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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank719
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads284129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.139 %0.055 %
As % of the category below33.45 %19.46 %
Salaries quoted222114
Average minimum salary£28,101£27,265
Average salary£30,102£29,300
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Average maximum salary£32,104£31,335
UK excluding London average salary£35,382£35,687
% change on same period last year-0.85 %
Vendors South YorkshireVendors
South Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads849663
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.415 %0.285 %
Salaries quoted667504
Average minimum salary£32,204£31,958
Average salary£34,540£34,112
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
Average maximum salary£36,876£36,266
UK excluding London average salary£40,163£41,409
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Microsoft YorkshireMicrosoft
Yorkshire

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South Yorkshire Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the South Yorkshire region over the past 3 months.

South Yorkshire Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South Yorkshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1SheffieldUp+4123£32,898+19.71 %
2DoncasterUp+1550£24,449-14.96 %
3RotherhamUp+1531£30,261+32.65 %
4BarnsleyUp+819£26,300-36.62 %
Microsoft YorkshireMicrosoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

1281 (47.23 %)MS Excel
2257 (43.19 %)Windows
3188 (31.60 %)MS Exchange
4175 (29.41 %)Active Directory
5170 (28.57 %).NET
6169 (28.40 %)SQL Server
7133 (22.35 %)ASP.NET
8123 (20.67 %)C#
8123 (20.67 %)Citrix
9120 (20.17 %)MS Office
10109 (18.32 %)SQL
11107 (17.98 %)Microsoft Certification
12106 (17.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
1382 (13.78 %)VMware
1480 (13.45 %)Windows 2000
1576 (12.77 %)VB.NET
1576 (12.77 %)XML
1674 (12.44 %)Degree
1772 (12.10 %)SharePoint
1870 (11.76 %)ISA Server
1964 (10.76 %)Cisco
2061 (10.25 %)Windows Server 2003
2158 (9.748 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2158 (9.748 %)Health
2257 (9.580 %)MCSE
2356 (9.412 %)Oracle
2453 (8.908 %)MS Visio
2551 (8.571 %)VB
2650 (8.403 %)Internet
2749 (8.235 %)Exchange Server 2000

