The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Letchworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Letchworth 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 12 4 3
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 14 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Letchworth 20.90% 22.22% 26.67%
As % of the Vendors category 41.18% 100.00% 44.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 3
Average salary £35,000 £55,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.36% +15.78%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Letchworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
34 4 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Letchworth 50.75% 22.22% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 34 2 8
Average salary £30,500 £55,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-44.54% +15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £55,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £105,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Hertfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Letchworth 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 Letchworth region.

Letchworth Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Letchworth region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Letchworth Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Letchworth 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 34 (91.89%) MS Excel
2 29 (78.38%) Finance
2 29 (78.38%) Google
3 22 (59.46%) JDE OneWorld
4 17 (45.95%) ASP.NET
4 17 (45.95%) DNA
4 17 (45.95%) C#
4 17 (45.95%) .NET
5 12 (32.43%) Open Source
5 12 (32.43%) Axure RP
5 12 (32.43%) Blog
5 12 (32.43%) PHP
5 12 (32.43%) Java
5 12 (32.43%) Visual Studio
6 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
6 5 (13.51%) HTML
6 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
6 5 (13.51%) Web Development
6 5 (13.51%) WPF
6 5 (13.51%) jQuery
7 4 (10.81%) .NET Framework
8 3 (8.108%) Degree
8 3 (8.108%) Computer Science
8 3 (8.108%) Business Analysis
8 3 (8.108%) Ajax
8 3 (8.108%) MVC
8 3 (8.108%) Validation
8 3 (8.108%) ISEB
8 3 (8.108%) CSS
8 3 (8.108%) Web Services

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Letchworth 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 (45.95%) ASP.NET
1 17 (45.95%) .NET
2 5 (13.51%) HTML
2 5 (13.51%) WPF
2 5 (13.51%) jQuery
3 4 (10.81%) .NET Framework
4 3 (8.108%) Ajax
4 3 (8.108%) CSS
4 3 (8.108%) Web Services
4 3 (8.108%) WCF
4 3 (8.108%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (5.405%) XML
Applications
1 34 (91.89%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (59.46%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (32.43%) Axure RP
1 12 (32.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (78.38%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Developer
1 17 (45.95%) User Experience Designer
1 17 (45.95%) Designer
2 12 (32.43%) Junior
2 12 (32.43%) Junior Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Software Developer
4 3 (8.108%) IT Business Analyst
4 3 (8.108%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.108%) Analyst
5 1 (2.703%) .NET Developer
5 1 (2.703%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.703%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (2.703%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (2.703%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Open Source
1 12 (32.43%) Blog
2 3 (8.108%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) DNA
2 5 (13.51%) Web Development
3 3 (8.108%) Business Analysis
3 3 (8.108%) MVC
3 3 (8.108%) Validation
3 3 (8.108%) System Testing
4 2 (5.405%) OO
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) C#
2 12 (32.43%) PHP
2 12 (32.43%) Java
3 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.405%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.108%) Degree
1 3 (8.108%) ISEB
2 1 (2.703%) MBCS
Vendors
1 29 (78.38%) Google