The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 109 95 122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 16.52% 12.24% 15.42%
As % of the Vendors category 34.49% 28.19% 37.77%
Number of salaries quoted 80 82 106
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +14.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,275 £22,700 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,500 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
316 337 323
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 47.88% 43.43% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 261 298 289
Average salary £40,000 £37,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Northampton -1 46 £34,000 -2.85%
Corby - 15 £40,000 -
Daventry - 5 £19,000 -
Wellingborough +4 2 £20,000 -44.44%
Kettering +2 2 £25,000 -28.57%
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

1 110 (44.90%) Windows
2 85 (34.69%) MS Excel
3 84 (34.29%) SQL Server
4 82 (33.47%) .NET
5 78 (31.84%) C#
6 76 (31.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (24.49%) VMware
8 52 (21.22%) SQL
8 52 (21.22%) ASP.NET
9 51 (20.82%) MS Office
9 51 (20.82%) Active Directory
10 45 (18.37%) Citrix
11 43 (17.55%) MS Exchange
11 43 (17.55%) ITIL
11 43 (17.55%) MCP
12 39 (15.92%) Windows Server 2008
13 38 (15.51%) VMware Infrastructure
14 36 (14.69%) MCTS
15 33 (13.47%) Exchange Server 2010
16 32 (13.06%) TDD
16 32 (13.06%) MVC
17 31 (12.65%) Cisco
17 31 (12.65%) WCF
17 31 (12.65%) ASP.NET MVC
18 30 (12.24%) SAN
18 30 (12.24%) SharePoint
19 29 (11.84%) PRINCE2
19 29 (11.84%) NAS
20 28 (11.43%) MCAD
20 28 (11.43%) MCSD

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 82 (33.47%) .NET
2 52 (21.22%) ASP.NET
3 31 (12.65%) WCF
3 31 (12.65%) ASP.NET MVC
4 26 (10.61%) Castle Windsor
4 26 (10.61%) Razor View Engine
4 26 (10.61%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 20 (8.163%) XML
6 18 (7.347%) WPF
7 17 (6.939%) CSS
7 17 (6.939%) HTML
8 16 (6.531%) WinForms
8 16 (6.531%) Spring.NET
8 16 (6.531%) Ninject
8 16 (6.531%) Unity DI Container
9 11 (4.490%) .NET Framework
10 10 (4.082%) NHibernate
10 10 (4.082%) Ajax
10 10 (4.082%) MonoRail
11 6 (2.449%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 43 (17.55%) MS Exchange
2 33 (13.47%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (12.24%) SharePoint
4 16 (6.531%) Lync
5 9 (3.673%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (2.041%) IIS
7 3 (1.224%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (1.224%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (1.224%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.816%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.816%) Office Communications Server
8 2 (0.816%) CMS
9 1 (0.408%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 85 (34.69%) MS Excel
2 51 (20.82%) MS Office
3 13 (5.306%) Office 365
4 7 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (2.449%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.816%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (6.939%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (5.714%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (3.265%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.408%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.408%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.408%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.408%) arcHouse
4 1 (0.408%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.24%) SAN
2 29 (11.84%) NAS
3 18 (7.347%) Firewall
4 17 (6.939%) DNS
5 16 (6.531%) Wireless
6 15 (6.122%) WAN
6 15 (6.122%) DHCP
7 13 (5.306%) LAN
8 10 (4.082%) TCP/IP
9 9 (3.673%) Unified Communications
10 6 (2.449%) VoIP
10 6 (2.449%) Internet
11 5 (2.041%) Intranet
11 5 (2.041%) IP Telephony
12 4 (1.633%) MPLS
13 3 (1.224%) HTTP
14 1 (0.408%) VPN
14 1 (0.408%) OSPF
14 1 (0.408%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (34.29%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.163%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (5.714%) SQL Server 2000
4 10 (4.082%) SQL Server 2005
5 9 (3.673%) Oracle 8/8i
6 8 (3.265%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.449%) Oracle 11g
7 6 (2.449%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (2.449%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (2.449%) Oracle 9i
8 5 (2.041%) MS Access
9 4 (1.633%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.633%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.224%) DTS
10 3 (1.224%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.224%) MySQL
10 3 (1.224%) QlikView
10 3 (1.224%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 3 (1.224%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.224%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 26 (10.61%) Rhino Mocks
1 26 (10.61%) NUnit
2 16 (6.531%) Moq
2 16 (6.531%) MSTest
3 10 (4.082%) Subversion
3 10 (4.082%) Team Foundation Server
3 10 (4.082%) Visual Studio
4 7 (2.857%) Selenium
5 2 (0.816%) MyEclipse
5 2 (0.816%) MorphX
5 2 (0.816%) Eclipse
General
1 25 (10.20%) Finance
2 22 (8.980%) Retail
3 17 (6.939%) Back Office
4 15 (6.122%) Advertising
5 10 (4.082%) Law
5 10 (4.082%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.673%) Legal
7 8 (3.265%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.041%) Marketing
9 3 (1.224%) Billing
10 2 (0.816%) French Language
10 2 (0.816%) Automotive
