The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Macclesfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft 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 Vendors for the Macclesfield 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 12 20 15
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 40 15 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 21.28% 9.554% 13.74%
As % of the Vendors category 49.38% 30.61% 53.70%
Number of salaries quoted 30 14 26
Average salary £28,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.30% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £17,600 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £46,750 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Macclesfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
81 49 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 43.09% 31.21% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 68 39 51
Average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £26,400 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,450 £48,800
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Cheshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Macclesfield Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 64 (81.01%) SQL Server
2 54 (68.35%) SQL
3 42 (53.16%) .NET
3 42 (53.16%) SQL Server 2008
4 41 (51.90%) C#
5 40 (50.63%) JavaScript
5 40 (50.63%) Visual Studio
6 39 (49.37%) T-SQL
6 39 (49.37%) ASP.NET
7 37 (46.84%) SQL Server 2005
8 36 (45.57%) Web Services
8 36 (45.57%) XML
9 31 (39.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (36.71%) HTML
11 28 (35.44%) Web Development
12 26 (32.91%) Windows
13 24 (30.38%) Degree
14 23 (29.11%) Computer Science
15 22 (27.85%) jQuery
16 20 (25.32%) SharePoint
17 19 (24.05%) MS Excel
17 19 (24.05%) Active Directory
17 19 (24.05%) Windows Server 2008
18 18 (22.78%) Exchange Server 2010
18 18 (22.78%) MS Exchange
18 18 (22.78%) SOAP
18 18 (22.78%) VB.NET
18 18 (22.78%) DHTML
18 18 (22.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
18 18 (22.78%) Web Design

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 42 (53.16%) .NET
2 39 (49.37%) ASP.NET
3 36 (45.57%) Web Services
3 36 (45.57%) XML
4 29 (36.71%) HTML
5 22 (27.85%) jQuery
6 18 (22.78%) SOAP
6 18 (22.78%) DHTML
7 12 (15.19%) Ajax
8 11 (13.92%) WCF
9 10 (12.66%) JSON
9 10 (12.66%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (12.66%) XHTML
10 7 (8.861%) ASP
11 6 (7.595%) .NET Framework
12 5 (6.329%) LINQ
13 2 (2.532%) CSS
13 2 (2.532%) HTML5
14 1 (1.266%) REST
14 1 (1.266%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 20 (25.32%) SharePoint
2 18 (22.78%) Exchange Server 2010
2 18 (22.78%) MS Exchange
3 16 (20.25%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (12.66%) SharePoint Server
4 10 (12.66%) IIS
5 8 (10.13%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.266%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (1.266%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (1.266%) WordPress
6 1 (1.266%) MSMQ
6 1 (1.266%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (24.05%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.595%) Office 365
3 4 (5.063%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.797%) MS Project
5 1 (1.266%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.266%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (1.266%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) SAN
2 8 (10.13%) VoIP
3 7 (8.861%) TCP/IP
3 7 (8.861%) VPN
3 7 (8.861%) DNS
4 6 (7.595%) Firewall
4 6 (7.595%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (81.01%) SQL Server
2 42 (53.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 37 (46.84%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (12.66%) SQL Server 2000
5 8 (10.13%) MySQL
6 2 (2.532%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.532%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.532%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.266%) QlikView
7 1 (1.266%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.266%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.266%) MS Access
7 1 (1.266%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.266%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (50.63%) Visual Studio
2 18 (22.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 10 (12.66%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (7.595%) Subversion
General
1 18 (22.78%) Retail
2 3 (3.797%) Automotive
3 2 (2.532%) Finance
4 1 (1.266%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (67.09%) Developer
2 27 (34.18%) .NET Developer
3 26 (32.91%) C# Developer
3 26 (32.91%) C# .NET Developer
4 24 (30.38%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 24 (30.38%) ASP.NET Developer
5 21 (26.58%) Web Developer
6 18 (22.78%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 18 (22.78%) VB.NET Developer
6 18 (22.78%) C# Web Developer
6 18 (22.78%) .NET Web Developer
7 13 (16.46%) Senior Server Engineer
7 13 (16.46%) Server Engineer
8 10 (12.66%) SQL Developer
9 8 (10.13%) SQL Server Developer
10 7 (8.861%) DBA
10 7 (8.861%) Senior Developer
11 6 (7.595%) .NET Software Developer
11 6 (7.595%) IT Support
11 6 (7.595%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.11%) Computer Science
2 6 (7.595%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.266%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (32.91%) Windows
2 19 (24.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (20.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (8.861%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (7.595%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.266%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.266%) Linux
6 1 (1.266%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.44%) Web Development
2 18 (22.78%) Web Design
2 18 (22.78%) Content Management
3 15 (18.99%) MVC
4 10 (12.66%) Capacity Management
4 10 (12.66%) ITIL
4 10 (12.66%) OO
5 7 (8.861%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (8.861%) Performance Management
5 7 (8.861%) Change Control
6 6 (7.595%) System Testing
6 6 (7.595%) Unit Testing
6 6 (7.595%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (5.063%) Waterfall
7 4 (5.063%) Scrum
7 4 (5.063%) Project Management
8 3 (3.797%) UML
9 2 (2.532%) Migration
9 2 (2.532%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.266%) Business Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 54 (68.35%) SQL
2 41 (51.90%) C#
3 40 (50.63%) JavaScript
4 39 (49.37%) T-SQL
5 18 (22.78%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.266%) XPath
6 1 (1.266%) PHP5
6 1 (1.266%) XQuery
6 1 (1.266%) PHP
6 1 (1.266%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (39.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (30.38%) Degree
3 13 (16.46%) MCP
4 10 (12.66%) MCTS
5 9 (11.39%) MCSE
5 9 (11.39%) MCITP
6 8 (10.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.266%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (24.05%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.66%) vSphere
3 9 (11.39%) ISA Server
4 5 (6.329%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (11.39%) SCCM
2 7 (8.861%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (2.532%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 13 (16.46%) NetApp
1 13 (16.46%) VMware
2 10 (12.66%) HP
3 9 (11.39%) Cisco
3 9 (11.39%) SolarWinds
4 8 (10.13%) FrontRange
5 6 (7.595%) Sencha
6 1 (1.266%) Cognizant
6 1 (1.266%) Symantec
6 1 (1.266%) McAfee
6 1 (1.266%) Oracle
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2-years continuous working experience in building web services, working in either: * Microsoft .NET (3.5 / 4.0) technologies (C#,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Web Service Developer, C# .NET SQL - Macclesfield £30K. A steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The role would suit a candidate with a .NET and SQL background. The successful candidate will have had some working experience as a developer, perhaps as part of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Graduate .NET Developer. You will join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
C# ASP.NET Web Developer, Macclesfield, Manchester. Lead Developer, Senior Developer, C#, Microsoft .NET (2 / 3 / 3.5 / 4), ASP.NET (2, 3.5, 4), AJAX, MVC / MVP,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
BI Developer / Data Analyst - Macclesfield £25-30K. Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Data Analyst.
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2-years continuous working experience in creating and maintaining reports, and must be confident in working within the Microsoft BI...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
ASP.NET C# Software Developer - ASP.NET / C# / SQL / Macclesfield £25-32K.Our client based in Macclesfield is currently looking for a skilled ASP.NET C# Software Developer.
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Skills Required *Experience with C#, ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/ 2012. *Experience of designing, building and maintaining SQL Server 2005/2008 R2/MySQL databases. *Experience of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Own Change Control process for Infrastructure Services in the UKJob Qualifications:Solid technical experience of server technologies which should include the following:*Windows 2003 / 2008 Server (Windows Server...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013