The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 23 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 Suffolk 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 5 3 5
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 160 138 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 23.12% 25.05% 23.60%
As % of the Vendors category 53.87% 56.56% 53.42%
Number of salaries quoted 152 122 136
Average salary £38,750 £41,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.18% +11.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,150 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
297 244 292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 42.92% 44.28% 44.18%
Number of salaries quoted 284 211 259
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Suffolk Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Ipswich 0 85 £37,500 -6.25%
Bury St Edmunds -5 21 £41,500 -2.35%
Stowmarket -1 3 £32,500 +8.33%
Lowestoft - 2 £32,500 -
Newmarket +2 1 £19,000 -57.77%
Woodbridge - 1 £35,000 -
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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.

1 145 (44.48%) .NET
2 125 (38.34%) Windows
3 123 (37.73%) SQL Server
4 105 (32.21%) SQL
5 96 (29.45%) Active Directory
6 95 (29.14%) C#
7 86 (26.38%) SharePoint
8 83 (25.46%) MS Excel
9 79 (24.23%) Web Services
10 73 (22.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 66 (20.25%) T-SQL
12 61 (18.71%) Agile Software Development
13 57 (17.48%) Firewall
14 54 (16.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 50 (15.34%) SQL Server 2008
16 47 (14.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 45 (13.80%) Microsoft Certification
18 44 (13.50%) DNS
18 44 (13.50%) Business Intelligence
19 42 (12.88%) SQL Server 2005
19 42 (12.88%) Degree
19 42 (12.88%) HTML
20 41 (12.58%) SOA
20 41 (12.58%) SharePoint 2010
21 40 (12.27%) JavaScript
22 39 (11.96%) Windows Azure
23 38 (11.66%) ASP.NET
24 37 (11.35%) Finance
24 37 (11.35%) VMware
24 37 (11.35%) MS Exchange

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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
1 145 (44.48%) .NET
2 79 (24.23%) Web Services
3 42 (12.88%) HTML
4 38 (11.66%) ASP.NET
5 36 (11.04%) CSS
6 33 (10.12%) .NET Framework
7 23 (7.055%) jQuery
8 22 (6.748%) Ajax
9 21 (6.442%) WCF
10 20 (6.135%) XML
11 13 (3.988%) Silverlight
12 9 (2.761%) ASP.NET MVC
13 7 (2.147%) XSLT
14 6 (1.840%) WSH
14 6 (1.840%) XSD
15 4 (1.227%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 4 (1.227%) J2EE
16 3 (0.920%) WPF
17 2 (0.613%) HTML5
17 2 (0.613%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 86 (26.38%) SharePoint
2 41 (12.58%) SharePoint 2010
3 39 (11.96%) Windows Azure
4 37 (11.35%) MS Exchange
5 31 (9.509%) Amazon AWS
6 25 (7.669%) IIS
7 21 (6.442%) SharePoint Server
8 19 (5.828%) BizTalk Server
9 15 (4.601%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (1.534%) Exchange Server 2003
10 5 (1.534%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.920%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.920%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.613%) WordPress
12 2 (0.613%) Joomla!
13 1 (0.307%) MSMQ
Applications
1 83 (25.46%) MS Excel
2 15 (4.601%) MS Office
3 8 (2.454%) PowerPivot
3 8 (2.454%) MS Project
4 4 (1.227%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.307%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.307%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.147%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.227%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.307%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.307%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 57 (17.48%) Firewall
2 44 (13.50%) DNS
3 24 (7.362%) Internet
4 21 (6.442%) LAN
5 20 (6.135%) WAN
6 19 (5.828%) TCP/IP
7 18 (5.521%) Wireshark
8 16 (4.908%) DHCP
9 15 (4.601%) SAN
10 10 (3.067%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (2.454%) Kerberos
11 8 (2.454%) VPN
12 7 (2.147%) VoIP
13 4 (1.227%) SSL
14 3 (0.920%) SMTP
14 3 (0.920%) MPLS
15 2 (0.613%) Fibre Channel
15 2 (0.613%) Network Security
15 2 (0.613%) RIP
15 2 (0.613%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (37.73%) SQL Server
2 73 (22.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 54 (16.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 50 (15.34%) SQL Server 2008
5 47 (14.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 42 (12.88%) SQL Server 2005
7 28 (8.589%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (7.055%) SQL Server 2012
9 18 (5.521%) OLTP
9 18 (5.521%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (3.374%) MongoDB
10 11 (3.374%) NoSQL
10 11 (3.374%) Hadoop
11 10 (3.067%) Big Data
12 8 (2.454%) PerformancePoint
12 8 (2.454%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.454%) OLAP
13 6 (1.840%) MySQL
14 5 (1.534%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (1.534%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 21 (6.442%) Visual Studio
2 6 (1.840%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.534%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.613%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.613%) Selenium
