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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1421
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads85838460
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.184 %3.781 %
As % of the category below24.05 %20.01 %
Salaries quoted73916865
Average minimum salary£39,864£41,227
Average salary£43,695£44,834
% change on same period last year-2.54 %
Average maximum salary£47,525£48,441
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors LondonVendors
London
Matching permanent IT job ads3568942289
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.40 %18.90 %
Salaries quoted2905132212
Average minimum salary£46,052£47,169
Average salary£50,239£51,389
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
Average maximum salary£54,427£55,609
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the London region.

London Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the London region over the past 3 months.

London Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the London region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1City of LondonUp+101955£44,136-12.40 %
2Docklands, LondonDown-2108£44,374-14.65 %
3UxbridgeUp+270£34,586-7.11 %
4HammersmithNo change066£41,678+11.20 %
5CroydonUp+565£42,533+42.92 %
6LutonUp+1055£42,658+14.47 %
7Kingston Upon ThamesUp+951£36,147-0.96 %
8Canary WharfUp+548£52,896-12.74 %
9EalingUp+1441£50,878+30.87 %
10HarrowUp+134£38,132-9.31 %
11BarnetUp+928£45,179+150.99 %
12RomfordUp+527£36,114+15.56 %
13TeddingtonNew entry-23£29,696-
14TwickenhamUp+821£32,119-4.38 %
15BrentfordUp+2020£27,688-30.78 %
16BromleyDown-219£25,971-6.63 %
17FelthamUp+117£30,625-50.60 %
18ChessingtonNo change012£35,556+11.16 %
18SouthwarkNew entry-12£29,286-
19WembleyUp+1311£38,922+23.07 %
19GreenfordDown-411£31,750-17.17 %
20HounslowDown-310£31,500-15.51 %
20New MaldenNew entry-10£32,600-
20SurbitonUp+310£25,700-20.92 %
21IlfordUp+39£22,350+1.59 %
22UpminsterNo change07£56,429+83.72 %
22ClaphamDown-77£32,357+8.37 %
23South CroydonNew entry-6£36,250-
23StanmoreNew entry-6£26,500-
23BarkingNew entry-6£27,200-
23EdgwareNew entry-6£29,583-
23DagenhamNew entry-6£38,167-
24SidcupNew entry-5£21,800-
24HayesNew entry-5£29,900-
25HendonDown-24£41,250+106.25 %
25IsleworthUp+34£32,500-48.00 %
25GreenwichNo change04£35,000+37.25 %
26EnfieldDown-13£34,167+31.41 %
27NortholtNew entry-2£27,500-
28BeckenhamNew entry-1£28,000-
28LewishamNew entry-1--
28OrpingtonNew entry-1£18,500-
28PaddingtonDown-71--
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the London region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

16497 (36.94 %)MS Excel
26106 (34.71 %)Windows
36050 (34.40 %).NET
45645 (32.09 %)SQL Server
54387 (24.94 %)C#
64083 (23.21 %)SQL
73886 (22.09 %)Finance
83346 (19.02 %)MS Exchange
93138 (17.84 %)Active Directory
103105 (17.65 %)MS Office
113056 (17.37 %)ASP.NET
122843 (16.16 %)Microsoft Certification
132142 (12.18 %)XML
142050 (11.66 %)SQL Server 2005
151924 (10.94 %)Degree
161772 (10.07 %)SharePoint
171596 (9.074 %)Exchange Server 2003
181522 (8.653 %)Project Management
191519 (8.636 %)Oracle
201497 (8.511 %)Windows 2000
211465 (8.329 %)MCSE
221406 (7.994 %)SQL Server 2000
231402 (7.971 %)Banking
241360 (7.732 %)IIS
251322 (7.516 %)HTML
261282 (7.289 %)Citrix
271235 (7.021 %)TCP/IP
