The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 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 Watford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 12 15 22
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 39 69 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 13.73% 19.94% 13.46%
As % of the Vendors category 23.64% 31.08% 21.25%
Number of salaries quoted 37 52 49
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -2.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,700 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,200 £46,490 £56,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
165 222 273
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 58.10% 64.16% 63.34%
Number of salaries quoted 136 131 201
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Hertfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Watford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Watford Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 48 (48.48%) Windows
2 43 (43.43%) SQL
3 37 (37.37%) MS Excel
4 34 (34.34%) .NET
5 27 (27.27%) MS Office
6 25 (25.25%) SQL Server
6 25 (25.25%) C#
7 19 (19.19%) IIS
7 19 (19.19%) Degree
8 18 (18.18%) JavaScript
8 18 (18.18%) ASP.NET
8 18 (18.18%) XML
9 17 (17.17%) Finance
10 16 (16.16%) CSS
10 16 (16.16%) C++
11 15 (15.15%) Retail
11 15 (15.15%) SQL Server 2008
12 14 (14.14%) Active Directory
12 14 (14.14%) Java
13 13 (13.13%) Software Engineering
14 12 (12.12%) HTML5
14 12 (12.12%) VMware
14 12 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (12.12%) Citrix
15 11 (11.11%) SOAP
15 11 (11.11%) Web Services
15 11 (11.11%) Linux
15 11 (11.11%) MS Exchange
15 11 (11.11%) .NET Framework
16 10 (10.10%) SQL Server 2005

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 34 (34.34%) .NET
2 18 (18.18%) ASP.NET
2 18 (18.18%) XML
3 16 (16.16%) CSS
4 12 (12.12%) HTML5
5 11 (11.11%) SOAP
5 11 (11.11%) Web Services
5 11 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 9 (9.091%) Middleware
6 9 (9.091%) J2EE
6 9 (9.091%) JDBC
6 9 (9.091%) WebSphere
7 8 (8.081%) WCF
7 8 (8.081%) HTML
8 7 (7.071%) XSL
8 7 (7.071%) WPF
8 7 (7.071%) LINQ
9 6 (6.061%) jQuery
9 6 (6.061%) JSON
10 5 (5.051%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 19 (19.19%) IIS
2 11 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 9 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
3 9 (9.091%) Tomcat
3 9 (9.091%) MQSeries
3 9 (9.091%) IBM HTTP Server
4 8 (8.081%) SharePoint
5 6 (6.061%) Magento
6 5 (5.051%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (3.030%) Lync
7 3 (3.030%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (2.020%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (2.020%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (2.020%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (2.020%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (1.010%) WorkSite
9 1 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 37 (37.37%) MS Excel
2 27 (27.27%) MS Office
3 3 (3.030%) Office 365
4 1 (1.010%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.010%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (6.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.040%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (2.020%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.10%) TCP/IP
1 10 (10.10%) 3G
2 9 (9.091%) FTP
2 9 (9.091%) HTTP
3 8 (8.081%) LAN
4 7 (7.071%) Internet
4 7 (7.071%) VoIP
5 5 (5.051%) WAN
5 5 (5.051%) VPN
6 3 (3.030%) Firewall
6 3 (3.030%) PBX
6 3 (3.030%) PSTN
7 2 (2.020%) NetScaler
7 2 (2.020%) Unified Communications
7 2 (2.020%) DNS
7 2 (2.020%) DHCP
7 2 (2.020%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.010%) Wireless
8 1 (1.010%) SAN
8 1 (1.010%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (25.25%) SQL Server
2 15 (15.15%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (10.10%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (9.091%) DB2
5 4 (4.040%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.010%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 9 (9.091%) Visual Studio
2 6 (6.061%) Expression Blend
3 3 (3.030%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.020%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (1.010%) AdminStudio
5 1 (1.010%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (1.010%) Subversion
5 1 (1.010%) NUnit
5 1 (1.010%) WATIR
General
1 17 (17.17%) Finance
2 15 (15.15%) Retail
3 10 (10.10%) Legal
