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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank915
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads2532722131
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled12.35 %9.890 %
As % of the category below28.35 %23.17 %
Salaries quoted2168018090
Average minimum salary£34,843£36,050
Average salary£38,091£39,031
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Average maximum salary£41,340£42,013
UK excluding London average salary£35,369£35,689
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Vendors UKVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads8934495536
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled43.55 %42.69 %
Salaries quoted7206873344
Average minimum salary£40,533£42,005
Average salary£44,182£45,748
% change on same period last year-3.42 %
Average maximum salary£47,831£49,492
UK excluding London average salary£40,189£41,363
% change on same period last year-2.83 %

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the UK over the past 3 months.

Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+624118£37,886-3.15 %
2LondonUp+78583£43,695-2.54 %
3South EastUp+36290£37,503-1.81 %
4East of EnglandUp+32028£34,623-3.19 %
5City of LondonUp+101955£44,136-12.40 %
6North WestUp+51650£33,920-3.25 %
7YorkshireUp+41578£31,945+4.67 %
8SurreyUp+51545£36,568-1.74 %
9BerkshireUp+51507£40,728-0.94 %
10South WestUp+41410£33,556+6.43 %
11West MidlandsUp+11278£30,742-0.48 %
12HampshireUp+61172£36,294+1.05 %
13East MidlandsUp+31002£30,737+0.36 %
14West YorkshireNo change0930£32,516+7.63 %
15ManchesterUp+6816£38,166-5.06 %
16OxfordshireUp+2730£37,142+5.24 %
17HertfordshireUp+2690£37,385+0.43 %
18CambridgeshireUp+2644£32,576-4.97 %
19ScotlandUp+3642£35,357+5.30 %
20LeedsUp+2623£33,071+8.35 %
21BuckinghamshireDown-1538£34,469-5.16 %
22ReadingNo change0498£41,557+3.42 %
23CheshireUp+5452£29,220-5.84 %
24BristolUp+16430£33,624+7.21 %
25EssexDown-2407£32,928-14.08 %
26BirminghamNo change0388£31,684+2.19 %
27CambridgeUp+1375£31,752-11.92 %
28North YorkshireNo change0322£31,998+3.34 %
29OxfordUp+3315£35,680-1.78 %
30NottinghamshireUp+5309£32,229-2.86 %

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft.

118259 (36.45 %)MS Excel
217330 (34.60 %)Windows
316354 (32.65 %).NET
415768 (31.48 %)SQL Server
511669 (23.30 %)C#
611583 (23.12 %)SQL
79630 (19.22 %)MS Exchange
89604 (19.17 %)Microsoft Certification
98797 (17.56 %)Active Directory
108536 (17.04 %)ASP.NET
117950 (15.87 %)MS Office
127318 (14.61 %)Finance
136234 (12.45 %)XML
145232 (10.44 %)MCSE
155003 (9.988 %)SharePoint
164970 (9.922 %)SQL Server 2005
174931 (9.844 %)Degree
184516 (9.015 %)Oracle
194410 (8.804 %)Exchange Server 2003
204166 (8.317 %)Windows 2000
214151 (8.287 %)VB.NET
214151 (8.287 %)Citrix
223905 (7.796 %)VB
233891 (7.768 %)HTML
243851 (7.688 %)SQL Server 2000
253615 (7.217 %)Cisco
263595 (7.177 %)Project Management
273393 (6.774 %)TCP/IP
283369 (6.726 %)IIS
293366 (6.720 %)JavaScript

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
116354 (32.65 %).NET
28536 (17.04 %)ASP.NET
36234 (12.45 %)XML
43891 (7.768 %)HTML
52642 (5.274 %)ASP
62578 (5.147 %)WebServices
72488 (4.967 %)CSS
82392 (4.775 %).NET Framework
91325 (2.645 %)AJAX
