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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Leeds 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 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank612
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads591519
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.342 %0.223 %
As % of the category below43.23 %30.12 %
Salaries quoted481406
Average minimum salary£30,930£27,471
Average salary£32,787£29,444
% change on same period last year+11.35 %
Average maximum salary£34,645£31,416
UK excluding London average salary£35,431£35,711
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads13671723
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.791 %0.741 %
Salaries quoted10921391
Average minimum salary£32,689£34,211
Average salary£35,086£37,729
% change on same period last year-7.00 %
Average maximum salary£37,483£41,246
UK excluding London average salary£40,460£41,836
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
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West Yorkshire

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 beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Leeds Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Leeds Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1489 (40.85 %)MS Excel
2457 (38.18 %)Windows
3433 (36.17 %)SQL Server
4406 (33.92 %).NET
5338 (28.24 %)C#
6321 (26.82 %)SQL
7262 (21.89 %)Finance
8254 (21.22 %)Active Directory
8254 (21.22 %)Microsoft Certification
9252 (21.05 %)ASP.NET
10211 (17.63 %)Windows Server 2003
11191 (15.96 %)MS Exchange
12185 (15.46 %)SQL Server 2005
13183 (15.29 %)MS Office
14164 (13.70 %)Windows XP
15158 (13.20 %)XML
16134 (11.19 %)MCSE
17124 (10.36 %)Visual Studio
18123 (10.28 %)HTML
19119 (9.942 %)SQL Server 2000
20114 (9.524 %)Windows 2000
21112 (9.357 %)Degree
22110 (9.190 %)Exchange Server 2003
22110 (9.190 %)SharePoint
23107 (8.939 %)Citrix
24105 (8.772 %)WAN
25102 (8.521 %)CSS
26101 (8.438 %)LAN
2799 (8.271 %)ITIL
2898 (8.187 %)VMware

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1406 (33.92 %).NET
2252 (21.05 %)ASP.NET
3158 (13.20 %)XML
4123 (10.28 %)HTML
5102 (8.521 %)CSS
682 (6.850 %)ASP
763 (5.263 %).NET Framework
857 (4.762 %)XSLT
934 (2.840 %)AJAX
1032 (2.673 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1032 (2.673 %)WebServices
1127 (2.256 %)XHTML
1223 (1.921 %)J2EE
1319 (1.587 %)WinForms
1418 (1.504 %)ADO.NET
1515 (1.253 %)JSP
1612 (1.003 %)Middleware
1612 (1.003 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
1710 (0.835 %)COM
189 (0.752 %)MFC
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1191 (15.96 %)MS Exchange
2110 (9.190 %)SharePoint
2110 (9.190 %)Exchange Server 2003
367 (5.597 %)IIS
463 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
547 (3.926 %)CMS
631 (2.590 %)Exchange Server 2000
720 (1.671 %)Lotus Notes
816 (1.337 %)CICS
914 (1.170 %)Exchange Server 2007
1013 (1.086 %)Apache
1110 (0.835 %)BizTalk Server
129 (0.752 %)MQSeries
138 (0.668 %)Tomcat
145 (0.418 %)Content Management Server
145 (0.418 %)WorkSite
154 (0.334 %)Exchange Server 5.5
163 (0.251 %)Oracle Workflow
163 (0.251 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
163 (0.251 %)SAS
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1489 (40.85 %)MS Excel
2183 (15.29 %)MS Office
340 (3.342 %)MS Project
419 (1.587 %)Photoshop
514 (1.170 %)InfoPath
613 (1.086 %)MS Visio
712 (1.003 %)Adobe Illustrator
85 (0.418 %)MS PowerPoint
92 (0.167 %)SPSS
101 (0.084 %)QuarkXPress
