Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Microsoft CRM skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft CRM over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category.

LinkMicrosoft CRM
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank375390461
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Up+71
Matching permanent IT job ads336310661
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.391 %0.366 %0.324 %
As % of the Business Applications category5.905 %4.966 %4.686 %
Salaries quoted279267605
Average salary£45,000£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£32,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£50,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
5690624214107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK6.623 %7.360 %6.912 %
Salaries quoted4317462910691
Average salary£52,500£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£33,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£50,000

Microsoft CRM
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Microsoft CRM Demand Trend

Microsoft CRM
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM within the UK.

Microsoft CRM Salary Trend

Microsoft CRM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Microsoft CRM Salary Histogram

Microsoft CRM
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+15315£45,000-5.26 %
South EastUp+44124£40,000-20.00 %
LondonDown-12109£45,000-
SurreyUp+4349£40,000-27.27 %
North WestUp+1231£50,000+33.33 %
BerkshireUp+2429£42,500-5.55 %
East of EnglandDown-222£50,000+56.25 %
City of LondonDown-4918£37,500-16.66 %
West MidlandsDown-716£40,000-15.78 %
OxfordshireDown-2315£45,000-10.00 %
HertfordshireUp+1913£50,000+75.43 %
LancashireNew entry-12£65,000-
HampshireUp+3611£65,000+44.44 %
OxfordDown-1611£45,000-10.00 %
BirminghamUp+259£50,000-50.00 %
South WestUp+139£37,000-1.33 %
ManchesterDown-109£62,500+4.16 %
CheshireUp+108£35,000+6.06 %
East MidlandsDown-148£55,000-8.33 %
ScotlandDown-37£35,000-41.66 %
DerbyshireDown-56£55,000-8.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-96£50,000+100.00 %
EdinburghDown-206£36,250-39.58 %
GloucestershireUp+25£50,750+45.00 %
MidlandsUp+15£80,000+48.83 %
CambridgeNew entry-5£50,000-
WatfordNew entry-5£53,750-
WindsorNew entry-5--
MiddlesexNew entry-5£40,000-
RedhillNew entry-4--

Microsoft CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Microsoft CRM 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 CRM.

1559 (99.11 %)CRM
2469 (83.16 %)Microsoft
3345 (61.17 %)Dynamics CRM
4341 (60.46 %).NET
5292 (51.77 %)SharePoint
6208 (36.88 %)SQL Server
7195 (34.57 %)C#
8190 (33.69 %)MS Excel
9177 (31.38 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10161 (28.55 %)Finance
11146 (25.89 %)ASP.NET
12128 (22.70 %)BizTalk Server
13127 (22.52 %)ERP
14115 (20.39 %)SQL
15104 (18.44 %)Dynamics AX
1697 (17.20 %)Axapta
1796 (17.02 %)X++
1882 (14.54 %)VB.NET
1980 (14.18 %)Windows
2071 (12.59 %)Active Directory
2167 (11.88 %)SQL Server 2005
2266 (11.70 %)Microsoft Certification
2361 (10.82 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2457 (10.11 %)JavaScript
2548 (8.511 %)Cisco
2646 (8.156 %)MS Office
2742 (7.447 %)MCTS
2841 (7.270 %)IIS
2939 (6.915 %)Degree
2939 (6.915 %)Business Intelligence

