The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Rochester 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 Rochester 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 1 3 6
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 14 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochester 56.00% 18.18% 7.692%
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% 22.22% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 1
Average salary £25,000 £25,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.96% -7.27%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Rochester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
14 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochester 56.00% 81.82% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 1
Average salary £25,000 £33,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.24% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Kent

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rochester 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 Rochester region.

Rochester Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Rochester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Rochester Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochester 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 10 (66.67%) SQL
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (60.00%) C#
2 9 (60.00%) HTML
2 9 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (60.00%) CSS
2 9 (60.00%) Visual Studio
2 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 9 (60.00%) .NET Framework
3 7 (46.67%) LINQ
3 7 (46.67%) W3C
3 7 (46.67%) XML
4 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
5 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (33.33%) Finance
6 4 (26.67%) Aerospace
6 4 (26.67%) Military
6 4 (26.67%) MS Office
6 4 (26.67%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (20.00%) VBScript
7 3 (20.00%) ASP
8 2 (13.33%) VB
8 2 (13.33%) CMS
8 2 (13.33%) Content Management
8 2 (13.33%) Umbraco
8 2 (13.33%) DotNetNuke
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (6.667%) VB6

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochester 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 9 (60.00%) HTML
1 9 (60.00%) .NET
1 9 (60.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (60.00%) CSS
1 9 (60.00%) .NET Framework
2 7 (46.67%) LINQ
2 7 (46.67%) XML
3 3 (20.00%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) CMS
1 2 (13.33%) DotNetNuke
1 2 (13.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 4 (26.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (26.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) MS Access
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Aerospace
2 4 (26.67%) Military
3 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
1 9 (60.00%) Web Developer
2 5 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 5 (33.33%) .NET Web Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Junior
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Junior Web Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Junior Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (13.33%) Content Management
3 1 (6.667%) Telemarketing
3 1 (6.667%) Direct Marketing
3 1 (6.667%) Project Management
3 1 (6.667%) Change Management
3 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 9 (60.00%) C#
2 9 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) VBScript
4 2 (13.33%) VB
5 1 (6.667%) VBA
5 1 (6.667%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Terminal Services
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