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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Wakefield region 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank69
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads4516
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.007 %
As % of the category below56.25 %38.10 %
Salaries quoted4514
Average minimum salary£21,667£37,857
Average salary£24,283£39,786
% change on same period last year-38.96 %
Average maximum salary£26,900£41,714
UK excluding London average salary£35,351£35,652
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Vendors WakefieldVendors
Wakefield
Matching permanent IT job ads8042
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.019 %
Salaries quoted7736
Average minimum salary£25,219£33,953
Average salary£27,469£35,341
% change on same period last year-22.27 %
Average maximum salary£29,719£36,729
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£41,444
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Microsoft West YorkshireMicrosoft
West Yorkshire

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

Microsoft
Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Wakefield Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

132 (50.00 %)Windows
225 (39.06 %)MS Excel
323 (35.94 %)SQL
419 (29.69 %).NET
419 (29.69 %)C#
518 (28.13 %)SQL Server
617 (26.56 %)Active Directory
714 (21.88 %)ASP.NET
812 (18.75 %)MS Exchange
911 (17.19 %)Windows 2000
911 (17.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
1010 (15.63 %)MS Office
119 (14.06 %)Legal
128 (12.50 %)Workflow
128 (12.50 %).NET Framework
128 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
137 (10.94 %)Retail
137 (10.94 %)Insurance
137 (10.94 %)ERD
137 (10.94 %)SQL Server 2005
137 (10.94 %)E-business
137 (10.94 %)Manufacturing
137 (10.94 %)Oracle 10g
137 (10.94 %)WAN
137 (10.94 %)ADO.NET
137 (10.94 %)PL/SQL
137 (10.94 %)Oracle
137 (10.94 %)UML
137 (10.94 %)Oracle Forms
137 (10.94 %)Oracle Reports

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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
119 (29.69 %).NET
214 (21.88 %)ASP.NET
38 (12.50 %).NET Framework
47 (10.94 %)ADO.NET
55 (7.813 %)WCF
55 (7.813 %)WPF
63 (4.688 %)CSS
72 (3.125 %)XHTML
81 (1.563 %)Middleware
81 (1.563 %)AJAX
81 (1.563 %)XML
81 (1.563 %)HTML
Application Platforms
112 (18.75 %)MS Exchange
211 (17.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (1.563 %)OpenEdge
Applications
125 (39.06 %)MS Excel
210 (15.63 %)MS Office
32 (3.125 %)Photoshop
32 (3.125 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (3.125 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (1.563 %)AutoCAD
41 (1.563 %)CorelDRAW
Communications & Networking
17 (10.94 %)WAN
24 (6.250 %)LAN
33 (4.688 %)WINS
33 (4.688 %)DNS
33 (4.688 %)DHCP
33 (4.688 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.563 %)VPN
41 (1.563 %)VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
118 (28.13 %)SQL Server
27 (10.94 %)Oracle Reports
27 (10.94 %)Oracle 9i
27 (10.94 %)Oracle 10g
27 (10.94 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.563 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
17 (10.94 %)Oracle Forms
22 (3.125 %)Flash
31 (1.563 %)Visual Studio
General
19 (14.06 %)Legal
27 (10.94 %)Manufacturing
27 (10.94 %)Retail
27 (10.94 %)Insurance
35 (7.813 %)Front Office
44 (6.250 %)Finance
52 (3.125 %)Pensions
61 (1.563 %)Graphic Design
61 (1.563 %)Health
61 (1.563 %)Telecoms
61 (1.563 %)Publishing
Job Titles
126 (40.63 %)Developer
218 (28.13 %)C# Developer
310 (15.63 %)Support Engineer
49 (14.06 %)Consultant
49 (14.06 %)Support Consultant
58 (12.50 %).NET Developer
58 (12.50 %)SQL Developer
67 (10.94 %)PL/SQL Developer
67 (10.94 %)Oracle Developer
76 (9.375 %)Programmer
85 (7.813 %)IT Support Engineer
94 (6.250 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
94 (6.250 %)1st Line Support
94 (6.250 %)Systems Administrator
94 (6.250 %)Administrator
103 (4.688 %)Helpdesk Support
103 (4.688 %)Analyst
103 (4.688 %)Graphic Designer
112 (3.125 %)Helpdesk Engineer
112 (3.125 %)Senior C# Developer
Operating Systems
132 (50.00 %)Windows
211 (17.19 %)Windows 2000
36 (9.375 %)Windows XP
45 (7.813 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
18 (12.50 %)Workflow
27 (10.94 %)E-business
27 (10.94 %)UML
27 (10.94 %)CRM
27 (10.94 %)ERD
34 (6.250 %)OO
42 (3.125 %)ITIL
42 (3.125 %)Web Design
51 (1.563 %)Information Management
51 (1.563 %)Practice Management
51 (1.563 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
123 (35.94 %)SQL
219 (29.69 %)C#
37 (10.94 %)PL/SQL
42 (3.125 %)ActionScript
42 (3.125 %)Java
51 (1.563 %)Transact-SQL
51 (1.563 %)VB.NET
Qualifications
14 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (4.688 %)MCP
32 (3.125 %)MCSE
32 (3.125 %)A+ Certification
32 (3.125 %)Network+ Certification
32 (3.125 %)Server+ Certification
41 (1.563 %)MCDST
41 (1.563 %)Degree
41 (1.563 %)CNA
41 (1.563 %)CNE
41 (1.563 %)Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.563 %)SLA
System Software
117 (26.56 %)Active Directory
21 (1.563 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
11 (1.563 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
17 (10.94 %)Oracle
25 (7.813 %)VERITAS
34 (6.250 %)Citrix
41 (1.563 %)Sage
41 (1.563 %)McAfee Security
41 (1.563 %)IBM
41 (1.563 %)Adobe
41 (1.563 %)HP
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