The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 3 8 7
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 103 67 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 21.02% 14.79% 17.80%
As % of the Vendors category 55.68% 42.68% 46.20%
Number of salaries quoted 97 56 65
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -19.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £46,250 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
185 157 158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 37.76% 34.66% 38.54%
Number of salaries quoted 161 125 138
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £22,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £60,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Tyne and Wear

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 95 (44.60%) .NET
2 87 (40.85%) MS Excel
3 81 (38.03%) SQL Server
4 76 (35.68%) C#
5 65 (30.52%) SQL
6 59 (27.70%) ASP.NET
7 55 (25.82%) Scrum
8 44 (20.66%) CSS
9 42 (19.72%) MVC
10 41 (19.25%) Windows
11 38 (17.84%) SharePoint
12 35 (16.43%) XML
13 32 (15.02%) Oracle
14 30 (14.08%) HTML
14 30 (14.08%) SQL Server 2008
15 27 (12.68%) Degree
16 26 (12.21%) ASP.NET MVC
16 26 (12.21%) TDD
17 25 (11.74%) Microsoft Certification
17 25 (11.74%) Team Foundation Server
18 24 (11.27%) .NET Framework
18 24 (11.27%) Cisco
18 24 (11.27%) JavaScript
18 24 (11.27%) Web Services
19 22 (10.33%) Agile Software Development
19 22 (10.33%) MS Office
19 22 (10.33%) C
20 21 (9.859%) Advertising
21 20 (9.390%) Firewall
21 20 (9.390%) CRM

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 95 (44.60%) .NET
2 59 (27.70%) ASP.NET
3 44 (20.66%) CSS
4 35 (16.43%) XML
5 30 (14.08%) HTML
6 26 (12.21%) ASP.NET MVC
7 24 (11.27%) Web Services
7 24 (11.27%) .NET Framework
8 14 (6.573%) Ajax
9 13 (6.103%) XHTML
10 12 (5.634%) LINQ
11 10 (4.695%) COM
12 7 (3.286%) XSLT
12 7 (3.286%) Windows SharePoint Services
12 7 (3.286%) WCF
12 7 (3.286%) WPF
12 7 (3.286%) jQuery
12 7 (3.286%) HTML5
12 7 (3.286%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 6 (2.817%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 38 (17.84%) SharePoint
2 19 (8.920%) SharePoint Server
3 13 (6.103%) MS Exchange
4 10 (4.695%) Windows Azure
5 7 (3.286%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (2.817%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (1.878%) Lync
8 3 (1.408%) IIS
9 2 (0.939%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.469%) CMS
10 1 (0.469%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.469%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.469%) DotNetNuke
10 1 (0.469%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.469%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.469%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.469%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 87 (40.85%) MS Excel
2 22 (10.33%) MS Office
3 11 (5.164%) MS Visio
4 7 (3.286%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (2.347%) MS Project
6 3 (1.408%) Office 365
7 2 (0.939%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.939%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.939%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 15 (7.042%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.878%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.469%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.469%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.390%) Firewall
2 17 (7.981%) WAN
2 17 (7.981%) SAN
3 14 (6.573%) VLAN
4 11 (5.164%) Cisco IOS
4 11 (5.164%) VPN
5 10 (4.695%) Cisco PIX
5 10 (4.695%) Internet
5 10 (4.695%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (4.695%) Fibre Channel
6 8 (3.756%) LAN
6 8 (3.756%) HTTP
7 4 (1.878%) SMTP
7 4 (1.878%) DHCP
7 4 (1.878%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.878%) DNS
8 3 (1.408%) Kerberos
8 3 (1.408%) Intranet
8 3 (1.408%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.939%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (38.03%) SQL Server
2 30 (14.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (8.451%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (7.512%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (4.695%) QlikView
6 9 (4.225%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.817%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (2.817%) MySQL
7 6 (2.817%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (2.347%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (1.878%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (1.878%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (1.408%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.408%) MS Access
10 3 (1.408%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.939%) DataStage
11 2 (0.939%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.939%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.469%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.469%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 25 (11.74%) Team Foundation Server
2 15 (7.042%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.817%) Selenium
4 5 (2.347%) NUnit
4 5 (2.347%) MSTest
4 5 (2.347%) Rhino Mocks
