The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Romford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Romford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 2 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 10 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Romford 52.63% 7.317% 10.34%
As % of the Vendors category 71.43% 15.79% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 3
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +26.31%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Romford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
14 19 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Romford 73.68% 46.34% 62.07%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 16
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% +91.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,750 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,750 £47,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Romford 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 Romford region.

Romford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Romford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Romford Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Romford 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 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Finance
3 9 (45.00%) ITIL
4 8 (40.00%) SQL
4 8 (40.00%) MS Office
4 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
5 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
6 5 (25.00%) IIS
6 5 (25.00%) MS Excel
7 4 (20.00%) SLA
7 4 (20.00%) VMware
7 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
7 4 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (20.00%) Lync
8 3 (15.00%) ITIL V3
8 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
8 3 (15.00%) Tandberg
8 3 (15.00%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (15.00%) Degree
8 3 (15.00%) WCF
8 3 (15.00%) Change Management
8 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
8 3 (15.00%) Mitel
8 3 (15.00%) Banking
8 3 (15.00%) TOGAF
8 3 (15.00%) Network Design
8 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (15.00%) Avaya

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Romford 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 3 (15.00%) WCF
2 2 (10.00%) HTML
2 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (10.00%) XML
2 2 (10.00%) Ajax
2 2 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.000%) WinForms
3 1 (5.000%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) IIS
2 4 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
2 4 (20.00%) Lync
3 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (15.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) MS Office
2 5 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.000%) InDesign
3 1 (5.000%) Acrobat
3 1 (5.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) VoIP
2 2 (10.00%) Intranet
3 1 (5.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.000%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Trainer
3 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Agile Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) ICT Trainer
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Design Authority
4 1 (5.000%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Junior Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Systems Support Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Junior C# Developer
4 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.000%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.000%) Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.00%) E-Learning
3 1 (5.000%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (15.00%) ITIL V3
3 3 (15.00%) Change Management
3 3 (15.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (15.00%) Network Design
3 3 (15.00%) CRM
4 2 (10.00%) OO
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (10.00%) System Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Web Development
4 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (5.000%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.000%) Resource Management
5 1 (5.000%) Release Management
5 1 (5.000%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.000%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.000%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) VMware
2 3 (15.00%) Tandberg
2 3 (15.00%) Mitel
2 3 (15.00%) Avaya
3 1 (5.000%) DevExpress
3 1 (5.000%) Adobe