The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Peterborough 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 9 16
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 69 51 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 19.33% 16.40% 13.31%
As % of the Vendors category 44.81% 33.55% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 63 50 37
Average salary £32,500 £27,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.26% -27.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £19,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £47,750 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
154 152 128
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 43.14% 48.87% 41.56%
Number of salaries quoted 141 139 106
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £20,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £46,300
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Cambridgeshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Peterborough Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 71 (57.72%) Windows
2 65 (52.85%) MS Excel
3 32 (26.02%) SQL
4 29 (23.58%) SQL Server
5 27 (21.95%) .NET
6 24 (19.51%) Active Directory
6 24 (19.51%) VMware
7 22 (17.89%) MS Office
8 19 (15.45%) ASP.NET
9 18 (14.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (13.82%) Windows XP
10 17 (13.82%) Citrix
11 16 (13.01%) SharePoint
11 16 (13.01%) ITIL
11 16 (13.01%) C#
11 16 (13.01%) Service Management
12 14 (11.38%) T-SQL
13 13 (10.57%) COM
13 13 (10.57%) XML
13 13 (10.57%) HP
14 12 (9.756%) MS Exchange
14 12 (9.756%) QA
15 11 (8.943%) Windows Vista
15 11 (8.943%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (8.943%) SLA
15 11 (8.943%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (8.943%) Windows 7
16 10 (8.130%) BizTalk Server
16 10 (8.130%) MS Visio
16 10 (8.130%) MS Project

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 27 (21.95%) .NET
2 19 (15.45%) ASP.NET
3 13 (10.57%) COM
3 13 (10.57%) XML
4 8 (6.504%) WCF
5 7 (5.691%) XSL
5 7 (5.691%) EDI
6 5 (4.065%) Application Packaging
6 5 (4.065%) HTML
7 4 (3.252%) CSS
7 4 (3.252%) Silverlight
8 3 (2.439%) ASP
9 2 (1.626%) Ajax
10 1 (0.813%) jQuery
10 1 (0.813%) WinForms
10 1 (0.813%) XSLT
10 1 (0.813%) Web Services
10 1 (0.813%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 1 (0.813%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.813%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 16 (13.01%) SharePoint
2 12 (9.756%) MS Exchange
3 10 (8.130%) BizTalk Server
4 9 (7.317%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (3.252%) IIS
6 4 (3.252%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.626%) Lync
8 2 (1.626%) SugarCRM
8 2 (1.626%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.813%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.813%) CMS
Applications
1 65 (52.85%) MS Excel
2 22 (17.89%) MS Office
3 10 (8.130%) MS Visio
3 10 (8.130%) MS Project
4 1 (0.813%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.878%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.252%) SalesLogix
3 3 (2.439%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.813%) GoldMine
4 1 (0.813%) Pivotal CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.065%) LAN
1 5 (4.065%) DNS
1 5 (4.065%) DHCP
2 4 (3.252%) VPN
2 4 (3.252%) WAN
2 4 (3.252%) SMTP
2 4 (3.252%) Wireless
2 4 (3.252%) IP Telephony
3 2 (1.626%) UMTS
3 2 (1.626%) GPRS
3 2 (1.626%) 2G
3 2 (1.626%) 3G
3 2 (1.626%) Internet
3 2 (1.626%) Network Security
3 2 (1.626%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.813%) PBX
4 1 (0.813%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.813%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (23.58%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.943%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (8.130%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (7.317%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (6.504%) Crystal Reports
6 7 (5.691%) QlikView
6 7 (5.691%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (4.878%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (3.252%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (1.626%) OLAP
9 2 (1.626%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (1.626%) ProClarity
9 2 (1.626%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (0.813%) Oracle OWB
10 1 (0.813%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (5.691%) Visual Studio
1 7 (5.691%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (4.065%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.626%) WinRunner
