The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 6 6 3
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 78 83 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 14.97% 16.67% 18.92%
As % of the Vendors category 31.58% 38.07% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 73 65 109
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +5.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
247 218 397
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 47.41% 43.78% 56.47%
Number of salaries quoted 198 179 305
Average salary £42,500 £43,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.29% -3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Middlesex Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 62 (45.93%) MS Excel
2 54 (40.00%) SQL
3 52 (38.52%) SQL Server
4 50 (37.04%) Windows
5 37 (27.41%) MS Office
6 32 (23.70%) .NET
7 31 (22.96%) C#
8 30 (22.22%) ASP.NET
9 28 (20.74%) SharePoint
10 25 (18.52%) JavaScript
11 23 (17.04%) MS Project
11 23 (17.04%) Cisco
11 23 (17.04%) Windows Server 2008
12 22 (16.30%) Windows 7
12 22 (16.30%) Windows Server 2003
12 22 (16.30%) IIS
13 21 (15.56%) Web Services
13 21 (15.56%) Active Directory
13 21 (15.56%) HP
14 20 (14.81%) Java
15 18 (13.33%) QA
16 17 (12.59%) Dynamics CRM
16 17 (12.59%) Oracle
16 17 (12.59%) CRM
17 16 (11.85%) Visual Studio
17 16 (11.85%) Subversion
17 16 (11.85%) SQLBase
17 16 (11.85%) Mathematics
17 16 (11.85%) Statistics
18 15 (11.11%) Degree

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 32 (23.70%) .NET
2 30 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 21 (15.56%) Web Services
4 11 (8.148%) HTML
5 10 (7.407%) ASP
5 10 (7.407%) XML
6 9 (6.667%) CSS
6 9 (6.667%) WCF
6 9 (6.667%) WPF
7 8 (5.926%) Ajax
8 5 (3.704%) WF
9 3 (2.222%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 3 (2.222%) CSS3
9 3 (2.222%) HTML5
9 3 (2.222%) ATL
9 3 (2.222%) COM
10 2 (1.481%) EDI
10 2 (1.481%) JSP
10 2 (1.481%) J2EE
10 2 (1.481%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 28 (20.74%) SharePoint
2 22 (16.30%) IIS
3 15 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 10 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (6.667%) Lync
6 5 (3.704%) CMS
7 3 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (2.222%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (1.481%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (1.481%) Apache
8 2 (1.481%) Tomcat
8 2 (1.481%) MS Project Server
8 2 (1.481%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.481%) nginx
9 1 (0.741%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.741%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.741%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.741%) Commerce Server
Applications
1 62 (45.93%) MS Excel
2 37 (27.41%) MS Office
3 23 (17.04%) MS Project
4 9 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (4.444%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.481%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 17 (12.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.963%) Google Analytics
3 2 (1.481%) Line 50
3 2 (1.481%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.37%) Internet
2 12 (8.889%) SAN
3 10 (7.407%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.667%) Intranet
5 8 (5.926%) Firewall
6 7 (5.185%) DNS
7 6 (4.444%) VPN
7 6 (4.444%) LAN
7 6 (4.444%) NAS
7 6 (4.444%) Network Security
8 5 (3.704%) DHCP
8 5 (3.704%) Extranet
9 4 (2.963%) X.25
9 4 (2.963%) Broadband
9 4 (2.963%) IPsec
10 3 (2.222%) VoIP
10 3 (2.222%) WAN
11 2 (1.481%) IPv4
11 2 (1.481%) PBX
11 2 (1.481%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (38.52%) SQL Server
2 16 (11.85%) SQLBase
3 11 (8.148%) QlikView
4 7 (5.185%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (4.444%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (3.704%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (2.963%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (2.963%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (2.222%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (1.481%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.741%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.741%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.741%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (11.85%) Visual Studio
1 16 (11.85%) Subversion
2 8 (5.926%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.704%) CruiseControl
3 5 (3.704%) JIRA
4 1 (0.741%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.741%) MSI
General
1 10 (7.407%) Advertising
2 7 (5.185%) Finance
3 3 (2.222%) Back Office
3 3 (2.222%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.481%) Retail
4 2 (1.481%) Law
5 1 (0.741%) Electronics
5 1 (0.741%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.741%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 32 (23.70%) Developer
2 30 (22.22%) Analyst
3 16 (11.85%) Programmer
3 16 (11.85%) .NET Developer
4 14 (10.37%) Support Analyst
5 13 (9.630%) Applications Support
6 11 (8.148%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (7.407%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (7.407%) Architect
7 10 (7.407%) Business Analyst
8 9 (6.667%) .NET Programmer