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1170 (28.57 %).NET
2133 (22.35 %)ASP.NET
376 (12.77 %)XML
448 (8.067 %)HTML
540 (6.723 %)CSS
628 (4.706 %)SOAP
628 (4.706 %)ASP
727 (4.538 %)XHTML
820 (3.361 %).NET Framework
919 (3.193 %)WebServices
1017 (2.857 %)XSLT
1110 (1.681 %)XSL
1110 (1.681 %)ASP.NET 2.0
129 (1.513 %)WF
129 (1.513 %)WinForms
136 (1.008 %)J2EE
145 (0.840 %)Application Packaging
154 (0.672 %)Windows SharePoint Services
154 (0.672 %)AJAX
162 (0.336 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
1188 (31.60 %)MS Exchange
2106 (17.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
372 (12.10 %)SharePoint
449 (8.235 %)Exchange Server 2000
524 (4.034 %)Exchange Server 5.5
623 (3.866 %)IIS
714 (2.353 %)Exchange Server 2007
86 (1.008 %)SharePoint Server 2007
94 (0.672 %)BizTalk Server
94 (0.672 %)CMS
103 (0.504 %)Lotus Notes
111 (0.168 %)Apache
111 (0.168 %)Tomcat
111 (0.168 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
1281 (47.23 %)MS Excel
2120 (20.17 %)MS Office
353 (8.908 %)MS Visio
415 (2.521 %)MS PowerPoint
514 (2.353 %)MS Project
62 (0.336 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
114 (2.353 %)Microsoft CRM
213 (2.185 %)Dynamics AX
312 (2.017 %)Great Plains
312 (2.017 %)Axapta
411 (1.849 %)Dynamics CRM
58 (1.345 %)Navision
66 (1.008 %)Dynamics GP
75 (0.840 %)Dynamics NAV
83 (0.504 %)PeopleSoft Financials
91 (0.168 %)Dynamics SL
Communications & Networking
150 (8.403 %)Internet
240 (6.723 %)LAN
337 (6.218 %)WAN
435 (5.882 %)TCP/IP
534 (5.714 %)Firewall
633 (5.546 %)VPN
720 (3.361 %)SAN
818 (3.025 %)DNS
914 (2.353 %)Wireless
1013 (2.185 %)WINS
1110 (1.681 %)DHCP
126 (1.008 %)Ethernet
126 (1.008 %)SNA
126 (1.008 %)VoIP
126 (1.008 %)Intranet
126 (1.008 %)Network Security
134 (0.672 %)VLAN
143 (0.504 %)SMTP
152 (0.336 %)ADSL
161 (0.168 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1169 (28.40 %)SQL Server
243 (7.227 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (3.866 %)SQL Server 2000
418 (3.025 %)MS Access
514 (2.353 %)Crystal Reports
68 (1.345 %)RDBMS
68 (1.345 %)SQL Server 7
76 (1.008 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
85 (0.840 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
93 (0.504 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (0.504 %)MySQL
102 (0.336 %)DTS
111 (0.168 %)Datawarehouse
Development Applications
143 (7.227 %)Visual Studio
221 (3.529 %)MSI
39 (1.513 %)InstallShield
46 (1.008 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (0.336 %)Flash
61 (0.168 %)TestDirector
61 (0.168 %)NUnit
61 (0.168 %)FrontPage
General
158 (9.748 %)Health
249 (8.235 %)Pensions
335 (5.882 %)Finance
433 (5.546 %)Education
521 (3.529 %)Back Office
521 (3.529 %)Telecoms
614 (2.353 %)Retail
614 (2.353 %)Manufacturing
712 (2.017 %)Publishing
89 (1.513 %)Insurance
97 (1.176 %)Law
104 (0.672 %)Government
104 (0.672 %)Marketing
113 (0.504 %)Automotive
122 (0.336 %)Construction
122 (0.336 %)Legal
122 (0.336 %)Electric
122 (0.336 %)Banking
131 (0.168 %)Games
131 (0.168 %)Billing
Job Titles
1148 (24.87 %)Analyst
2137 (23.03 %)Developer
367 (11.26 %).NET Developer
464 (10.76 %)Support Analyst
547 (7.899 %)Server Support
645 (7.563 %)Server Analyst
734 (5.714 %)Senior Server Analyst
734 (5.714 %)ASP.NET Developer
734 (5.714 %)Senior Analyst
831 (5.210 %)Applications Developer
831 (5.210 %)Consultant
930 (5.042 %)C# Developer
930 (5.042 %)Administrator
930 (5.042 %)Helpdesk Engineer
1029 (4.874 %)Operations Analyst
1124 (4.034 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1222 (3.697 %)Server Support Analyst
1321 (3.529 %)Network Analyst
1419 (3.193 %)Lead Developer
1419 (3.193 %)Trainer
Miscellaneous
123 (3.866 %)Clustering
222 (3.697 %)Asset Management
310 (1.681 %)N-Tier
46 (1.008 %)Client/Server
54 (0.672 %)Management Information System
54 (0.672 %)E-Learning
54 (0.672 %)Computer Science
63 (0.504 %)PDA
72 (0.336 %)Blackberry
72 (0.336 %)Mainframe
81 (0.168 %)NHS
81 (0.168 %)Thin Client
81 (0.168 %)CMDB
81 (0.168 %)Fat Client
Operating Systems
1257 (43.19 %)Windows
280 (13.45 %)Windows 2000
361 (10.25 %)Windows Server 2003
437 (6.218 %)Windows NT
437 (6.218 %)Windows XP
528 (4.706 %)Linux
625 (4.202 %)Unix
75 (0.840 %)NetWare
82 (0.336 %)Solaris
82 (0.336 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
147 (7.899 %)ITIL
229 (4.874 %)UML
325 (4.202 %)Scrum
422 (3.697 %)Integration Testing
521 (3.529 %)CRM
620 (3.361 %)Service Delivery
719 (3.193 %)Agile Software Development
815 (2.521 %)ERP
914 (2.353 %)Unit Testing
1013 (2.185 %)PRINCE2
1112 (2.017 %)Project Management
1112 (2.017 %)Web Development
1211 (1.849 %)Content Management
139 (1.513 %)Workflow
148 (1.345 %)Problem Management
148 (1.345 %)Network Design
148 (1.345 %)Service Management
157 (1.176 %)PRINCE
157 (1.176 %)E-Commerce
157 (1.176 %)Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1123 (20.67 %)C#
2109 (18.32 %)SQL
376 (12.77 %)VB.NET
451 (8.571 %)VB
523 (3.866 %)Java
523 (3.866 %)JavaScript
616 (2.689 %)VB6
713 (2.185 %)C
811 (1.849 %)Transact-SQL
94 (0.672 %)VBScript
102 (0.336 %)PHP
102 (0.336 %)C++
102 (0.336 %)DHTML
102 (0.336 %)VBA
102 (0.336 %)XPath
111 (0.168 %)Python
111 (0.168 %)Ruby
Qualifications
1107 (17.98 %)Microsoft Certification
274 (12.44 %)Degree
357 (9.580 %)MCSE
414 (2.353 %)MCP
414 (2.353 %)PRINCE2 Certification
57 (1.176 %)Cisco Certification
57 (1.176 %)ITIL Certification
66 (1.008 %)MCSA
73 (0.504 %)CCNA
73 (0.504 %)CCA
73 (0.504 %)Citrix Certification
73 (0.504 %)ACCA
73 (0.504 %)CIMA
82 (0.336 %)CNA
82 (0.336 %)CNE
82 (0.336 %)Novell Certification
91 (0.168 %)A+ Certification
91 (0.168 %)CCDP
91 (0.168 %)ISEB
91 (0.168 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
132 (5.378 %)SLA
System Software
1175 (29.41 %)Active Directory
270 (11.76 %)ISA Server
317 (2.857 %)Backup Exec
412 (2.017 %)Terminal Server
59 (1.513 %)MetaFrame
59 (1.513 %)NetBackup
67 (1.176 %)VMware ESX
74 (0.672 %)Terminal Services
82 (0.336 %)VMware Workstation
91 (0.168 %)NDS
91 (0.168 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
91 (0.168 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
158 (9.748 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
240 (6.723 %)MOM
314 (2.353 %)ARCserve
47 (1.176 %)SCOM
54 (0.672 %)OpenView
54 (0.672 %)Unicenter
63 (0.504 %)OpenView Configuration Management
63 (0.504 %)SCCM
72 (0.336 %)ZENworks
72 (0.336 %)Legato
Vendors
1123 (20.67 %)Citrix
282 (13.78 %)VMware
364 (10.76 %)Cisco
456 (9.412 %)Oracle
522 (3.697 %)Remedy
619 (3.193 %)CheckPoint
718 (3.025 %)SAP
815 (2.521 %)HP
815 (2.521 %)JD Edwards
914 (2.353 %)McAfee Security
1013 (2.185 %)Websense
1013 (2.185 %)LANDesk
1112 (2.017 %)Symantec
1211 (1.849 %)Novell
137 (1.176 %)Compaq
146 (1.008 %)Draytek
146 (1.008 %)Sage
146 (1.008 %)NetApp
146 (1.008 %)Baan
146 (1.008 %)Fujitsu
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