Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Peterborough 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank816
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads7785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.038 %
As % of the category below42.54 %43.81 %
Salaries quoted6775
Average minimum salary£36,776£26,573
Average salary£39,433£29,077
% change on same period last year+35.61 %
Average maximum salary£42,090£31,580
UK excluding London average salary£35,708£35,927
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Peterborough IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Peterborough
Matching permanent IT job ads181194
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.087 %
Salaries quoted165170
Average minimum salary£32,933£28,644
Average salary£35,534£31,768
% change on same period last year+11.85 %
Average maximum salary£38,135£34,892
UK excluding London average salary£40,828£41,953
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Microsoft CambridgeshireMicrosoft
Cambridgeshire

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 Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Peterborough Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

1101 (49.27 %).NET
2100 (48.78 %)SQL Server
394 (45.85 %)ASP.NET
480 (39.02 %)C#
573 (35.61 %)MS Excel
657 (27.80 %)SQL
754 (26.34 %)VB.NET
846 (22.44 %)VB
945 (21.95 %)XML
1043 (20.98 %)WebServices
1139 (19.02 %)Finance
1234 (16.59 %)Oracle
1331 (15.12 %)Project Management
1430 (14.63 %)E-Commerce
1529 (14.15 %)OO
1529 (14.15 %)Windows
1624 (11.71 %)ASP
1624 (11.71 %)HTML
1722 (10.73 %)AJAX
1722 (10.73 %)Crystal Reports
1821 (10.24 %)JavaScript
1821 (10.24 %).NET Framework
1920 (9.756 %)XSL
2019 (9.268 %)Visual Studio
2019 (9.268 %)RDBMS
2118 (8.780 %)SQL Server 2005
2118 (8.780 %)Agile Software Development
2118 (8.780 %)Microsoft Certification
2216 (7.805 %)Multimedia
2216 (7.805 %)Degree

