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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads649621
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.359 %0.260 %
As % of the category below57.43 %47.48 %
Salaries quoted604531
Average minimum salary£33,948£31,233
Average salary£38,462£33,854
% change on same period last year+13.61 %
Average maximum salary£42,975£36,474
UK excluding London average salary£35,406£35,568
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads11301308
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.625 %0.549 %
Salaries quoted9671090
Average minimum salary£34,421£34,961
Average salary£38,324£37,772
% change on same period last year+1.46 %
Average maximum salary£42,227£40,582
UK excluding London average salary£40,138£41,870
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Oxfordshire Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordNo change0293£36,427+11.32 %
AbingdonUp+1150£38,537+5.68 %
Henley-on-ThamesUp+612£36,958-7.37 %
BanburyNo change09£23,200-2.16 %
BicesterDown-115£23,100-3.75 %
WitneyDown-24£19,750-22.54 %
WallingfordDown-164£28,875-23.15 %
ThameNo change04£20,375-36.32 %
WoodstockNew entry-2£25,000-
KidlingtonDown-61£39,000+62.50 %
Microsoft South EastMicrosoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1583 (42.37 %)Windows
2496 (36.05 %)MS Excel
3489 (35.54 %)SQL Server
4480 (34.88 %).NET
5415 (30.16 %)Microsoft Certification
6364 (26.45 %)Windows Server 2003
7341 (24.78 %)C#
8338 (24.56 %)SQL
9303 (22.02 %)SharePoint
10299 (21.73 %)Active Directory
11251 (18.24 %)ASP.NET
12200 (14.53 %)Education
13192 (13.95 %)MCSE
14188 (13.66 %)MS Exchange
15156 (11.34 %)XML
15156 (11.34 %)MS Office
16152 (11.05 %)SQL Server 2005
17142 (10.32 %)HTML
18137 (9.956 %)Internet
19134 (9.738 %)VB.NET
20133 (9.666 %)Project Management
21118 (8.576 %)Retail
22117 (8.503 %)Cisco
23112 (8.140 %)Degree
24111 (8.067 %)Finance
25108 (7.849 %)Windows 2000
26106 (7.703 %)VB
27101 (7.340 %)Linux
2899 (7.195 %)Firewall
2899 (7.195 %)TCP/IP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1480 (34.88 %).NET
2251 (18.24 %)ASP.NET
3156 (11.34 %)XML
4142 (10.32 %)HTML
566 (4.797 %)WebServices
659 (4.288 %)XSLT
659 (4.288 %)ASP
746 (3.343 %)ASP.NET 2.0
842 (3.052 %)AJAX
941 (2.980 %).NET Framework
1039 (2.834 %)WCF
1136 (2.616 %)DCOM
1232 (2.326 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1331 (2.253 %)WPF
1430 (2.180 %)COM
1430 (2.180 %)JSP
1529 (2.108 %)CSS
1624 (1.744 %)WinForms
1624 (1.744 %)Silverlight
1721 (1.526 %)J2EE
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1303 (22.02 %)SharePoint
2188 (13.66 %)MS Exchange
385 (6.177 %)SharePoint Server 2007
484 (6.105 %)IIS
582 (5.959 %)Exchange Server 2003
675 (5.451 %)Exchange Server 2007
772 (5.233 %)Office Communications Server
853 (3.852 %)BizTalk Server
936 (2.616 %)MTS
1027 (1.962 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1120 (1.453 %)JBoss
1218 (1.308 %)Content Management Server
1311 (0.799 %)GroupWise
1311 (0.799 %)ArcGIS
1311 (0.799 %)Lotus Domino
1410 (0.727 %)Commerce Server
158 (0.581 %)Exchange Server 2000
165 (0.363 %)CMS
173 (0.218 %)Apache
173 (0.218 %)Commerce Server 2007
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1496 (36.05 %)MS Excel
2156 (11.34 %)MS Office
326 (1.890 %)MS Project
415 (1.090 %)InfoPath
514 (1.017 %)MS Visio
68 (0.581 %)MS PowerPoint
77 (0.509 %)Photoshop
84 (0.291 %)Fireworks
92 (0.145 %)Spreadsheet
101 (0.073 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.073 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.073 %)InDesign
