,000 +8.69%
Rochester +2 13 £25,000 -1.96%
West Malling -1 12 £40,000 -5.88%
Tunbridge Wells -5 11 £45,000 +12.50%
Maidstone -7 6 £47,500 +46.15%
Canterbury +7 5 £30,000 +25.00%
Tonbridge - 3 £28,250 -
Chatham +1 2 £40,000 +35.59%
Sittingbourne +1 2 - -
Sevenoaks - 2 £23,428 -
Whitstable - 2 £28,500 -
Westerham - 1 £32,500 -
Dover - 1 £62,500 -
Edenbridge - 1 £50,000 -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

1 143 (41.94%) Windows
2 135 (39.59%) SQL Server
3 127 (37.24%) MS Excel
4 106 (31.09%) SQL
5 95 (27.86%) .NET
6 69 (20.23%) C#
7 63 (18.48%) VMware
8 60 (17.60%) ASP.NET
9 56 (16.42%) Active Directory
10 54 (15.84%) MS Exchange
11 52 (15.25%) Windows Server 2008
12 48 (14.08%) Finance
13 47 (13.78%) Windows Server 2003
14 46 (13.49%) Cisco
14 46 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
15 45 (13.20%) MS Office
15 45 (13.20%) ITIL
16 44 (12.90%) XML
17 43 (12.61%) SharePoint
18 42 (12.32%) Citrix
19 41 (12.02%) E-Commerce
20 39 (11.44%) HP
20 39 (11.44%) Microsoft Certification
21 38 (11.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
22 35 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
23 34 (9.971%) Visual Studio
23 34 (9.971%) HTML
23 34 (9.971%) Project Management
24 33 (9.677%) Retail
24 33 (9.677%) vSphere

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 95 (27.86%) .NET
2 60 (17.60%) ASP.NET
3 44 (12.90%) XML
4 34 (9.971%) HTML
5 30 (8.798%) CSS
6 23 (6.745%) WCF
7 21 (6.158%) Web Services
8 20 (5.865%) HTML5
9 19 (5.572%) .NET Framework
10 18 (5.279%) WebSphere
11 17 (4.985%) jQuery
12 16 (4.692%) LINQ
13 15 (4.399%) ASP
14 12 (3.519%) DHTML
14 12 (3.519%) COM
14 12 (3.519%) ASP.NET MVC
14 12 (3.519%) WPF
15 11 (3.226%) Node.js
16 10 (2.933%) SOAP
17 7 (2.053%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 54 (15.84%) MS Exchange
2 43 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 24 (7.038%) Exchange Server 2003
4 23 (6.745%) Exchange Server 2010
5 18 (5.279%) MQSeries
6 15 (4.399%) Exchange Server 2007
7 14 (4.106%) IIS
8 9 (2.639%) Lync
9 6 (1.760%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 5 (1.466%) Umbraco
10 5 (1.466%) MS Project Server
10 5 (1.466%) Apache
11 3 (0.880%) SAS
11 3 (0.880%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.587%) CMS
12 2 (0.587%) MSMQ
12 2 (0.587%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.587%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (0.587%) DotNetNuke
12 2 (0.587%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 127 (37.24%) MS Excel
2 45 (13.20%) MS Office
3 14 (4.106%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.880%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.587%) MS Project
5 2 (0.587%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (2.639%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.346%) Summit
3 4 (1.173%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.587%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.587%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.293%) Prophet
5 1 (0.293%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.384%) Firewall
2 28 (8.211%) TCP/IP
3 27 (7.918%) DNS
4 26 (7.625%) SAN
5 22 (6.452%) DHCP
6 20 (5.865%) Internet
7 17 (4.985%) VoIP
8 14 (4.106%) WAN
9 13 (3.812%) LAN
10 12 (3.519%) VPN
11 8 (2.346%) Network Security
12 7 (2.053%) IP Telephony
13 6 (1.760%) Ethernet
13 6 (1.760%) Cisco IPT
13 6 (1.760%) VLAN
13 6 (1.760%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.466%) MPLS
15 4 (1.173%) NAS
16 2 (0.587%) SSL
16 2 (0.587%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (39.59%) SQL Server
2 38 (11.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 30 (8.798%) SQL Server 2008
3 30 (8.798%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 27 (7.918%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (6.452%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 19 (5.572%) OLAP
7 15 (4.399%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 15 (4.399%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 13 (3.812%) RDBMS
9 9 (2.639%) MySQL
10 6 (1.760%) Oracle OWB
11 4 (1.173%) SQL Server 2005
12 3 (0.880%) MS Access
12 3 (0.880%) SQL Server 2000
13 2 (0.587%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.587%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.587%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.587%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.587%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (9.971%) Visual Studio
2 10 (2.933%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.173%) NUnit
3 4 (1.173%) Rhino Mocks
3 4 (1.173%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.173%) Selenium
4 2 (0.587%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.293%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.293%) MorphX
5 1 (0.293%) Oracle Forms
General
1 48 (14.08%) Finance
2 33 (9.677%) Retail
3 15 (4.399%) Banking
4 14 (4.106%) Advertising
4 14 (4.106%) Marketing
5 9 (2.639%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.466%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.173%) Military
7 4 (1.173%) German Language
8 3 (0.880%) Spanish Language
8 3 (0.880%) French Language
8 3 (0.880%) Legal
8 3 (0.880%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.587%) Games
9 2 (0.587%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.587%) Dutch Language
9 2 (0.587%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.293%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 99 (29.03%) Developer
2 60 (17.60%) Analyst
3 43 (12.61%) .NET Developer
4 33 (9.677%) Architect
5 29 (8.504%) Support Engineer
6 23 (6.745%) Web Developer
7 22 (6.452%) Support Analyst
8 17 (4.985%) ASP.NET Developer
8 17 (4.985%) Designer
