The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 69 48 49
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 10 18 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.447% 3.186% 3.556%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.495% 11.25% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 22
Average salary £38,750 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.54% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £47,750 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
182 160 213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 26.34% 28.32% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 179 144 193
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £30,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £53,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
East of England

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Ipswich -3 8 £40,000 -20.00%
Windows Azure
East of England

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (64.71%) SQL Server
2 22 (64.71%) SQL
2 22 (64.71%) T-SQL
2 22 (64.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (50.00%) Web Services
3 17 (50.00%) Windows
4 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
4 15 (44.12%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (44.12%) OLTP
4 15 (44.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (44.12%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (44.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (44.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 15 (44.12%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (44.12%) SQL Server 2012
4 15 (44.12%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
5 12 (35.29%) .NET
6 10 (29.41%) C#
6 10 (29.41%) HTML
6 10 (29.41%) JavaScript
6 10 (29.41%) OO
6 10 (29.41%) CSS
6 10 (29.41%) SOA
6 10 (29.41%) TDD
6 10 (29.41%) Pair Programming
6 10 (29.41%) .NET Framework
6 10 (29.41%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (29.41%) BDD

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (50.00%) Web Services
2 12 (35.29%) .NET
3 10 (29.41%) HTML
3 10 (29.41%) CSS
3 10 (29.41%) .NET Framework
4 2 (5.882%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (20.59%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (64.71%) SQL Server
1 22 (64.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (44.12%) SQL Server 2012
2 15 (44.12%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (44.12%) OLTP
2 15 (44.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (44.12%) SQL Server 2005
2 15 (44.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (44.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 15 (44.12%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (20.59%) Hadoop
3 7 (20.59%) MongoDB
3 7 (20.59%) NoSQL
3 7 (20.59%) Big Data
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) DBA
1 22 (64.71%) SQL DBA
2 19 (55.88%) Developer
3 12 (35.29%) .NET Developer
4 10 (29.41%) C# Developer
4 10 (29.41%) Senior Developer
4 10 (29.41%) Senior C# Developer
4 10 (29.41%) Senior .NET Developer
4 10 (29.41%) Agile .NET Developer
4 10 (29.41%) Agile C# Developer
4 10 (29.41%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (20.59%) Administrator
5 7 (20.59%) Database Developer
5 7 (20.59%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Replication
1 7 (20.59%) Clustering
1 7 (20.59%) Cloud Computing
1 7 (20.59%) SaaS
1 7 (20.59%) Social Media
1 7 (20.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (29.41%) TDD
3 10 (29.41%) Pair Programming
3 10 (29.41%) OO
3 10 (29.41%) Continuous Integration
3 10 (29.41%) BDD
3 10 (29.41%) SOA
4 7 (20.59%) Mobile Application Development
4 7 (20.59%) CRM
5 2 (5.882%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) SQL
1 22 (64.71%) T-SQL
2 10 (29.41%) C#
2 10 (29.41%) JavaScript
System Software
1 15 (44.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft