The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 153 172 168
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -4
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 36 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.884% 0.082% 0.074%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.343% 0.385% 0.464%
Number of salaries quoted 31 3 3
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-14.00% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
829 779 647
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 20.35% 21.39% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 704 690 605
Average salary £36,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.76% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £61,500 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
North West

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Wigan - 3 £27,500 -
Stockport - 1 £30,000 -
Windows Azure
North West

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 55 (91.67%) C#
2 52 (86.67%) .NET
3 48 (80.00%) ASP.NET
4 40 (66.67%) SQL Server
5 39 (65.00%) TDD
6 38 (63.33%) Agile Software Development
7 37 (61.67%) MVC
8 36 (60.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 35 (58.33%) WCF
10 34 (56.67%) LINQ
11 32 (53.33%) E-Commerce
12 30 (50.00%) .NET Framework
12 30 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 26 (43.33%) Web Development
13 26 (43.33%) Windows
14 25 (41.67%) UML
14 25 (41.67%) OO
15 21 (35.00%) CSS
16 19 (31.67%) HTML
16 19 (31.67%) JavaScript
17 18 (30.00%) SQL
17 18 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
18 16 (26.67%) Web Application Development
19 15 (25.00%) WPF
20 13 (21.67%) Subversion
21 12 (20.00%) Scrum
21 12 (20.00%) Retail
22 11 (18.33%) Microsoft
23 9 (15.00%) WinForms
23 9 (15.00%) Ajax

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 52 (86.67%) .NET
2 48 (80.00%) ASP.NET
3 36 (60.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 35 (58.33%) WCF
5 34 (56.67%) LINQ
6 30 (50.00%) .NET Framework
6 30 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 21 (35.00%) CSS
8 19 (31.67%) HTML
9 15 (25.00%) WPF
10 9 (15.00%) WinForms
10 9 (15.00%) Ajax
10 9 (15.00%) Silverlight
11 7 (11.67%) Web Services
11 7 (11.67%) XML
11 7 (11.67%) MonoRail
11 7 (11.67%) NHibernate
11 7 (11.67%) Castle Windsor
11 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 7 (11.67%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.667%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.000%) Lync
3 2 (3.333%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.333%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.667%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.667%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.667%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.667%) IIS
4 1 (1.667%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (8.333%) Office 365
2 4 (6.667%) MS Excel
3 3 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.333%) Internet
2 1 (1.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (13.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (3.333%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (21.67%) Subversion
2 8 (13.33%) NUnit
3 7 (11.67%) Rhino Mocks
4 3 (5.000%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (3.333%) Moq
6 1 (1.667%) MSBuild
6 1 (1.667%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (1.667%) CruiseControl
General
1 12 (20.00%) Retail
2 7 (11.67%) Games
3 5 (8.333%) Finance
4 2 (3.333%) Advertising
4 2 (3.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (90.00%) Developer
2 45 (75.00%) C# Developer
3 37 (61.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 28 (46.67%) Agile C# Developer
5 17 (28.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 13 (21.67%) .NET Developer
7 10 (16.67%) Senior Developer
8 9 (15.00%) Senior C# Developer
9 7 (11.67%) Lead Developer
9 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (11.67%) Lead C# Developer
10 5 (8.333%) Consultant
11 4 (6.667%) Software Developer
11 4 (6.667%) Support Consultant
12 3 (5.000%) IT Support
12 3 (5.000%) IT Consultant
13 2 (3.333%) Java Developer
13 2 (3.333%) Java Software Developer
13 2 (3.333%) .NET Software Developer
14 1 (1.667%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.000%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.667%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.667%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 26 (43.33%) Windows
2 2 (3.333%) Windows Phone
2 2 (3.333%) Windows 8
2 2 (3.333%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (65.00%) TDD
2 38 (63.33%) Agile Software Development
3 37 (61.67%) MVC
4 32 (53.33%) E-Commerce
5 26 (43.33%) Web Development
6 25 (41.67%) UML
6 25 (41.67%) OO
7 18 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 16 (26.67%) Web Application Development
9 12 (20.00%) Scrum
10 9 (15.00%) Unit Testing
11 4 (6.667%) MVVM
12 3 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
13 2 (3.333%) CRM
13 2 (3.333%) Performance Management
13 2 (3.333%) Build Automation
14 1 (1.667%) MSF
14 1 (1.667%) Data Protection
14 1 (1.667%) ERP
14 1 (1.667%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 55 (91.67%) C#
2 19 (31.67%) JavaScript
3 18 (30.00%) SQL
4 3 (5.000%) Ruby
5 2 (3.333%) XAML
5 2 (3.333%) PHP
5 2 (3.333%) Java
5 2 (3.333%) C++
5 2 (3.333%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.333%) Python
6 1 (1.667%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (13.33%) MCTS
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (13.33%) MCAD
1 8 (13.33%) MCSD
2 7 (11.67%) MCP
3 5 (8.333%) Degree
4 4 (6.667%) MCITP
5 3 (5.000%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.667%) MCPD
6 1 (1.667%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.667%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (6.667%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.333%) Fujitsu
2 2 (3.333%) Telerik
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