4 9 (9.091%) Games
5 5 (5.051%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.040%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.020%) Marketing
7 2 (2.020%) Advertising
7 2 (2.020%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.010%) Back Office
8 1 (1.010%) Publishing
8 1 (1.010%) Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (32.32%) Analyst
2 28 (28.28%) Support Analyst
3 25 (25.25%) Developer
4 15 (15.15%) Consultant
5 13 (13.13%) C# Developer
5 13 (13.13%) IT Support
6 10 (10.10%) .NET Developer
7 9 (9.091%) Operations Support Analyst
7 9 (9.091%) IT Support Analyst
7 9 (9.091%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (8.081%) Software Developer
9 7 (7.071%) ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (7.071%) C# .NET Developer
10 6 (6.061%) Product Manager
10 6 (6.061%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 5 (5.051%) Support Engineer
12 4 (4.040%) Software Implementation Consultant
12 4 (4.040%) Graduate C# Developer
12 4 (4.040%) C# Software Developer
12 4 (4.040%) Graduate Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.071%) Blackberry
1 7 (7.071%) iPhone
1 7 (7.071%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.040%) Computer Science
3 3 (3.030%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.020%) Mathematics
4 2 (2.020%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.010%) E-Learning
5 1 (1.010%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.010%) SaaS
5 1 (1.010%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 48 (48.48%) Windows
2 11 (11.11%) Linux
3 10 (10.10%) AIX
3 10 (10.10%) UNIX
4 9 (9.091%) Solaris
5 6 (6.061%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (6.061%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (5.051%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (5.051%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.020%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.13%) Software Engineering
2 10 (10.10%) OO
2 10 (10.10%) Web Application Development
3 9 (9.091%) Project Management
3 9 (9.091%) ITIL
4 7 (7.071%) CRM
4 7 (7.071%) PRINCE2
5 6 (6.061%) Analytics
5 6 (6.061%) Practice Management
5 6 (6.061%) Migration
5 6 (6.061%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (6.061%) Web Development
5 6 (6.061%) OOD
5 6 (6.061%) E-Commerce
5 6 (6.061%) MVC
5 6 (6.061%) SEO
6 5 (5.051%) Workflow
7 4 (4.040%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (4.040%) Service Management
8 3 (3.030%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (43.43%) SQL
2 25 (25.25%) C#
3 18 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 16 (16.16%) C++
5 14 (14.14%) Java
6 9 (9.091%) Bash shell
6 9 (9.091%) Perl
7 6 (6.061%) PHP
7 6 (6.061%) T-SQL
8 5 (5.051%) C
8 5 (5.051%) VB.NET
9 2 (2.020%) VB
10 1 (1.010%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 19 (19.19%) Degree
2 12 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (5.051%) MCSE
3 5 (5.051%) MCITP
4 4 (4.040%) MCSA
5 3 (3.030%) CCNA
5 3 (3.030%) CCA
5 3 (3.030%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.030%) MCP
5 3 (3.030%) MCTS
6 2 (2.020%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.020%) ISEB
6 2 (2.020%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.010%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.010%) HND
7 1 (1.010%) CCNP
7 1 (1.010%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.010%) MCDST
7 1 (1.010%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.10%) SLA
2 1 (1.010%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.010%) QA
2 1 (1.010%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (14.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.030%) XenApp
4 2 (2.020%) XenDesktop
4 2 (2.020%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.020%) vSphere
4 2 (2.020%) Terminal Server
5 1 (1.010%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.010%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (4.040%) SCCM
2 3 (3.030%) SCOM
3 2 (2.020%) SCVMM
3 2 (2.020%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 12 (12.12%) VMware
1 12 (12.12%) Citrix
2 10 (10.10%) Oracle
3 9 (9.091%) Cisco
3 9 (9.091%) IBM
4 4 (4.040%) Avaya
5 3 (3.030%) HP
5 3 (3.030%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (2.020%) DevExpress
6 2 (2.020%) Altiris
6 2 (2.020%) AppSense
6 2 (2.020%) Symantec
7 1 (1.010%) EMC
7 1 (1.010%) Typemock
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