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

Peterborough IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1101 (49.27 %).NET
294 (45.85 %)ASP.NET
345 (21.95 %)XML
443 (20.98 %)WebServices
524 (11.71 %)HTML
524 (11.71 %)ASP
622 (10.73 %)AJAX
721 (10.24 %).NET Framework
820 (9.756 %)XSL
98 (3.902 %)SOAP
107 (3.415 %)XHTML
107 (3.415 %)CSS
115 (2.439 %)COM+
115 (2.439 %)J2EE
124 (1.951 %)WCF
124 (1.951 %)WebSphere
124 (1.951 %)jQuery
124 (1.951 %)ASP.NET 2.0
133 (1.463 %)Application Packaging
142 (0.976 %)SyncML
Peterborough IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (7.805 %)IIS
212 (5.854 %)SharePoint
311 (5.366 %)MS Exchange
311 (5.366 %)BizTalk Server
45 (2.439 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (1.951 %)CMS
63 (1.463 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (1.463 %)Lotus Notes
72 (0.976 %)Lotus Domino
72 (0.976 %)Apache
72 (0.976 %)Office Communications Server
81 (0.488 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (0.488 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
Peterborough IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
173 (35.61 %)MS Excel
215 (7.317 %)MS Office
35 (2.439 %)MS PowerPoint
Peterborough IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (5.366 %)Dynamics AX
29 (4.390 %)Axapta
37 (3.415 %)Navision
43 (1.463 %)Microsoft CRM
52 (0.976 %)SoftGrid
Peterborough IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (2.927 %)LAN
16 (2.927 %)WAN
16 (2.927 %)Intranet
16 (2.927 %)Internet
25 (2.439 %)Firewall
34 (1.951 %)Wireless
34 (1.951 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.976 %)DNS
42 (0.976 %)SAN
42 (0.976 %)DHCP
42 (0.976 %)SMPP
42 (0.976 %)Network Security
51 (0.488 %)VLAN
51 (0.488 %)FTP
51 (0.488 %)VPN
Peterborough IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1100 (48.78 %)SQL Server
222 (10.73 %)Crystal Reports
319 (9.268 %)RDBMS
418 (8.780 %)SQL Server 2005
510 (4.878 %)MySQL
66 (2.927 %)MS Access
75 (2.439 %)SQL Server 2000
84 (1.951 %)DTS
93 (1.463 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.976 %)SQLPlus
102 (0.976 %)SQL Server Integration Services
102 (0.976 %)Oracle Reports
111 (0.488 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.488 %)Oracle 10g
Peterborough IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (9.268 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.951 %)Visual Studio Team System
32 (0.976 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.488 %)Flash
41 (0.488 %)InstallShield
41 (0.488 %)JUnit
Peterborough IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (19.02 %)Finance
216 (7.805 %)Multimedia
312 (5.854 %)Insurance
48 (3.902 %)Manufacturing
48 (3.902 %)Retail
55 (2.439 %)Health
64 (1.951 %)Marketing
72 (0.976 %)Education
81 (0.488 %)Government
81 (0.488 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.488 %)Telecoms
81 (0.488 %)Publishing
81 (0.488 %)Banking
81 (0.488 %)Local Government
81 (0.488 %)Pensions
Peterborough IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
186 (41.95 %)Developer
232 (15.61 %)Analyst
324 (11.71 %).NET Developer
422 (10.73 %)C# Developer
422 (10.73 %)Applications Support
519 (9.268 %)Support Specialist
618 (8.780 %)Consultant
717 (8.293 %)Applications Specialist
717 (8.293 %)Senior Developer
717 (8.293 %)Programmer
815 (7.317 %)Database Specialist
815 (7.317 %)Analyst Programmer
815 (7.317 %)Web Developer
913 (6.341 %)Delphi Developer
1012 (5.854 %)Team Leader
1012 (5.854 %)Development Manager
1111 (5.366 %)Junior
1210 (4.878 %)Support Engineer
1210 (4.878 %)Junior Developer
1210 (4.878 %).NET Team Leader
Peterborough IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (3.902 %)Social Network
26 (2.927 %)AS400
35 (2.439 %)SCADA
44 (1.951 %)N-Tier
52 (0.976 %)Thin Client
52 (0.976 %)Blackberry
52 (0.976 %)Management Information System
52 (0.976 %)Replication
52 (0.976 %)Fat Client
52 (0.976 %)iPhone
52 (0.976 %)Computer Science
61 (0.488 %)Mathematics
61 (0.488 %)EPoS
Peterborough IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (14.15 %)Windows
210 (4.878 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (3.415 %)Windows XP
37 (3.415 %)Linux
43 (1.463 %)NetWare
43 (1.463 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (0.976 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (0.976 %)UNIX
61 (0.488 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (0.488 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.488 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.488 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.488 %)Solaris
Peterborough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
131 (15.12 %)Project Management
230 (14.63 %)E-Commerce
329 (14.15 %)OO
418 (8.780 %)Agile Software Development
513 (6.341 %)Scrum
513 (6.341 %)Systems Analysis
612 (5.854 %)IT Governance
612 (5.854 %)TDD
711 (5.366 %)Technical Architecture
711 (5.366 %)Web Development
810 (4.878 %)OOD
99 (4.390 %)Data Analysis
108 (3.902 %)Mobile Commerce
117 (3.415 %)CRM
117 (3.415 %)ERP
117 (3.415 %)OOP
126 (2.927 %)SEO
126 (2.927 %)Migration
126 (2.927 %)Stakeholder Management
134 (1.951 %)Unit Testing
Peterborough IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
180 (39.02 %)C#
257 (27.80 %)SQL
354 (26.34 %)VB.NET
446 (22.44 %)VB
521 (10.24 %)JavaScript
615 (7.317 %)Delphi
713 (6.341 %)VBScript
811 (5.366 %)Java
811 (5.366 %)C++
99 (4.390 %)X++
108 (3.902 %)Transact-SQL
117 (3.415 %)C
126 (2.927 %)RPG
135 (2.439 %)PHP
135 (2.439 %)VBA
143 (1.463 %)VB6
151 (0.488 %)XPath
151 (0.488 %)ActionScript
Peterborough IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (8.780 %)Microsoft Certification
216 (7.805 %)Degree
310 (4.878 %)MCSE
49 (4.390 %)MCP
56 (2.927 %)MCSA
63 (1.463 %)MCDST
72 (0.976 %)MCAD
72 (0.976 %)CCNA
72 (0.976 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.488 %)SAP Certification
81 (0.488 %)RHCE
81 (0.488 %)Sun Certification
81 (0.488 %)SCSA
81 (0.488 %)MCSD
Peterborough IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.902 %)SLA
26 (2.927 %)QA
31 (0.488 %)ISO27001
Peterborough IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (5.366 %)Active Directory
24 (1.951 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.976 %)VMware ESX
32 (0.976 %)MetaFrame
Peterborough IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (2.439 %)SCCM
23 (1.463 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (0.976 %)SCOM
Peterborough IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (16.59 %)Oracle
25 (2.439 %)Lotus
34 (1.951 %)Citrix
34 (1.951 %)Novell
34 (1.951 %)Cisco
34 (1.951 %)IBM
43 (1.463 %)VERITAS
43 (1.463 %)Sophos
43 (1.463 %)WatchGuard
52 (0.976 %)VMware
52 (0.976 %)Red Hat
52 (0.976 %)SAP
52 (0.976 %)Symbian
61 (0.488 %)Sun