The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Liverpool 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 16 12 4
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 52 87 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 12.75% 16.99% 22.75%
As % of the Vendors category 29.55% 36.55% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 47 82 59
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,200 £25,000 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £45,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
176 238 185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 43.14% 46.48% 55.39%
Number of salaries quoted 156 210 158
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £66,400 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Merseyside

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Liverpool Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 63 (46.67%) MS Excel
2 52 (38.52%) .NET
3 50 (37.04%) Windows
4 49 (36.30%) SQL Server
5 45 (33.33%) C#
6 36 (26.67%) ASP.NET
7 35 (25.93%) SQL
8 27 (20.00%) ITIL
8 27 (20.00%) Degree
9 26 (19.26%) .NET Framework
9 26 (19.26%) MS Office
10 24 (17.78%) Active Directory
10 24 (17.78%) VMware
11 23 (17.04%) SQL Server 2008
12 20 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
13 19 (14.07%) VMware Infrastructure
13 19 (14.07%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (14.07%) VB
13 19 (14.07%) OO
13 19 (14.07%) N-Tier
14 18 (13.33%) MS Exchange
14 18 (13.33%) VB6
14 18 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
14 18 (13.33%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
14 18 (13.33%) Mobile App
15 17 (12.59%) Computer Science
15 17 (12.59%) Telerik
16 15 (11.11%) Linux
16 15 (11.11%) SharePoint
17 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Certification

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 52 (38.52%) .NET
2 36 (26.67%) ASP.NET
3 26 (19.26%) .NET Framework
4 18 (13.33%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 11 (8.148%) CSS
5 11 (8.148%) Web Services
5 11 (8.148%) WCF
6 9 (6.667%) HTML
7 6 (4.444%) SOAP
8 4 (2.963%) RESTful
9 3 (2.222%) COM
9 3 (2.222%) XML
9 3 (2.222%) ASP
9 3 (2.222%) XHTML
9 3 (2.222%) jQuery
10 2 (1.481%) .NET Compact Framework
10 2 (1.481%) CAML
10 2 (1.481%) MAPI
11 1 (0.741%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 1 (0.741%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 18 (13.33%) MS Exchange
2 15 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.926%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (5.185%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (4.444%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (4.444%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (2.963%) Lync
7 4 (2.963%) IIS
8 2 (1.481%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (1.481%) Umbraco
8 2 (1.481%) Office Communications Server
8 2 (1.481%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.741%) CMS
Applications
1 63 (46.67%) MS Excel
2 26 (19.26%) MS Office
3 5 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (2.963%) Office 365
5 3 (2.222%) MS Project
5 3 (2.222%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.481%) Google Apps
6 2 (1.481%) RoboHelp
7 1 (0.741%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.741%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.481%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.741%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.148%) DHCP
1 11 (8.148%) DNS
2 8 (5.926%) VPN
3 5 (3.704%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.704%) LAN
3 5 (3.704%) WAN
4 4 (2.963%) Unified Communications
4 4 (2.963%) SAN
5 3 (2.222%) Internet
6 2 (1.481%) IMAP
6 2 (1.481%) Network Security
6 2 (1.481%) DMZ
6 2 (1.481%) SMTP
6 2 (1.481%) VLAN
6 2 (1.481%) Firewall
7 1 (0.741%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.741%) Wireless
7 1 (0.741%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.741%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.741%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (36.30%) SQL Server
2 23 (17.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (5.926%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (2.963%) MS Access
6 2 (1.481%) MySQL
6 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.741%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.741%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.741%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.741%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.741%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (1.481%) MSTest
1 2 (1.481%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (1.481%) CruiseControl
1 2 (1.481%) NUnit
1 2 (1.481%) Subversion
2 1 (0.741%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.741%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.741%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 12 (8.889%) Marketing
2 10 (7.407%) Finance
3 9 (6.667%) Back Office
4 7 (5.185%) Advertising
5 4 (2.963%) Banking
6 3 (2.222%) Publishing
6 3 (2.222%) Retail
7 2 (1.481%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.741%) Law
8 1 (0.741%) Legal
8 1 (0.741%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (29.63%) Developer
2 29 (21.48%) Analyst
3 18 (13.33%) Senior Developer
4 15 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 13 (9.630%) Web Developer
5 13 (9.630%) Architect
6 11 (8.148%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (7.407%) Senior .NET Developer
8 8 (5.926%) Support Technician
8 8 (5.926%) C# Developer
9 7 (5.185%) Senior Web Developer
9 7 (5.185%) ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (5.185%) SharePoint Architect
9 7 (5.185%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 7 (5.185%) C# .NET Developer
10 6 (4.444%) PPC Manager
10 6 (4.444%) PPC Analyst
10 6 (4.444%) PPC Executive
10 6 (4.444%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 6 (4.444%) PPC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.07%) N-Tier