281202 (6.834 %)VB
291156 (6.572 %)Java
301151 (6.544 %)JavaScript

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the London region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
16050 (34.40 %).NET
23056 (17.37 %)ASP.NET
32142 (12.18 %)XML
41322 (7.516 %)HTML
5946 (5.378 %).NET Framework
6900 (5.117 %)CSS
7875 (4.975 %)ASP
8826 (4.696 %)WebServices
9504 (2.865 %)AJAX
10475 (2.701 %)WinForms
11417 (2.371 %)J2EE
12376 (2.138 %)XSLT
13373 (2.121 %)XHTML
14360 (2.047 %)COM
15200 (1.137 %)XSL
16187 (1.063 %)COM+
17184 (1.046 %)SOAP
18173 (0.984 %)WebSphere
19172 (0.978 %)JSP
20170 (0.967 %)WCF
Application Platforms
13346 (19.02 %)MS Exchange
21772 (10.07 %)SharePoint
31596 (9.074 %)Exchange Server 2003
41360 (7.732 %)IIS
51079 (6.135 %)BizTalk Server
6848 (4.821 %)Exchange Server 2000
7689 (3.917 %)SharePoint Server 2007
8443 (2.519 %)CMS
9390 (2.217 %)Exchange Server 2007
10373 (2.121 %)Lotus Notes
11159 (0.904 %)Apache
12154 (0.876 %)Content Management Server
13150 (0.853 %)Tomcat
14142 (0.807 %)Commerce Server
15138 (0.785 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
16127 (0.722 %)WebLogic
17100 (0.569 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1895 (0.540 %)SAS
1994 (0.534 %)SharePoint Portal Server
2087 (0.495 %)JBoss
Applications
16497 (36.94 %)MS Excel
23105 (17.65 %)MS Office
3654 (3.718 %)MS Project
4566 (3.218 %)MS PowerPoint
5460 (2.615 %)MS Visio
6185 (1.052 %)Photoshop
796 (0.546 %)Adobe Illustrator
857 (0.324 %)InfoPath
952 (0.296 %)Acrobat
1042 (0.239 %)SPSS
1125 (0.142 %)CA Clarity
1223 (0.131 %)QuarkXPress
1319 (0.108 %)DeltaView
1417 (0.097 %)AutoCAD
1513 (0.074 %)MATLAB
1513 (0.074 %)Fireworks
1611 (0.063 %)RoboHelp
1611 (0.063 %)InDesign
1710 (0.057 %)Paint Shop Pro
182 (0.011 %)3ds Max
Business Applications
1604 (3.434 %)Microsoft CRM
2522 (2.968 %)Dynamics CRM
3336 (1.910 %)Dynamics AX
4269 (1.529 %)Axapta
5142 (0.807 %)Navision
6140 (0.796 %)Dynamics NAV
799 (0.563 %)Great Plains
890 (0.512 %)Dynamics GP
975 (0.426 %)Pivotal CRM
1037 (0.210 %)GoldMine
1136 (0.205 %)RMDS
1230 (0.171 %)SalesLogix
1230 (0.171 %)Oracle Financials
1325 (0.142 %)SAP CRM
1422 (0.125 %)Oracle Payroll
1422 (0.125 %)HiPortfolio
1521 (0.119 %)Oracle EBS
1521 (0.119 %)assyst
1619 (0.108 %)SAP SD
1717 (0.097 %)SAP MM
Communications & Networking
11235 (7.021 %)TCP/IP
21068 (6.072 %)Internet
3896 (5.094 %)Firewall
4851 (4.838 %)DNS
5666 (3.786 %)LAN
6642 (3.650 %)WAN
7563 (3.201 %)VPN
8559 (3.178 %)SAN
9523 (2.973 %)DHCP
10297 (1.689 %)Intranet
11269 (1.529 %)WINS
12238 (1.353 %)VoIP
13133 (0.756 %)Wireless
14126 (0.716 %)SMTP
15120 (0.682 %)Network Security
16104 (0.591 %)VLAN
17103 (0.586 %)Extranet
1891 (0.517 %)IP Telephony
1981 (0.461 %)HTTP
2069 (0.392 %)Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
15645 (32.09 %)SQL Server
22050 (11.66 %)SQL Server 2005
31406 (7.994 %)SQL Server 2000
4694 (3.946 %)SQL Server 7
5551 (3.133 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6453 (2.575 %)Datawarehouse
7316 (1.797 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8308 (1.751 %)MS Access
9299 (1.700 %)BusinessObjects
10296 (1.683 %)DTS
11289 (1.643 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12248 (1.410 %)ETL
13227 (1.291 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
14199 (1.131 %)Crystal Reports
15193 (1.097 %)OLAP
