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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Reading 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank44
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads498494
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.243 %0.221 %
As % of the category below32.83 %32.87 %
Salaries quoted396362
Average minimum salary£37,613£37,713
Average salary£41,557£40,182
% change on same period last year+3.42 %
Average maximum salary£45,501£42,650
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors ReadingVendors
Reading
Matching permanent IT job ads15171503
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.739 %0.672 %
Salaries quoted11991098
Average minimum salary£40,239£38,321
Average salary£43,268£41,196
% change on same period last year+5.03 %
Average maximum salary£46,298£44,070
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
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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 starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Reading Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Reading Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Reading region over the past 3 months.

Reading Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Reading region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

1437 (44.87 %)Windows
2323 (33.16 %)MS Excel
3249 (25.56 %)SQL Server
4238 (24.44 %)Active Directory
5237 (24.33 %).NET
6220 (22.59 %)MS Exchange
7202 (20.74 %)Microsoft Certification
8192 (19.71 %)C#
9183 (18.79 %)SQL
10148 (15.20 %)SharePoint
11132 (13.55 %)ASP.NET
12125 (12.83 %)XML
13117 (12.01 %)MS Office
14113 (11.60 %)MCSE
15105 (10.78 %)Finance
16103 (10.57 %)CRM
17101 (10.37 %)TCP/IP
18100 (10.27 %)Oracle
1996 (9.856 %)IIS
2092 (9.446 %)Exchange Server 2003
2182 (8.419 %)Cisco
2182 (8.419 %)SQL Server 2005
2279 (8.111 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2378 (8.008 %)Windows 2000
2473 (7.495 %)Citrix
2572 (7.392 %)Exchange Server 2000
2671 (7.290 %)Unix
2769 (7.084 %)Windows NT
2769 (7.084 %)VMware
2868 (6.982 %)SQL Server 2000

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Reading region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1237 (24.33 %).NET
2132 (13.55 %)ASP.NET
3125 (12.83 %)XML
460 (6.160 %)WebServices
460 (6.160 %)HTML
547 (4.825 %)CSS
640 (4.107 %).NET Framework
739 (4.004 %)ASP
823 (2.361 %)Windows SharePoint Services
921 (2.156 %)XSLT
1020 (2.053 %)XHTML
1116 (1.643 %)WinForms
1116 (1.643 %)XSL
1116 (1.643 %)COM
1212 (1.232 %)XSD
1212 (1.232 %)AJAX
1212 (1.232 %)UIQ
1212 (1.232 %)Series 60
1310 (1.027 %)WAP
1310 (1.027 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
1220 (22.59 %)MS Exchange
2148 (15.20 %)SharePoint
396 (9.856 %)IIS
492 (9.446 %)Exchange Server 2003
572 (7.392 %)Exchange Server 2000
658 (5.955 %)BizTalk Server
757 (5.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
839 (4.004 %)Lotus Notes
935 (3.593 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1031 (3.183 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1126 (2.669 %)Exchange Server 2007
1212 (1.232 %)CMS
138 (0.821 %)Lotus Domino
145 (0.513 %)Apache
145 (0.513 %)ColdFusion
145 (0.513 %)GroupWise
153 (0.308 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
162 (0.205 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
162 (0.205 %)Oracle Workflow
162 (0.205 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
1323 (33.16 %)MS Excel
2117 (12.01 %)MS Office
323 (2.361 %)MS Project
416 (1.643 %)InfoPath
510 (1.027 %)MS PowerPoint
