The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Stafford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Stafford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 6 16 27
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stafford 20.00% 2.000% 0.990%
As % of the Vendors category 63.64% 5.556% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
Average salary £30,275 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Stafford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11 18 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stafford 31.43% 36.00% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 11
Average salary £26,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.33% +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Staffordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stafford 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 Stafford region.

Stafford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Stafford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Stafford Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stafford 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 6 (42.86%) SQL
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
1 6 (42.86%) MCITP
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
3 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 3 (21.43%) MCP
4 3 (21.43%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (21.43%) MS Office
5 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (14.29%) ERP
5 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
5 2 (14.29%) LAN
5 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (14.29%) SLA
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco
5 2 (14.29%) Google
5 2 (14.29%) MDX

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stafford 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 2 (14.29%) MDX
2 1 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) J2EE
2 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (14.29%) Lync
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 3 (21.43%) MS Office
3 2 (14.29%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (21.43%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Server Support
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Support Technician
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.143%) Network Technician
4 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Server Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL
3 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
2 1 (7.143%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) MCITP
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (21.43%) MCP
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.143%) MCSE
5 1 (7.143%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) Forefront TMG
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle
Stafford, Staffordshire
Purpose of the role: Group Leads in the Global Applications team are engineers specialized in substation automation, and are fully involved in the primary function of the Applications...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Purpose of the role: Group Leads in the Global Applications team are engineers specialized in substation automation, and are fully involved in the primary function of the Applications...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013