16171 (0.972 %)RDBMS
17164 (0.932 %)MySQL
1898 (0.557 %)DB2
1979 (0.449 %)Oracle Reports
2078 (0.443 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1809 (4.599 %)Visual Studio
2175 (0.995 %)Flash
3128 (0.728 %)NUnit
4117 (0.665 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5115 (0.654 %)Eclipse
6100 (0.569 %)QuickTest Pro
771 (0.404 %)TestDirector
861 (0.347 %)LoadRunner
956 (0.318 %)WinRunner
956 (0.318 %)Subversion
1050 (0.284 %)Dreamweaver
1148 (0.273 %)MSI
1246 (0.262 %)ERwin
1344 (0.250 %)Ant
1439 (0.222 %)InstallShield
1538 (0.216 %)Rational Rose
1630 (0.171 %)MorphX
1728 (0.159 %)FrontPage
1825 (0.142 %)CruiseControl
1921 (0.119 %)Oracle Forms
General
13886 (22.09 %)Finance
21402 (7.971 %)Banking
3913 (5.191 %)Insurance
4819 (4.656 %)Pensions
5812 (4.617 %)Health
6720 (4.093 %)Retail
7682 (3.877 %)Marketing
8678 (3.855 %)Law
9614 (3.491 %)Investment Banking
10518 (2.945 %)Legal
11505 (2.871 %)Front Office
12456 (2.593 %)Telecoms
13391 (2.223 %)Education
14321 (1.825 %)Back Office
15264 (1.501 %)Financial Institution
16213 (1.211 %)Publishing
17186 (1.057 %)Government
18162 (0.921 %)Advertising
19132 (0.750 %)Games
20125 (0.711 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
14667 (26.53 %)Developer
23123 (17.76 %)Analyst
31981 (11.26 %)Consultant
41646 (9.358 %).NET Developer
51385 (7.874 %)Support Analyst
61308 (7.436 %)C# Developer
71062 (6.038 %)Architect
8857 (4.872 %)Administrator
9767 (4.361 %)Senior Developer
10671 (3.815 %)Project Manager
11653 (3.713 %)Support Engineer
12511 (2.905 %)Desktop Support
13496 (2.820 %)Web Developer
14429 (2.439 %)ASP.NET Developer
15397 (2.257 %)Team Leader
16383 (2.177 %)Microsoft Consultant
17381 (2.166 %)Applications Support
18377 (2.143 %)DBA
18377 (2.143 %)SQL Developer
19370 (2.104 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1647 (3.678 %)Blackberry
2400 (2.274 %)Computer Science
3371 (2.109 %)Derivative
4348 (1.979 %)Clustering
5303 (1.723 %)Asset Management
6262 (1.490 %)Equities
7250 (1.421 %)Client/Server
8206 (1.171 %)Fixed Income
9201 (1.143 %)Management Information System
9201 (1.143 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
10157 (0.893 %)N-Tier
11148 (0.841 %)Mathematics
12144 (0.819 %)Replication
13139 (0.790 %)W3C
14113 (0.642 %)French Language
14113 (0.642 %)Fund Management
1596 (0.546 %)Multithreading
1691 (0.517 %)Web 2.0
1785 (0.483 %)Tandem
1881 (0.461 %)Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
16106 (34.71 %)Windows
21497 (8.511 %)Windows 2000
31140 (6.481 %)Windows XP
4975 (5.543 %)Linux
5931 (5.293 %)Unix
6923 (5.248 %)Windows Server 2003
7461 (2.621 %)Windows NT
8324 (1.842 %)Solaris
9127 (0.722 %)Mac OS X
1067 (0.381 %)HPUX
1155 (0.313 %)AIX
1248 (0.273 %)NetWare
1330 (0.171 %)Windows Vista
1421 (0.119 %)Mac OS X Server
1520 (0.114 %)Windows Mobile
1619 (0.108 %)VMS
1716 (0.091 %)Debian
1815 (0.085 %)Fedora
1910 (0.057 %)Slackware
1910 (0.057 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
11522 (8.653 %)Project Management
21112 (6.322 %)CRM
31011 (5.748 %)OO
4896 (5.094 %)ITIL
5797 (4.531 %)E-Commerce
6671 (3.815 %)PRINCE2
7608 (3.457 %)UML
8542 (3.081 %)Agile Software Development
9527 (2.996 %)Business Intelligence
10453 (2.575 %)Business Analysis
11445 (2.530 %)ERP
12411 (2.337 %)Migration
13391 (2.223 %)Web Development
14390 (2.217 %)Scrum