101253 (2.501 %)WinForms
111083 (2.162 %)XSLT
12957 (1.910 %)XHTML
13935 (1.867 %)COM
14900 (1.797 %)J2EE
15542 (1.082 %)XSL
16508 (1.014 %)ADO.NET
17502 (1.002 %)MFC
18499 (0.996 %)WebSphere
19478 (0.954 %)SOAP
20476 (0.950 %)JSP
Application Platforms
19630 (19.22 %)MS Exchange
25003 (9.988 %)SharePoint
34410 (8.804 %)Exchange Server 2003
43369 (6.726 %)IIS
52747 (5.484 %)Exchange Server 2000
62439 (4.869 %)BizTalk Server
71671 (3.336 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81214 (2.424 %)Exchange Server 2007
91015 (2.026 %)Lotus Notes
10780 (1.557 %)CMS
11493 (0.984 %)Apache
12398 (0.795 %)Exchange Server 5.5
13338 (0.675 %)WebLogic
14309 (0.617 %)SharePoint Portal Server
15258 (0.515 %)Content Management Server
16256 (0.511 %)SAS
17245 (0.489 %)Tomcat
18233 (0.465 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
19221 (0.441 %)JBoss
20215 (0.429 %)Commerce Server
Applications
118259 (36.45 %)MS Excel
27950 (15.87 %)MS Office
31381 (2.757 %)MS Project
41056 (2.108 %)MS PowerPoint
51035 (2.066 %)MS Visio
6450 (0.898 %)Photoshop
7185 (0.369 %)InfoPath
8182 (0.363 %)Adobe Illustrator
9115 (0.230 %)Acrobat
1094 (0.188 %)Fireworks
1186 (0.172 %)AutoCAD
1272 (0.144 %)SPSS
1355 (0.110 %)RoboHelp
1453 (0.106 %)MATLAB
1548 (0.096 %)Paint Shop Pro
1642 (0.084 %)CA Clarity
1737 (0.074 %)QuarkXPress
1826 (0.052 %)InDesign
1921 (0.042 %)DeltaView
2017 (0.034 %)FrameMaker
Business Applications
11166 (2.328 %)Dynamics CRM
21155 (2.306 %)Microsoft CRM
3804 (1.605 %)Dynamics AX
4755 (1.507 %)Navision
5738 (1.473 %)Axapta
6649 (1.296 %)Dynamics NAV
7230 (0.459 %)Great Plains
8193 (0.385 %)Dynamics GP
9116 (0.232 %)Pivotal CRM
1091 (0.182 %)GoldMine
1185 (0.170 %)Summit
1279 (0.158 %)SalesLogix
1372 (0.144 %)SAP Business One
1372 (0.144 %)Oracle Financials
1372 (0.144 %)Oracle EBS
1471 (0.142 %)Oracle Applications
1564 (0.128 %)SoftGrid
1656 (0.112 %)Line 500
1753 (0.106 %)Sage MMS
1848 (0.096 %)SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
13393 (6.774 %)TCP/IP
22869 (5.727 %)Internet
32344 (4.679 %)LAN
42338 (4.667 %)WAN
52300 (4.592 %)Firewall
62051 (4.094 %)DNS
71645 (3.284 %)SAN
81555 (3.104 %)VPN
91122 (2.240 %)DHCP
10817 (1.631 %)Intranet
11633 (1.264 %)WINS
12592 (1.182 %)VoIP
13508 (1.014 %)Wireless
14371 (0.741 %)Network Security
15284 (0.567 %)SMTP
16250 (0.499 %)HTTP
17228 (0.455 %)IP Telephony
18216 (0.431 %)Cisco PIX
19212 (0.423 %)VLAN
20197 (0.393 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
115768 (31.48 %)SQL Server
24970 (9.922 %)SQL Server 2005
33851 (7.688 %)SQL Server 2000
41669 (3.332 %)SQL Server 7
51243 (2.481 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61149 (2.294 %)Datawarehouse
7911 (1.819 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8875 (1.747 %)MS Access
9817 (1.631 %)Crystal Reports
10788 (1.573 %)DTS
11681 (1.359 %)BusinessObjects
12620 (1.238 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13607 (1.212 %)MySQL
14545 (1.088 %)RDBMS
15472 (0.942 %)ETL
16456 (0.910 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
17426 (0.850 %)OLAP
18386 (0.771 %)Oracle 10g
19357 (0.713 %)DB2
20288 (0.575 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
12922 (5.833 %)Visual Studio
2508 (1.014 %)Flash
3408 (0.815 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4245 (0.489 %)NUnit
5225 (0.449 %)Dreamweaver
6168 (0.335 %)TestDirector
7165 (0.329 %)Eclipse
8160 (0.319 %)MSI
9151 (0.301 %)Subversion
10143 (0.285 %)QuickTest Pro
11140 (0.279 %)Oracle Forms
12123 (0.246 %)InstallShield
13116 (0.232 %)Rational Rose
14103 (0.206 %)MorphX
15101 (0.202 %)LoadRunner
1691 (0.182 %)WinRunner
1783 (0.166 %)Ant
1869 (0.138 %)FrontPage
1965 (0.130 %)JUnit
2057 (0.114 %)PVCS
General
17318 (14.61 %)Finance
23100 (6.189 %)Pensions
32602 (5.194 %)Health
41850 (3.693 %)Banking
51812 (3.617 %)Insurance
61685 (3.364 %)Retail
71301 (2.597 %)Marketing
81289 (2.573 %)Telecoms
91176 (2.348 %)Education
10972 (1.940 %)Law
11864 (1.725 %)Legal
12739 (1.475 %)Manufacturing
13734 (1.465 %)Investment Banking
14706 (1.409 %)Government
15662 (1.322 %)Back Office
16534 (1.066 %)Front Office
17516 (1.030 %)Publishing
18363 (0.725 %)Financial Institution
19345 (0.689 %)Construction
20325 (0.649 %)Games
Job Titles
113049 (26.05 %)Developer
28279 (16.53 %)Analyst
35842 (11.66 %)Consultant
45177 (10.33 %).NET Developer
53484 (6.955 %)Support Analyst
63166 (6.320 %)C# Developer
72835 (5.660 %)Architect
82405 (4.801 %)Support Engineer
92050 (4.092 %)Administrator
101741 (3.476 %)Project Manager
111680 (3.354 %)Senior Developer
121655 (3.304 %)Web Developer
131498 (2.990 %)ASP.NET Developer
141262 (2.519 %)Software Developer
151199 (2.394 %)Team Leader
161139 (2.274 %)DBA
171122 (2.240 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
181112 (2.220 %)Technical Support
191094 (2.184 %)Programmer
201068 (2.132 %)Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
11073 (2.142 %)Clustering
2989 (1.974 %)Blackberry
3959 (1.914 %)Computer Science
4840 (1.677 %)Client/Server
5561 (1.120 %)N-Tier
6520 (1.038 %)Management Information System
7514 (1.026 %)Asset Management
8407 (0.813 %)Derivative
9396 (0.791 %)Mathematics
10388 (0.775 %)Fat Client
10388 (0.775 %)Thin Client
11353 (0.705 %)Mainframe
12331 (0.661 %)Replication
13296 (0.591 %)Equities
14285 (0.569 %)French Language
15249 (0.497 %)German Language
16242 (0.483 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
17235 (0.469 %)W3C
18223 (0.445 %)Tandem
19209 (0.417 %)Fixed Income
Operating Systems
117330 (34.60 %)Windows
24166 (8.317 %)Windows 2000
33098 (6.185 %)Unix
43029 (6.047 %)Windows XP
52682 (5.354 %)Windows Server 2003
62646 (5.282 %)Linux
71630 (3.254 %)Windows NT
8788 (1.573 %)Solaris
9348 (0.695 %)AIX
10197 (0.393 %)HPUX
11195 (0.389 %)Mac OS X
12185 (0.369 %)Windows Mobile
13147 (0.293 %)NetWare
1492 (0.184 %)Windows Vista
1562 (0.124 %)SUSE
1562 (0.124 %)Debian
1651 (0.102 %)MVS
1749 (0.098 %)VMS
1845 (0.090 %)Windows CE
1932 (0.064 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
13595 (7.177 %)Project Management
22671 (5.332 %)OO
32649 (5.288 %)ITIL
42622 (5.234 %)CRM
51696 (3.386 %)PRINCE2
61663 (3.320 %)UML
71640 (3.274 %)Business Intelligence
81455 (2.905 %)E-Commerce
91406 (2.807 %)ERP
101338 (2.671 %)Web Development
111097 (2.190 %)Migration
121073 (2.142 %)Agile Software Development
131016 (2.028 %)Scrum
14878 (1.753 %)Business Analysis
15816 (1.629 %)Service Delivery
16761 (1.519 %)Content Management
17704 (1.405 %)Disaster Recovery
18680 (1.358 %)Workflow
19599 (1.196 %)Service Management
19599 (1.196 %)SOA
Programming Languages
111669 (23.30 %)C#
211583 (23.12 %)SQL
34151 (8.287 %)VB.NET
43905 (7.796 %)VB
53366 (6.720 %)JavaScript
62822 (5.634 %)Java
72632 (5.254 %)C++
82098 (4.188 %)Transact-SQL
91434 (2.863 %)C
101268 (2.531 %)VB6
11914 (1.825 %)VBA
12901 (1.799 %)VBScript
13651 (1.300 %)VC++
14615 (1.228 %)PHP
15533 (1.064 %)DHTML
16528 (1.054 %)Perl
17475 (0.948 %)PL/SQL
18295 (0.589 %)Shell Script
19240 (0.479 %)Delphi
20178 (0.355 %)X++
Qualifications
19604 (19.17 %)Microsoft Certification
25232 (10.44 %)MCSE
34931 (9.844 %)Degree
42766 (5.522 %)MCP
51594 (3.182 %)Cisco Certification
61308 (2.611 %)MCSA
71161 (2.318 %)CCNA
81079 (2.154 %)MCSD
9716 (1.429 %)Citrix Certification
10577 (1.152 %)MCAD
11473 (0.944 %)CCNP
12441 (0.880 %)ISEB
13436 (0.870 %)CCA
14425 (0.848 %)CCEA
15367 (0.733 %)PRINCE2 Certification
16362 (0.723 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17333 (0.665 %)MCDBA
18307 (0.613 %)ITIL Certification
19214 (0.427 %)MCDST
20206 (0.411 %)MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11269 (2.533 %)SLA
2829 (1.655 %)QA
3119 (0.238 %)WAI
494 (0.188 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
573 (0.146 %)ISO9001
672 (0.144 %)COBIT
753 (0.106 %)ISO9000
842 (0.084 %)ISO27001
937 (0.074 %)WCAG
1034 (0.068 %)ISO/IEC 20000
1130 (0.060 %)Basel II
1222 (0.044 %)BS7799
1310 (0.020 %)TickIT
148 (0.016 %)EFQM
157 (0.014 %)ISO17799
166 (0.012 %)JSP 440
166 (0.012 %)DICOM
175 (0.010 %)HL7
184 (0.008 %)ISO8583
184 (0.008 %)ISO12207
System Software
18797 (17.56 %)Active Directory
2949 (1.895 %)ISA Server
3549 (1.096 %)Backup Exec
4509 (1.016 %)Terminal Services
5429 (0.856 %)VMware ESX
6395 (0.789 %)MetaFrame
7393 (0.785 %)NetBackup
8392 (0.783 %)Citrix Presentation Server
9248 (0.495 %)Terminal Server
10179 (0.357 %)MSMQ
11157 (0.313 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1278 (0.156 %)Xen
1377 (0.154 %)Oracle RAC
1473 (0.146 %)VMware Server
1551 (0.102 %)NFS
1640 (0.080 %)MailMarshal
1640 (0.080 %)AquaLogic
1738 (0.076 %)VMware Workstation
1834 (0.068 %)Squid
1932 (0.064 %)Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
11383 (2.761 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2837 (1.671 %)MOM
3220 (0.439 %)Tivoli
4193 (0.385 %)OpenView
5192 (0.383 %)SCOM
6180 (0.359 %)Norton AntiVirus
7128 (0.256 %)WSUS
8125 (0.250 %)SCCM
9117 (0.234 %)MIIS
10100 (0.200 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1191 (0.182 %)ARCserve
1288 (0.176 %)MAILsweeper
1385 (0.170 %)Unicenter
1454 (0.108 %)Legato
1553 (0.106 %)BMC PATROL
1553 (0.106 %)MIMEsweeper
1651 (0.102 %)DameWare
1651 (0.102 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1748 (0.096 %)ZENworks
1842 (0.084 %)EMC NetWorker
Vendors
14516 (9.015 %)Oracle
24151 (8.287 %)Citrix
33615 (7.217 %)Cisco
42543 (5.077 %)VMware
51747 (3.488 %)HP
61255 (2.505 %)IBM
71140 (2.276 %)Lotus
81115 (2.226 %)SAP
9817 (1.631 %)VERITAS
10681 (1.359 %)Business Objects
11536 (1.070 %)Sun
12526 (1.050 %)Sage
13520 (1.038 %)Novell
14488 (0.974 %)Symantec
15482 (0.962 %)Red Hat
16475 (0.948 %)EMC
17457 (0.912 %)Adobe
18451 (0.900 %)Sybase
19442 (0.882 %)Dell
20413 (0.824 %)Remedy
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