The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames 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 4 20 8
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 46 20 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 30.26% 11.11% 28.57%
As % of the Vendors category 65.71% 24.39% 62.69%
Number of salaries quoted 46 18 41
Average salary £40,000 £31,750 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.98% -36.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £19,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £53,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
70 82 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 46.05% 45.56% 45.58%
Number of salaries quoted 70 80 66
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Kingston Upon Thames Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 58 (72.50%) SQL Server
2 55 (68.75%) .NET
3 51 (63.75%) Windows
4 47 (58.75%) C#
5 42 (52.50%) XML
6 40 (50.00%) ASP.NET
7 26 (32.50%) SQL
7 26 (32.50%) SQL Server 2008
8 24 (30.00%) Degree
8 24 (30.00%) JavaScript
9 22 (27.50%) Windows Server 2008
10 20 (25.00%) T-SQL
10 20 (25.00%) MS Excel
11 19 (23.75%) HTML
11 19 (23.75%) VB.NET
11 19 (23.75%) Multithreading
12 17 (21.25%) UML
12 17 (21.25%) SaaS
12 17 (21.25%) Computer Science
13 16 (20.00%) CSS
13 16 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (16.25%) Windows Server 2003
14 13 (16.25%) Active Directory
14 13 (16.25%) .NET Framework
15 12 (15.00%) MS Exchange
16 11 (13.75%) MySQL
16 11 (13.75%) IIS
16 11 (13.75%) Web Application Development
17 10 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
17 10 (12.50%) MVC

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 55 (68.75%) .NET
2 42 (52.50%) XML
3 40 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 19 (23.75%) HTML
5 16 (20.00%) CSS
6 13 (16.25%) .NET Framework
7 7 (8.750%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (7.500%) WebSphere
8 6 (7.500%) WCF
8 6 (7.500%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (7.500%) Razor View Engine
8 6 (7.500%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 6 (7.500%) Middleware
9 5 (6.250%) Web Services
9 5 (6.250%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 3 (3.750%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 3 (3.750%) jQuery
11 2 (2.500%) LINQ
12 1 (1.250%) XSLT
12 1 (1.250%) COM
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.00%) MS Exchange
2 11 (13.75%) IIS
3 6 (7.500%) Oracle Service Bus
3 6 (7.500%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (7.500%) Apache
3 6 (7.500%) Tomcat
3 6 (7.500%) SharePoint
4 5 (6.250%) MS Project Server
5 4 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (3.750%) Lync
6 3 (3.750%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.250%) CMS
7 1 (1.250%) Mathematica
7 1 (1.250%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.250%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (1.250%) Umbraco
7 1 (1.250%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 20 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (8.750%) MS Office
3 6 (7.500%) MS Project
4 5 (6.250%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.250%) Simulink
5 1 (1.250%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (2.500%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.00%) DNS
1 8 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (10.00%) Firewall
2 6 (7.500%) DHCP
3 2 (2.500%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.250%) Wireless
4 1 (1.250%) Internet
4 1 (1.250%) SAN
4 1 (1.250%) DSL
4 1 (1.250%) SMTP
4 1 (1.250%) IPv4
4 1 (1.250%) NAS
4 1 (1.250%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (1.250%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (72.50%) SQL Server
2 26 (32.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (13.75%) MySQL
4 10 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (7.500%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (7.500%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (7.500%) SQL Server 2012
5 6 (7.500%) Oracle ODI
5 6 (7.500%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (7.500%) DTS
5 6 (7.500%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 9 (11.25%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.500%) Talend Open Studio
3 5 (6.250%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (6.250%) Retail
2 2 (2.500%) French Language