9 16 (4.692%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.106%) C# Developer
10 14 (4.106%) Network Engineer
10 14 (4.106%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 14 (4.106%) C# .NET Developer
11 13 (3.812%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 12 (3.519%) Technical Support
12 12 (3.519%) MI Analyst
13 11 (3.226%) Technical Engineer
13 11 (3.226%) Applications Architect
13 11 (3.226%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.158%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.692%) Mobile App
3 14 (4.106%) Blackberry
4 7 (2.053%) iSeries
4 7 (2.053%) W3C
4 7 (2.053%) Clustering
5 4 (1.173%) Social Media
6 3 (0.880%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.880%) SaaS
6 3 (0.880%) EPoS
6 3 (0.880%) Replication
7 2 (0.587%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.587%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.587%) Social Gaming
7 2 (0.587%) Copywriting
8 1 (0.293%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.293%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.293%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.293%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.293%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 143 (41.94%) Windows
2 52 (15.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 47 (13.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 30 (8.798%) Windows XP
5 20 (5.865%) Linux
6 18 (5.279%) Windows 7
7 16 (4.692%) Android
8 14 (4.106%) UNIX
8 14 (4.106%) Apple iOS
9 12 (3.519%) Windows 2000 Server
10 10 (2.933%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (2.346%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.880%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.880%) Solaris
13 2 (0.587%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.587%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.293%) VMS
14 1 (0.293%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (13.20%) ITIL
2 41 (12.02%) E-Commerce
3 35 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
4 34 (9.971%) Project Management
5 28 (8.211%) SOA
6 26 (7.625%) OO
7 25 (7.331%) Migration
8 21 (6.158%) TDD
9 20 (5.865%) MVC
9 20 (5.865%) Agile Software Development
9 20 (5.865%) Unit Testing
10 19 (5.572%) Configuration Management
11 16 (4.692%) ETL
12 14 (4.106%) CRM
12 14 (4.106%) Domain-Driven Design
13 13 (3.812%) Web Development
13 13 (3.812%) Change Management
14 12 (3.519%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (2.933%) OOP
15 10 (2.933%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (31.09%) SQL
2 69 (20.23%) C#
3 28 (8.211%) JavaScript
4 22 (6.452%) VB
5 16 (4.692%) PHP
6 15 (4.399%) T-SQL
7 14 (4.106%) VB.NET
8 9 (2.639%) C++
8 9 (2.639%) XAML
9 8 (2.346%) C
10 7 (2.053%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.173%) VBScript
11 4 (1.173%) VBA
11 4 (1.173%) Java
11 4 (1.173%) VB6
11 4 (1.173%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.587%) Perl
13 1 (0.293%) SAS Macro
13 1 (0.293%) X++
13 1 (0.293%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 39 (11.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (7.038%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.452%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.158%) Degree
5 18 (5.279%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (4.985%) MCSE
7 8 (2.346%) MCP
8 5 (1.466%) MCTS
8 5 (1.466%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.173%) MCSA
9 4 (1.173%) MCAD
9 4 (1.173%) MCSD
9 4 (1.173%) MCITP
10 3 (0.880%) CCA
10 3 (0.880%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (0.880%) CCNP
10 3 (0.880%) CCNA
11 2 (0.587%) CISM
11 2 (0.587%) CCSP
11 2 (0.587%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.985%) SLA
2 11 (3.226%) QA
3 7 (2.053%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.880%) BS7799
5 2 (0.587%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.587%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.293%) HL7
System Software
1 56 (16.42%) Active Directory
2 46 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (9.677%) vSphere
4 17 (4.985%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (4.692%) VMware ESX
5 16 (4.692%) Hyper-V
6 12 (3.519%) Terminal Services
7 10 (2.933%) XenApp
8 5 (1.466%) XenDesktop
9 4 (1.173%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 3 (0.880%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.587%) ISA Server
11 2 (0.587%) Forefront TMG
12 1 (0.293%) Snort
12 1 (0.293%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (2.933%) Backup Exec
2 5 (1.466%) SCCM
3 4 (1.173%) MIMEsweeper
3 4 (1.173%) SCOM
4 3 (0.880%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (0.880%) Tivoli
4 3 (0.880%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 3 (0.880%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.587%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.587%) WSUS
5 2 (0.587%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.293%) AppDNA
6 1 (0.293%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.293%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.293%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.293%) Cacti
6 1 (0.293%) OpenView
6 1 (0.293%) CiscoWorks
6 1 (0.293%) Nagios
Vendors
1 63 (18.48%) VMware
2 46 (13.49%) Cisco
3 42 (12.32%) Citrix
4 39 (11.44%) HP
5 31 (9.091%) IBM
6 20 (5.865%) Oracle
7 13 (3.812%) Dell
8 9 (2.639%) Websense
9 7 (2.053%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.760%) Symantec
10 6 (1.760%) Apple
11 5 (1.466%) Google
11 5 (1.466%) Business Objects
11 5 (1.466%) McAfee
11 5 (1.466%) Juniper
12 4 (1.173%) AppSense
12 4 (1.173%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.173%) 3PAR
12 4 (1.173%) WatchGuard
12 4 (1.173%) Facebook
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