The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 4 4 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 11 12 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincoln 14.67% 17.91% 34.62%
As % of the Vendors category 32.35% 52.17% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 16
Average salary £31,000 £40,000 £26,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.50% +52.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £37,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £34,200 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Lincoln
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
34 23 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincoln 45.33% 34.33% 51.92%
Number of salaries quoted 31 22 24
Average salary £31,000 £40,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.50% +18.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,300 £37,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Lincolnshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincoln 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 Lincoln region.

Lincoln Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Lincoln region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Lincoln Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincoln 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 21 (63.64%) SQL
1 21 (63.64%) .NET
2 19 (57.58%) Windows
3 17 (51.52%) C#
4 16 (48.48%) Crystal Reports
5 15 (45.45%) SQL Server
6 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
7 10 (30.30%) WCF
7 10 (30.30%) XML
7 10 (30.30%) ASP.NET
7 10 (30.30%) VB.NET
8 9 (27.27%) Visual Studio
8 9 (27.27%) .NET Framework
8 9 (27.27%) Telerik
9 8 (24.24%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (24.24%) EDI
9 8 (24.24%) BizTalk Server
10 7 (21.21%) ERP
10 7 (21.21%) XSL
10 7 (21.21%) T-SQL
10 7 (21.21%) VB
10 7 (21.21%) Bourne shell
10 7 (21.21%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (21.21%) DevExpress
10 7 (21.21%) Web Application Development
10 7 (21.21%) QlikView
11 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
12 5 (15.15%) OO
12 5 (15.15%) MS Exchange
12 5 (15.15%) JavaScript

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincoln 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 21 (63.64%) .NET
2 10 (30.30%) WCF
2 10 (30.30%) XML
2 10 (30.30%) ASP.NET
3 9 (27.27%) .NET Framework
4 8 (24.24%) EDI
5 7 (21.21%) XSL
6 5 (15.15%) ASP
6 5 (15.15%) jQuery
7 3 (9.091%) XHTML
7 3 (9.091%) CSS
7 3 (9.091%) Web Services
7 3 (9.091%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 3 (9.091%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 8 (24.24%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (15.15%) MS Exchange
3 3 (9.091%) IIS
3 3 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
5 1 (3.030%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (3.030%) ESB
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.061%) MS Office
3 1 (3.030%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.030%) Solid Edge
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) VoIP
2 3 (9.091%) SMTP
2 3 (9.091%) DNS
3 2 (6.061%) Firewall
3 2 (6.061%) LAN
4 1 (3.030%) WAN
4 1 (3.030%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.030%) SAN
4 1 (3.030%) Wireless
4 1 (3.030%) iSCSI
4 1 (3.030%) Unified Communications
4 1 (3.030%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (48.48%) Crystal Reports
2 15 (45.45%) SQL Server
3 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (21.21%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 7 (21.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (6.061%) Retail
1 2 (6.061%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Developer
2 17 (51.52%) .NET Developer
3 3 (9.091%) Architect
3 3 (9.091%) Web Developer
3 3 (9.091%) Administrator
3 3 (9.091%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (9.091%) C# Web Developer
3 3 (9.091%) C# Developer
3 3 (9.091%) .NET Web Developer
3 3 (9.091%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (6.061%) Systems Developer
4 2 (6.061%) Software Programmer
4 2 (6.061%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.061%) Programmer
4 2 (6.061%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.030%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) Support Technician
5 1 (3.030%) Network Technician
5 1 (3.030%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.091%) Graphic Design
1 3 (9.091%) SaaS
2 2 (6.061%) Open Source
2 2 (6.061%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 19 (57.58%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (9.091%) Android
3 3 (9.091%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.061%) Linux
5 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.030%) SUSE
5 1 (3.030%) Debian
5 1 (3.030%) Fedora
5 1 (3.030%) Mandriva Linux
5 1 (3.030%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.030%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) ERP
1 7 (21.21%) Web Application Development
2 5 (15.15%) OO
3 3 (9.091%) OOD
4 2 (6.061%) Software Deployment
4 2 (6.061%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (6.061%) MVC
4 2 (6.061%) Project Management
4 2 (6.061%) ITIL
4 2 (6.061%) OOP
5 1 (3.030%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (3.030%) Data Architecture
5 1 (3.030%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.030%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 21 (63.64%) SQL
2 17 (51.52%) C#
3 10 (30.30%) VB.NET
4 7 (21.21%) T-SQL
4 7 (21.21%) VB
4 7 (21.21%) Bourne shell
5 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (9.091%) MCSE
3 2 (6.061%) MCSA
4 1 (3.030%) CCNA
4 1 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.030%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (9.091%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.061%) vSphere
2 2 (6.061%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.030%) NFS
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Telerik
2 7 (21.21%) DevExpress
3 5 (15.15%) VMware
4 4 (12.12%) Citrix
5 2 (6.061%) ProCurve
5 2 (6.061%) HP
5 2 (6.061%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.030%) Cisco
6 1 (3.030%) Remedy
6 1 (3.030%) SolidWorks
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
My client is offering the opportunity for a motivated & ambitious ASP.Net / C# Developer to join the team at this exciting time & become pinnacle within this business!... Skills:...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Microsoft training!
Posted: 16 May 2013
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Planning and Business Intelligence... using SQL Server 2008 R2... To be successful in this position you will need experience of SQL Server 2005/2008 R2, SSRS, SSIS and...
University of Lincoln
Salary: £25,504 per annum + generous benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013
Lincoln
toolset (SSMS, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) and will provide exposure along the full length of the development life cycle from ETL, through data warehousing to dashboard and report development.
University of Lincoln
Salary: £25,504 per annum + generous benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013