The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Walsall region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Walsall 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 16 5 11
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 10 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 14.08% 22.22% 4.762%
As % of the Vendors category 30.30% 40.00% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 2
Average salary £22,500 £37,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-39.18% +76.19%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
33 15 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 46.48% 55.56% 26.19%
Number of salaries quoted 32 13 11
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +54.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £18,250 £16,800
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £28,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Walsall region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Walsall Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 23 (92.00%) C#
1 23 (92.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (92.00%) .NET
2 16 (64.00%) ASP.NET
3 15 (60.00%) CRM
4 13 (52.00%) Visual Studio
5 12 (48.00%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (40.00%) SharePoint
6 10 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
6 10 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
7 9 (36.00%) Windows
7 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
8 8 (32.00%) Workflow
8 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 7 (28.00%) Degree
9 7 (28.00%) Telerik
9 7 (28.00%) XML
9 7 (28.00%) SQL
10 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
10 6 (24.00%) WinForms
10 6 (24.00%) Web Development
10 6 (24.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (20.00%) Marketing
11 5 (20.00%) Intranet
12 4 (16.00%) Ajax
12 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (16.00%) CSS
12 4 (16.00%) T-SQL
12 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2008
12 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2012

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 23 (92.00%) .NET
2 16 (64.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (28.00%) XML
4 6 (24.00%) WinForms
5 4 (16.00%) Ajax
5 4 (16.00%) CSS
6 3 (12.00%) XHTML
7 2 (8.000%) WCF
8 1 (4.000%) jQuery
8 1 (4.000%) WPF
8 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
8 1 (4.000%) HTML5
8 1 (4.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (4.000%) HTML
8 1 (4.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 10 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.000%) IIS
2 1 (4.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.000%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (36.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (12.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Intranet
2 3 (12.00%) Internet
3 1 (4.000%) OpenVPN
3 1 (4.000%) LAN
3 1 (4.000%) WAN
3 1 (4.000%) DHCP
3 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.000%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (92.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (32.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (24.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (12.00%) DTS
6 1 (4.000%) MySQL
6 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 13 (52.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (20.00%) Marketing
2 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.000%) Billing
Job Titles
1 24 (96.00%) Developer
2 11 (44.00%) .NET Developer
3 7 (28.00%) Junior
3 7 (28.00%) CRM Developer
3 7 (28.00%) C# Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Graduate
4 6 (24.00%) Junior Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Graduate Developer
4 6 (24.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 5 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 4 (16.00%) Programmer
6 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (16.00%) Junior Programmer
6 4 (16.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
7 3 (12.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 3 (12.00%) Junior C# Developer
7 3 (12.00%) Junior .NET Developer
8 2 (8.000%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (4.000%) C# Software Developer
9 1 (4.000%) Graduate C# Developer
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
2 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.000%) CentOS
2 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) CRM
2 12 (48.00%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (32.00%) Workflow
4 6 (24.00%) Web Development
5 3 (12.00%) Web Application Development
5 3 (12.00%) Web Design
6 2 (8.000%) Analytics
7 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.000%) Scrum
7 1 (4.000%) Extreme Programming
7 1 (4.000%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 23 (92.00%) C#
2 7 (28.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (16.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (8.000%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.000%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Postfix
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.000%) Samba
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Telerik
2 3 (12.00%) Adobe
3 1 (4.000%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.000%) Apple