101 (0.073 %)Windchill
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
175 (5.451 %)Dynamics CRM
263 (4.578 %)Microsoft CRM
354 (3.924 %)Dynamics NAV
435 (2.544 %)Navision
523 (1.672 %)Dynamics AX
69 (0.654 %)Axapta
77 (0.509 %)Dynamics GP
86 (0.436 %)Great Plains
95 (0.363 %)Oracle Financials
104 (0.291 %)SAP CRM
104 (0.291 %)SAP Business One
112 (0.145 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
112 (0.145 %)Retail-J
112 (0.145 %)JDE OneWorld
121 (0.073 %)SalesLogix
121 (0.073 %)Movex
121 (0.073 %)Oracle CRM
121 (0.073 %)GoldMine
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1137 (9.956 %)Internet
299 (7.195 %)TCP/IP
299 (7.195 %)Firewall
384 (6.105 %)DNS
462 (4.506 %)LAN
561 (4.433 %)WAN
654 (3.924 %)Intranet
745 (3.270 %)VPN
835 (2.544 %)DHCP
929 (2.108 %)SAN
1019 (1.381 %)ADSL
1114 (1.017 %)Cisco IOS
1210 (0.727 %)Wireless
138 (0.581 %)WLAN
138 (0.581 %)802.11
147 (0.509 %)Extranet
147 (0.509 %)VoIP
156 (0.436 %)Cisco PIX
164 (0.291 %)Wireless Security
164 (0.291 %)NetScreen
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1489 (35.54 %)SQL Server
2152 (11.05 %)SQL Server 2005
398 (7.122 %)SQL Server 2000
451 (3.706 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
535 (2.544 %)RDBMS
629 (2.108 %)SQL Server Integration Services
722 (1.599 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
820 (1.453 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
918 (1.308 %)GIS
1016 (1.163 %)OLAP
1113 (0.945 %)DTS
1212 (0.872 %)MS Access
1212 (0.872 %)ETL
1311 (0.799 %)PerformancePoint
149 (0.654 %)Crystal Reports
158 (0.581 %)MySQL
167 (0.509 %)BusinessObjects
176 (0.436 %)Datawarehouse
184 (0.291 %)SQL Server 7
184 (0.291 %)NovaView
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (3.706 %)Visual Studio
215 (1.090 %)MSI
311 (0.799 %)NUnit
46 (0.436 %)Dreamweaver
55 (0.363 %)VSS/SourceSafe
55 (0.363 %)Oracle Forms
64 (0.291 %)FrontPage
73 (0.218 %)QuickTest Pro
73 (0.218 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.145 %)TestDirector
82 (0.145 %)Flash
91 (0.073 %)Subversion
91 (0.073 %)InstallShield
91 (0.073 %)LabVIEW
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1200 (14.53 %)Education
2118 (8.576 %)Retail
3111 (8.067 %)Finance
463 (4.578 %)Pensions
544 (3.198 %)Health
637 (2.689 %)Manufacturing
735 (2.544 %)Insurance
827 (1.962 %)Telecoms
920 (1.453 %)Marketing
1018 (1.308 %)Back Office
1113 (0.945 %)Publishing
127 (0.509 %)Financial Institution
127 (0.509 %)Construction
127 (0.509 %)Government
134 (0.291 %)Pharmaceutical
134 (0.291 %)Games
143 (0.218 %)Electronics
143 (0.218 %)Automotive
152 (0.145 %)Chemicals
152 (0.145 %)Legal
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1344 (25.00 %)Developer
2175 (12.72 %)Consultant
3138 (10.03 %).NET Developer
4130 (9.448 %)Systems Engineer
5124 (9.012 %)C# Developer
6111 (8.067 %)Analyst
7100 (7.267 %)Support Engineer
886 (6.250 %)Administrator
979 (5.741 %)Web Developer
1068 (4.942 %)Support Analyst
1167 (4.869 %)DBA
1263 (4.578 %)Software Engineer
1359 (4.288 %)SQL DBA
1456 (4.070 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1553 (3.852 %)SQL Developer
1647 (3.416 %)Junior
1745 (3.270 %)3rd Line Support
1843 (3.125 %)Senior Developer
1843 (3.125 %)Software Developer
1843 (3.125 %)CRM Consultant
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
139 (2.834 %)Computer Science
225 (1.817 %)Client/Server
320 (1.453 %)Blackberry
417 (1.235 %)N-Tier
515 (1.090 %)Statistics
613 (0.945 %)Clustering
712 (0.872 %)Tandem
811 (0.799 %)Credit Risk
97 (0.509 %)Fat Client
