The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Tyne and Wear 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 3 8
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 122 125 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 21.71% 20.94% 15.76%
As % of the Vendors category 54.46% 49.02% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 116 114 73
Average salary £34,000 £31,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.67% -11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,750 £44,400 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
224 255 220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 39.86% 42.71% 41.28%
Number of salaries quoted 196 208 196
Average salary £39,500 £31,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.41% -4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
North East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +4 105 £35,000 +27.27%
Sunderland +2 12 £30,000 +20.00%
South Shields -2 3 £35,000 +7.69%
Tyneside - 2 £18,200 -
Microsoft
North East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

1 115 (47.92%) .NET
2 103 (42.92%) MS Excel
3 99 (41.25%) SQL Server
4 87 (36.25%) C#
5 74 (30.83%) SQL
6 64 (26.67%) ASP.NET
6 64 (26.67%) CSS
7 58 (24.17%) Scrum
8 48 (20.00%) HTML
9 43 (17.92%) Windows
9 43 (17.92%) MVC
10 40 (16.67%) SharePoint
11 38 (15.83%) SQL Server 2008
11 38 (15.83%) Team Foundation Server
12 37 (15.42%) XML
13 34 (14.17%) Oracle
14 32 (13.33%) JavaScript
15 31 (12.92%) Degree
16 29 (12.08%) ASP.NET MVC
17 28 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
18 27 (11.25%) TDD
19 26 (10.83%) MS Office
19 26 (10.83%) CRM
20 25 (10.42%) Web Services
20 25 (10.42%) Cisco
20 25 (10.42%) Ajax
21 24 (10.00%) .NET Framework
21 24 (10.00%) Active Directory
21 24 (10.00%) XHTML
22 23 (9.583%) C

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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
1 115 (47.92%) .NET
2 64 (26.67%) ASP.NET
2 64 (26.67%) CSS
3 48 (20.00%) HTML
4 37 (15.42%) XML
5 29 (12.08%) ASP.NET MVC
6 25 (10.42%) Web Services
6 25 (10.42%) Ajax
7 24 (10.00%) .NET Framework
7 24 (10.00%) XHTML
8 12 (5.000%) LINQ
8 12 (5.000%) ASP
9 8 (3.333%) jQuery
9 8 (3.333%) HTML5
9 8 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 8 (3.333%) Flash
10 7 (2.917%) XSLT
10 7 (2.917%) WCF
10 7 (2.917%) WPF
10 7 (2.917%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 40 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 21 (8.750%) SharePoint Server
3 13 (5.417%) MS Exchange
4 10 (4.167%) Windows Azure
5 7 (2.917%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (2.500%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (1.667%) Lync
7 4 (1.667%) CMS
8 3 (1.250%) IIS
9 2 (0.833%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.833%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.417%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.417%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.417%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.417%) DotNetNuke
10 1 (0.417%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.417%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 103 (42.92%) MS Excel
2 26 (10.83%) MS Office
3 12 (5.000%) Photoshop
4 11 (4.583%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.917%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (2.500%) Acrobat
7 5 (2.083%) MS Project
7 5 (2.083%) Fireworks
8 3 (1.250%) Office 365
9 1 (0.417%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 15 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.667%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.417%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.417%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.333%) Firewall
1 20 (8.333%) WAN
2 17 (7.083%) SAN
3 14 (5.833%) VLAN
4 11 (4.583%) LAN
4 11 (4.583%) VPN
4 11 (4.583%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (4.167%) Fibre Channel
5 10 (4.167%) Cisco PIX
5 10 (4.167%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (4.167%) Internet
6 6 (2.500%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.667%) SMTP
7 4 (1.667%) DHCP
7 4 (1.667%) HTTP
7 4 (1.667%) DNS
8 3 (1.250%) Kerberos
8 3 (1.250%) Intranet
8 3 (1.250%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.833%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (41.25%) SQL Server
2 38 (15.83%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (7.917%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (6.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (4.167%) QlikView
5 10 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (2.500%) SQL Server 2000
6 6 (2.500%) MySQL
7 5 (2.083%) SQL Server 2012
8 4 (1.667%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (1.250%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 3 (1.250%) MS Access
9 3 (1.250%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.250%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.833%) DataStage
10 2 (0.833%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.833%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.417%) Essbase
11 1 (0.417%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 38 (15.83%) Team Foundation Server