9 8 (5.926%) Administrator
9 8 (5.926%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.926%) VBA Developer
10 7 (5.185%) SQL Programmer
10 7 (5.185%) SQL Developer
10 7 (5.185%) SQL Server Developer
11 6 (4.444%) Server Administrator
11 6 (4.444%) C# Developer
11 6 (4.444%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.85%) Mathematics
1 16 (11.85%) Statistics
2 12 (8.889%) Digital Media
3 11 (8.148%) N-Tier
4 8 (5.926%) Computer Science
4 8 (5.926%) Mobile App
5 7 (5.185%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.185%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.704%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.963%) Blackberry
8 3 (2.222%) Fat Client
8 3 (2.222%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.481%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.481%) Clustering
9 2 (1.481%) E-Learning
9 2 (1.481%) HP StorageWorks
9 2 (1.481%) FMCG
10 1 (0.741%) iPhone
10 1 (0.741%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.741%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 50 (37.04%) Windows
2 23 (17.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (16.30%) Windows 7
3 22 (16.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (7.407%) Windows XP
4 10 (7.407%) Linux
5 6 (4.444%) UNIX
6 4 (2.963%) Windows 8
7 3 (2.222%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.481%) Solaris
8 2 (1.481%) Fedora
8 2 (1.481%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.481%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (1.481%) Android
9 1 (0.741%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.59%) CRM
2 15 (11.11%) Project Management
3 12 (8.889%) Enterprise Architecture
3 12 (8.889%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (8.148%) Data Modelling
5 10 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (6.667%) ITIL
7 8 (5.926%) Scrum
7 8 (5.926%) Mobile Application Development
8 7 (5.185%) Web Development
9 6 (4.444%) UML
9 6 (4.444%) OO
9 6 (4.444%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (4.444%) Workflow
9 6 (4.444%) MVC
9 6 (4.444%) Service Delivery
9 6 (4.444%) Demand Management
9 6 (4.444%) Stress Testing
9 6 (4.444%) BPMN
10 5 (3.704%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 54 (40.00%) SQL
2 31 (22.96%) C#
3 25 (18.52%) JavaScript
4 20 (14.81%) Java
5 12 (8.889%) VBA
5 12 (8.889%) C++
6 11 (8.148%) VB
7 6 (4.444%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.963%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.222%) Perl
9 3 (2.222%) VC++
10 2 (1.481%) PHP
10 2 (1.481%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.481%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.741%) VB6
11 1 (0.741%) VBScript
11 1 (0.741%) C
11 1 (0.741%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (11.11%) Degree
2 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (6.667%) MCSE
4 8 (5.926%) MCITP
5 7 (5.185%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (5.185%) CCNA
6 5 (3.704%) CCNP
7 4 (2.963%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 3 (2.222%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.222%) MCSA
9 2 (1.481%) HND
9 2 (1.481%) VTSP
9 2 (1.481%) HP ASE
10 1 (0.741%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.741%) CCEE
10 1 (0.741%) CCSA
10 1 (0.741%) MCDST
10 1 (0.741%) CCSE
10 1 (0.741%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.741%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.33%) QA
2 3 (2.222%) SLA
3 1 (0.741%) JTAG
System Software
1 21 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.148%) Hyper-V
2 11 (8.148%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.222%) XenApp
4 2 (1.481%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.741%) XenServer
5 1 (0.741%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.741%) vSphere
5 1 (0.741%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.741%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (4.444%) Nagios
2 1 (0.741%) SCCM
2 1 (0.741%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 23 (17.04%) Cisco
2 21 (15.56%) HP
3 17 (12.59%) Oracle
4 14 (10.37%) VMware
5 10 (7.407%) Cognos
5 10 (7.407%) Business Objects
5 10 (7.407%) Sun
6 6 (4.444%) Citrix
7 5 (3.704%) Tableau
8 4 (2.963%) Symantec
8 4 (2.963%) PlateSpin
8 4 (2.963%) Google
9 2 (1.481%) IBM
9 2 (1.481%) Adobe
9 2 (1.481%) Dell
9 2 (1.481%) Sage
9 2 (1.481%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.481%) Remedy
10 1 (0.741%) Altiris
10 1 (0.741%) Apple
Middlesex
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Middlesex, South East
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Systems Administrator to join a highly successful eCommerce solutions provider based in North West London, commutable from the Harrow, Edgware...
greywood
Salary: £36000 - £42000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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You will need good knowledge of Microsoft Web development technologies and some understanding of eCommerce site development... The preferred candidate would be able to demonstrate and have the...
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
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