The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Lichfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Lichfield 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank - 5 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 0 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lichfield - 23.33% -
As % of the Vendors category - 53.85% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £21,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Lichfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lichfield 21.43% 43.33% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 4
Average salary £31,500 £37,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% -40.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,100 £21,000 £36,250
10% offered a salary of more than £46,300 £67,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Staffordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lichfield 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 Lichfield region.

Lichfield Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lichfield 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 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) InfoPath
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) MS Project
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lichfield 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) InfoPath
2 1 (33.33%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM Developer
2 1 (33.33%) CRM Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript