Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Street 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 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank97
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads1316
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below50.00 %48.48 %
Salaries quoted139
Average minimum salary£26,923£26,222
Average salary£30,962£26,889
% change on same period last year+15.14 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£27,556
UK excluding London average salary£35,622£35,922
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Street IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Street
Matching permanent IT job ads2633
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.015 %
Salaries quoted2425
Average minimum salary£43,125£37,692
Average salary£47,500£39,128
% change on same period last year+21.39 %
Average maximum salary£51,875£40,564
UK excluding London average salary£40,830£41,986
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Microsoft SomersetMicrosoft
Somerset

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 beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Street region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Street Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Street Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Street region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Street Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Street 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.

117 (62.96 %).NET
215 (55.56 %)SQL Server
314 (51.85 %)ASP.NET
314 (51.85 %)SQL
314 (51.85 %)C#
413 (48.15 %)HTML
413 (48.15 %)WebServices
512 (44.44 %)Visual Studio
512 (44.44 %)Transact-SQL
512 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2000
512 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2005
69 (33.33 %)Windows
78 (29.63 %)MS Excel
78 (29.63 %)Finance
78 (29.63 %)Windows Server 2003
86 (22.22 %)Degree
86 (22.22 %)Firewall
95 (18.52 %)Telecoms
95 (18.52 %)MS PowerPoint
102 (7.407 %)Internet
102 (7.407 %)Bloomberg
102 (7.407 %)DNS
102 (7.407 %)Citrix
102 (7.407 %)Microsoft Certification
102 (7.407 %)SharePoint
102 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
102 (7.407 %)Linux
102 (7.407 %)CSS
102 (7.407 %)Marketing
102 (7.407 %)Insurance

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Street 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.

Street IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (62.96 %).NET
214 (51.85 %)ASP.NET
313 (48.15 %)HTML
313 (48.15 %)WebServices
42 (7.407 %)CSS
51 (3.704 %)AJAX
51 (3.704 %)WCF
51 (3.704 %)Silverlight
51 (3.704 %)LINQ
51 (3.704 %)COM+
51 (3.704 %)XHTML
51 (3.704 %)LAMP
Street IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (7.407 %)SharePoint
12 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
21 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (3.704 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (3.704 %)IIS
21 (3.704 %)Lotus Notes
21 (3.704 %)Lotus Domino
21 (3.704 %)Apache
Street IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (29.63 %)MS Excel
25 (18.52 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (3.704 %)MS Office
Street IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (22.22 %)Firewall
22 (7.407 %)Internet
22 (7.407 %)DNS
31 (3.704 %)WAN
31 (3.704 %)DHCP
31 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
Street IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (55.56 %)SQL Server
212 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2000
212 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.704 %)MySQL
Street IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (44.44 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.704 %)Flash
Street IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (29.63 %)Finance
25 (18.52 %)Telecoms
32 (7.407 %)Marketing
32 (7.407 %)Insurance
41 (3.704 %)Pensions
41 (3.704 %)Health
41 (3.704 %)Law
41 (3.704 %)Publishing
Street IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (44.44 %)Software Engineer
112 (44.44 %)C# Software Engineer
28 (29.63 %)Analyst
36 (22.22 %)Support Analyst
45 (18.52 %)Desktop Support
45 (18.52 %)Desktop Support Analyst
45 (18.52 %)Desktop Analyst
53 (11.11 %)Developer
62 (7.407 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.704 %)C# Web Developer
71 (3.704 %)Senior .NET Web Developer
71 (3.704 %)SharePoint Developer
71 (3.704 %)Digital Producer
71 (3.704 %)Senior Sharepoint Developer
71 (3.704 %)LAMP Developer
71 (3.704 %).NET Developer
71 (3.704 %)C# Developer
71 (3.704 %)Technical Analyst
71 (3.704 %).NET Web Developer
71 (3.704 %)Senior C# Developer
Street IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.704 %)N-Tier
11 (3.704 %)Blackberry
Street IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (33.33 %)Windows
28 (29.63 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (7.407 %)Linux
41 (3.704 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (3.704 %)Windows XP
Street IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
11 (3.704 %)Supplier Management
11 (3.704 %)Digital Marketing
11 (3.704 %)Unit Testing
11 (3.704 %)Content Management
11 (3.704 %)Web Development
11 (3.704 %)ITIL
11 (3.704 %)OO
11 (3.704 %)E-Commerce
11 (3.704 %)Project Management
11 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
11 (3.704 %)Change Management
11 (3.704 %)Stakeholder Management
11 (3.704 %)Scrum
Street IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (51.85 %)SQL
114 (51.85 %)C#
212 (44.44 %)Transact-SQL
31 (3.704 %)JavaScript
31 (3.704 %)PHP
Street IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (22.22 %)Degree
22 (7.407 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (3.704 %)MCSE
Street IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
11 (3.704 %)Terminal Server
11 (3.704 %)Active Directory
11 (3.704 %)Backup Exec
Street IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (7.407 %)Bloomberg
12 (7.407 %)Citrix
21 (3.704 %)Proquote
21 (3.704 %)VERITAS
21 (3.704 %)Lotus
21 (3.704 %)Cisco
21 (3.704 %)Macromedia
21 (3.704 %)Reuters
21 (3.704 %)VMware