The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton 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 10 15 14
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 124 129 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 14.90% 13.99% 13.97%
As % of the Vendors category 28.25% 33.33% 30.24%
Number of salaries quoted 117 125 80
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,600 £27,400 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
439 387 291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 52.76% 41.97% 46.19%
Number of salaries quoted 400 358 264
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,700 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Hampshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

1 121 (47.45%) MS Excel
2 119 (46.67%) Windows
3 71 (27.84%) SQL Server
4 64 (25.10%) .NET
5 63 (24.71%) Active Directory
6 59 (23.14%) LAN
7 56 (21.96%) MS Exchange
7 56 (21.96%) C#
8 55 (21.57%) SQL
9 53 (20.78%) Cisco
10 52 (20.39%) ASP.NET
11 47 (18.43%) Linux
12 46 (18.04%) WAN
13 44 (17.25%) ITIL
14 43 (16.86%) MS Office
14 43 (16.86%) TCP/IP
15 41 (16.08%) Security Cleared
16 39 (15.29%) Degree
16 39 (15.29%) DNS
17 34 (13.33%) HTML
17 34 (13.33%) OO
18 33 (12.94%) SC Cleared
19 32 (12.55%) JavaScript
19 32 (12.55%) CSS
19 32 (12.55%) Scrum
20 30 (11.76%) Firewall
20 30 (11.76%) Internet
20 30 (11.76%) QA
21 29 (11.37%) Microsoft Certification
22 26 (10.20%) SLA

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 64 (25.10%) .NET
2 52 (20.39%) ASP.NET
3 34 (13.33%) HTML
4 32 (12.55%) CSS
5 23 (9.020%) Ajax
5 23 (9.020%) jQuery
6 15 (5.882%) Application Packaging
7 13 (5.098%) ASP.NET MVC
8 12 (4.706%) JSP
8 12 (4.706%) Web Services
9 10 (3.922%) XML
9 10 (3.922%) .NET Framework
10 8 (3.137%) COM
11 7 (2.745%) REST
11 7 (2.745%) SOAP
12 6 (2.353%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 4 (1.569%) Middleware
13 4 (1.569%) LINQ
14 3 (1.176%) Lucene
14 3 (1.176%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 56 (21.96%) MS Exchange
2 17 (6.667%) IIS
3 13 (5.098%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (4.706%) SharePoint
5 10 (3.922%) CMS
5 10 (3.922%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.784%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.784%) Sitefinity
6 2 (0.784%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.784%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.392%) Lync
7 1 (0.392%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.392%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.392%) Site Server
Applications
1 121 (47.45%) MS Excel
2 43 (16.86%) MS Office
3 5 (1.961%) Office 365
4 2 (0.784%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.392%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.353%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.961%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.176%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.784%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.784%) Agresso
4 2 (0.784%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.784%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.392%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.392%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 59 (23.14%) LAN
2 46 (18.04%) WAN
3 43 (16.86%) TCP/IP
4 39 (15.29%) DNS
5 30 (11.76%) Firewall
5 30 (11.76%) Internet
6 20 (7.843%) VoIP
7 18 (7.059%) HTTP
8 17 (6.667%) DHCP
8 17 (6.667%) IP Telephony
9 15 (5.882%) FTP
9 15 (5.882%) SMTP
9 15 (5.882%) LDAP
10 13 (5.098%) tcpdump
11 12 (4.706%) Wireshark
11 12 (4.706%) Intrusion Detection
12 11 (4.314%) CTI
13 9 (3.529%) VPN
13 9 (3.529%) SSL
13 9 (3.529%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (27.84%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.137%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (2.745%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (2.745%) MS Access
4 6 (2.353%) Oracle 10g
4 6 (2.353%) Oracle 11g
5 5 (1.961%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.569%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (1.176%) OLAP
8 2 (0.784%) MySQL
8 2 (0.784%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.784%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.784%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.392%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (0.392%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.392%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.392%) Cognos Impromptu
9 1 (0.392%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.392%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.392%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 15 (5.882%) MSI
2 14 (5.490%) AdminStudio
3 4 (1.569%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.176%) Selenium
4 3 (1.176%) WebDriver
4 3 (1.176%) Rhino Mocks
4 3 (1.176%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.176%) NUnit
5 2 (0.784%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.392%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.392%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.392%) Subversion
General
1 25 (9.804%) Telecoms
2 10 (3.922%) Finance
3 6 (2.353%) French Language
3 6 (2.353%) Retail
4 5 (1.961%) Back Office
5 4 (1.569%) German Language
5 4 (1.569%) Italian Language
5 4 (1.569%) Romanian Language
5 4 (1.569%) Spanish Language
