The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Application Platforms category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 343 485 578
Rank change year-on-year
+142 +93
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 291 158 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.668% 0.295% 0.109%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.965% 1.369% 0.572%
Number of salaries quoted 273 134 63
Average salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% +13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,750 £34,200
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £130,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-14.00% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
9814 11542 11198
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 22.54% 21.53% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8430 10138 9681
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £71,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the London region.

London Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Windows Azure Salary Histogram

Windows Azure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +25 44 £58,750 +17.50%
Ruislip - 1 £26,500 -
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 363 (66.48%) .NET
2 305 (55.86%) SQL
3 300 (54.95%) C#
4 252 (46.15%) SQL Server
5 232 (42.49%) Microsoft
6 230 (42.12%) ASP.NET
7 217 (39.74%) MVC
8 209 (38.28%) Windows
9 202 (37.00%) CSS
10 198 (36.26%) TDD
11 177 (32.42%) JavaScript
12 174 (31.87%) ASP.NET MVC
13 168 (30.77%) Web Services
14 167 (30.59%) WCF
15 158 (28.94%) Scrum
16 142 (26.01%) HTML
17 138 (25.27%) E-Commerce
18 133 (24.36%) SQL Server 2008
19 124 (22.71%) Agile Software Development
20 107 (19.60%) Azure SQL Database
21 102 (18.68%) HTML5
22 99 (18.13%) BDD
23 92 (16.85%) Amazon AWS
24 90 (16.48%) jQuery
25 88 (16.12%) CSS3
26 86 (15.75%) SharePoint
27 79 (14.47%) OO
27 79 (14.47%) Domain-Driven Design
28 78 (14.29%) .NET Framework
28 78 (14.29%) Linux

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 363 (66.48%) .NET
2 230 (42.12%) ASP.NET
3 202 (37.00%) CSS
4 174 (31.87%) ASP.NET MVC
5 168 (30.77%) Web Services
6 167 (30.59%) WCF
7 142 (26.01%) HTML
8 102 (18.68%) HTML5
9 90 (16.48%) jQuery
10 88 (16.12%) CSS3
11 78 (14.29%) .NET Framework
12 72 (13.19%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 68 (12.45%) REST
13 68 (12.45%) XML
14 59 (10.81%) SOAP
15 57 (10.44%) WPF
16 54 (9.890%) AppFabric
17 39 (7.143%) XHTML
18 37 (6.777%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 34 (6.227%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 92 (16.85%) Amazon AWS
2 86 (15.75%) SharePoint
3 53 (9.707%) BizTalk Server
4 49 (8.974%) IIS
5 39 (7.143%) Apache
6 36 (6.593%) SharePoint 2010
7 25 (4.579%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (4.396%) SharePoint Server
9 15 (2.747%) SharePoint 2013
10 14 (2.564%) Adobe CQ
10 14 (2.564%) Alfresco
10 14 (2.564%) WordPress
10 14 (2.564%) Drupal
10 14 (2.564%) Joomla!