Microsoft CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Microsoft CRM 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 CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1341 (60.46 %).NET
2146 (25.89 %)ASP.NET
335 (6.206 %)Silverlight
432 (5.674 %)XML
530 (5.319 %)WCF
626 (4.610 %).NET Framework
717 (3.014 %)AJAX
717 (3.014 %)HTML
815 (2.660 %)ASP
912 (2.128 %)WPF
1011 (1.950 %)Windows SharePoint Services
119 (1.596 %)CSS
128 (1.418 %)Web Services
137 (1.241 %)COM
146 (1.064 %)Spring
155 (0.887 %)LINQ
164 (0.709 %)WF
164 (0.709 %)EDI
164 (0.709 %)XSL
172 (0.355 %)COM+
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1292 (51.77 %)SharePoint
2177 (31.38 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3128 (22.70 %)BizTalk Server
441 (7.270 %)IIS
525 (4.433 %)MS Exchange
619 (3.369 %)Office Communications Server
713 (2.305 %)Exchange Server 2007
88 (1.418 %)CMS
93 (0.532 %)Commerce Server 2007
93 (0.532 %)Commerce Server
102 (0.355 %)SAS
111 (0.177 %)Content Management Server
111 (0.177 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1190 (33.69 %)MS Excel
246 (8.156 %)MS Office
318 (3.191 %)MS Project
46 (1.064 %)InfoPath
55 (0.887 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.709 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1345 (61.17 %)Dynamics CRM
2104 (18.44 %)Dynamics AX
397 (17.20 %)Axapta
430 (5.319 %)Dynamics NAV
527 (4.787 %)Navision
527 (4.787 %)SalesLogix
623 (4.078 %)Great Plains
714 (2.482 %)Pivotal CRM
89 (1.596 %)Dynamics GP
89 (1.596 %)GoldMine
97 (1.241 %)Applix TM1
103 (0.532 %)SAP CRM
112 (0.355 %)Pegasus Opera
121 (0.177 %)Exchequer
121 (0.177 %)Line 50
121 (0.177 %)Line 500
121 (0.177 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (5.319 %)TCP/IP
223 (4.078 %)DHCP
319 (3.369 %)DNS
417 (3.014 %)Firewall
516 (2.837 %)LAN
615 (2.660 %)WAN
713 (2.305 %)VPN
812 (2.128 %)SAN
911 (1.950 %)MPLS
109 (1.596 %)SSL
109 (1.596 %)Wi-Fi
118 (1.418 %)Internet
126 (1.064 %)NAS
134 (0.709 %)Intranet
134 (0.709 %)HTTP
142 (0.355 %)RIP
142 (0.355 %)ADSL
142 (0.355 %)PBX
142 (0.355 %)VoIP
142 (0.355 %)OSPF
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1208 (36.88 %)SQL Server
267 (11.88 %)SQL Server 2005
361 (10.82 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
433 (5.851 %)SQL Server 2008
522 (3.901 %)SQL Server 2000
620 (3.546 %)Datawarehouse
719 (3.369 %)OLAP
818 (3.191 %)PerformancePoint
915 (2.660 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1012 (2.128 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1111 (1.950 %)ETL
128 (1.418 %)Oracle OLAP
134 (0.709 %)QlikView
134 (0.709 %)Crystal Reports
143 (0.532 %)BusinessObjects
152 (0.355 %)Oracle 8/8i
152 (0.355 %)Data Cleansing
161 (0.177 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
129 (5.142 %)Visual Studio
28 (1.418 %)Oracle APEX
37 (1.241 %)NUnit
46 (1.064 %)MorphX
52 (0.355 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.177 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.177 %)Bugzilla
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1161 (28.55 %)Finance
227 (4.787 %)Banking
320 (3.546 %)Manufacturing
417 (3.014 %)Pensions
513 (2.305 %)Health
610 (1.773 %)Telecoms
610 (1.773 %)Marketing
610 (1.773 %)Insurance
79 (1.596 %)Advertising
79 (1.596 %)Government
79 (1.596 %)Investment Banking
87 (1.241 %)Retail
87 (1.241 %)Billing
87 (1.241 %)Pharmaceutical
87 (1.241 %)Financial Institution
95 (0.887 %)Education
103 (0.532 %)Graphic Design
112 (0.355 %)Telemarketing
112 (0.355 %)Back Office
112 (0.355 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1185 (32.80 %)Developer
2176 (31.21 %)Consultant
374 (13.12 %)CRM Consultant
466 (11.70 %).NET Developer
565 (11.52 %)CRM Developer