2 18 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 17 (12.59%) Computer Science
4 7 (5.185%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.963%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.481%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.741%) CLARiiON
7 1 (0.741%) EMC Centera
7 1 (0.741%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.741%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.741%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.741%) Physics
7 1 (0.741%) Celerra
7 1 (0.741%) SaaS
7 1 (0.741%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (0.741%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 50 (37.04%) Windows
2 20 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (14.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (11.11%) Linux
5 12 (8.889%) Windows XP
6 11 (8.148%) UNIX
7 9 (6.667%) Windows 7
8 3 (2.222%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.481%) Windows Vista
9 2 (1.481%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.741%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.741%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.741%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.741%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.00%) ITIL
2 19 (14.07%) OO
3 13 (9.630%) Test Scripting
4 10 (7.407%) Project Management
5 9 (6.667%) SEO
5 9 (6.667%) Pay per click
6 8 (5.926%) Digital Marketing
6 8 (5.926%) Data Management
7 5 (3.704%) Problem Management
7 5 (3.704%) Analytics
8 4 (2.963%) Unit Testing
8 4 (2.963%) Investment Management
8 4 (2.963%) Web Development
8 4 (2.963%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (2.963%) Scrum
9 3 (2.222%) Logistics
9 3 (2.222%) Business Development
9 3 (2.222%) ITIL V3
9 3 (2.222%) Service Desk Management
10 2 (1.481%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 45 (33.33%) C#
2 35 (25.93%) SQL
3 19 (14.07%) VB
4 18 (13.33%) VB6
5 13 (9.630%) JavaScript
6 9 (6.667%) VB.NET
7 5 (3.704%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.222%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.481%) PHP
10 1 (0.741%) Ruby
10 1 (0.741%) Java
10 1 (0.741%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (20.00%) Degree
2 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.407%) MCSE
3 10 (7.407%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (5.926%) MCITP
5 7 (5.185%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (2.963%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.963%) MCTS
6 4 (2.963%) CFA
7 3 (2.222%) MCP
7 3 (2.222%) MCSA
7 3 (2.222%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.481%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.481%) CISSP
8 2 (1.481%) CCNA
8 2 (1.481%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.481%) ISSMP
8 2 (1.481%) CISM
9 1 (0.741%) MCPD
9 1 (0.741%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.704%) SLA
2 2 (1.481%) COBIT
2 2 (1.481%) QA
3 1 (0.741%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.741%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (17.78%) Active Directory
2 19 (14.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.704%) VMware ESX
3 5 (3.704%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.704%) XenApp
3 5 (3.704%) vSphere
4 4 (2.963%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (1.481%) XenDesktop
5 2 (1.481%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.741%) XenServer
6 1 (0.741%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 2 (1.481%) SCCM
1 2 (1.481%) SCOM
1 2 (1.481%) SCVMM
2 1 (0.741%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.741%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.741%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 24 (17.78%) VMware
2 17 (12.59%) Telerik
3 12 (8.889%) Citrix
4 11 (8.148%) Google
5 8 (5.926%) Facebook
6 7 (5.185%) Cisco
7 6 (4.444%) Oracle
8 4 (2.963%) Vermilion
8 4 (2.963%) NetApp
8 4 (2.963%) Apple
9 3 (2.222%) Business Objects
9 3 (2.222%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.481%) Kaseya
10 2 (1.481%) Draytek
10 2 (1.481%) NETGEAR
10 2 (1.481%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.481%) Fidessa
10 2 (1.481%) HP
10 2 (1.481%) Dell
10 2 (1.481%) EMC
Liverpool, Merseyside
Software Engineer, Microsoft .Net Framework, , C#, ASP.net, Microsoft SQL Server, source control, web services, WCF , SQL, WCF... Candidates with experience of developing disperate systems using web services...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
Technical skills required You will need skills in areas such as Windows Operating Systems (7, Server 2008), Microsoft Exchange 2010/2007, Active Directory, MS Office 2010, ITIL knowledge,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £24000.00 - £26000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Knowledge of ASP.Net, WCF Services and SOAP/RESTful. Knowledge of JavaScript, CSS and HTML... Key Skills: MOSS / .Net / C# / VB.Net / SQL Server / ASP.Net / WCF Services /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
The ASP... *NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0; *ASP.NET; *Visual Studio 2005 and 2008; *C#; *Classic ASP; *SQL Server 2008; *CSS, HTML, XML and JavaScript; *Web...
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Salary: £38000 - £44000 per annum + Bonus, Health, Pension
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + DOE +Big Company Bens
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Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £16000 - 17500 Per Annum +Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 33,000 - 45,000
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Reed Technology
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum + benefits
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MINT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + pension, bonus, progression
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Spring Technology
Salary: £40000.00 per annum
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