15383 (2.177 %)Technical Architecture
16364 (2.069 %)Project Planning
17340 (1.933 %)Content Management
18311 (1.768 %)Disaster Recovery
19292 (1.660 %)Document Management
20283 (1.609 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
14387 (24.94 %)C#
24083 (23.21 %)SQL
31202 (6.834 %)VB
41156 (6.572 %)Java
51151 (6.544 %)JavaScript
61007 (5.725 %)VB.NET
7896 (5.094 %)C++
8754 (4.287 %)Transact-SQL
9568 (3.229 %)VBA
10345 (1.961 %)C
11333 (1.893 %)VB6
12290 (1.649 %)Perl
13277 (1.575 %)VBScript
14255 (1.450 %)VC++
15195 (1.109 %)DHTML
16155 (0.881 %)PL/SQL
17147 (0.836 %)PHP
18129 (0.733 %)Shell Script
1949 (0.279 %)X++
2048 (0.273 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
12843 (16.16 %)Microsoft Certification
21924 (10.94 %)Degree
31465 (8.329 %)MCSE
4726 (4.128 %)MCP
5503 (2.860 %)MCSD
6440 (2.502 %)Cisco Certification
7355 (2.018 %)MCSA
8325 (1.848 %)CCNA
9210 (1.194 %)MCAD
10185 (1.052 %)Citrix Certification
11170 (0.967 %)ISEB
12150 (0.853 %)PRINCE2 Certification
13148 (0.841 %)CCNP
14135 (0.768 %)CCEA
15125 (0.711 %)MOS
16122 (0.694 %)MCDBA
17109 (0.620 %)ITIL Certification
1892 (0.523 %)CCA
1976 (0.432 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2071 (0.404 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1382 (2.172 %)QA
2353 (2.007 %)SLA
389 (0.506 %)WAI
449 (0.279 %)COBIT
449 (0.279 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
530 (0.171 %)WCAG
627 (0.154 %)ISO9001
721 (0.119 %)Basel II
814 (0.080 %)ISO9000
910 (0.057 %)BS7799
108 (0.045 %)ISO27001
117 (0.040 %)EFQM
124 (0.023 %)ISO12207
133 (0.017 %)ISO17799
133 (0.017 %)JSP 440
141 (0.006 %)BS15000
System Software
13138 (17.84 %)Active Directory
2249 (1.416 %)Backup Exec
3247 (1.404 %)ISA Server
4189 (1.075 %)VMware ESX
5178 (1.012 %)NetBackup
6158 (0.898 %)Terminal Services
7144 (0.819 %)MetaFrame
8124 (0.705 %)Citrix Presentation Server
9110 (0.625 %)MSMQ
1067 (0.381 %)Terminal Server
1166 (0.375 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1244 (0.250 %)Xen
1336 (0.205 %)VMware Server
1431 (0.176 %)VMware Workstation
1526 (0.148 %)MailMarshal
1616 (0.091 %)VMware GSX
1711 (0.063 %)NDS
189 (0.051 %)AquaLogic
189 (0.051 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
197 (0.040 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1406 (2.308 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2312 (1.774 %)MOM
376 (0.432 %)WSUS
473 (0.415 %)Norton AntiVirus
554 (0.307 %)OpenView
637 (0.210 %)Tivoli
735 (0.199 %)MAILsweeper
833 (0.188 %)MIMEsweeper
929 (0.165 %)DameWare
929 (0.165 %)SCOM
1024 (0.136 %)SCCM
1123 (0.131 %)ARCserve
1221 (0.119 %)CONTROL-M
1319 (0.108 %)MIIS
1418 (0.102 %)ZENworks
1418 (0.102 %)ServiceCenter
1516 (0.091 %)Nagios
1612 (0.068 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1612 (0.068 %)Foglight
1711 (0.063 %)BMC Marimba
Vendors
11519 (8.636 %)Oracle
21282 (7.289 %)Citrix
31022 (5.810 %)Cisco
4857 (4.872 %)VMware
5690 (3.923 %)HP
6402 (2.286 %)SAP
7390 (2.217 %)Lotus
8304 (1.728 %)VERITAS
9299 (1.700 %)Business Objects
10290 (1.649 %)Sybase
11276 (1.569 %)IBM
12241 (1.370 %)Reuters
13220 (1.251 %)Adobe
14214 (1.217 %)Bloomberg
15205 (1.166 %)Symantec
16204 (1.160 %)Red Hat
17192 (1.092 %)Sun
18190 (1.080 %)Dell
19156 (0.887 %)Remedy
20150 (0.853 %)PeopleSoft
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