The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure 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 of the Application Platforms category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 211 248 238
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -10
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 37 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.519% 0.043% 0.044%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.743% 0.198% 0.230%
Number of salaries quoted 34 3 3
Average salary £38,250 £37,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.00% -50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-11.00% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1349 1518 1307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 18.92% 21.53% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1145 1347 1187
Average salary £36,000 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.46% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester +13 35 £39,000 +4.00%
Cheshire - 2 £37,500 -
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 67 (93.06%) C#
2 63 (87.50%) .NET
3 59 (81.94%) ASP.NET
4 47 (65.28%) SQL Server
5 46 (63.89%) MVC
6 38 (52.78%) E-Commerce
7 36 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
7 36 (50.00%) TDD
8 33 (45.83%) WCF
8 33 (45.83%) ASP.NET MVC
8 33 (45.83%) HTML
9 32 (44.44%) LINQ
9 32 (44.44%) Web Development
10 31 (43.06%) JavaScript
11 27 (37.50%) Windows
11 27 (37.50%) .NET Framework
11 27 (37.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 26 (36.11%) CSS
13 24 (33.33%) SQL
14 23 (31.94%) UML
14 23 (31.94%) OO
15 20 (27.78%) XML
16 19 (26.39%) Retail
17 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
18 16 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
18 16 (22.22%) Web Application Development
19 15 (20.83%) Web Services
20 14 (19.44%) WPF
20 14 (19.44%) jQuery
21 13 (18.06%) Subversion

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 63 (87.50%) .NET
2 59 (81.94%) ASP.NET
3 33 (45.83%) HTML
3 33 (45.83%) WCF
3 33 (45.83%) ASP.NET MVC
4 32 (44.44%) LINQ
5 27 (37.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 27 (37.50%) .NET Framework
6 26 (36.11%) CSS
7 20 (27.78%) XML
8 15 (20.83%) Web Services
9 14 (19.44%) WPF
9 14 (19.44%) jQuery
10 13 (18.06%) WinForms
11 10 (13.89%) Razor View Engine
12 9 (12.50%) Ajax
13 8 (11.11%) DHTML
13 8 (11.11%) Silverlight
14 7 (9.722%) NHibernate
14 7 (9.722%) MonoRail
Application Platforms
1 8 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.167%) Lync
3 2 (2.778%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (2.778%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.389%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.389%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.389%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.389%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.389%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.944%) Office 365
2 3 (4.167%) MS Office
2 3 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.778%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.778%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.778%) Internet
2 1 (1.389%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (65.28%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.389%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.389%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.389%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 13 (18.06%) Subversion
2 8 (11.11%) NUnit
2 8 (11.11%) PhoneGap
3 7 (9.722%) Rhino Mocks
4 2 (2.778%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.389%) Moq
5 1 (1.389%) MSBuild
5 1 (1.389%) CruiseControl
5 1 (1.389%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (1.389%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (26.39%) Retail
2 7 (9.722%) Games
3 4 (5.556%) Finance
4 2 (2.778%) Advertising
5 1 (1.389%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (90.28%) Developer
2 49 (68.06%) C# Developer
3 42 (58.33%) C# .NET Developer
4 26 (36.11%) Agile C# Developer
5 23 (31.94%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 19 (26.39%) .NET Developer
7 14 (19.44%) ASP.NET Developer
8 13 (18.06%) Web Developer
9 10 (13.89%) Senior Developer
10 8 (11.11%) Senior C# Developer
11 7 (9.722%) Lead Developer
11 7 (9.722%) .NET Web Developer
11 7 (9.722%) Lead C# Developer
12 6 (8.333%) C# Web Developer
13 5 (6.944%) Consultant
14 4 (5.556%) Support Consultant
15 3 (4.167%) IT Consultant
15 3 (4.167%) Software Developer
15 3 (4.167%) IT Support
16 2 (2.778%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.28%) Computer Science
2 4 (5.556%) W3C
3 1 (1.389%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.389%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 27 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (1.389%) Windows 8
2 1 (1.389%) Windows Phone 8
2 1 (1.389%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (63.89%) MVC
2 38 (52.78%) E-Commerce
3 36 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 36 (50.00%) TDD
4 32 (44.44%) Web Development
5 23 (31.94%) UML
5 23 (31.94%) OO
6 16 (22.22%) Web Application Development
6 16 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
7 10 (13.89%) Scrum
8 9 (12.50%) Unit Testing
9 5 (6.944%) Data Management
10 4 (5.556%) MVVM
11 3 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
12 2 (2.778%) CRM
12 2 (2.778%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (2.778%) Performance Management
12 2 (2.778%) Infrastructure Management
13 1 (1.389%) Build Automation
13 1 (1.389%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 67 (93.06%) C#
2 31 (43.06%) JavaScript
3 24 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (4.167%) Ruby
5 2 (2.778%) VBScript
5 2 (2.778%) VB
5 2 (2.778%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.778%) Python
5 2 (2.778%) PHP
5 2 (2.778%) C++
5 2 (2.778%) Java
6 1 (1.389%) XAML
Qualifications
1 13 (18.06%) Degree
2 8 (11.11%) MCAD
2 8 (11.11%) MCSD
2 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (11.11%) MCTS
3 7 (9.722%) MCP
4 4 (5.556%) MCITP
5 2 (2.778%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.389%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.389%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.389%) MCPD
System Software
1 4 (5.556%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.778%) Telerik
3 1 (1.389%) Fujitsu
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