The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 20 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 Solihull 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 3 10
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 56 53 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 23.73% 33.76% 12.89%
As % of the Vendors category 40.00% 60.92% 26.60%
Number of salaries quoted 54 29 21
Average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £47,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
140 87 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 59.32% 55.41% 48.45%
Number of salaries quoted 93 55 66
Average salary £35,500 £35,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Solihull Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 49 (48.51%) .NET
2 46 (45.54%) SQL Server
3 41 (40.59%) C#
4 37 (36.63%) ASP.NET
5 36 (35.64%) MS Excel
6 31 (30.69%) SQL
7 29 (28.71%) Windows
8 25 (24.75%) HTML
8 25 (24.75%) JavaScript
8 25 (24.75%) CSS
9 23 (22.77%) SharePoint
10 21 (20.79%) SCCM
11 17 (16.83%) Cisco
12 16 (15.84%) Citrix
12 16 (15.84%) Degree
12 16 (15.84%) jQuery
13 15 (14.85%) SCOM
13 15 (14.85%) MSI
14 14 (13.86%) Project Management
14 14 (13.86%) VMware
14 14 (13.86%) MS Exchange
14 14 (13.86%) Windows Server 2008
14 14 (13.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (12.87%) HP
15 13 (12.87%) ITIL
15 13 (12.87%) XML
15 13 (12.87%) MVC
16 12 (11.88%) VB.NET
16 12 (11.88%) VMware Infrastructure
16 12 (11.88%) Computer Science

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 49 (48.51%) .NET
2 37 (36.63%) ASP.NET
3 25 (24.75%) CSS
3 25 (24.75%) HTML
4 16 (15.84%) jQuery
5 13 (12.87%) XML
6 11 (10.89%) Web Services
7 10 (9.901%) Ajax
8 7 (6.931%) Application Packaging
8 7 (6.931%) Software Packaging
9 6 (5.941%) WCF
9 6 (5.941%) HTML5
9 6 (5.941%) CSS3
9 6 (5.941%) JSON
10 5 (4.950%) XSD
10 5 (4.950%) XSL
10 5 (4.950%) SOAP
10 5 (4.950%) ASP
10 5 (4.950%) WPF
10 5 (4.950%) Dojo
Application Platforms
1 23 (22.77%) SharePoint
2 14 (13.86%) MS Exchange
3 11 (10.89%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (7.921%) IIS
5 7 (6.931%) Lync
6 4 (3.960%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (3.960%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (2.970%) Apache
8 2 (1.980%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.990%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 36 (35.64%) MS Excel
2 9 (8.911%) MS Office
3 1 (0.990%) MS Project
3 1 (0.990%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (9.901%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.990%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.990%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.89%) SAN
1 11 (10.89%) Firewall
2 7 (6.931%) Wireless
2 7 (6.931%) NAS
3 5 (4.950%) Internet
3 5 (4.950%) LAN
3 5 (4.950%) WAN
4 4 (3.960%) iSCSI
5 3 (2.970%) VoIP
5 3 (2.970%) VPN
6 2 (1.980%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.990%) Network Security
7 1 (0.990%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.990%) PABX
7 1 (0.990%) DNS
7 1 (0.990%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (45.54%) SQL Server
2 14 (13.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (6.931%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (3.960%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.970%) MS Access
5 3 (2.970%) MySQL
6 2 (1.980%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (14.85%) MSI
2 3 (2.970%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.980%) Moq
3 2 (1.980%) NUnit
3 2 (1.980%) JIRA
4 1 (0.990%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.990%) Subversion
General
1 7 (6.931%) Finance
2 6 (5.941%) Games
3 5 (4.950%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.960%) Automotive
5 2 (1.980%) Advertising
6 1 (0.990%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (37.62%) Developer
2 18 (17.82%) Analyst
3 14 (13.86%) .NET Developer
4 13 (12.87%) Administrator
5 10 (9.901%) Junior
5 10 (9.901%) Support Analyst
5 10 (9.901%) Junior Developer
6 9 (8.911%) Consultant
6 9 (8.911%) C# Developer
7 8 (7.921%) ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (7.921%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (7.921%) C# .NET Developer
8 7 (6.931%) SCCM Administrator
8 7 (6.931%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
8 7 (6.931%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 7 (6.931%) Technical Consultant
9 6 (5.941%) Senior Developer
9 6 (5.941%) Senior .NET Developer
10 5 (4.950%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
10 5 (4.950%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) Computer Science
2 7 (6.931%) Clustering
3 3 (2.970%) CCTV
3 3 (2.970%) SaaS
4 2 (1.980%) iPhone
5 1 (0.990%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.990%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.990%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 29 (28.71%) Windows
2 14 (13.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (8.911%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (4.950%) Windows 7
5 3 (2.970%) UNIX
5 3 (2.970%) Linux
5 3 (2.970%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.990%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (13.86%) Project Management
2 13 (12.87%) ITIL
2 13 (12.87%) MVC
3 10 (9.901%) CRM
3 10 (9.901%) Web Development
4 7 (6.931%) TDD
4 7 (6.931%) Test Automation
4 7 (6.931%) Change Control
5 6 (5.941%) Software Deployment
5 6 (5.941%) OO
5 6 (5.941%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (5.941%) Service Delivery
6 5 (4.950%) BDD
7 4 (3.960%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (3.960%) Test Scripting
7 4 (3.960%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (3.960%) PRINCE2
7 4 (3.960%) Logistics
8 3 (2.970%) Asset Management
8 3 (2.970%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (40.59%) C#
2 31 (30.69%) SQL
3 25 (24.75%) JavaScript
4 12 (11.88%) VB.NET
5 7 (6.931%) VBScript
6 5 (4.950%) PHP
7 4 (3.960%) XPath
8 3 (2.970%) PHP5
8 3 (2.970%) VB
9 2 (1.980%) Perl
9 2 (1.980%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.980%) Python
9 2 (1.980%) VB6
10 1 (0.990%) VC++
10 1 (0.990%) C++
10 1 (0.990%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (15.84%) Degree
2 10 (9.901%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.941%) CCNA
3 6 (5.941%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (4.950%) MCSE
5 4 (3.960%) ISEB
5 4 (3.960%) MCITP
6 2 (1.980%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.980%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.980%) CISSP
6 2 (1.980%) CCNP
6 2 (1.980%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.980%) CISMP
6 2 (1.980%) CISA
6 2 (1.980%) CISM
6 2 (1.980%) CEH
7 1 (0.990%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.990%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.990%) MCP
7 1 (0.990%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.89%) SLA
2 2 (1.980%) QA
System Software
1 12 (11.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (10.89%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.921%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (3.960%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.970%) vSphere
5 3 (2.970%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.990%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.990%) XenApp
6 1 (0.990%) XenServer
6 1 (0.990%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.990%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.990%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.990%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.990%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (20.79%) SCCM
2 15 (14.85%) SCOM
3 2 (1.980%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.980%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (1.980%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.980%) Nessus
4 1 (0.990%) ARCserve
4 1 (0.990%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 17 (16.83%) Cisco
2 16 (15.84%) Citrix
3 14 (13.86%) VMware
4 13 (12.87%) HP
5 10 (9.901%) Dell
6 5 (4.950%) Oracle
7 3 (2.970%) Symantec
7 3 (2.970%) McAfee
8 2 (1.980%) Tripwire
9 1 (0.990%) SAP
9 1 (0.990%) Avaya
9 1 (0.990%) Veritas
9 1 (0.990%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.990%) CheckPoint
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