5 4 (1.569%) Dutch Language
6 3 (1.176%) Marketing
7 2 (0.784%) Legal
7 2 (0.784%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.392%) Advertising
8 1 (0.392%) Games
Job Titles
1 76 (29.80%) Analyst
2 59 (23.14%) Developer
3 28 (10.98%) Software Developer
3 28 (10.98%) Support Analyst
4 25 (9.804%) Support Engineer
5 21 (8.235%) Security Analyst
6 19 (7.451%) Systems Analyst
7 17 (6.667%) Service Analyst
7 17 (6.667%) C# Developer
8 16 (6.275%) .NET Developer
8 16 (6.275%) Service Desk Analyst
8 16 (6.275%) IT Support
9 14 (5.490%) Team Leader
9 14 (5.490%) C# .NET Developer
10 13 (5.098%) Applications Packager
11 11 (4.314%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 11 (4.314%) DBA
11 11 (4.314%) Junior
11 11 (4.314%) ASP.NET Developer
12 10 (3.922%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.451%) Computer Science
1 19 (7.451%) Client/Server
1 19 (7.451%) CESG
2 18 (7.059%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.059%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (5.882%) Firmware
4 13 (5.098%) Clustering
5 11 (4.314%) IVR
6 7 (2.745%) Kindle
7 6 (2.353%) Statistics
8 5 (1.961%) PKI
8 5 (1.961%) Cryptography
8 5 (1.961%) EPoS
8 5 (1.961%) Replication
9 4 (1.569%) Thin Client
9 4 (1.569%) Fat Client
10 3 (1.176%) Mathematics
10 3 (1.176%) Physics
10 3 (1.176%) SaaS
10 3 (1.176%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 119 (46.67%) Windows
2 47 (18.43%) Linux
3 24 (9.412%) Windows 7
4 18 (7.059%) Windows XP
4 18 (7.059%) Windows Server 2008
5 17 (6.667%) Solaris
6 14 (5.490%) UNIX
7 10 (3.922%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (3.137%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (2.353%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (2.353%) Windows Vista
10 4 (1.569%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.392%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.392%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.392%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.392%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.392%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (17.25%) ITIL
2 34 (13.33%) OO
3 32 (12.55%) Scrum
4 25 (9.804%) Service Delivery
5 24 (9.412%) Web Development
6 23 (9.020%) Incident Management
7 22 (8.627%) Refactoring
8 20 (7.843%) Service Management
8 20 (7.843%) Information Assurance
9 18 (7.059%) Change Control
10 17 (6.667%) MVC
11 16 (6.275%) SIEM
12 14 (5.490%) ERP
12 14 (5.490%) Agile Software Development
12 14 (5.490%) Project Planning
12 14 (5.490%) Time Management
12 14 (5.490%) Fault Management
13 13 (5.098%) Security Testing
13 13 (5.098%) Information Security
14 12 (4.706%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 56 (21.96%) C#
2 55 (21.57%) SQL
3 32 (12.55%) JavaScript
4 18 (7.059%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.490%) VBScript
6 12 (4.706%) Java
7 8 (3.137%) C++
8 6 (2.353%) Perl
8 6 (2.353%) Bash shell
9 4 (1.569%) Python
9 4 (1.569%) C
10 3 (1.176%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.176%) VBA
10 3 (1.176%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.176%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.392%) VB
11 1 (0.392%) PHP
11 1 (0.392%) COBOL
11 1 (0.392%) Fortran
11 1 (0.392%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 41 (16.08%) Security Cleared
2 39 (15.29%) Degree
3 33 (12.94%) SC Cleared
4 29 (11.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (7.451%) CCNA
5 19 (7.451%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (5.882%) CCVP
6 15 (5.882%) Avaya Certification
7 12 (4.706%) A+ Certification
7 12 (4.706%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.529%) GIAC
8 9 (3.529%) GCIA
9 8 (3.137%) GCIH
9 8 (3.137%) CEH
10 7 (2.745%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (1.961%) MCSA
11 5 (1.961%) CCA
12 4 (1.569%) CCAA
13 3 (1.176%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.784%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.76%) QA
2 26 (10.20%) SLA
3 13 (5.098%) ISO 9001
4 12 (4.706%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.392%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (24.71%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.059%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (6.275%) Snort
4 15 (5.882%) Microsoft App-V
5 14 (5.490%) vSphere
6 6 (2.353%) XenServer
7 5 (1.961%) XenApp
7 5 (1.961%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.569%) ISA Server
8 4 (1.569%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.784%) VMware ESX
9 2 (0.784%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.784%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.392%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 21 (8.235%) SCCM
2 7 (2.745%) Backup Exec
3 5 (1.961%) ARCserve
4 2 (0.784%) WSUS
5 1 (0.392%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 53 (20.78%) Cisco
2 21 (8.235%) VMware
3 19 (7.451%) Avaya
4 17 (6.667%) Citrix
5 15 (5.882%) HP
5 15 (5.882%) Oracle
6 9 (3.529%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.529%) Dell
7 8 (3.137%) SAP
8 7 (2.745%) Symantec
9 6 (2.353%) Remedy
10 4 (1.569%) Juniper
10 4 (1.569%) Veeam
10 4 (1.569%) Riverbed
11 3 (1.176%) Google
11 3 (1.176%) Foundry
12 2 (0.784%) Mitel
12 2 (0.784%) Sage
12 2 (0.784%) BMC
12 2 (0.784%) Sun
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