The first table below looks at the demand for Office 365 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 Office 365 over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Applications category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office 365
Rank 191 180 163
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -17
Permanent jobs citing Office 365 13 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.264% 0.133% 0.220%
As % of the Applications category 1.711% 0.933% 1.372%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 9
Average salary £46,250 £70,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.92% +40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -52.50%
All Applications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
760 643 656
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.41% 14.24% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 642 560 570
Average salary £34,050 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -
Office 365
England

Office 365
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Office 365 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

West Midlands Office 365 Jobs Demand Trend

Office 365
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Office 365 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Office 365 Salary Trend

Office 365
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Office 365 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Office 365 Salary Histogram

Office 365
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Office 365 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -13 6 £46,250 -19.56%
Warwickshire - 1 £42,500 -
Office 365
England

Office 365
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Office 365 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 Office 365.

1 37 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (97.30%) Windows
3 31 (83.78%) MS Exchange
4 30 (81.08%) Active Directory
4 30 (81.08%) Lync
5 28 (75.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 28 (75.68%) Windows Server 2008
6 22 (59.46%) Hyper-V
6 22 (59.46%) MS Office
7 20 (54.05%) VMware
7 20 (54.05%) VMware Infrastructure
8 17 (45.95%) SQL
8 17 (45.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (43.24%) SharePoint
10 15 (40.54%) SAN
10 15 (40.54%) Firewall
10 15 (40.54%) MCITP
10 15 (40.54%) Exchange Server 2013
10 15 (40.54%) UAG
11 14 (37.84%) Citrix
12 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (35.14%) DHCP
12 13 (35.14%) DNS
12 13 (35.14%) Back Office
12 13 (35.14%) vSphere
12 13 (35.14%) NAS
12 13 (35.14%) XenServer
12 13 (35.14%) XenDesktop
13 9 (24.32%) MCTS
14 7 (18.92%) SCCM

Office 365
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Office 365 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 Office 365. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.703%) COM
1 1 (2.703%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 31 (83.78%) MS Exchange
2 30 (81.08%) Lync
3 28 (75.68%) Exchange Server 2010
4 16 (43.24%) SharePoint
5 15 (40.54%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (10.81%) Office Communications Server
8 2 (5.405%) Windows Azure
8 2 (5.405%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (5.405%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (2.703%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 22 (59.46%) MS Office
2 6 (16.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (40.54%) SAN
1 15 (40.54%) Firewall
2 13 (35.14%) DNS
2 13 (35.14%) NAS
2 13 (35.14%) DHCP
3 2 (5.405%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.405%) Wireless
4 1 (2.703%) VPN
4 1 (2.703%) LAN
4 1 (2.703%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (35.14%) Back Office
2 1 (2.703%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Consultant
2 13 (35.14%) Architect
3 11 (29.73%) Technical Consultant
4 9 (24.32%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 9 (24.32%) Technical Architect
4 9 (24.32%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Consultant
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (5.405%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) Technical Manager
7 1 (2.703%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.703%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.703%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (2.703%) IT Support
7 1 (2.703%) SCCM Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.108%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.405%) CLARiiON
2 2 (5.405%) PKI
2 2 (5.405%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.703%) Biometrics
3 1 (2.703%) Smartcard
3 1 (2.703%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 36 (97.30%) Windows
2 28 (75.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (45.95%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (5.405%) Windows 8
4 2 (5.405%) Mac OS X Server
5 1 (2.703%) Android
5 1 (2.703%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.703%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (10.81%) Identity Management
2 3 (8.108%) Migration
3 2 (5.405%) ITIL
4 1 (2.703%) Business Continuity
4 1 (2.703%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) SQL
2 2 (5.405%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) MCITP
2 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (24.32%) MCTS
4 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certified Master
5 5 (13.51%) MCSE
6 2 (5.405%) MCSA
6 2 (5.405%) MCP
6 2 (5.405%) VTSP
7 1 (2.703%) Degree
System Software
1 30 (81.08%) Active Directory
2 22 (59.46%) Hyper-V
3 20 (54.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (40.54%) UAG
5 13 (35.14%) XenServer
5 13 (35.14%) XenDesktop
5 13 (35.14%) vSphere
6 1 (2.703%) XenApp
6 1 (2.703%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) SCCM
2 5 (13.51%) SCOM
3 4 (10.81%) SCVMM
4 2 (5.405%) WSUS
5 1 (2.703%) Backup Exec
5 1 (2.703%) Splunk
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (54.05%) VMware
3 14 (37.84%) Citrix
4 6 (16.22%) Avaya
4 6 (16.22%) Mitel
4 6 (16.22%) Cisco
4 6 (16.22%) Polycom
4 6 (16.22%) Nortel
4 6 (16.22%) Dialogic
5 2 (5.405%) Veeam
5 2 (5.405%) EMC
6 1 (2.703%) Dell
6 1 (2.703%) Tripwire
6 1 (2.703%) Apple
6 1 (2.703%) Iron Mountain
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013