Microsoft Jobs in Leicestershire
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 6 11 7
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 160 116 97
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 23.46% 16.41% 17.54%
As % of the Vendors category 45.85% 43.28% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 139 106 79
Average salary £38,024 £30,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.66% -1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 349 268 248
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 51.17% 37.91% 44.85%
Number of salaries quoted 305 230 209
Average salary £37,250 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.61% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicester +3 121 £40,000 +33.33%
Hinckley +1 14 £46,000 +155.55%
Market Harborough +1 2 £20,000 -59.18%
Loughborough -10 2 £32,500 +31.31%
Coalville - 1 £35,000 -
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 183 (57.01%) .NET
2 170 (52.96%) C#
3 168 (52.34%) SQL Server
4 136 (42.37%) SQL
5 132 (41.12%) MS Excel
6 124 (38.63%) ASP.NET
7 122 (38.01%) Windows
8 100 (31.15%) Visual Studio
9 60 (18.69%) UML
9 60 (18.69%) jQuery
10 58 (18.07%) NUnit
10 58 (18.07%) Retail
10 58 (18.07%) E-Commerce
11 55 (17.13%) Ajax
12 54 (16.82%) MS Office
13 52 (16.20%) OWASP
14 47 (14.64%) Marketing
14 47 (14.64%) MS Exchange
14 47 (14.64%) Internet
15 46 (14.33%) Project Management
15 46 (14.33%) XML
15 46 (14.33%) MVC
15 46 (14.33%) SQL Server 2008
16 45 (14.02%) Windows Server 2008
16 45 (14.02%) Degree
16 45 (14.02%) Scrum
17 44 (13.71%) Windows Server 2003
17 44 (13.71%) Active Directory
18 43 (13.40%) SQL Server 2005
19 41 (12.77%) CSS

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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
1 183 (57.01%) .NET
2 124 (38.63%) ASP.NET
3 60 (18.69%) jQuery
4 55 (17.13%) Ajax
5 46 (14.33%) XML
6 41 (12.77%) CSS
7 39 (12.15%) HTML5
8 38 (11.84%) ASP.NET MVC
9 34 (10.59%) XHTML
10 33 (10.28%) XSLT
10 33 (10.28%) .NET Framework
11 31 (9.657%) CSS3
12 30 (9.346%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 26 (8.100%) Web Services
14 25 (7.788%) RESTful
15 24 (7.477%) JSON
16 18 (5.607%) WCF
16 18 (5.607%) WinForms
17 16 (4.984%) WPF
18 15 (4.673%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 47 (14.64%) MS Exchange
2 24 (7.477%) IIS
3 23 (7.165%) Exchange Server 2007
4 16 (4.984%) SharePoint
5 13 (4.050%) Windows Azure
6 10 (3.115%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (2.804%) Exchange Server 2003
8 7 (2.181%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (1.246%) CMS
10 3 (0.935%) Lync
11 2 (0.623%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (0.623%) Commerce Server 2007
11 2 (0.623%) Commerce Server
12 1 (0.312%) WebSphere MQ
12 1 (0.312%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.312%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.312%) Magento
12 1 (0.312%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.312%) WordPress
12 1 (0.312%) SilverStripe
Applications
1 132 (41.12%) MS Excel
2 54 (16.82%) MS Office
3 17 (5.296%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (1.246%) MS Project
5 3 (0.935%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.935%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.935%) InDesign
6 1 (0.312%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 10 (3.115%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.869%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.623%) Retail-J
3 2 (0.623%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.312%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 47 (14.64%) Internet
2 38 (11.84%) TCP/IP
3 21 (6.542%) Firewall
4 16 (4.984%) WAN
5 10 (3.115%) LAN
5 10 (3.115%) Wireless
5 10 (3.115%) SAN
6 9 (2.804%) DNS
6 9 (2.804%) DHCP
7 8 (2.492%) FTP
8 6 (1.869%) VPN
9 5 (1.558%) PBX
9 5 (1.558%) VoIP
10 4 (1.246%) MPLS
11 3 (0.935%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.935%) VLAN
11 3 (0.935%) Intranet
12 2 (0.623%) NetScaler
12 2 (0.623%) Network Security
13 1 (0.312%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (52.34%) SQL Server
