The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Rotherham 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 Rotherham 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 7 5 1
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 13 11 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rotherham 27.08% 25.58% 42.86%
As % of the Vendors category 52.00% 45.83% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 1
Average salary £22,500 £22,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -55.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Rotherham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
25 24 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rotherham 52.08% 55.81% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 15 14 2
Average salary £21,500 £34,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.76% -20.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £32,700 £37,400
10% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £48,600 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
South Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rotherham 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 Rotherham region.

Rotherham Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rotherham 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 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (66.67%) SCCM
2 16 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 15 (62.50%) Windows XP
4 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
4 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (54.17%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (50.00%) MS Excel
7 11 (45.83%) Advertising
8 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
8 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
9 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (33.33%) SLA
10 8 (33.33%) ITIL
10 8 (33.33%) Windows Vista
11 7 (29.17%) SCOM
11 7 (29.17%) MCSE
11 7 (29.17%) HP
12 6 (25.00%) DNS
12 6 (25.00%) MSI
12 6 (25.00%) VMware
13 5 (20.83%) VMware ESX
13 5 (20.83%) Publishing
13 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (20.83%) MOM
13 5 (20.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 5 (20.83%) DHCP
13 5 (20.83%) Windows NT
13 5 (20.83%) MCP
13 5 (20.83%) C

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rotherham 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 (12.50%) MFC
2 1 (4.167%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) DNS
2 5 (20.83%) DHCP
3 3 (12.50%) LAN
4 2 (8.333%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (4.167%) Firewall
5 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.167%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (4.167%) MS Access
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) MSI
2 3 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (45.83%) Advertising
2 5 (20.83%) Publishing
3 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.167%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Deployment Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Desktop Support
4 3 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Server Technician
5 2 (8.333%) IT Support
5 2 (8.333%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Junior
6 1 (4.167%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Administrator
6 1 (4.167%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) CCTV
2 2 (8.333%) IVR
2 2 (8.333%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.167%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 15 (62.50%) Windows XP
4 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (54.17%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (33.33%) Windows Vista
7 5 (20.83%) Windows NT
7 5 (20.83%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (12.50%) Windows 2000
8 3 (12.50%) Windows XP Embedded
9 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) ITIL
2 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
3 3 (12.50%) Change Control
3 3 (12.50%) Build Automation
3 3 (12.50%) Software Deployment
4 2 (8.333%) Service Management
5 1 (4.167%) Project Management
5 1 (4.167%) ITSM
5 1 (4.167%) Workflow
5 1 (4.167%) ERP
5 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) C
2 3 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (4.167%) SQL
3 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.167%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (29.17%) MCSE
4 5 (20.83%) MCP
5 4 (16.67%) MCITP
6 1 (4.167%) HND
6 1 (4.167%) MCSA
6 1 (4.167%) MCDST
6 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.83%) VMware ESX
2 5 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (16.67%) XenApp
4 3 (12.50%) XenDesktop
4 3 (12.50%) IAG
5 1 (4.167%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (66.67%) SCCM
2 7 (29.17%) SCOM
3 5 (20.83%) MOM
3 5 (20.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (20.83%) WSUS
3 5 (20.83%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) HP
2 6 (25.00%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Citrix
4 3 (12.50%) Symantec
4 3 (12.50%) Remedy
4 3 (12.50%) AppSense
4 3 (12.50%) Avaya
5 2 (8.333%) MobileIron
5 2 (8.333%) Cisco
5 2 (8.333%) McAfee
5 2 (8.333%) Sophos
6 1 (4.167%) Sage