The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Specialist
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -16.66%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
814 911 590
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 97.84% 97.54% 96.72%
Number of salaries quoted 741 852 534
Average salary £37,500 £39,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.06% +12.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Specialist
Hampshire

Microsoft Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton Microsoft Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Southampton Microsoft Specialist Salary Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region that cited Microsoft Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Riverbed
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Foundry
1 2 (100.00%) WAN Optimisation

Microsoft Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region that cited Microsoft Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Riverbed
1 2 (100.00%) Foundry