3 2 (1.626%) TestDirector
3 2 (1.626%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.813%) Subversion
General
1 9 (7.317%) Finance
2 7 (5.691%) Marketing
2 7 (5.691%) Banking
3 6 (4.878%) Retail
4 5 (4.065%) Games
5 4 (3.252%) Advertising
6 3 (2.439%) Retail Banking
6 3 (2.439%) Back Office
7 1 (0.813%) Publishing
7 1 (0.813%) Automotive
7 1 (0.813%) Legal
7 1 (0.813%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (29.27%) Analyst
2 23 (18.70%) Developer
3 12 (9.756%) Support Analyst
4 11 (8.943%) Software Engineer
5 9 (7.317%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (7.317%) Service Analyst
6 8 (6.504%) Administrator
6 8 (6.504%) .NET Developer
7 7 (5.691%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (4.878%) Wintel Analyst
8 6 (4.878%) Support Engineer
8 6 (4.878%) Consultant
8 6 (4.878%) Test Engineer
8 6 (4.878%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (4.065%) Software Consultant
9 5 (4.065%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (4.065%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (4.065%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (4.065%) IT Support
10 4 (3.252%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.439%) iPhone
1 3 (2.439%) Management Information System
1 3 (2.439%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.626%) Mobile Banking
2 2 (1.626%) Social Media
2 2 (1.626%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.813%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.813%) iSeries
3 1 (0.813%) IVR
3 1 (0.813%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 71 (57.72%) Windows
2 17 (13.82%) Windows XP
3 11 (8.943%) Windows Vista
3 11 (8.943%) Windows 7
4 10 (8.130%) Linux
5 8 (6.504%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (4.878%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (3.252%) UNIX
8 3 (2.439%) Android
8 3 (2.439%) AIX
9 1 (0.813%) Mac OS X Server
9 1 (0.813%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.813%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (13.01%) ITIL
1 16 (13.01%) Service Management
2 9 (7.317%) PRINCE2
2 9 (7.317%) CRM
2 9 (7.317%) Project Management
3 8 (6.504%) Time Management
3 8 (6.504%) Incident Management
4 7 (5.691%) E-Commerce
4 7 (5.691%) ERP
4 7 (5.691%) Web Application Development
5 6 (4.878%) Service Delivery
5 6 (4.878%) Scrum
6 5 (4.065%) Web Testing
6 5 (4.065%) Test Management
6 5 (4.065%) Test Scripting
6 5 (4.065%) Quality Management
6 5 (4.065%) Regression Testing
6 5 (4.065%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (4.065%) Test Automation
7 4 (3.252%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 32 (26.02%) SQL
2 16 (13.01%) C#
3 14 (11.38%) T-SQL
4 7 (5.691%) VB
4 7 (5.691%) Bourne shell
5 6 (4.878%) C++
5 6 (4.878%) C
6 5 (4.065%) Shell Script
6 5 (4.065%) Java
6 5 (4.065%) VBScript
6 5 (4.065%) Python
6 5 (4.065%) Embedded C
7 3 (2.439%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.626%) VBA
8 2 (1.626%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.626%) Ruby
9 1 (0.813%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.813%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (14.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (8.943%) ITIL Certification
3 10 (8.130%) MCITP
4 9 (7.317%) MCSE
5 8 (6.504%) Degree
6 7 (5.691%) MCTS
7 5 (4.065%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (4.065%) ISEB
7 5 (4.065%) CCA
7 5 (4.065%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (3.252%) MCP
8 4 (3.252%) MCSA
9 2 (1.626%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.813%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.813%) CCEA
10 1 (0.813%) CCEE
10 1 (0.813%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.756%) QA
2 11 (8.943%) SLA
3 4 (3.252%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.626%) XenApp
4 1 (0.813%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.813%) XenServer
4 1 (0.813%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.252%) SCCM
2 1 (0.813%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 24 (19.51%) VMware
2 17 (13.82%) Citrix
3 13 (10.57%) HP
4 8 (6.504%) IBM
5 7 (5.691%) DevExpress
6 4 (3.252%) Sage
7 3 (2.439%) Apple
7 3 (2.439%) Temenos
8 2 (1.626%) Cisco
8 2 (1.626%) Dell
9 1 (0.813%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.813%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.813%) Draytek
9 1 (0.813%) Avaya
9 1 (0.813%) Oracle
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