The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 14 7
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 28 29 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 13.27% 8.923% 12.59%
As % of the Vendors category 23.33% 15.03% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 28
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,250 £38,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £64,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
120 193 215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 56.87% 59.38% 73.13%
Number of salaries quoted 61 156 148
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £66,250 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Midlands Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 22 (38.60%) SAP
1 22 (38.60%) UNIX
1 22 (38.60%) SharePoint
2 21 (36.84%) Citrix
2 21 (36.84%) Hyper-V
3 20 (35.09%) Windows
3 20 (35.09%) Service Delivery
3 20 (35.09%) Finance
3 20 (35.09%) VMware
4 19 (33.33%) Solaris
4 19 (33.33%) XenApp
4 19 (33.33%) XenDesktop
5 18 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (31.58%) SAP Business One
5 18 (31.58%) OpenVMS
6 17 (29.82%) HP
7 16 (28.07%) Cisco
8 13 (22.81%) SCCM
9 12 (21.05%) LAN
9 12 (21.05%) WAN
10 11 (19.30%) MCSE
10 11 (19.30%) MS Excel
10 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (19.30%) MCITP
10 11 (19.30%) Lync
11 10 (17.54%) vSphere
11 10 (17.54%) SCVMM
11 10 (17.54%) XenServer
12 9 (15.79%) CCEE
12 9 (15.79%) CCAA

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 5 (8.772%) Middleware
2 4 (7.018%) .NET
3 2 (3.509%) Application Packaging
3 2 (3.509%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.754%) ADO.NET
4 1 (1.754%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.754%) SAML
4 1 (1.754%) WinForms
4 1 (1.754%) WCF
4 1 (1.754%) WPF
4 1 (1.754%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 22 (38.60%) SharePoint
2 11 (19.30%) Lync
3 2 (3.509%) IIS
3 2 (3.509%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.754%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.754%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 18 (31.58%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.754%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.754%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (1.754%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.05%) LAN
1 12 (21.05%) WAN
2 5 (8.772%) Internet
3 2 (3.509%) VLAN
3 2 (3.509%) Wireless
4 1 (1.754%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.754%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.754%) Network Security
4 1 (1.754%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.509%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.754%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.754%) SAP HANA
General
1 20 (35.09%) Finance
2 1 (1.754%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Consultant
2 14 (24.56%) Architect
3 11 (19.30%) Solutions Architect
3 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Consultant
4 9 (15.79%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 9 (15.79%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Specialist
4 9 (15.79%) Citrix Specialist
4 9 (15.79%) Citrix Consultant
4 9 (15.79%) Applications Consultant
4 9 (15.79%) Applications Specialist
5 8 (14.04%) Service Manager
5 8 (14.04%) Client Services Manager
6 6 (10.53%) Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) Administrator
8 3 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
8 3 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (5.263%) Senior Technical Analyst
8 3 (5.263%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (3.509%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.509%) Enterprise Storage
1 2 (3.509%) Clustering
2 1 (1.754%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.754%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.754%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.754%) Derivative
2 1 (1.754%) Open Source
2 1 (1.754%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.754%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 22 (38.60%) UNIX
2 20 (35.09%) Windows
3 19 (33.33%) Solaris
4 18 (31.58%) OpenVMS
5 6 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (8.772%) Linux
7 2 (3.509%) HPUX
8 1 (1.754%) AIX
8 1 (1.754%) SUSE
8 1 (1.754%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.754%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (1.754%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.754%) Android
8 1 (1.754%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) Service Delivery
2 9 (15.79%) Service Management
3 6 (10.53%) ITIL
4 3 (5.263%) Problem Management
4 3 (5.263%) Business Transformation
5 2 (3.509%) Change Management
5 2 (3.509%) OO
5 2 (3.509%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (1.754%) B2B
6 1 (1.754%) ETL
6 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.754%) Identity Management
6 1 (1.754%) Validation
6 1 (1.754%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (1.754%) IT Governance
6 1 (1.754%) Project Planning
6 1 (1.754%) Business Development
6 1 (1.754%) Network Design
6 1 (1.754%) Time Management
6 1 (1.754%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.263%) C#
1 3 (5.263%) SQL
2 1 (1.754%) ABAP
2 1 (1.754%) C++
2 1 (1.754%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) MCSE
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (19.30%) MCITP
2 9 (15.79%) CCEE
2 9 (15.79%) CCAA
2 9 (15.79%) CCIA
2 9 (15.79%) CCA
2 9 (15.79%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (15.79%) CCEA
3 3 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.263%) Degree
4 2 (3.509%) HP AIS
4 2 (3.509%) HP ASE
4 2 (3.509%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.509%) CCNA
5 1 (1.754%) MCSA
5 1 (1.754%) CCSP
5 1 (1.754%) CCNP
5 1 (1.754%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (1.754%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (36.84%) Hyper-V
2 19 (33.33%) XenApp
2 19 (33.33%) XenDesktop
3 18 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (17.54%) vSphere
4 10 (17.54%) XenServer
5 9 (15.79%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (7.018%) Active Directory
7 1 (1.754%) ISA Server
7 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (1.754%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.754%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (1.754%) UAG
7 1 (1.754%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 13 (22.81%) SCCM
2 10 (17.54%) SCVMM
3 5 (8.772%) Opalis
3 5 (8.772%) BladeLogic
4 3 (5.263%) NetBackup
5 2 (3.509%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) SAP
2 21 (36.84%) Citrix
3 20 (35.09%) VMware
4 17 (29.82%) HP
5 16 (28.07%) Cisco
6 5 (8.772%) BMC
7 4 (7.018%) Red Hat
8 3 (5.263%) Hitachi
8 3 (5.263%) Symantec
9 2 (3.509%) NetApp
9 2 (3.509%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.509%) IBM
10 1 (1.754%) Oracle
10 1 (1.754%) Sun
10 1 (1.754%) Dell
10 1 (1.754%) EMC
10 1 (1.754%) Juniper
10 1 (1.754%) DevExpress
10 1 (1.754%) WatchGuard
10 1 (1.754%) F5
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