The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Skipton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Skipton 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 12 9 14
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 11 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Skipton 22.92% 13.64% 4.545%
As % of the Vendors category 91.67% 100.00% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 2
Average salary £37,500 £25,000 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -39.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £25,000 £40,250
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £25,000 £42,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Skipton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
12 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Skipton 25.00% 13.64% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 8
Average salary £37,500 £25,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -37.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,500 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
North Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Skipton 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 Skipton region.

Skipton Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Skipton 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 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 11 (52.38%) SQL
3 9 (42.86%) C#
3 9 (42.86%) .NET
3 9 (42.86%) Degree
4 8 (38.10%) VB.NET
4 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (33.33%) Finance
5 7 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (33.33%) Visual Studio
5 7 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (33.33%) ETL
5 7 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (28.57%) OO
6 6 (28.57%) Data Mining
7 5 (23.81%) TDD
7 5 (23.81%) XHTML
7 5 (23.81%) XML
7 5 (23.81%) Windows Azure
7 5 (23.81%) Open Source
7 5 (23.81%) Cucumber
7 5 (23.81%) Mobile App
8 4 (19.05%) ASP.NET
9 3 (14.29%) CSS
9 3 (14.29%) Web Services
9 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
9 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
9 3 (14.29%) MVC
9 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Skipton 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 9 (42.86%) .NET
2 5 (23.81%) XHTML
2 5 (23.81%) XML
3 4 (19.05%) ASP.NET
4 3 (14.29%) CSS
4 3 (14.29%) Web Services
4 3 (14.29%) WCF
5 2 (9.524%) WinForms
5 2 (9.524%) HTML
6 1 (4.762%) .NET Framework
6 1 (4.762%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) Windows Azure
2 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.762%) IIS
2 1 (4.762%) CMS
2 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.762%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) LAN
1 1 (4.762%) WAN
1 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.762%) VPN
1 1 (4.762%) Firewall
1 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 6 (28.57%) Data Mining
4 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (9.524%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (4.762%) OLAP
5 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 5 (23.81%) Cucumber
3 2 (9.524%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 7 (33.33%) SQL Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Software Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.762%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) ScrumMaster
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Open Source
1 5 (23.81%) Mobile App
2 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
1 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (33.33%) ETL
3 6 (28.57%) OO
4 5 (23.81%) TDD
5 3 (14.29%) MVC
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.524%) Test Scripting
6 2 (9.524%) Business Analysis
6 2 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
7 1 (4.762%) UML
7 1 (4.762%) DSDM
7 1 (4.762%) Requirements Management
7 1 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (4.762%) Web Development
7 1 (4.762%) Workflow
7 1 (4.762%) Scrum
7 1 (4.762%) Extreme Programming
7 1 (4.762%) Project Management
7 1 (4.762%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) SQL
2 9 (42.86%) C#
3 8 (38.10%) VB.NET
4 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) ISEB
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.762%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Business Objects
1 2 (9.524%) Cognos