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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Kingston Upon Thames region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the last 3 months to 20 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 20 May 2008Same period last year
Rank714
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads5014
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.006 %
As % of the category below59.52 %32.56 %
Salaries quoted5014
Average minimum salary£32,180£31,357
Average salary£36,820£37,107
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Average maximum salary£41,460£42,857
UK excluding London average salary£35,438£35,641
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Vendors Kingston Upon ThamesVendors
Kingston Upon Thames
Matching permanent IT job ads8443
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.019 %
Salaries quoted7734
Average minimum salary£34,169£37,030
Average salary£36,833£39,674
% change on same period last year-7.16 %
Average maximum salary£39,496£42,318
UK excluding London average salary£40,099£41,431
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Microsoft LondonMicrosoft
London

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the Kingston Upon Thames region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Kingston Upon Thames Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Kingston Upon Thames region over the past 3 months.

Kingston Upon Thames Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

166 (71.74 %).NET
166 (71.74 %)SQL Server
265 (70.65 %)ASP.NET
357 (61.96 %)C#
439 (42.39 %)SQL Server 2005
439 (42.39 %)MS Excel
536 (39.13 %)Finance
634 (36.96 %)Visual Studio
733 (35.87 %)Pensions
832 (34.78 %)Windows
930 (32.61 %)Health
1029 (31.52 %)XML
1125 (27.17 %)SQL
1223 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
1321 (22.83 %)TCP/IP
1419 (20.65 %)Scrum
1517 (18.48 %)WinForms
1517 (18.48 %)Tandem
1517 (18.48 %)WebServices
1615 (16.30 %)Internet
1615 (16.30 %)SQL Server 7
1714 (15.22 %)SharePoint
1812 (13.04 %)Client/Server
1812 (13.04 %)MS Exchange
1812 (13.04 %)Windows 2000
1911 (11.96 %)MCP
1911 (11.96 %)HTML
1911 (11.96 %)TDD
2010 (10.87 %)Retail
2010 (10.87 %)DHCP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
166 (71.74 %).NET
265 (70.65 %)ASP.NET
329 (31.52 %)XML
417 (18.48 %)WebServices
417 (18.48 %)WinForms
511 (11.96 %)HTML
68 (8.696 %)ASP
68 (8.696 %)AJAX
68 (8.696 %)WCF
68 (8.696 %)WPF
68 (8.696 %)WF
74 (4.348 %)XHTML
74 (4.348 %)CSS
74 (4.348 %)XSLT
82 (2.174 %)ODBC
82 (2.174 %)JDBC
82 (2.174 %)WebSphere
82 (2.174 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
114 (15.22 %)SharePoint
212 (13.04 %)MS Exchange
39 (9.783 %)BizTalk Server
39 (9.783 %)IIS
39 (9.783 %)Exchange Server 2000
39 (9.783 %)SharePoint Server 2007
48 (8.696 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 5.5
54 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (1.087 %)Apache
Applications
139 (42.39 %)MS Excel
28 (8.696 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
121 (22.83 %)TCP/IP
215 (16.30 %)Internet
310 (10.87 %)DHCP
47 (7.609 %)DNS
53 (3.261 %)VPN
53 (3.261 %)WINS
53 (3.261 %)VoIP
53 (3.261 %)Wi-Fi
62 (2.174 %)LAN
62 (2.174 %)Network Security
62 (2.174 %)MPLS
62 (2.174 %)OSPF
62 (2.174 %)Firewall
62 (2.174 %)WAN
62 (2.174 %)HTTP
62 (2.174 %)Intranet
71 (1.087 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
166 (71.74 %)SQL Server
239 (42.39 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (16.30 %)SQL Server 7
48 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
134 (36.96 %)Visual Studio
26 (6.522 %)NUnit
General
136 (39.13 %)Finance
233 (35.87 %)Pensions
330 (32.61 %)Health
410 (10.87 %)Retail
54 (4.348 %)Electric
54 (4.348 %)Graphic Design
54 (4.348 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
158 (63.04 %)Developer
240 (43.48 %).NET Developer
327 (29.35 %)C# Developer
422 (23.91 %)Analyst
520 (21.74 %)ASP.NET Developer
617 (18.48 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
715 (16.30 %)Support Analyst
86 (6.522 %)Technical Support
86 (6.522 %)Support Engineer
95 (5.435 %)Lead Developer
95 (5.435 %)Technical Support Analyst
95 (5.435 %)Technical Analyst
104 (4.348 %)Desktop Analyst
104 (4.348 %)Desktop Support Analyst
104 (4.348 %)IT Support Engineer
104 (4.348 %)Infrastructure Analyst
104 (4.348 %)Software Developer
104 (4.348 %)Desktop Support
113 (3.261 %)Server Support
113 (3.261 %)Server Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
117 (18.48 %)Tandem
212 (13.04 %)Client/Server
35 (5.435 %)N-Tier
35 (5.435 %)PDA
41 (1.087 %)French Language
41 (1.087 %)German Language
41 (1.087 %)Italian Language
41 (1.087 %)Spanish Language
Operating Systems
132 (34.78 %)Windows
212 (13.04 %)Windows 2000
37 (7.609 %)Windows XP
37 (7.609 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (3.261 %)Linux
51 (1.087 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
119 (20.65 %)Scrum
211 (11.96 %)TDD
39 (9.783 %)Extreme Programming
39 (9.783 %)ITIL
47 (7.609 %)Project Management
56 (6.522 %)Service Management
56 (6.522 %)E-Commerce
64 (4.348 %)Web Design
64 (4.348 %)Unit Testing
73 (3.261 %)Web Development
82 (2.174 %)Automated Testing
82 (2.174 %)EAI
82 (2.174 %)CRM
Programming Languages
157 (61.96 %)C#
225 (27.17 %)SQL
38 (8.696 %)VBScript
38 (8.696 %)VB.NET
46 (6.522 %)JavaScript
54 (4.348 %)Transact-SQL
54 (4.348 %)ActionScript
62 (2.174 %)VB
62 (2.174 %)Java
71 (1.087 %)Perl
71 (1.087 %)PL/SQL
Qualifications
123 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (11.96 %)MCP
39 (9.783 %)MCAD
39 (9.783 %)MCSD
39 (9.783 %)MCSE
45 (5.435 %)Degree
52 (2.174 %)CCNA
52 (2.174 %)Cisco Certification
61 (1.087 %)MCSA
System Software
19 (9.783 %)Active Directory
23 (3.261 %)Terminal Services
Vendors
110 (10.87 %)Citrix
27 (7.609 %)VMware
35 (5.435 %)Cisco
44 (4.348 %)HP
44 (4.348 %)Dell
44 (4.348 %)Intel
44 (4.348 %)Oracle
53 (3.261 %)Altiris
62 (2.174 %)Blue Coat
62 (2.174 %)Crossbeam
62 (2.174 %)Clearswift
62 (2.174 %)CheckPoint
62 (2.174 %)Nokia
71 (1.087 %)Apple
71 (1.087 %)Avaya
71 (1.087 %)Juniper
71 (1.087 %)Nortel
71 (1.087 %)Symantec
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