10 14 (2.564%) Liferay
10 14 (2.564%) Apache Solr
10 14 (2.564%) WebLogic Portal
10 14 (2.564%) WebLogic
11 12 (2.198%) CMS
12 11 (2.015%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 57 (10.44%) MS Excel
2 23 (4.212%) MS Office
3 11 (2.015%) Office 365
4 7 (1.282%) Photoshop
5 6 (1.099%) OmniGraffle
5 6 (1.099%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.733%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.183%) Fireworks
7 1 (0.183%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 16 (2.930%) Google Analytics
2 14 (2.564%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.564%) SiteCatalyst
3 2 (0.366%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.366%) Tridion
4 1 (0.183%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 52 (9.524%) TCP/IP
2 33 (6.044%) Internet
3 32 (5.861%) DNS
4 17 (3.114%) DHCP
5 15 (2.747%) Firewall
6 12 (2.198%) VPN
7 11 (2.015%) HTTP
7 11 (2.015%) SAN
8 10 (1.832%) Broadband
9 5 (0.916%) Wireless
9 5 (0.916%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.733%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.733%) Intranet
11 3 (0.549%) FTP
11 3 (0.549%) SSL
12 2 (0.366%) PBX
13 1 (0.183%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 133 (24.36%) SQL Server 2008
3 107 (19.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 67 (12.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 60 (10.99%) NoSQL
6 48 (8.791%) MySQL
7 43 (7.875%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (6.960%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 37 (6.777%) Big Data
10 36 (6.593%) Data Warehouse
11 29 (5.311%) Hadoop
12 19 (3.480%) OLAP
13 17 (3.114%) MongoDB
14 16 (2.930%) Data Mining
15 13 (2.381%) SQL Server 2005
16 11 (2.015%) SQL Server 2012
17 10 (1.832%) RDBMS
18 8 (1.465%) Oracle 8/8i
19 7 (1.282%) HBase
19 7 (1.282%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 58 (10.62%) Team Foundation Server
2 52 (9.524%) Visual Studio
2 52 (9.524%) NUnit
3 35 (6.410%) Subversion
4 31 (5.678%) Git (software)
5 20 (3.663%) Selenium
6 18 (3.297%) MSBuild
7 17 (3.114%) CruiseControl
8 14 (2.564%) TeamCity
9 13 (2.381%) SpecFlow
10 10 (1.832%) Visual Studio Team System
11 7 (1.282%) Rhino Mocks
11 7 (1.282%) Moq
12 5 (0.916%) Hudson
13 4 (0.733%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.549%) Jenkins
15 2 (0.366%) JIRA
15 2 (0.366%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 2 (0.366%) WebDriver
16 1 (0.183%) Xcode
General
1 73 (13.37%) Law
2 68 (12.45%) Games
3 43 (7.875%) Finance
4 31 (5.678%) Marketing
5 26 (4.762%) Retail
6 11 (2.015%) Legal
7 10 (1.832%) Advertising
8 9 (1.648%) Online Betting
9 8 (1.465%) Music
10 5 (0.916%) Publishing
10 5 (0.916%) Banking
10 5 (0.916%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.549%) Front Office
11 3 (0.549%) Back Office
11 3 (0.549%) Electronics
11 3 (0.549%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.366%) Interactive Media
12 2 (0.366%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.366%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 253 (46.34%) Developer
2 123 (22.53%) .NET Developer
3 82 (15.02%) Architect
4 73 (13.37%) Technical Leader
5 65 (11.90%) Senior Developer
6 59 (10.81%) C# Developer
7 54 (9.890%) ASP.NET Developer
8 51 (9.341%) Solutions Architect
9 48 (8.791%) C# .NET Developer
10 40 (7.326%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 39 (7.143%) Applications Developer
12 32 (5.861%) Senior .NET Developer
13 29 (5.311%) Consultant
14 25 (4.579%) Web Developer
15 24 (4.396%) Agile .NET Developer
16 23 (4.212%) Technical Architect
16 23 (4.212%) Lead Architect
17 22 (4.029%) Technical Solutions Architect
17 22 (4.029%) Team Leader
17 22 (4.029%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.425%) Computer Science
2 38 (6.960%) Digital Media
3 36 (6.593%) Cloud Computing
4 29 (5.311%) Mobile App
5 23 (4.212%) Online Games
6 18 (3.297%) Mathematics
7 17 (3.114%) Inversion of Control
8 15 (2.747%) iPad
8 15 (2.747%) iPhone