2 2 (2.500%) German Language
3 1 (1.250%) Billing
Job Titles
1 47 (58.75%) Developer
2 41 (51.25%) .NET Developer
3 18 (22.50%) C# .NET Developer
3 18 (22.50%) C# Developer
4 13 (16.25%) Web Developer
5 12 (15.00%) .NET Web Developer
6 11 (13.75%) ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (10.00%) Junior C# Developer
7 8 (10.00%) Junior .NET Developer
7 8 (10.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 8 (10.00%) Junior Developer
7 8 (10.00%) Junior
8 7 (8.750%) Analyst
8 7 (8.750%) Senior Developer
8 7 (8.750%) Senior .NET Developer
9 6 (7.500%) .NET Team Leader
9 6 (7.500%) SQL Server DBA
9 6 (7.500%) Team Leader
9 6 (7.500%) SQL DBA
9 6 (7.500%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.25%) SaaS
1 17 (21.25%) Computer Science
2 7 (8.750%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.500%) Tandem
3 6 (7.500%) Replication
4 2 (2.500%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.500%) Clustering
5 1 (1.250%) Firmware
5 1 (1.250%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.250%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.250%) PDA
5 1 (1.250%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 51 (63.75%) Windows
2 22 (27.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (16.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (10.00%) Linux
5 3 (3.750%) Windows 2000
5 3 (3.750%) Windows XP
6 2 (2.500%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.500%) UNIX
7 1 (1.250%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.75%) Multithreading
2 17 (21.25%) UML
3 11 (13.75%) Web Application Development
4 10 (12.50%) MVC
5 9 (11.25%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (10.00%) TDD
7 7 (8.750%) ETL
8 6 (7.500%) Data Analysis
8 6 (7.500%) Domain-Driven Design
8 6 (7.500%) BDD
8 6 (7.500%) CQRS
8 6 (7.500%) Data Modelling
8 6 (7.500%) CRM
8 6 (7.500%) SOA
8 6 (7.500%) Project Management
9 5 (6.250%) SEO
9 5 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (6.250%) Web Development
10 4 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (3.750%) OO
Programming Languages
1 47 (58.75%) C#
2 26 (32.50%) SQL
3 24 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 20 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 19 (23.75%) VB.NET
6 8 (10.00%) VB
7 6 (7.500%) VBScript
8 4 (5.000%) Java
9 1 (1.250%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.250%) C++
9 1 (1.250%) C
9 1 (1.250%) Fortran
9 1 (1.250%) XPath
Qualifications
1 24 (30.00%) Degree
2 16 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (11.25%) MCSE
4 8 (10.00%) MCTS
5 7 (8.750%) MCP
6 6 (7.500%) MCAD
6 6 (7.500%) MCSD
7 4 (5.000%) MCITP
8 3 (3.750%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.750%) CCNA
9 1 (1.250%) PhD
9 1 (1.250%) CCA
9 1 (1.250%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.250%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.750%) SLA
2 1 (1.250%) QA
System Software
1 13 (16.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.500%) vSphere
3 3 (3.750%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.750%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.500%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.250%) VMware GSX
5 1 (1.250%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.250%) Terminal Server
5 1 (1.250%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (2.500%) SCCM
2 1 (1.250%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.250%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 10 (12.50%) Cisco
2 7 (8.750%) VMware
2 7 (8.750%) Oracle
3 6 (7.500%) Talend
3 6 (7.500%) IBM
3 6 (7.500%) Citrix
4 5 (6.250%) Google
5 3 (3.750%) SAP
6 2 (2.500%) Sitecore
6 2 (2.500%) HP
6 2 (2.500%) Dell
7 1 (1.250%) Minitab
7 1 (1.250%) NetApp
7 1 (1.250%) Remedy
7 1 (1.250%) Sophos
7 1 (1.250%) EMC
7 1 (1.250%) BroadSoft
7 1 (1.250%) GFI Software
7 1 (1.250%) ZyXEL
7 1 (1.250%) Draytek
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
My client is looking for a bright and motivated individual that has strong overall programming experience; building large scale systems/applications using the Microsoft .Net Framework... This role...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
A leading software house based in Kingston, South West London are looking for an ambitious and dynamic Software Engineer/.Net Developer to work across building a range of...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013