The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Northern Ireland 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 11 5 18
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 35 58 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 15.49% 28.02% 8.714%
As % of the Vendors category 29.91% 52.25% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 31 29 11
Average salary £36,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.76% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £14,144 £14,250 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
117 111 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 51.77% 53.62% 67.63%
Number of salaries quoted 60 51 53
Average salary £43,750 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.61% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,475 £17,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
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Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland Microsoft Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Microsoft Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Northern Ireland Microsoft Salary Histogram

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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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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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
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County Antrim -6 34 £35,500 +9.23% 1
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 37 (51.39%) SQL Server
2 35 (48.61%) .NET
2 35 (48.61%) MS Excel
3 33 (45.83%) SQL
4 31 (43.06%) C#
4 31 (43.06%) ASP.NET
5 22 (30.56%) Windows
6 20 (27.78%) .NET Framework
7 16 (22.22%) Degree
7 16 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
7 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
8 13 (18.06%) SQL Server 2008
8 13 (18.06%) MVC
9 12 (16.67%) MS Office
9 12 (16.67%) Visual Studio
9 12 (16.67%) SharePoint
10 11 (15.28%) Citrix
10 11 (15.28%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (15.28%) SC Cleared
11 10 (13.89%) jQuery
11 10 (13.89%) VMware
12 9 (12.50%) Finance
12 9 (12.50%) Oracle
12 9 (12.50%) Network Security
12 9 (12.50%) WCF
12 9 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
13 8 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
13 8 (11.11%) Ajax
13 8 (11.11%) JavaScript
13 8 (11.11%) OO

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 35 (48.61%) .NET
2 31 (43.06%) ASP.NET
3 20 (27.78%) .NET Framework
4 10 (13.89%) jQuery
5 9 (12.50%) WCF
6 8 (11.11%) CSS
6 8 (11.11%) Ajax
7 7 (9.722%) HTML
8 6 (8.333%) XML
8 6 (8.333%) LINQ
8 6 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 5 (6.944%) Web Services
10 3 (4.167%) WPF
10 3 (4.167%) Silverlight
10 3 (4.167%) LINQ to SQL
10 3 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (2.778%) Application Packaging
11 2 (2.778%) COM
12 1 (1.389%) J2EE
12 1 (1.389%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.722%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (6.944%) Lync
4 4 (5.556%) IIS
5 3 (4.167%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (4.167%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (2.778%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (1.389%) Windows Azure
7 1 (1.389%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.389%) MS Exchange
7 1 (1.389%) SAS
7 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 35 (48.61%) MS Excel
2 12 (16.67%) MS Office
3 5 (6.944%) Office 365
4 1 (1.389%) SPSS
4 1 (1.389%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.389%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.389%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.50%) Network Security
2 7 (9.722%) SAN
3 4 (5.556%) Internet
4 2 (2.778%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (2.778%) VoIP
4 2 (2.778%) HTTP
4 2 (2.778%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.389%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.389%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (51.39%) SQL Server
2 16 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (18.06%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (5.556%) GIS
6 2 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.778%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.389%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.389%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.389%) MySQL
7 1 (1.389%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 7 (9.722%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.778%) Subversion
3 2 (2.778%) JIRA
3 2 (2.778%) MSI
3 2 (2.778%) InstallShield
4 1 (1.389%) AdminStudio
General
1 9 (12.50%) Finance
2 5 (6.944%) Dutch Language
2 5 (6.944%) Turkish Language
3 4 (5.556%) German Language
3 4 (5.556%) Norwegian Language
3 4 (5.556%) Automotive
4 3 (4.167%) Finnish Language
4 3 (4.167%) Marketing
5 2 (2.778%) Advertising
6 1 (1.389%) Games
6 1 (1.389%) Retail
6 1 (1.389%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.389%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (34.72%) Developer
2 10 (13.89%) Support Engineer
3 8 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 8 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 6 (8.333%) Software Developer
5 5 (6.944%) Consultant
5 5 (6.944%) Technical Design Authority
5 5 (6.944%) Microsoft Developer
6 4 (5.556%) Architect
6 4 (5.556%) Senior C# Developer
7 3 (4.167%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 3 (4.167%) Technical Architect
7 3 (4.167%) Lead Developer
8 2 (2.778%) Analyst
8 2 (2.778%) Junior
8 2 (2.778%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.778%) Applications Support
8 2 (2.778%) .NET Developer
8 2 (2.778%) Applications Support Engineer
8 2 (2.778%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.944%) Computer Science
1 5 (6.944%) EqualLogic
2 3 (4.167%) Open Source
3 2 (2.778%) Fat Client
3 2 (2.778%) Thin Client
3 2 (2.778%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.389%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.389%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.389%) Data Integration
4 1 (1.389%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 22 (30.56%) Windows
2 11 (15.28%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (6.944%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (6.944%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.778%) UNIX
5 1 (1.389%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.06%) MVC
2 8 (11.11%) OO
2 8 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
3 6 (8.333%) Web Development
3 6 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (6.944%) Validation
4 5 (6.944%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (6.944%) UML
4 5 (6.944%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (6.944%) Unit Testing
5 4 (5.556%) Time Management
6 3 (4.167%) Data Modelling
6 3 (4.167%) SOA
7 2 (2.778%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (2.778%) Problem Management
7 2 (2.778%) Data Management
7 2 (2.778%) Data Analysis
7 2 (2.778%) Software Architecture
7 2 (2.778%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 33 (45.83%) SQL
2 31 (43.06%) C#
3 8 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.333%) VB.NET
5 4 (5.556%) C++
6 2 (2.778%) Java
6 2 (2.778%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.389%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.389%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.389%) VBScript
7 1 (1.389%) Perl
7 1 (1.389%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) Degree
1 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.778%) CCVP
4 2 (2.778%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.778%) CCNA
4 2 (2.778%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (2.778%) BC Cleared
4 2 (2.778%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.389%) CCEE
5 1 (1.389%) CCIA
5 1 (1.389%) CCEA
5 1 (1.389%) CCA
5 1 (1.389%) MCP
5 1 (1.389%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) SLA
2 1 (1.389%) QA
2 1 (1.389%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.333%) XenServer
2 6 (8.333%) XenDesktop
2 6 (8.333%) vSphere
3 5 (6.944%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.944%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.778%) XenApp
5 1 (1.389%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.389%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.389%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (2.778%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.389%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (15.28%) Citrix
2 10 (13.89%) VMware
3 9 (12.50%) Oracle
4 6 (8.333%) Progress
4 6 (8.333%) HP
4 6 (8.333%) EMC
5 5 (6.944%) 3PAR
6 4 (5.556%) ESRI
7 3 (4.167%) Cisco
8 2 (2.778%) Infragistics
8 2 (2.778%) Business Objects
9 1 (1.389%) Altiris
9 1 (1.389%) Confirmit
9 1 (1.389%) DevExpress
9 1 (1.389%) LogiXML
9 1 (1.389%) Sybase
Belfast, County Antrim
.NET C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server)... Technically excellent in C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Entity Framework, LinQ, strong web development skills, including jQuery, AJAX, CSS and Javascript, you...
CDI Anders Elite Ltd
Salary: £38000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
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