The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 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 South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 8 5
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4142 4218 4299
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 18.78% 17.65% 18.06%
As % of the Vendors category 37.05% 36.14% 35.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3638 3744 3778
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11179 11671 11962
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 50.68% 48.83% 50.26%
Number of salaries quoted 9176 9850 10130
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +4 1049 £40,000 - 102
Surrey +3 1030 £40,000 -11.11% 87
Hampshire +2 711 £38,000 +5.55% 86
Buckinghamshire -4 402 £39,000 +11.42% 32
Oxfordshire 0 340 £37,000 +5.71% 46
Kent +7 227 £36,500 -2.66% 37
West Sussex +2 202 £39,000 +11.42% 18
East Sussex -6 136 £40,000 - 7
Middlesex +1 78 £45,000 +12.50% 3
Sussex 0 27 £45,000 -
M4 Corridor +5 2 £37,500 +56.25%
Home Counties +7 1 £60,000 +84.61%
Thames Valley -4 1 £65,000 -7.14%
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 3534 (43.22%) Windows
2 3206 (39.21%) MS Excel
3 2984 (36.50%) SQL Server
4 2642 (32.31%) .NET
5 2545 (31.13%) SQL
6 2207 (26.99%) C#
7 1698 (20.77%) ASP.NET
8 1555 (19.02%) Active Directory
9 1403 (17.16%) VMware
10 1377 (16.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 1316 (16.10%) MS Office
12 1305 (15.96%) Degree
13 1280 (15.66%) Finance
14 1243 (15.20%) Windows Server 2008
15 1168 (14.29%) MS Exchange
16 1050 (12.84%) Cisco
17 1022 (12.50%) ITIL
18 1015 (12.41%) SharePoint
19 1011 (12.37%) VMware Infrastructure
20 996 (12.18%) Windows Server 2003
21 977 (11.95%) Oracle
22 968 (11.84%) JavaScript
23 912 (11.15%) Linux
24 907 (11.09%) HTML
25 856 (10.47%) SQL Server 2008
26 820 (10.03%) Citrix
27 814 (9.956%) Firewall
28 804 (9.834%) CSS
29 800 (9.785%) XML
30 781 (9.552%) TCP/IP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 2642 (32.31%) .NET
2 1698 (20.77%) ASP.NET
3 907 (11.09%) HTML
4 804 (9.834%) CSS
5 800 (9.785%) XML
6 662 (8.097%) Web Services
7 642 (7.852%) WCF
8 572 (6.996%) jQuery
9 547 (6.690%) .NET Framework
10 450 (5.504%) ASP.NET MVC
11 356 (4.354%) Ajax
12 355 (4.342%) WPF
13 245 (2.997%) WinForms
14 225 (2.752%) LINQ
15 209 (2.556%) XSLT
16 205 (2.507%) HTML5
17 169 (2.067%) COM
17 169 (2.067%) ASP
18 165 (2.018%) SOAP
19 150 (1.835%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 1168 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1015 (12.41%) SharePoint
3 617 (7.546%) IIS
4 539 (6.592%) Exchange Server 2010
5 297 (3.633%) Exchange Server 2007
6 279 (3.412%) Exchange Server 2003
7 277 (3.388%) Lync
8 235 (2.874%) Apache
9 223 (2.727%) SharePoint 2010
10 174 (2.128%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 148 (1.810%) SharePoint Server
12 131 (1.602%) CMS
13 128 (1.566%) Office Communications Server
14 110 (1.345%) BizTalk Server
15 104 (1.272%) Tomcat
16 67 (0.819%) SAS
17 62 (0.758%) WebLogic
18 57 (0.697%) Windows Azure
19 52 (0.636%) SharePoint 2013
20 50 (0.612%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3206 (39.21%) MS Excel
2 1316 (16.10%) MS Office
3 306 (3.743%) MS Project
4 232 (2.838%) MS PowerPoint
5 167 (2.043%) MS Visio
6 91 (1.113%) Office 365
7 68 (0.832%) InfoPath
8 63 (0.771%) Photoshop
9 33 (0.404%) Fireworks
10 15 (0.183%) SPSS
11 13 (0.159%) Adobe Illustrator
11 13 (0.159%) Spreadsheet
12 9 (0.110%) Adobe Captivate
13 6 (0.073%) Google Apps
14 5 (0.061%) InDesign
14 5 (0.061%) AutoCAD
14 5 (0.061%) RoboHelp
14 5 (0.061%) Open Workbench
14 5 (0.061%) Mingle
15 4 (0.049%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 285 (3.486%) Dynamics CRM
2 176 (2.153%) Dynamics AX
3 101 (1.235%) Dynamics NAV
4 32 (0.391%) SAP PSCD
5 26 (0.318%) Google Analytics
6 16 (0.196%) Oracle 11i
7 14 (0.171%) Oracle Applications
8 12 (0.147%) Agresso
