The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Southend-on-Sea region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Southend-on-Sea 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 6 3
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4 4 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 26.67% 23.53% 60.53%
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% 80.00% 79.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 23
Average salary £35,000 £24,000 £30,755
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.83% -21.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,600 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £24,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Southend-on-Sea
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
8 5 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 53.33% 29.41% 76.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 29
Average salary £44,000 £24,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+83.33% -12.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,250 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Essex

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea region.

Southend-on-Sea Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Southend-on-Sea region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Southend-on-Sea Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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 8 (72.73%) .NET
1 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
2 7 (63.64%) WinForms
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (54.55%) C#
4 5 (45.45%) Visual Studio
4 5 (45.45%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (45.45%) N-Tier
4 5 (45.45%) VB.NET
5 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
6 3 (27.27%) Blog
6 3 (27.27%) jQuery
6 3 (27.27%) Web Services
6 3 (27.27%) Project Management
6 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (18.18%) HTML5
7 2 (18.18%) Change Control
7 2 (18.18%) Bitbucket
7 2 (18.18%) Nagios
7 2 (18.18%) SOA
7 2 (18.18%) Back Office
7 2 (18.18%) MVC
7 2 (18.18%) CSS
7 2 (18.18%) OO
7 2 (18.18%) IIS
7 2 (18.18%) HTML
7 2 (18.18%) JavaScript

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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 8 (72.73%) .NET
1 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
2 7 (63.64%) WinForms
3 3 (27.27%) jQuery
3 3 (27.27%) Web Services
3 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (18.18%) HTML5
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 2 (18.18%) WCF
4 2 (18.18%) Ajax
5 1 (9.091%) WPF
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2005
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Visual Studio
1 5 (45.45%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (18.18%) Bitbucket
2 2 (18.18%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) TeamCity
2 2 (18.18%) Mercurial
2 2 (18.18%) NUnit
General
1 2 (18.18%) Back Office
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) VB.NET Developer
2 4 (36.36%) .NET Developer
2 4 (36.36%) C# Developer
3 3 (27.27%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (9.091%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Server Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Lead Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support
4 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) N-Tier
2 3 (27.27%) Blog
3 1 (9.091%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Change Control
2 2 (18.18%) SOA
2 2 (18.18%) MVC
2 2 (18.18%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (18.18%) TDD
3 1 (9.091%) CAFM
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL
3 1 (9.091%) SEO
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
3 1 (9.091%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 5 (45.45%) VB.NET
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) DevExpress
2 1 (9.091%) Google
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013