The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 22 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 Wakefield 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 4 6 19
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 34 23 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 24.64% 23.96% 9.474%
As % of the Vendors category 39.53% 41.07% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 31 16 9
Average salary £35,000 £33,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +10.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £19,750 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £41,250 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
86 56 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 62.32% 58.33% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 73 39 75
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,250 £20,400 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wakefield Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 32 (46.38%) C#
2 30 (43.48%) .NET
2 30 (43.48%) Windows
3 29 (42.03%) SQL Server
4 27 (39.13%) SQL
5 19 (27.54%) VMware
5 19 (27.54%) .NET Framework
6 17 (24.64%) Active Directory
7 16 (23.19%) Windows Server 2003
8 15 (21.74%) MS Exchange
8 15 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
9 14 (20.29%) VB.NET
10 13 (18.84%) SAN
10 13 (18.84%) MS Excel
10 13 (18.84%) Exchange Server 2007
10 13 (18.84%) SQL Server 2008
11 12 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (17.39%) Lync
11 12 (17.39%) DNS
11 12 (17.39%) DHCP
12 11 (15.94%) HP
12 11 (15.94%) MS Office
12 11 (15.94%) Visual Studio
12 11 (15.94%) vSphere
13 10 (14.49%) Celerra
13 10 (14.49%) ProCurve
13 10 (14.49%) EMC
13 10 (14.49%) Citrix
13 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (14.49%) Firewall

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 30 (43.48%) .NET
2 19 (27.54%) .NET Framework
3 7 (10.14%) CSS
3 7 (10.14%) HTML
3 7 (10.14%) jQuery
4 6 (8.696%) Ajax
4 6 (8.696%) WinForms
5 4 (5.797%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 15 (21.74%) MS Exchange
2 13 (18.84%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (17.39%) Lync
4 6 (8.696%) SharePoint
5 4 (5.797%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (2.899%) IIS
6 2 (2.899%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (2.899%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (1.449%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.449%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 13 (18.84%) MS Excel
2 11 (15.94%) MS Office
3 1 (1.449%) Office 365
3 1 (1.449%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.899%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.449%) Prophet
3 1 (1.449%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.84%) SAN
2 12 (17.39%) DNS
2 12 (17.39%) DHCP
3 10 (14.49%) Firewall
4 4 (5.797%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.348%) VPN
5 3 (4.348%) Intranet
5 3 (4.348%) LAN
5 3 (4.348%) WAN
6 1 (1.449%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.449%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.449%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (42.03%) SQL Server
2 13 (18.84%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (13.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (13.04%) Crystal Reports
3 9 (13.04%) RDBMS
4 8 (11.59%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (5.797%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.449%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (13.04%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.696%) Manufacturing
3 5 (7.246%) Finance
4 2 (2.899%) Billing
5 1 (1.449%) Marketing
5 1 (1.449%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 31 (44.93%) Developer
2 14 (20.29%) Software Developer
3 12 (17.39%) Systems Manager
4 7 (10.14%) Analyst
5 6 (8.696%) Systems Developer
5 6 (8.696%) C# Developer
5 6 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (4.348%) CRM Developer
6 3 (4.348%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (4.348%) SQL Developer
6 3 (4.348%) SQL Server Developer
6 3 (4.348%) Business Systems Manager
6 3 (4.348%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.348%) Support Analyst
6 3 (4.348%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.348%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (2.899%) Consultant
7 2 (2.899%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (2.899%) Administrator
7 2 (2.899%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Celerra
1 10 (14.49%) Replication
2 3 (4.348%) E-Learning
3 1 (1.449%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.449%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 30 (43.48%) Windows
2 16 (23.19%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.899%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.449%) UNIX
5 1 (1.449%) Linux
5 1 (1.449%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (11.59%) Project Management
2 8 (11.59%) Change Control
3 7 (10.14%) Software Engineering
4 4 (5.797%) CRM
5 3 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (4.348%) Migration
6 2 (2.899%) MVC
6 2 (2.899%) Document Management
6 2 (2.899%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.449%) Time Management
7 1 (1.449%) CAD
7 1 (1.449%) ERP
7 1 (1.449%) Supplier Management
7 1 (1.449%) Direct Marketing
7 1 (1.449%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (1.449%) Scrum
7 1 (1.449%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (46.38%) C#
2 27 (39.13%) SQL
3 14 (20.29%) VB.NET
4 9 (13.04%) JavaScript
5 8 (11.59%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.449%) C
6 1 (1.449%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (7.246%) Degree
2 2 (2.899%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.449%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.449%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) QA
System Software
1 17 (24.64%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (15.94%) vSphere
4 2 (2.899%) Terminal Services
4 2 (2.899%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.449%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.449%) Terminal Server
5 1 (1.449%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.449%) SCCM
1 1 (1.449%) SCOM
1 1 (1.449%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 19 (27.54%) VMware
2 11 (15.94%) HP
3 10 (14.49%) ProCurve
3 10 (14.49%) EMC
3 10 (14.49%) Citrix
4 8 (11.59%) Oracle
5 4 (5.797%) Cisco
6 2 (2.899%) WatchGuard
6 2 (2.899%) IBM
7 1 (1.449%) Veeam
7 1 (1.449%) Avaya
7 1 (1.449%) NetApp
7 1 (1.449%) Lotus
7 1 (1.449%) Dell
7 1 (1.449%) Intel
7 1 (1.449%) Symantec
7 1 (1.449%) SAP
7 1 (1.449%) Brocade
7 1 (1.449%) SonicWALL
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