The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Saffron Walden 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 Saffron Walden 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 1 7 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Saffron Walden 20.00% 25.93% 19.57%
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% 46.67% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 9
Average salary £36,500 £25,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.00% -3.84%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Saffron Walden
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1 15 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Saffron Walden 20.00% 55.56% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 9
Average salary £36,500 £45,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.88% +73.07%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Essex

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Saffron Walden 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 Saffron Walden region.

Saffron Walden Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Saffron Walden 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Xen
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Saffron Walden 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Xen
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V