101 (0.084 %)Fireworks
101 (0.084 %)DeltaView
101 (0.084 %)PrintSoft PReS
101 (0.084 %)Spreadsheet
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
151 (4.261 %)Microsoft CRM
214 (1.170 %)Dynamics CRM
38 (0.668 %)Oracle Financials
46 (0.501 %)Line 500
55 (0.418 %)Oracle Applications
63 (0.251 %)Oracle 11i
72 (0.167 %)e-Work
81 (0.084 %)ResourceLink
81 (0.084 %)Line 50
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1105 (8.772 %)WAN
2101 (8.438 %)LAN
396 (8.020 %)Firewall
469 (5.764 %)Internet
560 (5.013 %)VPN
650 (4.177 %)TCP/IP
731 (2.590 %)SAN
826 (2.172 %)MPLS
924 (2.005 %)DNS
1023 (1.921 %)VoIP
1121 (1.754 %)Intranet
1121 (1.754 %)VLAN
1218 (1.504 %)DHCP
1314 (1.170 %)Wireless
147 (0.585 %)Network Security
147 (0.585 %)HTTP
156 (0.501 %)GSM
165 (0.418 %)GPRS
165 (0.418 %)DSL
165 (0.418 %)Extranet
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1433 (36.17 %)SQL Server
2185 (15.46 %)SQL Server 2005
3119 (9.942 %)SQL Server 2000
430 (2.506 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
526 (2.172 %)MySQL
526 (2.172 %)Crystal Reports
621 (1.754 %)SQL Server Integration Services
720 (1.671 %)DB2
815 (1.253 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
914 (1.170 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
914 (1.170 %)Oracle 10g
1013 (1.086 %)DTS
1111 (0.919 %)Oracle 8/8i
1111 (0.919 %)BusinessObjects
1210 (0.835 %)Oracle 9i
1210 (0.835 %)ETL
138 (0.668 %)MS Access
138 (0.668 %)SQL Server 2008
147 (0.585 %)OLAP
154 (0.334 %)RDBMS
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1124 (10.36 %)Visual Studio
224 (2.005 %)Flash
320 (1.671 %)Visual Studio Team System
414 (1.170 %)Dreamweaver
512 (1.003 %)Subversion
65 (0.418 %)NUnit
73 (0.251 %)Oracle Forms
82 (0.167 %)JUnit
82 (0.167 %)PowerBuilder
82 (0.167 %)InstallShield
82 (0.167 %)WebLOAD
91 (0.084 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1262 (21.89 %)Finance
289 (7.435 %)Health
382 (6.850 %)Pensions
441 (3.425 %)Legal
534 (2.840 %)Education
633 (2.757 %)Law
731 (2.590 %)Banking
830 (2.506 %)Insurance
920 (1.671 %)Telecoms
1018 (1.504 %)Marketing
1115 (1.253 %)Publishing
1211 (0.919 %)Graphic Design
1310 (0.835 %)Retail
149 (0.752 %)Investment Banking
149 (0.752 %)Automotive
155 (0.418 %)Financial Institution
164 (0.334 %)Government
164 (0.334 %)Auditing
172 (0.167 %)Games
172 (0.167 %)Manufacturing
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1343 (28.65 %)Developer
2220 (18.38 %)Analyst
3159 (13.28 %).NET Developer
497 (8.104 %)C# Developer
588 (7.352 %)Consultant
670 (5.848 %)Architect
768 (5.681 %)Support Analyst
768 (5.681 %)Support Engineer
858 (4.845 %)ASP.NET Developer
955 (4.595 %)Technical Support
1051 (4.261 %)Programmer
1150 (4.177 %)DBA
1248 (4.010 %)Web Developer
1345 (3.759 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1444 (3.676 %)Technical Consultant
1543 (3.592 %)Administrator
1543 (3.592 %)Project Manager
1640 (3.342 %)Business Analyst
1640 (3.342 %)Software Developer
1737 (3.091 %)Network Engineer
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
150 (4.177 %)Mainframe
240 (3.342 %)Management Information System
329 (2.423 %)Clustering
425 (2.089 %)Computer Science
521 (1.754 %)N-Tier
616 (1.337 %)Client/Server
712 (1.003 %)Blackberry
810 (0.835 %)Replication
810 (0.835 %)NHS
99 (0.752 %)PDA
107 (0.585 %)Mathematics
114 (0.334 %)Derivative
114 (0.334 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
114 (0.334 %)Equities
123 (0.251 %)IVR
123 (0.251 %)IPTV
123 (0.251 %)Thin Client
123 (0.251 %)Statistics
