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 Lanarkshire 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 South Lanarkshire 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 1 1 8
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Lanarkshire 50.00% 47.37% 25.00%
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% 69.23% 35.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 0
Average salary £24,500 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.90% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
South Lanarkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2 13 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Lanarkshire 50.00% 68.42% 70.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 3
Average salary £24,500 £27,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.90% -19.11%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Lanarkshire 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 Lanarkshire region.

South Lanarkshire Microsoft Salary Trend

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 Lanarkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
East Kilbride 0 2 £24,500 -10.90%
Microsoft
Scotland

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Lanarkshire 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 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) HP SIM
2 3 (60.00%) Perl
3 2 (40.00%) VBScript
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (20.00%) QlikView
4 1 (20.00%) CCENT
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (20.00%) VB
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (20.00%) MCSA
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Cognos
4 1 (20.00%) ETL
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) CCAA

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Lanarkshire 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 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (20.00%) QlikView
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) IBM InfoSphere
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Operations Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Database Developer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) ETL
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Perl
2 2 (40.00%) VBScript
3 1 (20.00%) VB
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCENT
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Cognos
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) IBM