2 46 (14.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 43 (13.40%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (5.296%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (5.296%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (3.427%) SQL Server 2000
6 10 (3.115%) Crystal Reports
6 10 (3.115%) ActiveReports
7 9 (2.804%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.804%) MS Access
8 7 (2.181%) MySQL
8 7 (2.181%) SQL Server 2012
9 5 (1.558%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (1.246%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.246%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.935%) QlikView
12 2 (0.623%) Oracle 11g
13 1 (0.312%) PerformancePoint
13 1 (0.312%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 1 (0.312%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 100 (31.15%) Visual Studio
2 58 (18.07%) NUnit
3 12 (3.738%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (2.492%) Moq
5 5 (1.558%) MorphX
6 4 (1.246%) MSTest
6 4 (1.246%) Rhino Mocks
7 3 (0.935%) Dreamweaver
8 2 (0.623%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.312%) Subversion
9 1 (0.312%) JIRA
9 1 (0.312%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.312%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.312%) GitHub
9 1 (0.312%) NCover
General
1 58 (18.07%) Retail
2 47 (14.64%) Marketing
3 24 (7.477%) Finance
4 13 (4.050%) Back Office
5 9 (2.804%) Telecoms
6 6 (1.869%) Advertising
7 5 (1.558%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.312%) French Language
8 1 (0.312%) Electronics
8 1 (0.312%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.312%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 109 (33.96%) Developer
2 60 (18.69%) .NET Developer
3 40 (12.46%) Analyst
4 36 (11.21%) Support Engineer
4 36 (11.21%) C# Developer
5 32 (9.969%) Project Manager
5 32 (9.969%) C# .NET Developer
6 28 (8.723%) Senior Developer
7 24 (7.477%) IT Support
8 22 (6.854%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 22 (6.854%) ASP.NET Developer
9 21 (6.542%) Development Manager
10 18 (5.607%) Technical Project Manager
10 18 (5.607%) Team Leader
10 18 (5.607%) Technical Manager
11 17 (5.296%) Applications Support
12 16 (4.984%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (4.673%) Support Analyst
14 14 (4.361%) Software Development Manager
14 14 (4.361%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.542%) Computer Science
2 20 (6.231%) N-Tier
3 16 (4.984%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.738%) Clustering
5 8 (2.492%) Tandem
6 6 (1.869%) EPoS
6 6 (1.869%) Blackberry
7 5 (1.558%) IVR
8 3 (0.935%) Open Source
9 2 (0.623%) Firmware
10 1 (0.312%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.312%) Biometrics
10 1 (0.312%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.312%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.312%) W3C
10 1 (0.312%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.312%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.312%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.312%) iPhone
10 1 (0.312%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 122 (38.01%) Windows
2 45 (14.02%) Windows Server 2008
3 44 (13.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (6.231%) Windows XP
5 18 (5.607%) Linux
6 15 (4.673%) Windows 7
7 10 (3.115%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.492%) Windows 2000 Server
8 8 (2.492%) Windows Vista
9 7 (2.181%) Android
9 7 (2.181%) Windows 2000
10 4 (1.246%) Windows Mobile
10 4 (1.246%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.312%) Mac OS X Server
11 1 (0.312%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.312%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (18.69%) UML
2 58 (18.07%) E-Commerce
3 52 (16.20%) OWASP
4 46 (14.33%) Project Management
4 46 (14.33%) MVC
5 45 (14.02%) Scrum
6 36 (11.21%) Extreme Programming
6 36 (11.21%) Web Accessibility
6 36 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (9.657%) ITIL
8 19 (5.919%) CRM
8 19 (5.919%) Web Development
9 17 (5.296%) Change Management
9 17 (5.296%) Waterfall
9 17 (5.296%) Capacity Management
10 16 (4.984%) OO