510 (1.027 %)MS Visio
68 (0.821 %)Paint Shop Pro
76 (0.616 %)RoboHelp
84 (0.411 %)FrameMaker
92 (0.205 %)Acrobat
101 (0.103 %)Photoshop
101 (0.103 %)DeltaView
Business Applications
136 (3.696 %)Dynamics CRM
229 (2.977 %)Microsoft CRM
323 (2.361 %)Navision
323 (2.361 %)Dynamics NAV
414 (1.437 %)Dynamics AX
510 (1.027 %)Axapta
69 (0.924 %)GoldMine
78 (0.821 %)BPCS
87 (0.719 %)Oracle EBS
94 (0.411 %)Movex
103 (0.308 %)WebTrends
103 (0.308 %)Great Plains
103 (0.308 %)Oracle Applications
112 (0.205 %)SoftGrid
112 (0.205 %)SageBI
112 (0.205 %)Dynamics GP
112 (0.205 %)Singl.eView
121 (0.103 %)Oracle CRM
121 (0.103 %)SAP Oil and Gas
121 (0.103 %)assyst
Communications & Networking
1101 (10.37 %)TCP/IP
265 (6.674 %)Firewall
358 (5.955 %)SAN
455 (5.647 %)VPN
455 (5.647 %)WAN
550 (5.133 %)DNS
642 (4.312 %)LAN
730 (3.080 %)Internet
819 (1.951 %)HTTP
916 (1.643 %)IPX
916 (1.643 %)DHCP
1014 (1.437 %)LDAP
1113 (1.335 %)IPX/SPX
1113 (1.335 %)Wireless
1211 (1.129 %)WINS
1310 (1.027 %)OSPF
1310 (1.027 %)RIP
148 (0.821 %)DDNS
148 (0.821 %)MPLS
148 (0.821 %)BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1249 (25.56 %)SQL Server
282 (8.419 %)SQL Server 2005
368 (6.982 %)SQL Server 2000
441 (4.209 %)SQL Server Integration Services
540 (4.107 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
639 (4.004 %)Datawarehouse
738 (3.901 %)SQL Server 7
814 (1.437 %)DTS
913 (1.335 %)MS Access
1012 (1.232 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1012 (1.232 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
117 (0.719 %)RDBMS
126 (0.616 %)Oracle 10g
134 (0.411 %)BusinessObjects
143 (0.308 %)Oracle 9i
152 (0.205 %)Oracle 8/8i
152 (0.205 %)Crystal Reports
152 (0.205 %)Oracle 11g
161 (0.103 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
161 (0.103 %)Informix
Development Applications
146 (4.723 %)Visual Studio
234 (3.491 %)MSI
319 (1.951 %)InstallShield
414 (1.437 %)StarTeam
56 (0.616 %)Flash
65 (0.513 %)ClearCase
74 (0.411 %)VSS/SourceSafe
74 (0.411 %)Subversion
82 (0.205 %)Oracle APEX
82 (0.205 %)TestDirector
91 (0.103 %)Rational Rose
General
1105 (10.78 %)Finance
256 (5.749 %)Pensions
344 (4.517 %)Health
436 (3.696 %)Telecoms
533 (3.388 %)Government
626 (2.669 %)Marketing
718 (1.848 %)Retail
813 (1.335 %)Education
912 (1.232 %)Military
1010 (1.027 %)Banking
1010 (1.027 %)Home Office
1010 (1.027 %)Insurance
1010 (1.027 %)Manufacturing
119 (0.924 %)Billing
127 (0.719 %)Back Office
136 (0.616 %)Legal
145 (0.513 %)Law
145 (0.513 %)Financial Institution
145 (0.513 %)Publishing
154 (0.411 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1186 (19.10 %)Developer
2177 (18.17 %)Consultant
3106 (10.88 %)Support Engineer
495 (9.754 %)Architect
585 (8.727 %).NET Developer
675 (7.700 %)Analyst
772 (7.392 %)Technical Support
852 (5.339 %)Technical Engineer
950 (5.133 %)Technical Support Engineer
1049 (5.031 %)Support Analyst
1142 (4.312 %)C# Developer
1240 (4.107 %)Systems Engineer
1336 (3.696 %)Technical Consultant
1433 (3.388 %)Microsoft Consultant
1528 (2.875 %)CRM Consultant
1627 (2.772 %)2nd Line Support
1726 (2.669 %)Administrator
1726 (2.669 %)Network Engineer
1825 (2.567 %)Field Engineer
1924 (2.464 %)Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
123 (2.361 %)Clustering
218 (1.848 %)French Language
315 (1.540 %)German Language
315 (1.540 %)N-Tier
410 (1.027 %)Replication
59 (0.924 %)Management Information System
59 (0.924 %)Smartphone
67 (0.719 %)Client/Server
67 (0.719 %)Blackberry
76 (0.616 %)Thin Client
76 (0.616 %)Italian Language
76 (0.616 %)Spanish Language
76 (0.616 %)Fat Client
76 (0.616 %)Computer Science
85 (0.513 %)Portuguese Language