8 12 (0.147%) Oracle ERP
9 10 (0.122%) Oracle BPM
9 10 (0.122%) Summit
10 9 (0.110%) Dynamics GP
11 8 (0.098%) Lawson
12 7 (0.086%) SAP HCM
12 7 (0.086%) Cognos Business Intelligence
13 6 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
13 6 (0.073%) BusinessWorks
14 5 (0.061%) BPCS
14 5 (0.061%) GoldMine
14 5 (0.061%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 814 (9.956%) Firewall
2 781 (9.552%) TCP/IP
3 689 (8.427%) DNS
4 505 (6.177%) SAN
5 473 (5.785%) WAN
6 456 (5.577%) LAN
7 452 (5.528%) Internet
8 403 (4.929%) DHCP
9 346 (4.232%) VPN
10 285 (3.486%) VoIP
11 162 (1.981%) NAS
12 152 (1.859%) Unified Communications
13 149 (1.822%) Cisco ASA
14 140 (1.712%) SSL
15 123 (1.504%) HTTP
16 121 (1.480%) Network Security
17 113 (1.382%) Intranet
18 108 (1.321%) Wireless
19 106 (1.296%) FTP
20 100 (1.223%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2984 (36.50%) SQL Server
2 856 (10.47%) SQL Server 2008
3 608 (7.436%) SQL Server 2005
4 467 (5.712%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 426 (5.210%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 350 (4.281%) Data Warehouse
7 259 (3.168%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 198 (2.422%) MySQL
9 172 (2.104%) SQL Server 2012
10 136 (1.663%) SQL Server 2000
10 136 (1.663%) Oracle 8/8i
11 125 (1.529%) RDBMS
12 110 (1.345%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 96 (1.174%) MS Access
14 91 (1.113%) Crystal Reports
15 85 (1.040%) OLAP
16 65 (0.795%) Oracle 11g
17 62 (0.758%) Oracle 10g
17 62 (0.758%) QlikView
18 42 (0.514%) DB2
Development Applications
1 642 (7.852%) Visual Studio
2 347 (4.244%) Team Foundation Server
3 231 (2.825%) NUnit
4 128 (1.566%) Selenium
4 128 (1.566%) Rhino Mocks
5 82 (1.003%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 76 (0.930%) Subversion
7 62 (0.758%) Cucumber
8 55 (0.673%) Moq
9 52 (0.636%) MSTest
10 41 (0.501%) MSI
11 31 (0.379%) CruiseControl
11 31 (0.379%) Dreamweaver
12 29 (0.355%) QuickTest Pro
13 26 (0.318%) Ant
14 25 (0.306%) Oracle Forms
15 21 (0.257%) JIRA
16 20 (0.245%) WebDriver
17 19 (0.232%) Maven
17 19 (0.232%) ReSharper
General
1 1280 (15.66%) Finance
2 458 (5.602%) Telecoms
3 443 (5.418%) Retail
4 293 (3.584%) Marketing
5 259 (3.168%) Advertising
6 192 (2.348%) Banking
7 179 (2.189%) Manufacturing
8 138 (1.688%) Back Office
9 87 (1.064%) Pharmaceutical
10 83 (1.015%) French Language
11 66 (0.807%) German Language
12 55 (0.673%) Financial Institution
13 52 (0.636%) Legal
14 44 (0.538%) Games
15 42 (0.514%) Automotive
15 42 (0.514%) Electronics
16 37 (0.453%) Italian Language
17 36 (0.440%) Law
18 35 (0.428%) Investment Banking
18 35 (0.428%) Military
Job Titles
1 2304 (28.18%) Developer
2 1256 (15.36%) Analyst
3 923 (11.29%) .NET Developer
4 784 (9.589%) Support Engineer
5 621 (7.595%) Consultant
6 516 (6.311%) C# Developer
7 489 (5.981%) Architect
8 431 (5.272%) Support Analyst
9 399 (4.880%) Software Developer
10 394 (4.819%) C# .NET Developer
11 346 (4.232%) Administrator
12 312 (3.816%) Senior Developer
13 289 (3.535%) ASP.NET Developer
14 247 (3.021%) Web Developer
15 245 (2.997%) Project Manager
15 245 (2.997%) Technical Support
16 228 (2.789%) IT Support
17 226 (2.764%) 2nd Line Support
18 215 (2.630%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 210 (2.568%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 385 (4.709%) Computer Science
2 275 (3.364%) Management Information System
3 255 (3.119%) Enterprise Software
4 253 (3.094%) Clustering
5 216 (2.642%) Blackberry
6 138 (1.688%) Replication
7 133 (1.627%) N-Tier
8 119 (1.455%) SaaS
9 110 (1.345%) Inversion of Control
10 109 (1.333%) Mobile App
11 106 (1.296%) Client/Server
12 99 (1.211%) Mathematics
13 96 (1.174%) Statistics
14 85 (1.040%) Open Source
15 72 (0.881%) PKI
16 68 (0.832%) EPoS
17 66 (0.807%) Social Media
18 58 (0.709%) Handset
19 48 (0.587%) Fat Client