10 16 (4.984%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (4.984%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (4.050%) Logistics
12 12 (3.738%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 170 (52.96%) C#
2 136 (42.37%) SQL
3 28 (8.723%) VB
4 21 (6.542%) VBScript
5 18 (5.607%) VB.NET
5 18 (5.607%) Java
6 16 (4.984%) T-SQL
7 14 (4.361%) JavaScript
8 13 (4.050%) C++
9 10 (3.115%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.804%) VB6
11 5 (1.558%) C
11 5 (1.558%) PHP
12 4 (1.246%) X++
13 3 (0.935%) VC++
14 2 (0.623%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.312%) Python
15 1 (0.312%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.312%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (14.02%) Degree
2 39 (12.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (10.90%) MCP
4 18 (5.607%) MCTS
5 15 (4.673%) MCSE
6 13 (4.050%) MCITP
7 7 (2.181%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (1.869%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.558%) CCNA
9 5 (1.558%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (1.246%) MCSA
10 4 (1.246%) Security Cleared
11 3 (0.935%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.935%) MCAD
11 3 (0.935%) MCSD
11 3 (0.935%) CCEA
11 3 (0.935%) CCA
12 2 (0.623%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.623%) MCPD
12 2 (0.623%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.361%) ISO 9001
1 14 (4.361%) TickIT
2 8 (2.492%) SLA
3 6 (1.869%) QA
4 2 (0.623%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.623%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (13.71%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.723%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.165%) vSphere
4 4 (1.246%) XenApp
4 4 (1.246%) XenDesktop
5 3 (0.935%) XenServer
5 3 (0.935%) Forefront TMG
5 3 (0.935%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.623%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.312%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (4.673%) SCOM
2 7 (2.181%) SCCM
3 5 (1.558%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.935%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.623%) WSUS
6 1 (0.312%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 40 (12.46%) VMware
2 24 (7.477%) HP
3 16 (4.984%) Cisco
3 16 (4.984%) Citrix
4 14 (4.361%) Oracle
5 12 (3.738%) SAP
5 12 (3.738%) Symantec
6 11 (3.427%) NetApp
7 10 (3.115%) Red Gate
8 7 (2.181%) Dell
9 6 (1.869%) Avaya
9 6 (1.869%) ProCurve
10 5 (1.558%) Apple
11 4 (1.246%) Sage
11 4 (1.246%) LANDesk
12 3 (0.935%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.935%) Adobe
12 3 (0.935%) PeopleSoft
13 2 (0.623%) EMC
13 2 (0.623%) Remedy
Technical Support, Application Support
Leicestershire
Support Technician, Support Assistant, Support Engineer, Support Analyst, Leicestershire, Shepshed, Microsoft SQL server, Networking, IP, Infrastructure, DNS, DHCP, Windows, 1st line support, First line support. My client is...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £22500 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
.Net Developer/Web Developer, (C#/VB.Net, ASP.NET 3.5/4.0, SQL Server)
Leicestershire
Web Developer/.NET Developer (Version 3.5/4) - C# or VB.NET/ASP.NET/Microsoft SQL Server/LINQ using Microsoft Visual Studio. A growing business requires a .NET...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
VB.Net Developer, (VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, JavaScript, AJAX)
Leicester, Leicestershire
VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer, (VB.NET, ASP.NET 3.5/4.0, SQL Server, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery) Role Description. VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer, (VB.NET, ASP...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £40,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
.Net Developer - C#, ASP.Net x 2
Hinckley, Leicestershire
In particular using Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010; Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 ASP.NET & C#; JSON, jQuery andAJAX; SQL Server 2005 & 2008. Experience of using ActiveReports and Redgate...