9 10 (1.832%) Social Network
9 10 (1.832%) Replication
10 9 (1.648%) Open Source
10 9 (1.648%) SaaS
11 8 (1.465%) Web 2.0
11 8 (1.465%) PaaS
12 7 (1.282%) Clustering
12 7 (1.282%) Statistics
13 5 (0.916%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.916%) Visualisation
13 5 (0.916%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 209 (38.28%) Windows
2 78 (14.29%) Linux
3 37 (6.777%) Android
4 33 (6.044%) Windows Server 2008
5 31 (5.678%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.747%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.832%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (1.282%) UNIX
8 7 (1.282%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.916%) Debian
9 5 (0.916%) CentOS
9 5 (0.916%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.733%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.183%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (39.74%) MVC
2 198 (36.26%) TDD
3 158 (28.94%) Scrum
4 138 (25.27%) E-Commerce
5 124 (22.71%) Agile Software Development
6 99 (18.13%) BDD
7 79 (14.47%) OO
7 79 (14.47%) Domain-Driven Design
8 74 (13.55%) Continuous Integration
9 73 (13.37%) Web Development
10 62 (11.36%) Pair Programming
11 60 (10.99%) OOP
12 47 (8.608%) Business Intelligence
13 39 (7.143%) Kanban
14 36 (6.593%) CRM
15 32 (5.861%) Analytics
16 28 (5.128%) SOA
17 26 (4.762%) ETL
18 24 (4.396%) Unit Testing
19 23 (4.212%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 305 (55.86%) SQL
2 300 (54.95%) C#
3 177 (32.42%) JavaScript
4 68 (12.45%) Ruby
4 68 (12.45%) T-SQL
5 55 (10.07%) PHP
6 52 (9.524%) Java
7 47 (8.608%) Python
8 36 (6.593%) PowerShell
9 28 (5.128%) C++
10 20 (3.663%) Clojure
11 16 (2.930%) Objective-C
12 9 (1.648%) VB
12 9 (1.648%) F#
13 8 (1.465%) Perl
14 5 (0.916%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.733%) R
15 4 (0.733%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.549%) C
17 2 (0.366%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 70 (12.82%) Degree
2 51 (9.341%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.480%) MCTS
4 12 (2.198%) MCSD
5 11 (2.015%) MCITP
6 9 (1.648%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.648%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.648%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.465%) MCAD
8 7 (1.282%) MCP
9 6 (1.099%) MCSE
10 4 (0.733%) MCDBA
11 3 (0.549%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.183%) MBA
12 1 (0.183%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.212%) QA
2 8 (1.465%) Dublin Core
3 6 (1.099%) Basel III
4 4 (0.733%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.549%) SLA
6 1 (0.183%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (9.158%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.212%) Hyper-V
3 22 (4.029%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.916%) UAG
4 5 (0.916%) Forefront TMG
4 5 (0.916%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.549%) vSphere
6 2 (0.366%) OpenSSO
6 2 (0.366%) XenApp
6 2 (0.366%) XenServer
6 2 (0.366%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.366%) vCloud
6 2 (0.366%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.366%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.183%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (4.945%) SCCM
2 13 (2.381%) WMI
3 12 (2.198%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (1.282%) Backup Exec
5 6 (1.099%) Puppet
6 5 (0.916%) SCOM
7 2 (0.366%) WSUS
8 1 (0.183%) Nagios
8 1 (0.183%) Splunk
Vendors
1 232 (42.49%) Microsoft
2 57 (10.44%) Rackspace
3 37 (6.777%) VMware
4 35 (6.410%) Oracle
4 35 (6.410%) Hitachi
5 25 (4.579%) Sitecore
6 17 (3.114%) Google
7 15 (2.747%) Adobe
8 14 (2.564%) Omniture
8 14 (2.564%) Open Text
8 14 (2.564%) Cisco
8 14 (2.564%) IBM
9 13 (2.381%) Apple
10 9 (1.648%) Akamai
11 8 (1.465%) hybris
11 8 (1.465%) ATG
12 7 (1.282%) Symantec
12 7 (1.282%) Sophos
13 5 (0.916%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.916%) Dell
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