The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Renfrewshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Renfrewshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4 13 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 20.00% 25.49% 20.83%
As % of the Vendors category 21.05% 35.14% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 5
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Renfrewshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19 37 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 95.00% 72.55% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 9
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire Microsoft Salary Trend

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 Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Erskine +2 3 £40,000 +11.88%
Paisley - 1 £32,500 -
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
1 9 (81.82%) Active Directory
1 9 (81.82%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (72.73%) Capacity Management
2 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
3 1 (9.091%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (9.091%) MSI
3 1 (9.091%) InstallShield
3 1 (9.091%) Firewall
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (9.091%) PKI
3 1 (9.091%) VLAN
3 1 (9.091%) Statistics
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
3 1 (9.091%) HP
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (9.091%) Intranet
3 1 (9.091%) Internet
3 1 (9.091%) Extranet
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (9.091%) C
3 1 (9.091%) C++
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 1 (9.091%) .NET
1 1 (9.091%) ASP
1 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
1 1 (9.091%) XML
1 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) LDAP
1 1 (9.091%) DNS
1 1 (9.091%) Intranet
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
1 1 (9.091%) Extranet
1 1 (9.091%) Firewall
1 1 (9.091%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MSI
1 1 (9.091%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 1 (9.091%) Developer
1 1 (9.091%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) PKI
1 1 (9.091%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Capacity Management
2 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C
1 1 (9.091%) C++
1 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
1 1 (9.091%) VB
1 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (9.091%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) HP
1 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
Paisley, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Posted: 19 May 2013