Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Microsoft CRM skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft CRM over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category for the West Midlands region.

 Microsoft CRM
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank131124211
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+87
Matching permanent IT job ads165225
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.447 %1.120 %0.285 %
As % of the Business Applications category6.275 %14.65 %2.762 %
Salaries quoted144024
Average salary£40,000£47,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78 %+46.15 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,800£30,000£23,950
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,500£57,500£48,500
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£50,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
255355905
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands7.117 %7.649 %10.30 %
Salaries quoted202283791
Average salary£47,500£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,600£30,000£37,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£50,000
Microsoft CRM EnglandMicrosoft CRM
England

Microsoft CRM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

West Midlands Microsoft CRM Demand Trend

Microsoft CRM
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Microsoft CRM Salary Trend

Microsoft CRM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Microsoft CRM Salary Histogram

Microsoft CRM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft CRM within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+259£50,000-50.00 %
StaffordshireNew entry-2£33,000-
WarwickshireUp+21£40,000+6.66 %
Microsoft CRM EnglandMicrosoft CRM
England

Microsoft CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Microsoft CRM 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 CRM.

125 (100.00 %)CRM
224 (96.00 %)Microsoft
323 (92.00 %)Dynamics CRM
421 (84.00 %).NET
514 (56.00 %)JavaScript
613 (52.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
613 (52.00 %)SharePoint
613 (52.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
712 (48.00 %)C#
712 (48.00 %)ASP.NET
811 (44.00 %)Unit Testing
811 (44.00 %)System Testing
811 (44.00 %)QA
99 (36.00 %)SQL Server
99 (36.00 %)BizTalk Server
108 (32.00 %)VB.NET
108 (32.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
117 (28.00 %)Data Migration
117 (28.00 %)SQL
117 (28.00 %)Migration
126 (24.00 %)Finance
126 (24.00 %)MS Excel
135 (20.00 %)Axapta
135 (20.00 %)ERP
135 (20.00 %)X++
135 (20.00 %)Dynamics AX
144 (16.00 %)Retail
144 (16.00 %)Telecoms
144 (16.00 %)MS Office
153 (12.00 %)Microsoft Certification

Microsoft CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Microsoft CRM 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 CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (84.00 %).NET
212 (48.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (8.000 %)XML
32 (8.000 %)HTML
41 (4.000 %)Windows SharePoint Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (52.00 %)SharePoint
29 (36.00 %)BizTalk Server
38 (32.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (8.000 %)Office Communications Server
42 (8.000 %)MS Exchange
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (24.00 %)MS Excel
24 (16.00 %)MS Office
31 (4.000 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
123 (92.00 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (20.00 %)Dynamics AX
25 (20.00 %)Axapta
32 (8.000 %)Pivotal CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (4.000 %)LAN
11 (4.000 %)WAN
11 (4.000 %)DHCP
11 (4.000 %)DNS
11 (4.000 %)Firewall
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (52.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
29 (36.00 %)SQL Server
32 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (8.000 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (8.000 %)MorphX
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (24.00 %)Finance
24 (16.00 %)Retail
24 (16.00 %)Telecoms
31 (4.000 %)Insurance
31 (4.000 %)Pensions
31 (4.000 %)Health
31 (4.000 %)Banking
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (56.00 %)Developer
29 (36.00 %)CRM Developer
35 (20.00 %)Dynamics CRM Developer
43 (12.00 %)Dynamics AX Developer
43 (12.00 %)CRM Architect
43 (12.00 %)Architect
43 (12.00 %)Consultant
43 (12.00 %)Team Leader
52 (8.000 %)Technical Consultant
52 (8.000 %)CRM Consultant
52 (8.000 %)Microsoft Consultant
52 (8.000 %)Technical Leader
52 (8.000 %)Microsoft Developer
52 (8.000 %)Lead Architect
52 (8.000 %)Technical Architect
52 (8.000 %).NET Developer
52 (8.000 %)Dynamics CRM Consultant
61 (4.000 %)IT Support
61 (4.000 %)CRM Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Analyst
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (4.000 %)Windows
11 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2008
11 (4.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (100.00 %)CRM
213 (52.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
311 (44.00 %)Unit Testing
311 (44.00 %)System Testing
47 (28.00 %)Data Migration
47 (28.00 %)Migration
55 (20.00 %)ERP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (56.00 %)JavaScript
212 (48.00 %)C#
38 (32.00 %)VB.NET
47 (28.00 %)SQL
55 (20.00 %)X++
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (12.00 %)MCP
13 (12.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (4.000 %)MCSE
21 (4.000 %)MCSA
21 (4.000 %)CCNA
21 (4.000 %)Cisco Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (44.00 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.000 %)Active Directory
11 (4.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
124 (96.00 %)Microsoft
21 (4.000 %)VMware