123 (0.251 %)Fat Client
132 (0.167 %)NPfIT
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1457 (38.18 %)Windows
2211 (17.63 %)Windows Server 2003
3164 (13.70 %)Windows XP
4114 (9.524 %)Windows 2000
570 (5.848 %)Windows Vista
651 (4.261 %)Windows 2000 Server
729 (2.423 %)UNIX
819 (1.587 %)Linux
916 (1.337 %)MVS
1010 (0.835 %)NetWare
119 (0.752 %)Solaris
124 (0.334 %)Red Hat Linux
132 (0.167 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.084 %)VMS
141 (0.084 %)Windows Server 2008
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
199 (8.271 %)ITIL
293 (7.769 %)CRM
383 (6.934 %)Project Management
480 (6.683 %)PRINCE2
576 (6.349 %)Time Management
658 (4.845 %)OO
746 (3.843 %)UML
841 (3.425 %)Workflow
938 (3.175 %)Agile Software Development
1028 (2.339 %)Web Development
1126 (2.172 %)Business Analysis
1126 (2.172 %)Migration
1225 (2.089 %)Business Intelligence
1225 (2.089 %)Unit Testing
1323 (1.921 %)E-business
1422 (1.838 %)Service Delivery
1422 (1.838 %)E-Commerce
1422 (1.838 %)Asset Management
1520 (1.671 %)Information Security
1619 (1.587 %)Scrum
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1338 (28.24 %)C#
2321 (26.82 %)SQL
386 (7.185 %)VB.NET
482 (6.850 %)JavaScript
559 (4.929 %)VB
658 (4.845 %)Transact-SQL
734 (2.840 %)Java
826 (2.172 %)C++
925 (2.089 %)C
1024 (2.005 %)VB6
1120 (1.671 %)ActionScript
1219 (1.587 %)PHP
1316 (1.337 %)COBOL
1414 (1.170 %)VC++
159 (0.752 %)Delphi
166 (0.501 %)VBA
175 (0.418 %)PL/SQL
175 (0.418 %)VBScript
175 (0.418 %)FoxPro (VFP)
183 (0.251 %)Perl
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1254 (21.22 %)Microsoft Certification
2134 (11.19 %)MCSE
3112 (9.357 %)Degree
455 (4.595 %)MCP
536 (3.008 %)CCNA
536 (3.008 %)Cisco Certification
628 (2.339 %)MCSA
718 (1.504 %)CCNP
718 (1.504 %)MCDST
817 (1.420 %)PRINCE2 Certification
916 (1.337 %)Citrix Certification
1014 (1.170 %)MCAD
1113 (1.086 %)MCTS
1212 (1.003 %)MCSD
1212 (1.003 %)CCA
1311 (0.919 %)CISSP
148 (0.668 %)HND
148 (0.668 %)MOS
148 (0.668 %)CEH
148 (0.668 %)A+ Certification
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (2.089 %)SLA
217 (1.420 %)ISO27001
315 (1.253 %)ISO9000
410 (0.835 %)COBIT
54 (0.334 %)QA
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1254 (21.22 %)Active Directory
241 (3.425 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (2.256 %)Terminal Services
420 (1.671 %)Backup Exec
519 (1.587 %)VMware ESX
614 (1.170 %)NetBackup
710 (0.835 %)ISA Server
89 (0.752 %)Citrix Presentation Server
97 (0.585 %)NDS
104 (0.334 %)Oracle RAC
113 (0.251 %)Novell eDirectory
122 (0.167 %)MetaFrame
122 (0.167 %)Terminal Server
131 (0.084 %)MSMQ
131 (0.084 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
131 (0.084 %)VMware Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (0.919 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (0.585 %)Norton AntiVirus
35 (0.418 %)WSUS
35 (0.418 %)HP Data Protector
44 (0.334 %)ServiceCenter
53 (0.251 %)OpenView
53 (0.251 %)MOM
61 (0.084 %)Netcool
61 (0.084 %)SCOM
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1107 (8.939 %)Citrix
298 (8.187 %)VMware
388 (7.352 %)Oracle
478 (6.516 %)Cisco
539 (3.258 %)HP
623 (1.921 %)Symantec
722 (1.838 %)VERITAS
722 (1.838 %)IBM
820 (1.671 %)Lotus
916 (1.337 %)Sage
916 (1.337 %)Cognos
1013 (1.086 %)Remedy
1112 (1.003 %)Novell
1211 (0.919 %)Business Objects
1310 (0.835 %)Sun
148 (0.668 %)CheckPoint
157 (0.585 %)Metastorm
166 (0.501 %)TIBCO
175 (0.418 %)Hyperion
175 (0.418 %)NetApp
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