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 Stroud 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank69
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads710
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below70.00 %45.45 %
Salaries quoted710
Average minimum salary£32,714£25,000
Average salary£33,000£27,500
% change on same period last year+19.99 %
Average maximum salary£33,286£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,708£35,927
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Stroud IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Stroud
Matching permanent IT job ads1022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.010 %
Salaries quoted1022
Average minimum salary£34,714£28,517
Average salary£35,929£31,414
% change on same period last year+14.37 %
Average maximum salary£37,143£34,310
UK excluding London average salary£40,828£41,953
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Microsoft GloucestershireMicrosoft
Gloucestershire

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

Stroud 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 Stroud region.

Stroud Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Stroud region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Stroud Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Stroud 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.

114 (70.00 %)SQL Server
114 (70.00 %)Finance
213 (65.00 %).NET
312 (60.00 %)C#
312 (60.00 %)HTML
312 (60.00 %)JavaScript
312 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
312 (60.00 %)CSS
411 (55.00 %)RDBMS
510 (50.00 %).NET Framework
510 (50.00 %)XPath
510 (50.00 %)Release Management
510 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
510 (50.00 %)OO
510 (50.00 %)SQL Server 7
510 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (50.00 %)WebServices
510 (50.00 %)XML
510 (50.00 %)XSLT
510 (50.00 %)SQL
510 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
510 (50.00 %)Oracle
66 (30.00 %)MS Excel
74 (20.00 %)Windows
83 (15.00 %)VB.NET
83 (15.00 %)MS Office
92 (10.00 %)Web Development
101 (5.000 %)Manual Testing
101 (5.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
101 (5.000 %)SharePoint

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Stroud 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.

Stroud IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (65.00 %).NET
212 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
212 (60.00 %)CSS
212 (60.00 %)HTML
310 (50.00 %)WebServices
310 (50.00 %)XML
310 (50.00 %)XSLT
310 (50.00 %).NET Framework
Stroud IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)IIS
11 (5.000 %)SharePoint
Stroud IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (30.00 %)MS Excel
23 (15.00 %)MS Office
Stroud IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (70.00 %)SQL Server
211 (55.00 %)RDBMS
310 (50.00 %)SQL Server 7
310 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
310 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (5.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Stroud IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (70.00 %)Finance
21 (5.000 %)Aerospace
21 (5.000 %)Insurance
21 (5.000 %)Electronics
Stroud IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (70.00 %)Developer
213 (65.00 %).NET Developer
311 (55.00 %)C# Developer
410 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
410 (50.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
52 (10.00 %)VB.NET Developer
61 (5.000 %)Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)Test Engineer
61 (5.000 %)IT Manager
61 (5.000 %)Senior Manager
61 (5.000 %)Support Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Administrator
61 (5.000 %)Infrastructure Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Senior Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)IT Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)IT Administrator
61 (5.000 %)Senior Test Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Products Support Engineer
Stroud IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (20.00 %)Windows
21 (5.000 %)Linux
21 (5.000 %)Windows XP
21 (5.000 %)Windows Server 2003
Stroud IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (50.00 %)OO
110 (50.00 %)Release Management
22 (10.00 %)Web Development
31 (5.000 %)Manual Testing
31 (5.000 %)Project Management
31 (5.000 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (5.000 %)Software Testing
Stroud IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (60.00 %)JavaScript
112 (60.00 %)C#
210 (50.00 %)XPath
210 (50.00 %)SQL
210 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
33 (15.00 %)VB.NET
41 (5.000 %)Embedded C++
41 (5.000 %)C
41 (5.000 %)C++
Stroud IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)MCP
11 (5.000 %)MCSE
11 (5.000 %)ISEB
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Stroud IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
Stroud IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (5.000 %)VMware