19 48 (0.587%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3534 (43.22%) Windows
2 1243 (15.20%) Windows Server 2008
3 996 (12.18%) Windows Server 2003
4 912 (11.15%) Linux
5 663 (8.109%) Windows XP
6 600 (7.339%) Windows 7
7 470 (5.749%) UNIX
8 221 (2.703%) Solaris
9 180 (2.202%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 179 (2.189%) Windows Vista
11 172 (2.104%) Windows Server 2012
12 160 (1.957%) Windows 8
13 116 (1.419%) Android
14 85 (1.040%) Windows 2000
15 82 (1.003%) Windows 2000 Server
15 82 (1.003%) AIX
16 80 (0.978%) Apple iOS
17 79 (0.966%) CentOS
18 42 (0.514%) SUSE
19 22 (0.269%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1022 (12.50%) ITIL
2 765 (9.357%) Project Management
3 646 (7.901%) MVC
4 629 (7.693%) Agile Software Development
5 615 (7.522%) Scrum
6 562 (6.874%) TDD
7 531 (6.495%) CRM
8 460 (5.626%) OO
9 431 (5.272%) Business Intelligence
10 349 (4.269%) Service Delivery
11 304 (3.718%) PRINCE2
12 276 (3.376%) E-Commerce
13 250 (3.058%) Change Management
14 249 (3.045%) Migration
15 246 (3.009%) Time Management
16 241 (2.948%) Web Development
17 235 (2.874%) Service Management
18 234 (2.862%) ERP
19 203 (2.483%) Workflow
20 201 (2.458%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2545 (31.13%) SQL
2 2207 (26.99%) C#
3 968 (11.84%) JavaScript
4 586 (7.167%) T-SQL
5 553 (6.764%) Java
6 403 (4.929%) VB.NET
7 347 (4.244%) VB
8 345 (4.220%) C++
9 233 (2.850%) C
10 186 (2.275%) PHP
11 143 (1.749%) VB6
12 141 (1.725%) PowerShell
13 99 (1.211%) PL/SQL
14 92 (1.125%) VBA
15 86 (1.052%) Perl
16 78 (0.954%) Python
17 75 (0.917%) VBScript
18 45 (0.550%) VC++
19 38 (0.465%) Bash shell
20 36 (0.440%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1377 (16.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 1305 (15.96%) Degree
3 621 (7.595%) Security Cleared
4 563 (6.886%) MCSE
5 516 (6.311%) SC Cleared
6 474 (5.797%) MCP
7 457 (5.590%) Cisco Certification
8 374 (4.574%) CCNA
9 315 (3.853%) MCITP
10 250 (3.058%) MCTS
11 207 (2.532%) MCSA
12 165 (2.018%) MCAD
12 165 (2.018%) MCSD
13 163 (1.994%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 155 (1.896%) ISEB
15 124 (1.517%) CCNP
16 113 (1.382%) DV Cleared
17 100 (1.223%) ITIL Certification
18 79 (0.966%) Citrix Certification
19 71 (0.868%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 379 (4.636%) SLA
2 317 (3.877%) QA
3 90 (1.101%) ISO 9001
4 79 (0.966%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 57 (0.697%) PCI DSS
6 34 (0.416%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 22 (0.269%) COBIT
8 16 (0.196%) COSO
9 15 (0.183%) BS7799
10 14 (0.171%) Data Quality
11 13 (0.159%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.147%) WAI
13 10 (0.122%) WCAG
14 8 (0.098%) ISO 9000
15 6 (0.073%) GLP
16 4 (0.049%) HMG Infosec
16 4 (0.049%) GxP
17 3 (0.037%) ISO 14001
17 3 (0.037%) HL7
18 1 (0.012%) GMP
System Software
1 1555 (19.02%) Active Directory
2 1011 (12.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 387 (4.733%) Hyper-V
4 333 (4.073%) vSphere
5 213 (2.605%) XenApp
6 137 (1.676%) VMware ESX
7 124 (1.517%) VMware ESXi
8 117 (1.431%) XenDesktop
9 106 (1.296%) Terminal Services
10 86 (1.052%) XenServer
11 78 (0.954%) Microsoft App-V
12 49 (0.599%) Xen
13 42 (0.514%) ISA Server
14 31 (0.379%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 31 (0.379%) UAG
15 30 (0.367%) Citrix Presentation Server
16 20 (0.245%) SRDF
16 20 (0.245%) Oracle RAC
17 18 (0.220%) Snort
18 17 (0.208%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 316 (3.865%) SCCM
2 166 (2.030%) SCOM
3 112 (1.370%) Backup Exec
4 84 (1.027%) NetBackup
5 75 (0.917%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 73 (0.893%) WSUS
7 60 (0.734%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 60 (0.734%) Norton AntiVirus
8 37 (0.453%) SCVMM
9 36 (0.440%) HP Quality Center
10 27 (0.330%) Nagios
11 26 (0.318%) HP SIM
12 23 (0.281%) Data Guard
13 22 (0.269%) Tivoli
14 20 (0.245%) McAfee ePO
