The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 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 Vendors for the Sussex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 27 38 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 31.40% 27.74% 20.75%
As % of the Vendors category 61.36% 61.29% 45.83%
Number of salaries quoted 14 25 11
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
44 62 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 51.16% 45.26% 45.28%
Number of salaries quoted 30 47 24
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +66.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 23 (71.88%) VMware
2 19 (59.38%) Windows
3 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (40.63%) vSphere
4 13 (40.63%) Windows XP
4 13 (40.63%) SQL
5 12 (37.50%) MS Exchange
5 12 (37.50%) SharePoint
6 11 (34.38%) Firewall
7 10 (31.25%) IPsec
7 10 (31.25%) CheckPoint
7 10 (31.25%) McAfee
7 10 (31.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 10 (31.25%) VPN
7 10 (31.25%) SSL
7 10 (31.25%) Cisco
7 10 (31.25%) McAfee ePO
7 10 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (31.25%) WSUS
7 10 (31.25%) SCCM
8 8 (25.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (21.88%) MS Office
9 7 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (18.75%) Degree
10 6 (18.75%) Manufacturing
10 6 (18.75%) DNS
10 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 3 (9.375%) .NET
2 1 (3.125%) X-Windows
2 1 (3.125%) ASP
2 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.125%) Web Services
2 1 (3.125%) XML
Application Platforms
1 12 (37.50%) MS Exchange
1 12 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 10 (31.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 10 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (21.88%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (6.250%) Lync
6 1 (3.125%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (21.88%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) Firewall
2 10 (31.25%) IPsec
2 10 (31.25%) VPN
2 10 (31.25%) SSL
2 10 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (18.75%) DNS
3 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
4 5 (15.63%) DHCP
5 4 (12.50%) VoIP
6 2 (6.250%) PBX
6 2 (6.250%) SAN
7 1 (3.125%) LAN
7 1 (3.125%) WAN
7 1 (3.125%) iSCSI
7 1 (3.125%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (18.75%) Manufacturing
2 4 (12.50%) Military
2 4 (12.50%) Marketing
2 4 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.250%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.125%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Operations Manager
2 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Team Leader
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
3 4 (12.50%) Sales Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Support Team Leader
3 4 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (6.250%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.250%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Administrator
5 1 (3.125%) Developer
5 1 (3.125%) Web Developer
5 1 (3.125%) Junior
5 1 (3.125%) .NET Developer
5 1 (3.125%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.250%) SCADA
2 1 (3.125%) PMI
2 1 (3.125%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.125%) Clustering
2 1 (3.125%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (59.38%) Windows
2 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2003
2 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (40.63%) Windows XP
4 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (6.250%) Windows 8
5 2 (6.250%) Windows 7
5 2 (6.250%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
1 4 (12.50%) CRM
2 2 (6.250%) System Testing
2 2 (6.250%) Software Engineering
2 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2
2 2 (6.250%) Project Management
2 2 (6.250%) Validation
3 1 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
3 1 (3.125%) Load Balancing
3 1 (3.125%) Logistics
3 1 (3.125%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) SQL
2 3 (9.375%) VB
3 2 (6.250%) Java
4 1 (3.125%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.125%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) MBA
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (9.375%) MCSE
4 2 (6.250%) CCNA
4 2 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.125%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.125%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.125%) MCP
5 1 (3.125%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (40.63%) vSphere
2 10 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.250%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.125%) VMware ESX
4 1 (3.125%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (3.125%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (31.25%) McAfee ePO
1 10 (31.25%) WSUS
1 10 (31.25%) SCCM
2 2 (6.250%) Backup Exec
2 2 (6.250%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) VMware
2 10 (31.25%) CheckPoint
2 10 (31.25%) McAfee
2 10 (31.25%) Cisco
3 2 (6.250%) Symantec
3 2 (6.250%) Sophos
4 1 (3.125%) HP
4 1 (3.125%) Citrix
4 1 (3.125%) Wonderware