The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 136 150 155
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 18 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.564% 0.086% 0.029%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.639% 0.460% 0.176%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 1
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
682 652 569
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 21.37% 18.63% 16.64%
Number of salaries quoted 411 484 417
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,100 £26,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
UK

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Scotland Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Scotland region.

Scotland Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland Windows Azure Salary Histogram

Windows Azure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +10 13 £40,000 -
Glasgow - 5 £38,750 -
Windows Azure
UK

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 24 (80.00%) .NET
2 23 (76.67%) SQL Server
2 23 (76.67%) C#
3 15 (50.00%) SQL
3 15 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 13 (43.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 12 (40.00%) Marketing
5 12 (40.00%) CSS
5 12 (40.00%) JavaScript
6 11 (36.67%) MVC
6 11 (36.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 10 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (33.33%) Finance
8 9 (30.00%) Degree
8 9 (30.00%) Computer Science
8 9 (30.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (26.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (26.67%) T-SQL
9 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
10 7 (23.33%) HTML
11 6 (20.00%) Visual Studio
11 6 (20.00%) XML
11 6 (20.00%) Windows
11 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
11 6 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
12 5 (16.67%) Information Management
12 5 (16.67%) XHTML
12 5 (16.67%) ASP
12 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (80.00%) .NET
2 15 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 12 (40.00%) CSS
4 11 (36.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 7 (23.33%) HTML
6 6 (20.00%) XML
7 5 (16.67%) XHTML
7 5 (16.67%) ASP
7 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 5 (16.67%) HTML5
7 5 (16.67%) WCF
8 3 (10.00%) XML Schema
8 3 (10.00%) XSLT
8 3 (10.00%) jQuery
8 3 (10.00%) CAML
8 3 (10.00%) JSON
8 3 (10.00%) .NET Framework
9 2 (6.667%) WPF
9 2 (6.667%) Silverlight
9 2 (6.667%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (6.667%) SAS
3 1 (3.333%) CMS
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (3.333%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (3.333%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (13.33%) Photoshop
2 4 (13.33%) Fireworks
3 3 (10.00%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (76.67%) SQL Server
2 13 (43.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (30.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (26.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (10.00%) PerformancePoint
7 2 (6.667%) Big Data
8 1 (3.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (13.33%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 4 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.333%) Subversion
3 1 (3.333%) Git (software)
General
1 12 (40.00%) Marketing
2 10 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Publishing
4 2 (6.667%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 22 (73.33%) Developer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior Developer
3 8 (26.67%) .NET Developer
4 6 (20.00%) SQL Developer
5 5 (16.67%) SQL Server Developer
6 4 (13.33%) Designer
6 4 (13.33%) Web Designer
7 3 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
7 3 (10.00%) Senior .NET Architect
7 3 (10.00%) .NET Architect
7 3 (10.00%) SharePoint Consultant
7 3 (10.00%) Architect
7 3 (10.00%) Consultant
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Architect
8 2 (6.667%) Programmer
9 1 (3.333%) Database Developer
9 1 (3.333%) C# Developer
9 1 (3.333%) Lead Developer
9 1 (3.333%) Analyst Programmer
9 1 (3.333%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.333%) SaaS
3 1 (3.333%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) MVC
2 6 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (16.67%) Information Management
3 5 (16.67%) Analytics
3 5 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 4 (13.33%) Web Design
4 4 (13.33%) Email Marketing
4 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.00%) Web Accessibility
6 2 (6.667%) Software Engineering
6 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (6.667%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (6.667%) Software Architecture
6 2 (6.667%) Project Management
6 2 (6.667%) Data Management
7 1 (3.333%) Workflow
7 1 (3.333%) TDD
7 1 (3.333%) Content Management
7 1 (3.333%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (3.333%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 23 (76.67%) C#
2 15 (50.00%) SQL
3 12 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (26.67%) T-SQL
5 2 (6.667%) F#
6 1 (3.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Adobe
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle
3 1 (3.333%) Facebook
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