85 (0.513 %)Handset
85 (0.513 %)PMI
94 (0.411 %)PKI
94 (0.411 %)Data Integration
103 (0.308 %)Statistics
Operating Systems
1437 (44.87 %)Windows
278 (8.008 %)Windows 2000
371 (7.290 %)Unix
469 (7.084 %)Windows NT
567 (6.879 %)Windows XP
666 (6.776 %)Windows Server 2003
745 (4.620 %)Linux
844 (4.517 %)Solaris
918 (1.848 %)AIX
1011 (1.129 %)HPUX
1011 (1.129 %)SUSE
1110 (1.027 %)Windows Mobile
129 (0.924 %)NetWare
135 (0.513 %)Windows Vista
143 (0.308 %)Debian
143 (0.308 %)Fedora
152 (0.205 %)VMS
161 (0.103 %)Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
1103 (10.57 %)CRM
253 (5.441 %)ERP
345 (4.620 %)Project Management
437 (3.799 %)OO
531 (3.183 %)Business Intelligence
629 (2.977 %)PRINCE2
727 (2.772 %)ITIL
727 (2.772 %)Configuration Management
822 (2.259 %)Disaster Recovery
919 (1.951 %)Service Delivery
919 (1.951 %)UML
919 (1.951 %)Web Design
919 (1.951 %)Content Management
1016 (1.643 %)Migration
1115 (1.540 %)Service Management
1214 (1.437 %)Load Balancing
1214 (1.437 %)Performance Testing
1214 (1.437 %)Security Testing
1313 (1.335 %)Unit Testing
1313 (1.335 %)ITSM
Programming Languages
1192 (19.71 %)C#
2183 (18.79 %)SQL
360 (6.160 %)VB
458 (5.955 %)JavaScript
552 (5.339 %)VB.NET
640 (4.107 %)C++
734 (3.491 %)VBScript
825 (2.567 %)Transact-SQL
924 (2.464 %)Java
1022 (2.259 %)C
1112 (1.232 %)VC++
1210 (1.027 %)Perl
139 (0.924 %)Korn
147 (0.719 %)Delphi
156 (0.616 %)DHTML
165 (0.513 %)PL/SQL
173 (0.308 %)Python
173 (0.308 %)VB6
182 (0.205 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
1202 (20.74 %)Microsoft Certification
2113 (11.60 %)MCSE
350 (5.133 %)Degree
436 (3.696 %)MCP
525 (2.567 %)MCSD
525 (2.567 %)Cisco Certification
620 (2.053 %)CCNA
715 (1.540 %)Citrix Certification
715 (1.540 %)MCSA
814 (1.437 %)MCTS
912 (1.232 %)CCEA
912 (1.232 %)CCNP
1011 (1.129 %)CCDP
1011 (1.129 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1110 (1.027 %)CCIP
129 (0.924 %)CCA
129 (0.924 %)A+ Certification
138 (0.821 %)MCT
146 (0.616 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
155 (0.513 %)ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
125 (2.567 %)SLA
218 (1.848 %)QA
32 (0.205 %)ISO9000
41 (0.103 %)ISO9001
System Software
1238 (24.44 %)Active Directory
216 (1.643 %)ISA Server
314 (1.437 %)VMware ESX
314 (1.437 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
411 (1.129 %)NetBackup
58 (0.821 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (0.513 %)VMware Server
74 (0.411 %)Terminal Services
74 (0.411 %)MetaFrame
83 (0.308 %)Terminal Server
83 (0.308 %)Backup Exec
92 (0.205 %)NFS
92 (0.205 %)NDS
101 (0.103 %)Squid
Systems Management
179 (8.111 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
249 (5.031 %)Tivoli
348 (4.928 %)MOM
445 (4.620 %)OpenView Configuration Management
519 (1.951 %)Unicenter
618 (1.848 %)SCCM
714 (1.437 %)SCOM
714 (1.437 %)Netcool
811 (1.129 %)OpenView
99 (0.924 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
99 (0.924 %)Netcool/Webtop
106 (0.616 %)Norton AntiVirus
106 (0.616 %)MAILsweeper
115 (0.513 %)MIIS
123 (0.308 %)WSUS
132 (0.205 %)ZENworks
141 (0.103 %)MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1100 (10.27 %)Oracle
282 (8.419 %)Cisco
373 (7.495 %)Citrix
469 (7.084 %)VMware
547 (4.825 %)HP
642 (4.312 %)Lotus
736 (3.696 %)EMC
833 (3.388 %)VERITAS
930 (3.080 %)CA
1027 (2.772 %)Sun
1126 (2.669 %)Altiris
1225 (2.567 %)Novell
1324 (2.464 %)IBM
1423 (2.361 %)SAP
1521 (2.156 %)Avaya
1619 (1.951 %)Red Hat
1718 (1.848 %)CheckPoint
1817 (1.745 %)Siebel
1817 (1.745 %)Symbian
1916 (1.643 %)Brocade
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