Randstad Technologies
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software Development Manager (.Net) Leicester £55K
Leicester, Leicestershire
Software Development Manager, Man-management, Microsoft .Net development, ASP.Net, C#, MVC, Agile/Scrum, Commercial product development - WEB/Enterprise - Leicester 45-55K. An established, privately owned software house...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Support Engineer, Windows 2003 / 2008 Server TCP/IP - Leicestershire
Leicester, Leicestershire
Systems Engineer with Windows 2003/2008 Server, Microsoft clustering technologies and TCP/IP... Capacity Planning. Microsoft Active Directory. VMWare VSphere 5.x. Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Microsoft SQL...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £33,000 per annum inc 33% Shift Allowance + Bonus (average 12%) + pen
Posted: 14 May 2013
Technical QA Analyst
Leicester, Leicestershire
To be considered for the Technical QA Analyst position, you must have the following: Technical skills Test Driven Development (desirable) SQL/Microsoft SQL Server (essential) Understanding of XML,...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer (Sharepoint, SQL, Windows)
Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom
IIS, SQL, SharePoint) including a comprehensive foundation knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience of creating standard documentation including...
Outsourcery
Salary: £24,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 19 May 2013
Senior Systems Engineer
Leicester, East Midlands
They will also have strong knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft technologies in the Server/ Pc and application arenas.Knowledge of the following technologies is required: Windows...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
IT Infrastructure Engineer - Wintel / Citrix - Leicester
Leicester, East Midlands
IT Infrastructure Engineer - Wintel / Citrix - Leicester - Leicestershire - East MidlandsRole - IT Infrastructure Engineer - Wintel / CitrixLocation - Leicester - Leicestershire - East MidlandsSalary - £32,000 - £38,000This is a very exciting opportunity for...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Systems Engineer
Leicester, Leicestershire
Good working knowledge of TCPIP over WAN / LAN network infrastructures is also essential. Technical Skills: Windows 2003 / 2008 Server... Active Directory Administration & Security. Windows XP / Windows 7 Client...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
Technical Architect - Leicester, Leicestershire
Leicester, Leicestershire
To perform software design of logistics solutions for mechanical IT systems and governance to ensure that the implementation follows the design... Formal training in software design and UML.....
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Competitive + excellent company benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Senior Systems Engineer - Leicester Leicestershire
Leicester, Leicestershire
Windows XP/7. Microsoft Active Directory. Group Policy configuration & Deployment, Microsoft IIS 6/7, VBScript, TCP/IP, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008... HP/Dell Server Hardware. HP/...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum + excellent benefits - see below
Posted: 15 May 2013
Project Manager .Net C# - Leicestershire, East Midlands
Leicester, Leicestershire
Technical Project Manager required to lead business process change, development, test and delivery of core applications within the Instore Systems, specifically the EPOS and back office applications used...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum inc car allowance + bonus + pension + share o
Posted: 15 May 2013
Java Developer - Senior - near Leicester - £45k
Leicester, Leicestershire
An experienced / senior Java Developer, with strong knowledge of Core Java and Microsoft SQL Server, and ideally Java Swing, is immediately required by a leading manufacturing business based...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £45k plus benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Team Leader
Leicester, Leicestershire
Technical expert in the following areas: Windows Server 2003/2008, XP Pro/Win7, Microsoft Active Directory - including administration and Group Policy management, TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Vmware...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £45k per year
Posted: 15 May 2013
Network/System Administrator
Markfield, Leicestershire
VLAN's) If you are an existing Network/Administrator and ready for your next career move then this is your perfect opportunity to join a leading retail business...
Macintosh UK
Salary: £21k - 26k per year + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Helpdesk Administrator
Coalville
Due to the successful integration of the two brands we are looking to strengthen their Head Office team with the additional appointment of a Helpdesk Administrator.Based in...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £15k - 20k per year + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Helpdesk Administrator
Markfield, Leicestershire
In this 1st line support role of Helpdesk Administrator you will need to have some previous experience as a Helpdesk Administrator of providing support (ideally in a retail...
Macintosh UK
Salary: £15k - 20k per year + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Software Configuration Release Analyst - Leicester, Leicestershire
Leicester, Leicestershire
This role will work closely with QA testers support services to ensure system integrity is maintained through the improvement process... The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum basic + bonus (average 12%) + pension + shares
Posted: 14 May 2013
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