4 5 (2.347%) Moq
4 5 (2.347%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.408%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (1.408%) ProC
6 2 (0.939%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.469%) Subversion
General
1 21 (9.859%) Advertising
2 13 (6.103%) Publishing
3 12 (5.634%) Finance
4 7 (3.286%) Law
5 3 (1.408%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (0.939%) Automotive
6 2 (0.939%) Legal
6 2 (0.939%) Banking
6 2 (0.939%) Marketing
7 1 (0.469%) Billing
7 1 (0.469%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.469%) Games
7 1 (0.469%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (38.97%) Developer
2 32 (15.02%) Consultant
3 23 (10.80%) Analyst
3 23 (10.80%) .NET Developer
4 15 (7.042%) Software Developer
5 13 (6.103%) Web Developer
5 13 (6.103%) Senior Developer
6 12 (5.634%) Graduate
6 12 (5.634%) Administrator
6 12 (5.634%) SharePoint Developer
7 11 (5.164%) Junior
7 11 (5.164%) Systems Administrator
8 9 (4.225%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.225%) Lead Developer
9 8 (3.756%) C# Developer
9 8 (3.756%) Team Leader
9 8 (3.756%) Architect
9 8 (3.756%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
9 8 (3.756%) CRM Architect
9 8 (3.756%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.103%) Computer Science
2 10 (4.695%) Blackberry
3 6 (2.817%) N-Tier
3 6 (2.817%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.347%) iPad
4 5 (2.347%) Tandem
4 5 (2.347%) Mathematics
4 5 (2.347%) iPhone
4 5 (2.347%) Inversion of Control
5 4 (1.878%) SaaS
5 4 (1.878%) Replication
6 3 (1.408%) NHS
7 2 (0.939%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.939%) Handset
8 1 (0.469%) Statistics
8 1 (0.469%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.469%) Social Media
8 1 (0.469%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.469%) Psychology
8 1 (0.469%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (19.25%) Windows
2 17 (7.981%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (4.695%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (4.695%) Solaris
4 8 (3.756%) Windows XP
5 6 (2.817%) Android
5 6 (2.817%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.878%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.408%) UNIX
7 3 (1.408%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.939%) Linux
9 1 (0.469%) VMS
9 1 (0.469%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.469%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.82%) Scrum
2 42 (19.72%) MVC
3 26 (12.21%) TDD
4 22 (10.33%) Agile Software Development
5 20 (9.390%) CRM
5 20 (9.390%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (7.981%) ITIL
7 15 (7.042%) OO
8 14 (6.573%) Capacity Planning
9 13 (6.103%) Web Development
9 13 (6.103%) Unit Testing
10 11 (5.164%) Network Management
11 10 (4.695%) Performance Management
11 10 (4.695%) Network Design
12 9 (4.225%) Data Analysis
12 9 (4.225%) Project Management
13 8 (3.756%) Waterfall
13 8 (3.756%) Business Development
14 7 (3.286%) MVVM
15 6 (2.817%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (35.68%) C#
2 65 (30.52%) SQL
3 24 (11.27%) JavaScript
4 22 (10.33%) C
5 17 (7.981%) T-SQL
6 7 (3.286%) VB
6 7 (3.286%) VB.NET
7 6 (2.817%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.939%) C++
9 1 (0.469%) Java
9 1 (0.469%) PHP
9 1 (0.469%) VBA
9 1 (0.469%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.469%) XAML
9 1 (0.469%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (12.68%) Degree
2 25 (11.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (5.164%) MCSE
4 9 (4.225%) MCSD
5 8 (3.756%) MCP
5 8 (3.756%) MCDST
6 7 (3.286%) MCTS
6 7 (3.286%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.286%) CCNA
7 6 (2.817%) MCSA
8 5 (2.347%) MCAD
8 5 (2.347%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.878%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.408%) MCITP
10 3 (1.408%) ISEB
10 3 (1.408%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.939%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.939%) CCENT
11 2 (0.939%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.939%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.695%) QA
2 4 (1.878%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (9.390%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.695%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.878%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (1.878%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.878%) ISA Server
3 4 (1.878%) VMware ESX
3 4 (1.878%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.939%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (1.878%) Backup Exec
2 2 (0.939%) WSUS
2 2 (0.939%) SCCM
2 2 (0.939%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (15.02%) Oracle
2 24 (11.27%) Cisco
3 10 (4.695%) HP
4 7 (3.286%) VMware
5 6 (2.817%) Citrix
6 4 (1.878%) Sophos
7 3 (1.408%) Sage
8 2 (0.939%) Niku
8 2 (0.939%) Mitel
8 2 (0.939%) Avaya
9 1 (0.469%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.469%) Lotus
9 1 (0.469%) Apple
9 1 (0.469%) Adobe
9 1 (0.469%) SAP
9 1 (0.469%) Cognos
9 1 (0.469%) Twitter
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