14 20 (0.245%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 20 (0.245%) EMC TimeFinder
15 17 (0.208%) MOM
16 16 (0.196%) EMC NetWorker
17 13 (0.159%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1403 (17.16%) VMware
2 1050 (12.84%) Cisco
3 977 (11.95%) Oracle
4 820 (10.03%) Citrix
5 536 (6.556%) HP
6 270 (3.302%) IBM
7 244 (2.984%) Symantec
8 217 (2.654%) SAP
9 214 (2.617%) Red Hat
10 207 (2.532%) Dell
11 173 (2.116%) Fujitsu
12 145 (1.773%) Business Objects
13 141 (1.725%) NetApp
14 138 (1.688%) Juniper
15 133 (1.627%) EMC
16 132 (1.614%) Sun
17 128 (1.566%) CheckPoint
18 118 (1.443%) Apple
19 98 (1.199%) JBoss
20 91 (1.113%) Avaya
Reigate, Surrey
The successful Wintel Lead will have excellent knowledge of Windows Servers and VMWare ESX and will have experience of leading a small team of engineers. The ideal Wintel...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus, car allowance, benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Role Overview. Support Engineer ideally with some scripting skills is required by an exciting software house based in Milton Keynes... Client. The client produce cutting edge voice solutions...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £24k - 30k per year
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reigate, South East
Global leading financial software house is seeking a skilled Microsoft Technical Consultant to provide pre-sales, installation and post-sales technical support for desktop and enterprise deployments of...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reigate, Surrey
Global leading financial software house is seeking a skilled Microsoft Technical Consultant to provide pre-sales, installation and post-sales technical support for desktop and enterprise deployments of...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Key Skills / Experience: * Minimum 2 years IT development including design and user liaison * Minimum 2 years experience in Web technologies Microsoft .NET, C#, JavaScript, CSS and HTML * Minimum...
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £35000 - 40000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Woking, South East
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
ninesharp
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits, bonus and pension
Posted: 14 June 2013
Southampton, South East
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Pension, 23 days holiday
Posted: 4 June 2013
Surrey, South East
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum Plu benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Epsom Surrey, London
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £17,000 - £19,000 per year
Posted: 6 June 2013
Epsom Surrey, London
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £17,000 - £19,000 per year
Posted: 11 June 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 Per Annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Surrey, South East
Universe Technology Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £34000 per annum + benefits + car allowance + on-call
Posted: 5 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Medical
Posted: 18 June 2013
South East England
JAM
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Car
Posted: 6 June 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £40000 - 45000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Austin Fraser
Salary: £25000 - £30000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
ninesharp
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + bonus, pension, BUPA health
Posted: 13 June 2013
South East England
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus & Pension
Posted: 14 June 2013
Southampton, South East
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £25000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £25000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013