The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Ross-on-Wye region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Ross-on-Wye 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 2 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 8 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ross-on-Wye 57.14% 11.11% -
As % of the Vendors category 80.00% 14.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £26,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Ross-on-Wye
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
10 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ross-on-Wye 71.43% 77.78% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
Average salary £30,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Herefordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ross-on-Wye 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 Ross-on-Wye region.

Ross-on-Wye Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ross-on-Wye 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 7 (77.78%) MS Office
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Scrum
2 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 3 (33.33%) ISEB
3 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 3 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
5 1 (11.11%) MS Access
5 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ross-on-Wye 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 (33.33%) .NET
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) MS Access
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Planner
2 3 (33.33%) Software Test Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
1 4 (44.44%) Scrum
2 3 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISEB