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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 Southampton 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank912
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads13785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.038 %
As % of the category below35.04 %26.07 %
Salaries quoted13082
Average minimum salary£28,335£26,526
Average salary£31,044£28,736
% change on same period last year+8.03 %
Average maximum salary£33,754£30,946
UK excluding London average salary£35,351£35,652
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Vendors SouthamptonVendors
Southampton
Matching permanent IT job ads391326
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.192 %0.144 %
Salaries quoted339267
Average minimum salary£30,120£32,924
Average salary£32,627£37,029
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
Average maximum salary£35,134£41,134
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£41,444
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Microsoft HampshireMicrosoft
Hampshire

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 Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Southampton Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

1112 (47.86 %)SQL Server
2107 (45.73 %).NET
380 (34.19 %)MS Excel
475 (32.05 %)C#
571 (30.34 %)Windows
664 (27.35 %)XML
757 (24.36 %)SQL
757 (24.36 %)Degree
854 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
952 (22.22 %)Pensions
1045 (19.23 %)Oracle
1142 (17.95 %)CSS
1237 (15.81 %)VB.NET
1336 (15.38 %)ASP
1336 (15.38 %)MS Office
1434 (14.53 %)Visual Studio
1533 (14.10 %)XHTML
1632 (13.68 %)JavaScript
1731 (13.25 %)Unix
1830 (12.82 %)SharePoint
1929 (12.39 %)Linux
1929 (12.39 %)HTML
2028 (11.97 %)CMS
2125 (10.68 %)Java
2125 (10.68 %)Solaris
2125 (10.68 %).NET Framework
2224 (10.26 %)Health
2323 (9.829 %)J2EE
2323 (9.829 %)ColdFusion
2323 (9.829 %)Insurance

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Southampton 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
1107 (45.73 %).NET
264 (27.35 %)XML
354 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
442 (17.95 %)CSS
536 (15.38 %)ASP
633 (14.10 %)XHTML
729 (12.39 %)HTML
825 (10.68 %).NET Framework
923 (9.829 %)J2EE
1020 (8.547 %)DOM
1118 (7.692 %)XSLT
125 (2.137 %)ActiveX
125 (2.137 %)JSP
125 (2.137 %)MDX
125 (2.137 %)COM
134 (1.709 %)EDI
143 (1.282 %)Middleware
143 (1.282 %)WebServices
143 (1.282 %)Spring
152 (0.855 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
130 (12.82 %)SharePoint
228 (11.97 %)CMS
323 (9.829 %)ColdFusion
421 (8.974 %)MS Exchange
518 (7.692 %)MQSeries
615 (6.410 %)IIS
710 (4.274 %)BizTalk Server
89 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2003
89 (3.846 %)SharePoint Server 2007
96 (2.564 %)Exchange Server 2007
96 (2.564 %)Apache
96 (2.564 %)Tomcat
104 (1.709 %)Lotus Notes
113 (1.282 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.855 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
122 (0.855 %)Exchange Server 2000
131 (0.427 %)Oracle Workflow
131 (0.427 %)Live Communications Server
131 (0.427 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
180 (34.19 %)MS Excel
236 (15.38 %)MS Office
35 (2.137 %)Photoshop
35 (2.137 %)Acrobat
35 (2.137 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.855 %)MS Project
51 (0.427 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
16 (2.564 %)Microsoft CRM
25 (2.137 %)Axapta
25 (2.137 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (2.137 %)Dynamics AX
33 (1.282 %)Navision
41 (0.427 %)MFGPRO
41 (0.427 %)Pivotal CRM
41 (0.427 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.427 %)SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
117 (7.265 %)Firewall
216 (6.838 %)Broadband
312 (5.128 %)Intranet
411 (4.701 %)TCP/IP
510 (4.274 %)Internet
510 (4.274 %)LAN
510 (4.274 %)WAN
69 (3.846 %)Network Security
77 (2.991 %)DNS
85 (2.137 %)DHCP
93 (1.282 %)VPN
93 (1.282 %)SAN
102 (0.855 %)SNMP
102 (0.855 %)SMTP
102 (0.855 %)PBX
102 (0.855 %)Wireless
102 (0.855 %)IPsec
111 (0.427 %)VLAN
111 (0.427 %)Cisco PIX
111 (0.427 %)VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1112 (47.86 %)SQL Server
219 (8.120 %)MySQL
219 (8.120 %)SQL Server 2000
318 (7.692 %)DB2
414 (5.983 %)Crystal Reports
414 (5.983 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
414 (5.983 %)SQL Server 2005
513 (5.556 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
513 (5.556 %)Datawarehouse
513 (5.556 %)DTS
610 (4.274 %)SQL Server 7
79 (3.846 %)SQL Server Integration Services
79 (3.846 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (2.137 %)Oracle 9i
85 (2.137 %)Oracle Reports
85 (2.137 %)OLAP
85 (2.137 %)Oracle OLAP
94 (1.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
94 (1.709 %)Ingres
94 (1.709 %)ETL
Development Applications
134 (14.53 %)Visual Studio
221 (8.974 %)Flash
310 (4.274 %)JUnit
47 (2.991 %)NUnit
56 (2.564 %)WinRunner
63 (1.282 %)TestDirector
63 (1.282 %)QuickTest Pro
General
152 (22.22 %)Pensions
224 (10.26 %)Health
323 (9.829 %)Insurance
422 (9.402 %)Finance
513 (5.556 %)Advertising
611 (4.701 %)Marketing
79 (3.846 %)Telecoms
88 (3.419 %)Retail
94 (1.709 %)Electronics
102 (0.855 %)Financial Institution
111 (0.427 %)Back Office
111 (0.427 %)Education
111 (0.427 %)Legal
Job Titles
191 (38.89 %)Developer
242 (17.95 %)Analyst
332 (13.68 %).NET Developer
421 (8.974 %)Tester
519 (8.120 %)C# Developer
617 (7.265 %)Senior Developer
617 (7.265 %)Support Engineer
715 (6.410 %)Lead Developer
715 (6.410 %)Senior .NET Developer
814 (5.983 %)Consultant
912 (5.128 %)Support Analyst
912 (5.128 %)Service Analyst
912 (5.128 %)Service Desk Analyst
912 (5.128 %)Systems Developer
912 (5.128 %)Senior C# Developer
1010 (4.274 %)Test Analyst
119 (3.846 %)J2EE Developer
128 (3.419 %)IT Manager
128 (3.419 %)Business Analyst
137 (2.991 %)Software Developer
Miscellaneous
121 (8.974 %)Computer Science
211 (4.701 %)Client/Server
35 (2.137 %)Replication
35 (2.137 %)French Language
43 (1.282 %)Italian Language
43 (1.282 %)Spanish Language
43 (1.282 %)PDA
43 (1.282 %)Management Information System
43 (1.282 %)AS400
52 (0.855 %)Handset
52 (0.855 %)Blackberry
52 (0.855 %)DTV
61 (0.427 %)NHS
61 (0.427 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
171 (30.34 %)Windows
231 (13.25 %)Unix
329 (12.39 %)Linux
425 (10.68 %)Solaris
513 (5.556 %)Windows XP
68 (3.419 %)Windows 2000
77 (2.991 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.855 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.427 %)OpenVMS
91 (0.427 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
120 (8.547 %)ITIL
215 (6.410 %)Service Management
215 (6.410 %)Workflow
312 (5.128 %)Business Intelligence
312 (5.128 %)CRM
49 (3.846 %)Business Analysis
58 (3.419 %)Document Management
58 (3.419 %)Data Analysis
58 (3.419 %)Automated Testing
67 (2.991 %)Web Development
67 (2.991 %)User Acceptance Testing
76 (2.564 %)Content Management
85 (2.137 %)Unit Testing
85 (2.137 %)Integration Testing
94 (1.709 %)Software Testing
94 (1.709 %)Regression Testing
94 (1.709 %)E-Commerce
94 (1.709 %)PRINCE2
94 (1.709 %)UML
94 (1.709 %)OO
Programming Languages
175 (32.05 %)C#
257 (24.36 %)SQL
337 (15.81 %)VB.NET
432 (13.68 %)JavaScript
525 (10.68 %)Java
621 (8.974 %)ActionScript
719 (8.120 %)VB
817 (7.265 %)Transact-SQL
910 (4.274 %)Perl
910 (4.274 %)C++
109 (3.846 %)C
117 (2.991 %)VBScript
117 (2.991 %)VB6
125 (2.137 %)PL/SQL
134 (1.709 %)Korn
134 (1.709 %)X++
134 (1.709 %)Shell Script
143 (1.282 %)VC++
152 (0.855 %)PHP
161 (0.427 %)VBA
Qualifications
157 (24.36 %)Degree
217 (7.265 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (5.556 %)A+ Certification
410 (4.274 %)ISEB
59 (3.846 %)Cisco Certification
59 (3.846 %)CCNA
67 (2.991 %)MCSE
76 (2.564 %)HND
83 (1.282 %)MCSA
83 (1.282 %)CCNP
92 (0.855 %)MCP
92 (0.855 %)CCDA
92 (0.855 %)PMP
92 (0.855 %)PMI Certification
92 (0.855 %)CCSA
101 (0.427 %)MCDST
101 (0.427 %)ISTQB
101 (0.427 %)MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
118 (7.692 %)SLA
21 (0.427 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
115 (6.410 %)Active Directory
24 (1.709 %)ISA Server
33 (1.282 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.427 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.427 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.427 %)NetBackup
41 (0.427 %)MetaFrame
41 (0.427 %)Terminal Services
Systems Management
12 (0.855 %)MOM
12 (0.855 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.427 %)WSUS
21 (0.427 %)SCOM
Vendors
145 (19.23 %)Oracle
221 (8.974 %)Macromedia
318 (7.692 %)TIBCO
414 (5.983 %)Cisco
58 (3.419 %)Nokia
67 (2.991 %)Lotus
76 (2.564 %)Google
76 (2.564 %)Nortel
85 (2.137 %)HP
85 (2.137 %)Tridion
85 (2.137 %)IBM
85 (2.137 %)Adobe
85 (2.137 %)SAP
85 (2.137 %)Sage
94 (1.709 %)Citrix
103 (1.282 %)Siebel
103 (1.282 %)Business Objects
103 (1.282 %)Sun
103 (1.282 %)VMware
112 (0.855 %)IronPort
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