2 19 (7.917%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.333%) Dreamweaver
4 6 (2.500%) Selenium
5 5 (2.083%) NUnit
5 5 (2.083%) Cucumber
5 5 (2.083%) Rhino Mocks
5 5 (2.083%) Moq
5 5 (2.083%) MSTest
6 3 (1.250%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.250%) ProC
7 1 (0.417%) Subversion
General
1 21 (8.750%) Advertising
2 15 (6.250%) Publishing
3 12 (5.000%) Finance
4 7 (2.917%) Law
5 6 (2.500%) Retail
6 3 (1.250%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.833%) Marketing
7 2 (0.833%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.833%) Automotive
7 2 (0.833%) Legal
7 2 (0.833%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.833%) Banking
8 1 (0.417%) Billing
8 1 (0.417%) Games
Job Titles
1 101 (42.08%) Developer
2 32 (13.33%) Consultant
3 30 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 27 (11.25%) Web Developer
5 26 (10.83%) Analyst
6 15 (6.250%) Junior
7 14 (5.833%) SharePoint Developer
7 14 (5.833%) Administrator
7 14 (5.833%) Software Developer
8 12 (5.000%) Graduate
8 12 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
8 12 (5.000%) Senior Developer
9 11 (4.583%) Junior Developer
10 9 (3.750%) DBA
10 9 (3.750%) Lead Developer
10 9 (3.750%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
11 8 (3.333%) CRM Architect
11 8 (3.333%) Architect
11 8 (3.333%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.083%) N-Tier
2 13 (5.417%) Computer Science
3 10 (4.167%) Blackberry
4 6 (2.500%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.083%) Tandem
5 5 (2.083%) iPad
5 5 (2.083%) iPhone
5 5 (2.083%) Inversion of Control
5 5 (2.083%) Mathematics
6 4 (1.667%) SaaS
6 4 (1.667%) Replication
7 3 (1.250%) NHS
8 2 (0.833%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.833%) Handset
9 1 (0.417%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.417%) Social Media
9 1 (0.417%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.417%) Statistics
9 1 (0.417%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.417%) Psychology
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.92%) Windows
2 17 (7.083%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (4.167%) Solaris
4 8 (3.333%) Windows XP
5 7 (2.917%) Windows 7
6 6 (2.500%) Android
7 4 (1.667%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.250%) UNIX
8 3 (1.250%) Linux
8 3 (1.250%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.417%) VMS
9 1 (0.417%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.417%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.17%) Scrum
2 43 (17.92%) MVC
3 27 (11.25%) TDD
4 26 (10.83%) CRM
5 21 (8.750%) Agile Software Development
6 20 (8.333%) ITIL
6 20 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (7.083%) OO
8 16 (6.667%) Web Development
9 14 (5.833%) Capacity Planning
10 13 (5.417%) Unit Testing
11 11 (4.583%) Network Management
12 10 (4.167%) Network Design
13 9 (3.750%) Data Analysis
13 9 (3.750%) Project Management
14 8 (3.333%) Business Development
14 8 (3.333%) Performance Management
14 8 (3.333%) Waterfall
15 7 (2.917%) MVVM
16 6 (2.500%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 87 (36.25%) C#
2 74 (30.83%) SQL
3 32 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 23 (9.583%) C
5 20 (8.333%) VB.NET
6 18 (7.500%) T-SQL
7 16 (6.667%) VB
8 6 (2.500%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.833%) C++
10 1 (0.417%) XAML
10 1 (0.417%) Java
10 1 (0.417%) PHP
10 1 (0.417%) VBA
10 1 (0.417%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.417%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (12.92%) Degree
2 28 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (5.000%) MCSE
4 9 (3.750%) MCSD
4 9 (3.750%) MCDST
5 8 (3.333%) MCP
6 7 (2.917%) CCNA
6 7 (2.917%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.917%) MCTS
7 6 (2.500%) MCSA
8 5 (2.083%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (2.083%) MCAD
9 4 (1.667%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.667%) ISEB
10 3 (1.250%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (1.250%) MCITP
11 2 (0.833%) CCENT
11 2 (0.833%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.833%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.833%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.583%) QA
2 9 (3.750%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.167%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.667%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.667%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (1.667%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.667%) ISA Server
3 4 (1.667%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.833%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (1.667%) Backup Exec
2 2 (0.833%) WSUS
2 2 (0.833%) SCCM
2 2 (0.833%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (14.17%) Oracle
2 25 (10.42%) Cisco
3 10 (4.167%) HP
4 7 (2.917%) VMware
4 7 (2.917%) Adobe
5 6 (2.500%) Citrix
6 4 (1.667%) Sophos
7 3 (1.250%) Sage
8 2 (0.833%) Niku
8 2 (0.833%) Lotus
8 2 (0.833%) Avaya
8 2 (0.833%) Mitel
9 1 (0.417%) SAP
9 1 (0.417%) Cognos
9 1 (0.417%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.417%) Apple
9 1 (0.417%) Twitter
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