659 (10.46 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
757 (10.11 %)Architect
845 (7.979 %)Analyst
940 (7.092 %)C# Developer
940 (7.092 %)Dynamics CRM Consultant
1034 (6.028 %)CRM Architect
1131 (5.496 %)Microsoft Consultant
1230 (5.319 %)Senior Developer
1326 (4.610 %)Dynamics CRM Developer
1423 (4.078 %)CRM Analyst
1522 (3.901 %)Axapta Consultant
1522 (3.901 %)Technical Architect
1619 (3.369 %)Business Analyst
1619 (3.369 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
1716 (2.837 %)Senior Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (1.241 %)Client/Server
25 (0.887 %)Computer Science
34 (0.709 %)iPhone
43 (0.532 %)Cloud Computing
52 (0.355 %)French Language
52 (0.355 %)Data Conversion
52 (0.355 %)Blackberry
52 (0.355 %)IVR
52 (0.355 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.177 %)EPoS
61 (0.177 %)W3C
61 (0.177 %)N-Tier
61 (0.177 %)Life Science
61 (0.177 %)FMCG
61 (0.177 %)Inversion of Control
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
180 (14.18 %)Windows
232 (5.674 %)Windows Server 2003
232 (5.674 %)Windows Server 2008
313 (2.305 %)Windows 2000 Server
412 (2.128 %)Windows XP
57 (1.241 %)Linux
65 (0.887 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.177 %)Windows CE
71 (0.177 %)Windows 7
71 (0.177 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1559 (99.11 %)CRM
2127 (22.52 %)ERP
339 (6.915 %)Business Intelligence
438 (6.738 %)Logistics
537 (6.560 %)Business Analysis
632 (5.674 %)User Acceptance Testing
728 (4.965 %)Unit Testing
826 (4.610 %)Migration
826 (4.610 %)E-Commerce
925 (4.433 %)System Testing
1024 (4.255 %)PRINCE2
1123 (4.078 %)Data Migration
1220 (3.546 %)Project Management
1316 (2.837 %)OO
1411 (1.950 %)Scrum
1411 (1.950 %)TDD
1510 (1.773 %)Agile Software Development
1510 (1.773 %)E-business
1510 (1.773 %)ITIL
169 (1.596 %)Web Development
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1195 (34.57 %)C#
2115 (20.39 %)SQL
396 (17.02 %)X++
482 (14.54 %)VB.NET
557 (10.11 %)JavaScript
622 (3.901 %)C
720 (3.546 %)VB
816 (2.837 %)T-SQL
816 (2.837 %)Java
816 (2.837 %)Shell Script
94 (0.709 %)PHP
103 (0.532 %)Objective-C
111 (0.177 %)Python
111 (0.177 %)PL/SQL
111 (0.177 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
166 (11.70 %)Microsoft Certification
242 (7.447 %)MCTS
339 (6.915 %)Degree
420 (3.546 %)MCSA
517 (3.014 %)MCSE
611 (1.950 %)MCAD
611 (1.950 %)MCSD
710 (1.773 %)MCP
89 (1.596 %)PRINCE2 Certification
97 (1.241 %)MCPD
106 (1.064 %)ISEB
115 (0.887 %)Cisco Certification
123 (0.532 %)MCITP
123 (0.532 %)MOS
123 (0.532 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
123 (0.532 %)CCNA
132 (0.355 %)CCNP
141 (0.177 %)PhD
141 (0.177 %)SC Cleared
141 (0.177 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (4.433 %)QA
29 (1.596 %)PCI DSS
29 (1.596 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
171 (12.59 %)Active Directory
216 (2.837 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
310 (1.773 %)VMware ESX
45 (0.887 %)ISA Server
54 (0.709 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (0.355 %)Hyper-V
62 (0.355 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.177 %)XenApp
71 (0.177 %)vSphere
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
119 (3.369 %)Backup Exec
22 (0.355 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.177 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1469 (83.16 %)Microsoft
248 (8.511 %)Cisco
339 (6.915 %)Sage
420 (3.546 %)VMware
519 (3.369 %)Symantec
617 (3.014 %)Siebel
716 (2.837 %)Salesforce.com
814 (2.482 %)SAP
913 (2.305 %)Oracle
1012 (2.128 %)Citrix
118 (1.418 %)Hyperion
127 (1.241 %)ProClarity
127 (1.241 %)Applix
127 (1.241 %)HP
135 (0.887 %)Pegasus
144 (0.709 %)CODA
144 (0.709 %)Sun
144 (0.709 %)Mitel
153 (0.532 %)Business Objects
162 (0.355 %)Cognos