The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills 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 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.245% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.000% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £62,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-14.00% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
75 87 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 15.56% 19.16% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 71 71 57
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,800 £21,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
Tyne and Wear

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

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

Newcastle upon Tyne Windows Azure Salary Histogram

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 13 (86.67%) .NET
2 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (53.33%) CRM
3 8 (53.33%) SharePoint
3 8 (53.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (53.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (53.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (33.33%) Web Services
5 3 (20.00%) XML
5 3 (20.00%) Windows
5 3 (20.00%) C#
5 3 (20.00%) C++
5 3 (20.00%) HTML
5 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (20.00%) TDD
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security
5 3 (20.00%) HTML5
5 3 (20.00%) NoSQL
5 3 (20.00%) jQuery
5 3 (20.00%) RESTful
5 3 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (20.00%) Web Development
6 2 (13.33%) .NET Framework
6 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (13.33%) SQL
6 2 (13.33%) IIS
6 2 (13.33%) MySQL
6 2 (13.33%) Active Directory

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 13 (86.67%) .NET
2 5 (33.33%) Web Services
3 3 (20.00%) XML
3 3 (20.00%) HTML
3 3 (20.00%) HTML5
3 3 (20.00%) jQuery
3 3 (20.00%) RESTful
4 2 (13.33%) .NET Framework
5 1 (6.667%) Node.js
5 1 (6.667%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 8 (53.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
3 2 (13.33%) IIS
4 1 (6.667%) Apache
4 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
4 1 (6.667%) nginx
Business Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (53.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (53.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (20.00%) NoSQL
4 2 (13.33%) MySQL
General
1 1 (6.667%) Publishing
1 1 (6.667%) Games
1 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Architect
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) CRM Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) CRM Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (6.667%) Linux
3 1 (6.667%) CentOS
3 1 (6.667%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) CRM
2 3 (20.00%) TDD
2 3 (20.00%) Information Security
2 3 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C#
1 3 (20.00%) C++
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
3 1 (6.667%) PHP
3 1 (6.667%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Citrix
3 1 (6.667%) Red Hat