97 (0.509 %)Thin Client
106 (0.436 %)Psychology
106 (0.436 %)Podcast
106 (0.436 %)Web 2.0
106 (0.436 %)Management Information System
106 (0.436 %)Replication
106 (0.436 %)EPoS
115 (0.363 %)Mathematics
115 (0.363 %)Spanish Language
124 (0.291 %)Photography
124 (0.291 %)VLE
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1583 (42.37 %)Windows
2364 (26.45 %)Windows Server 2003
3108 (7.849 %)Windows 2000
4101 (7.340 %)Linux
593 (6.759 %)Windows XP
674 (5.378 %)Windows Server 2008
764 (4.651 %)Windows 2000 Server
833 (2.398 %)Windows Vista
925 (1.817 %)UNIX
1023 (1.672 %)NetWare
1120 (1.453 %)Windows Mobile
1216 (1.163 %)Mac OS X
1315 (1.090 %)VMS
1411 (0.799 %)Red Hat Linux
158 (0.581 %)Windows NT
167 (0.509 %)Solaris
171 (0.073 %)Debian
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1133 (9.666 %)Project Management
296 (6.977 %)CRM
389 (6.468 %)ERP
487 (6.323 %)OO
581 (5.887 %)PRINCE2
674 (5.378 %)ITIL
764 (4.651 %)E-Commerce
764 (4.651 %)Business Intelligence
852 (3.779 %)Content Management
948 (3.488 %)Service Delivery
1046 (3.343 %)Web Development
1138 (2.762 %)UML
1237 (2.689 %)Workflow
1328 (2.035 %)Service Management
1420 (1.453 %)Data Modelling
1420 (1.453 %)Business Analysis
1519 (1.381 %)Change Management
1618 (1.308 %)PRINCE
1716 (1.163 %)Scrum
1716 (1.163 %)Problem Management
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1341 (24.78 %)C#
2338 (24.56 %)SQL
3134 (9.738 %)VB.NET
4106 (7.703 %)VB
578 (5.669 %)JavaScript
661 (4.433 %)Java
760 (4.360 %)Transact-SQL
839 (2.834 %)C++
936 (2.616 %)VB6
1029 (2.108 %)VBScript
1119 (1.381 %)C
1214 (1.017 %)Delphi
139 (0.654 %)VBA
147 (0.509 %)PHP
147 (0.509 %)DCL
156 (0.436 %)PL/SQL
165 (0.363 %)VC++
173 (0.218 %)PowerHouse
182 (0.145 %)Ruby
182 (0.145 %)Shell Script
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1415 (30.16 %)Microsoft Certification
2192 (13.95 %)MCSE
3112 (8.140 %)Degree
494 (6.831 %)MCP
587 (6.323 %)Cisco Certification
671 (5.160 %)CCNA
766 (4.797 %)MCTS
861 (4.433 %)MCSA
959 (4.288 %)MCITP
1052 (3.779 %)MCDBA
1139 (2.834 %)CCNP
1232 (2.326 %)MCSD
1331 (2.253 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1427 (1.962 %)MCPD
1524 (1.744 %)MCAD
1611 (0.799 %)RHCT
179 (0.654 %)HNC
187 (0.509 %)HND
196 (0.436 %)MOS
205 (0.363 %)CIMA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (1.817 %)SLA
216 (1.163 %)QA
31 (0.073 %)HL7
31 (0.073 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.073 %)ISO27001
31 (0.073 %)ISO9001
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1299 (21.73 %)Active Directory
257 (4.142 %)ISA Server
349 (3.561 %)VMware ESX
433 (2.398 %)Terminal Services
519 (1.381 %)Backup Exec
611 (0.799 %)VMware Infrastructure
79 (0.654 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.218 %)Terminal Server
83 (0.218 %)Squid
83 (0.218 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
127 (1.962 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
219 (1.381 %)MOM
314 (1.017 %)WSUS
314 (1.017 %)EMC NetWorker
410 (0.727 %)MIIS
57 (0.509 %)OpenView
66 (0.436 %)Norton AntiVirus
73 (0.218 %)Unicenter
81 (0.073 %)BMC PATROL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1117 (8.503 %)Cisco
284 (6.105 %)Oracle
372 (5.233 %)VMware
462 (4.506 %)Citrix
542 (3.052 %)Intel
636 (2.616 %)ProClarity
735 (2.544 %)Sybase
735 (2.544 %)SAP
832 (2.326 %)Altiris
931 (2.253 %)Novell
1025 (1.817 %)Siebel
1121 (1.526 %)HP
1215 (1.090 %)CheckPoint
1314 (1.017 %)EMC
1412 (0.872 %)Apple
1412 (0.872 %)Sage
1511 (0.799 %)Lotus
1511 (0.799 %)Red Hat
1511 (0.799 %)VERITAS
1511 (0.799 %)ESRI