The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Knutsford 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 Knutsford 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 8 27 11
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 24 12 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Knutsford 16.00% 6.667% 14.75%
As % of the Vendors category 30.00% 12.12% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23 4 17
Average salary £52,500 £31,250 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.00% -19.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,400 £21,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,000 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Knutsford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
80 99 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Knutsford 53.33% 55.00% 55.74%
Number of salaries quoted 79 85 53
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,350 £30,000 £31,250
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £46,000 £52,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Cheshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Knutsford Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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 17 (38.64%) .NET
2 16 (36.36%) C#
2 16 (36.36%) Dynamics AX
3 14 (31.82%) ASP.NET
4 13 (29.55%) MS Excel
4 13 (29.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (27.27%) Finance
6 11 (25.00%) ERP
7 10 (22.73%) Project Management
7 10 (22.73%) Migration
8 9 (20.45%) SAP ERP
8 9 (20.45%) MS Office
8 9 (20.45%) SAP
9 8 (18.18%) COM
9 8 (18.18%) Degree
9 8 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 8 (18.18%) MVC
10 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
10 7 (15.91%) SQL
11 6 (13.64%) MS PowerPoint
12 5 (11.36%) Business Continuity
12 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
12 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
12 5 (11.36%) HTML
12 5 (11.36%) JavaScript
12 5 (11.36%) ITIL
12 5 (11.36%) Windows
12 5 (11.36%) E-Commerce
12 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
13 4 (9.091%) Change Management

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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 17 (38.64%) .NET
2 14 (31.82%) ASP.NET
3 8 (18.18%) COM
4 5 (11.36%) HTML
5 4 (9.091%) Web Services
5 4 (9.091%) XML
5 4 (9.091%) DHTML
5 4 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (9.091%) jQuery
6 1 (2.273%) JNDI
6 1 (2.273%) JMS
6 1 (2.273%) JDBC
6 1 (2.273%) JSP
6 1 (2.273%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.091%) Windows Azure
3 3 (6.818%) MS Exchange
4 2 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.273%) CICS
Applications
1 13 (29.55%) MS Excel
2 9 (20.45%) MS Office
3 6 (13.64%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (4.545%) Acrobat
4 2 (4.545%) MS Project
4 2 (4.545%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (36.36%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (20.45%) SAP ERP
3 4 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.091%) HTTP
2 3 (6.818%) Intranet
3 1 (2.273%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.273%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.273%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (9.091%) PhoneGap
2 1 (2.273%) FrontPage
General
1 12 (27.27%) Finance
2 4 (9.091%) Retail
3 1 (2.273%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 9 (20.45%) Developer
3 8 (18.18%) Analyst
3 8 (18.18%) .NET Developer
4 5 (11.36%) C# Web Developer
4 5 (11.36%) C# Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Service Continuity Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Service Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Web Developer
5 4 (9.091%) Consultant
5 4 (9.091%) Junior
5 4 (9.091%) IT Manager
5 4 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (9.091%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (9.091%) Junior Consultant
5 4 (9.091%) Junior Developer
5 4 (9.091%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (9.091%) .NET Web Developer
5 4 (9.091%) Junior .NET Developer
5 4 (9.091%) .NET Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.091%) Open Source
4 2 (4.545%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.273%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.273%) Statistics
5 1 (2.273%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.273%) PMI
5 1 (2.273%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (25.00%) ERP
3 10 (22.73%) Project Management
3 10 (22.73%) Migration
4 8 (18.18%) MVC
5 5 (11.36%) Business Continuity
5 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
5 5 (11.36%) ITIL
5 5 (11.36%) E-Commerce
6 4 (9.091%) Change Management
6 4 (9.091%) CRM
6 4 (9.091%) Web Development
6 4 (9.091%) Software Testing
7 2 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.545%) IT Governance
7 2 (4.545%) Business Transformation
7 2 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (4.545%) Budget Control
8 1 (2.273%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.273%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 16 (36.36%) C#
2 7 (15.91%) SQL
3 5 (11.36%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.545%) VB.NET
4 2 (4.545%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.273%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (2.273%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) SAP
2 4 (9.091%) Sitecore
3 2 (4.545%) Adobe
3 2 (4.545%) Sun
4 1 (2.273%) RedDot
4 1 (2.273%) IBM
Knutsford, Cheshire
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Posted: 22 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £17000 - £19000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £17000 - £19000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
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