The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Thatcham 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 Thatcham 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 1 - 1
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 6 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Thatcham 75.00% - 100.00%
As % of the Vendors category 75.00% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
Average salary £33,750 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Thatcham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
8 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Thatcham 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
Average salary £35,000 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Berkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thatcham 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 Thatcham region.

Thatcham Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thatcham 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 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
1 5 (71.43%) Citrix
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (71.43%) Hyper-V
2 3 (42.86%) XenApp
2 3 (42.86%) XenServer
2 3 (42.86%) XenDesktop
2 3 (42.86%) Kaseya
2 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
2 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Application Packaging
3 2 (28.57%) LANDesk
3 2 (28.57%) SCCM
3 2 (28.57%) MS Office
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 2 (28.57%) vSphere
3 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (28.57%) Change Control

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thatcham 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 2 (28.57%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Coordinator
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Junior
2 2 (28.57%) Project Coordinator
2 2 (28.57%) Junior Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (71.43%) Hyper-V
2 3 (42.86%) XenApp
2 3 (42.86%) XenServer
2 3 (42.86%) XenDesktop
2 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Citrix
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Kaseya
3 2 (28.57%) LANDesk