11 1 (0.408%) Publishing
11 1 (0.408%) Electronics
11 1 (0.408%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.408%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.408%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 59 (24.08%) Developer
2 56 (22.86%) Analyst
3 36 (14.69%) .NET Developer
4 24 (9.796%) Architect
5 18 (7.347%) Technical Architect
6 16 (6.531%) Support Engineer
7 15 (6.122%) Service Desk Analyst
7 15 (6.122%) Service Analyst
8 13 (5.306%) Consultant
9 11 (4.490%) Test Analyst
9 11 (4.490%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.673%) IT Sales Executive
10 9 (3.673%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (3.673%) Sales Executive
10 9 (3.673%) Support Analyst
10 9 (3.673%) 3rd Line Support
10 9 (3.673%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.673%) Account Manager
10 9 (3.673%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (3.673%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.531%) Inversion of Control
2 13 (5.306%) Computer Science
3 10 (4.082%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.673%) N-Tier
5 7 (2.857%) Thin Client
5 7 (2.857%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.857%) Fat Client
5 7 (2.857%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (2.449%) Kindle
7 4 (1.633%) Data Extraction
8 3 (1.224%) Streaming Video
8 3 (1.224%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.224%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.224%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.816%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.816%) New Media
9 2 (0.816%) Data Integration
9 2 (0.816%) FMCG
9 2 (0.816%) iPhone
9 2 (0.816%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 110 (44.90%) Windows
2 39 (15.92%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (6.939%) Linux
4 16 (6.531%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (5.306%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (4.082%) UNIX
7 9 (3.673%) Solaris
8 7 (2.857%) Windows 7
9 6 (2.449%) Windows XP
10 5 (2.041%) Android
10 5 (2.041%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.633%) Windows Vista
12 3 (1.224%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.816%) Windows 2000 Server
13 2 (0.816%) AIX
13 2 (0.816%) HPUX
14 1 (0.408%) Windows NT
14 1 (0.408%) Fedora
14 1 (0.408%) Debian
14 1 (0.408%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (17.55%) ITIL
2 32 (13.06%) TDD
2 32 (13.06%) MVC
3 29 (11.84%) PRINCE2
4 26 (10.61%) Project Management
4 26 (10.61%) Web Application Development
5 19 (7.755%) Scrum
6 17 (6.939%) CRM
7 16 (6.531%) OO
7 16 (6.531%) ERP
7 16 (6.531%) Kanban
7 16 (6.531%) Continuous Integration
7 16 (6.531%) MVVM
7 16 (6.531%) Dependency Injection
8 14 (5.714%) Business Development
9 12 (4.898%) E-Commerce
10 11 (4.490%) BPR
11 10 (4.082%) Change Management
12 9 (3.673%) B2B
12 9 (3.673%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 78 (31.84%) C#
2 52 (21.22%) SQL
3 17 (6.939%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.673%) PL/SQL
4 9 (3.673%) VB
4 9 (3.673%) VB.NET
5 8 (3.265%) C
5 8 (3.265%) Java
6 3 (1.224%) C++
6 3 (1.224%) Delphi
6 3 (1.224%) ActionScript
6 3 (1.224%) VBA
6 3 (1.224%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.224%) VB6
7 2 (0.816%) X++
7 2 (0.816%) Objective-C
7 2 (0.816%) PHP
8 1 (0.408%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (31.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 43 (17.55%) MCP
3 36 (14.69%) MCTS
4 28 (11.43%) MCAD
4 28 (11.43%) MCSD
5 26 (10.61%) MCSE
6 24 (9.796%) Degree
7 20 (8.163%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (7.755%) CCNA
9 18 (7.347%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (4.490%) MCITP
11 8 (3.265%) MCSA
12 7 (2.857%) HP AIS
12 7 (2.857%) HP ASE
13 6 (2.449%) HNC
14 5 (2.041%) Security Cleared
15 4 (1.633%) MCDST
15 4 (1.633%) HND
16 3 (1.224%) ISEB
16 3 (1.224%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.082%) SLA
2 9 (3.673%) QA
3 7 (2.857%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 51 (20.82%) Active Directory
2 38 (15.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (9.388%) Hyper-V
4 16 (6.531%) XenDesktop
5 15 (6.122%) XenServer
6 13 (5.306%) vSphere
6 13 (5.306%) UAG
7 8 (3.265%) Xen
8 4 (1.633%) XenApp
9 2 (0.816%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.816%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.408%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.408%) VMware ESX
10 1 (0.408%) Samba
10 1 (0.408%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.408%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 6 (2.449%) Data Guard
2 4 (1.633%) SCCM
3 2 (0.816%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (0.816%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.408%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.408%) SCOM
4 1 (0.408%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 60 (24.49%) VMware
2 45 (18.37%) Citrix
3 31 (12.65%) Cisco
4 22 (8.980%) HP
5 16 (6.531%) SAP
5 16 (6.531%) Sage
6 15 (6.122%) Apple
6 15 (6.122%) Oracle
7 13 (5.306%) Adobe
7 13 (5.306%) Dell
8 11 (4.490%) IBM
8 11 (4.490%) Symantec
8 11 (4.490%) Toshiba
9 9 (3.673%) Compaq
9 9 (3.673%) CA
9 9 (3.673%) McAfee
9 9 (3.673%) Sophos
9 9 (3.673%) Trend Micro
9 9 (3.673%) Acronis
9 9 (3.673%) Fujitsu
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