The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 23 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 Salford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 7 14 9
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 6 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 14.63% 5.882% 13.33%
As % of the Vendors category 37.50% 11.11% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 6
Average salary £41,250 £30,000 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -6.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £25,000 £20,750
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £38,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
16 27 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 39.02% 52.94% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 14 27 30
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £30,000 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £40,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Manchester

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 6 (54.55%) C#
1 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET
2 5 (45.45%) MVC
2 5 (45.45%) Scrum
2 5 (45.45%) TDD
2 5 (45.45%) NHibernate
2 5 (45.45%) Unit Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (45.45%) Castle Windsor
2 5 (45.45%) Razor View Engine
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
4 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (9.091%) QA
5 1 (9.091%) WCF
5 1 (9.091%) WPF
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
5 1 (9.091%) MS Office
5 1 (9.091%) SAP
5 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
5 1 (9.091%) Information Security

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET
2 5 (45.45%) NHibernate
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (45.45%) Castle Windsor
2 5 (45.45%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (9.091%) WCF
3 1 (9.091%) WPF
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) RDBMS
2 1 (9.091%) MySQL
General
1 1 (9.091%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) C# Developer
2 5 (45.45%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 5 (45.45%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) DBA
3 2 (18.18%) Help Desk Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) SQL DBA
4 1 (9.091%) Development DBA
4 1 (9.091%) ERP Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (9.091%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.091%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) MVC
1 5 (45.45%) Scrum
1 5 (45.45%) TDD
1 5 (45.45%) Unit Testing
1 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
2 1 (9.091%) Information Security
2 1 (9.091%) ETL
2 1 (9.091%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) SAP
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco
Salford, Lancashire
Microsoft / Windows / Server / IIS / SQL Server / Oracle / Applications)... We are looking for a bright and articulate individual with relevant commercial experience within an Enterprise Application Support role and...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Salford, North West
Microsoft / Windows / Server / IIS / SQL Server / Oracle / Applications)... We are looking for a bright and articulate individual with relevant commercial experience within an Enterprise Application Support role and...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Salford, North West
Below is a list of the current technologies and skills they are looking for in this position, there is an option to develop and work with Cisco technologies...
Mint
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 21 May 2013