The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Livingston 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 Livingston 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 25 11 16
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4 12 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 4.082% 12.00% 10.00%
As % of the Vendors category 5.970% 24.00% 17.01%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 12
Average salary - £31,500 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Livingston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
67 50 147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 68.37% 50.00% 58.80%
Number of salaries quoted 22 43 96
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Lothian

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Livingston 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 Livingston region.

Livingston Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 11 (47.83%) SQL
1 11 (47.83%) Oracle
1 11 (47.83%) Cisco
2 10 (43.48%) NetApp
2 10 (43.48%) Windows
3 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
3 9 (39.13%) UNIX
3 9 (39.13%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (39.13%) Replication
4 8 (34.78%) Symmetrix
4 8 (34.78%) Change Management
4 8 (34.78%) EMC
4 8 (34.78%) SAN
4 8 (34.78%) Brocade
4 8 (34.78%) Incident Management
4 8 (34.78%) Degree
4 8 (34.78%) NAS
4 8 (34.78%) Customer Engagement
4 8 (34.78%) Symmetrix DMX
4 8 (34.78%) Infrastructure Management
5 7 (30.43%) Linux
6 6 (26.09%) Sun
6 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
6 6 (26.09%) IBM
6 6 (26.09%) StorageTek
6 6 (26.09%) NetBackup
6 6 (26.09%) Citrix
6 6 (26.09%) Analytics
7 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
7 5 (21.74%) QA

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 (8.696%) COM
2 1 (4.348%) XML
2 1 (4.348%) HTML
2 1 (4.348%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
2 4 (17.39%) MS Office
3 1 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) SAN
1 8 (34.78%) NAS
2 4 (17.39%) Broadband
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco PIX
3 3 (13.04%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Billing
3 1 (4.348%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Technical Leader
1 5 (21.74%) Architect
2 3 (13.04%) SAN Storage Specialist
2 3 (13.04%) Senior Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Storage Specialist
2 3 (13.04%) SAN Specialist
2 3 (13.04%) Consultant
2 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Data Modeller
3 2 (8.696%) Senior Data Modeller
4 1 (4.348%) Storage Architect
4 1 (4.348%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.348%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 1 (4.348%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Replication
2 8 (34.78%) Symmetrix
2 8 (34.78%) Symmetrix DMX
3 5 (21.74%) Firmware
4 3 (13.04%) Celerra
5 2 (8.696%) Reference Data
6 1 (4.348%) Statistics
6 1 (4.348%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Windows
2 9 (39.13%) UNIX
3 7 (30.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (34.78%) Change Management
2 8 (34.78%) Incident Management
2 8 (34.78%) Customer Engagement
2 8 (34.78%) Infrastructure Management
3 6 (26.09%) Analytics
4 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
4 5 (21.74%) Service Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) Service Management
6 3 (13.04%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (13.04%) ITSM
6 3 (13.04%) Workflow
7 2 (8.696%) Data Modelling
7 2 (8.696%) eTOM
7 2 (8.696%) Resource Management
8 1 (4.348%) Web Usability
8 1 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) ActionScript
2 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (17.39%) NFS
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (17.39%) SRDF
3 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) NetBackup
2 4 (17.39%) EMC TimeFinder
2 4 (17.39%) SCCM
2 4 (17.39%) Ionix
3 1 (4.348%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Oracle
1 11 (47.83%) Cisco
2 10 (43.48%) NetApp
3 8 (34.78%) EMC
3 8 (34.78%) Brocade
4 6 (26.09%) Sun
4 6 (26.09%) IBM
4 6 (26.09%) StorageTek
4 6 (26.09%) Citrix
5 5 (21.74%) Dell
6 4 (17.39%) Symantec
7 3 (13.04%) VMware
8 1 (4.348%) Netezza
8 1 (4.348%) Business Objects
8 1 (4.348%) McAfee
8 1 (4.348%) Adobe
8 1 (4.348%) HP