The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Developer
Rank 184 206 188
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 26 9 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.496% 0.163% 0.290%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.513% 0.171% 0.305%
Number of salaries quoted 24 5 15
Average salary £38,000 £27,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.18% +22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £40,800 £34,200
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.52% +13.33%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Developer
England

Microsoft Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Microsoft Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer across the South West region.

South West Microsoft Developer Salary Trend

Microsoft Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Microsoft Developer Salary Histogram

Microsoft Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol - 20 £35,250 -
Gloucestershire +13 6 £43,750 +32.57%
Microsoft Developer
England

Microsoft Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title.

1 65 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 57 (87.69%) C#
3 56 (86.15%) .NET
4 53 (81.54%) MS Excel
5 48 (73.85%) SQL Server
5 48 (73.85%) ASP.NET
6 45 (69.23%) SharePoint
7 37 (56.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (44.62%) MVC
8 29 (44.62%) Business Analysis
9 21 (32.31%) CSS
10 20 (30.77%) JavaScript
11 19 (29.23%) WCF
12 18 (27.69%) VBA
12 18 (27.69%) InfoPath
13 12 (18.46%) Finance
13 12 (18.46%) CRM
14 11 (16.92%) Dynamics CRM
15 9 (13.85%) ASP.NET MVC
16 8 (12.31%) Advertising
16 8 (12.31%) SQL
17 7 (10.77%) Visual Studio
17 7 (10.77%) Web Development
18 6 (9.231%) SharePoint 2010
18 6 (9.231%) VB
18 6 (9.231%) Agile Software Development
18 6 (9.231%) TDD
19 5 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
19 5 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 5 (7.692%) Legal

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 56 (86.15%) .NET
2 48 (73.85%) ASP.NET
3 21 (32.31%) CSS
4 19 (29.23%) WCF
5 9 (13.85%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (7.692%) HTML
6 5 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 4 (6.154%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 4 (6.154%) Web Services
8 3 (4.615%) COM
9 2 (3.077%) .NET Framework
9 2 (3.077%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 2 (3.077%) MDX
10 1 (1.538%) XML
Application Platforms
1 45 (69.23%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.231%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (3.077%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.538%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 53 (81.54%) MS Excel
2 18 (27.69%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (16.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (6.154%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.538%) Maximo
3 1 (1.538%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.692%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (73.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (4.615%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.077%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.077%) ProClarity
4 2 (3.077%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.538%) OLAP
5 1 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (10.77%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.077%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (18.46%) Finance
2 8 (12.31%) Advertising
3 5 (7.692%) Legal
4 1 (1.538%) Games
4 1 (1.538%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.077%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.538%) iPhone
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (44.62%) Business Analysis
1 29 (44.62%) MVC
2 12 (18.46%) CRM
3 7 (10.77%) Web Development
4 6 (9.231%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (9.231%) TDD
5 4 (6.154%) Pair Programming
5 4 (6.154%) Unit Testing
5 4 (6.154%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (4.615%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (3.077%) Domain-Driven Design
7 2 (3.077%) Scrum
8 1 (1.538%) Workflow
8 1 (1.538%) Analytics
8 1 (1.538%) ITIL
8 1 (1.538%) ETL
8 1 (1.538%) Document Management
8 1 (1.538%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 57 (87.69%) C#
2 20 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 18 (27.69%) VBA
4 8 (12.31%) SQL
5 6 (9.231%) VB
6 2 (3.077%) C
7 1 (1.538%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.538%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (56.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.615%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.615%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.077%) Degree
4 1 (1.538%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.538%) MCITP
4 1 (1.538%) MCSE
4 1 (1.538%) MCSA
Vendors
1 65 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.077%) Hyperion
2 2 (3.077%) Oracle
2 2 (3.077%) Cognos
3 1 (1.538%) IBM
3 1 (1.538%) SAP