5 1 (0.307%) MSBuild
General
1 37 (11.35%) Finance
2 6 (1.840%) Retail
2 6 (1.840%) Advertising
2 6 (1.840%) Games
3 5 (1.534%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.227%) Banking
5 2 (0.613%) Marketing
6 1 (0.307%) Law
6 1 (0.307%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 105 (32.21%) Developer
2 52 (15.95%) .NET Developer
3 45 (13.80%) DBA
4 43 (13.19%) SQL DBA
5 39 (11.96%) Analyst
6 38 (11.66%) Administrator
7 32 (9.816%) C# Developer
7 32 (9.816%) Consultant
8 30 (9.202%) C# .NET Developer
9 25 (7.669%) Architect
10 24 (7.362%) SharePoint Consultant
11 23 (7.055%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (6.135%) Senior Developer
13 19 (5.828%) Infrastructure Architect
14 18 (5.521%) SharePoint Administrator
15 17 (5.215%) Senior .NET Developer
16 15 (4.601%) Project Manager
16 15 (4.601%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 12 (3.681%) Agile C# Developer
17 12 (3.681%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.202%) Computer Science
2 19 (5.828%) Replication
3 16 (4.908%) Clustering
4 14 (4.294%) SaaS
5 12 (3.681%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.067%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (3.067%) Social Media
6 10 (3.067%) Mobile App
6 10 (3.067%) N-Tier
7 8 (2.454%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (2.147%) IaaS
9 4 (1.227%) Mathematics
10 3 (0.920%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.920%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.920%) iPad
11 2 (0.613%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 125 (38.34%) Windows
2 37 (11.35%) Linux
3 29 (8.896%) UNIX
4 23 (7.055%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (4.294%) Windows 7
6 13 (3.988%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (2.147%) Windows XP
8 5 (1.534%) Windows Vista
8 5 (1.534%) Solaris
9 3 (0.920%) Windows 2000
9 3 (0.920%) VMS
9 3 (0.920%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.613%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.307%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.307%) Android
11 1 (0.307%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.307%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.307%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (18.71%) Agile Software Development
2 44 (13.50%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (12.58%) SOA
4 28 (8.589%) ITIL
5 27 (8.282%) OO
6 19 (5.828%) Load Balancing
7 18 (5.521%) UML
7 18 (5.521%) CRM
8 17 (5.215%) Scrum
9 16 (4.908%) PRINCE2
10 14 (4.294%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (3.681%) Service Management
12 11 (3.374%) TDD
12 11 (3.374%) Pair Programming
12 11 (3.374%) Risk Management
12 11 (3.374%) BDD
12 11 (3.374%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (3.067%) Mobile Application Development
13 10 (3.067%) Technical Architecture
14 9 (2.761%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 105 (32.21%) SQL
2 95 (29.14%) C#
3 66 (20.25%) T-SQL
4 40 (12.27%) JavaScript
5 25 (7.669%) Java
6 20 (6.135%) VB.NET
7 8 (2.454%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.534%) C++
8 5 (1.534%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.227%) VBScript
9 4 (1.227%) VB
10 3 (0.920%) XAML
11 2 (0.613%) Bash shell
11 2 (0.613%) Python
11 2 (0.613%) Perl
11 2 (0.613%) PHP
11 2 (0.613%) Ruby
12 1 (0.307%) X++
12 1 (0.307%) C
Qualifications
1 45 (13.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 42 (12.88%) Degree
3 19 (5.828%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (4.908%) CCNP
5 15 (4.601%) CCNA
6 12 (3.681%) ISEB
7 9 (2.761%) CCA
7 9 (2.761%) Citrix Certification
7 9 (2.761%) VCAP
8 8 (2.454%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 8 (2.454%) MCTS
9 5 (1.534%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.534%) MCP
10 4 (1.227%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.613%) MCSA
11 2 (0.613%) MCDST
12 1 (0.307%) CCSA
12 1 (0.307%) MCITP
12 1 (0.307%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.307%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.988%) QA
2 3 (0.920%) SLA
System Software
1 96 (29.45%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.975%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.761%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.454%) VMware ESX
5 7 (2.147%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.840%) XenServer
7 5 (1.534%) XenDesktop
7 5 (1.534%) XenApp
7 5 (1.534%) vSphere
8 4 (1.227%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.920%) VMFS
10 2 (0.613%) NFS
11 1 (0.307%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 1 (0.307%) Puppet
Vendors
1 37 (11.35%) VMware
2 25 (7.669%) Citrix
3 22 (6.748%) Cisco
4 11 (3.374%) NetApp
5 5 (1.534%) Oracle
5 5 (1.534%) Sun
6 4 (1.227%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.920%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.920%) CheckPoint
7 3 (0.920%) NETGEAR
8 2 (0.613%) IBM
8 2 (0.613%) EMC
9 1 (0.307%) Cognos
9 1 (0.307%) Progress
9 1 (0.307%) HP
9 1 (0.307%) Juniper
9 1 (0.307%) Symantec
9 1 (0.307%) TippingPoint
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