The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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 11 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 203 202 252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 13.42% 14.53% 17.77%
As % of the Vendors category 27.36% 40.56% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 182 183 219
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £49,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
742 498 660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 49.04% 35.83% 46.54%
Number of salaries quoted 593 414 575
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

West Sussex Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Crawley +6 70 £40,000 -5.88%
Horsham +10 18 £42,500 +25.73%
Worthing -11 15 £40,000 +26.98%
Gatwick +27 13 £36,500 -16.09%
East Grinstead +5 12 £47,500 +40.74%
Chichester -5 12 £35,000 +55.55%
Haywards Heath -8 9 £32,500 +21.49%
Burgess Hill - 9 £20,000 -
Shoreham-by-Sea - 3 £37,500 -
Pulborough - 2 £40,000 -
Littlehampton 0 1 £31,500 +40.00%
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 192 (47.06%) Windows
2 164 (40.20%) SQL Server
3 148 (36.27%) MS Excel
4 135 (33.09%) .NET
5 121 (29.66%) SQL
6 103 (25.25%) C#
7 102 (25.00%) ASP.NET
8 88 (21.57%) Finance
9 87 (21.32%) MVC
10 86 (21.08%) Active Directory
11 83 (20.34%) VMware
12 78 (19.12%) MS Office
13 76 (18.63%) SQL Server 2008
14 75 (18.38%) Windows Server 2008
15 74 (18.14%) ASP.NET MVC
16 73 (17.89%) Microsoft Certification
17 70 (17.16%) Citrix
17 70 (17.16%) ITIL
18 69 (16.91%) Scrum
19 68 (16.67%) JavaScript
20 66 (16.18%) CSS
21 58 (14.22%) jQuery
22 54 (13.24%) TDD
22 54 (13.24%) Windows Server 2003
23 48 (11.76%) XML
23 48 (11.76%) Inversion of Control
23 48 (11.76%) Castle Windsor
23 48 (11.76%) Kanban
24 47 (11.52%) HTML
24 47 (11.52%) Project Management

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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
1 135 (33.09%) .NET
2 102 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 74 (18.14%) ASP.NET MVC
4 66 (16.18%) CSS
5 58 (14.22%) jQuery
6 48 (11.76%) XML
6 48 (11.76%) Castle Windsor
7 47 (11.52%) HTML
8 46 (11.27%) HTML5
9 42 (10.29%) .NET Framework
10 40 (9.804%) Web Services
11 28 (6.863%) CSS3
12 27 (6.618%) WCF
12 27 (6.618%) WinForms
13 26 (6.373%) NHibernate
14 25 (6.127%) WPF
15 22 (5.392%) XHTML
15 22 (5.392%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 22 (5.392%) Unity DI Container
15 22 (5.392%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 38 (9.314%) MS Exchange
1 38 (9.314%) SharePoint
2 31 (7.598%) IIS
3 20 (4.902%) Exchange Server 2010
4 18 (4.412%) CMS
4 18 (4.412%) Lync
5 15 (3.676%) Umbraco
6 14 (3.431%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 12 (2.941%) SharePoint 2010
8 11 (2.696%) Exchange Server 2003
9 10 (2.451%) WebLogic
10 9 (2.206%) Sitecore CMS
11 7 (1.716%) Lotus Domino
11 7 (1.716%) BizTalk Server
12 6 (1.471%) Lotus Notes
12 6 (1.471%) Office Communications Server
13 5 (1.225%) Exchange Server 2007
13 5 (1.225%) Drupal
14 4 (0.980%) Apache
14 4 (0.980%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 148 (36.27%) MS Excel
2 78 (19.12%) MS Office
3 32 (7.843%) MS Project
4 12 (2.941%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (2.206%) InfoPath
6 8 (1.961%) Photoshop
7 5 (1.225%) Open Workbench
8 4 (0.980%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.735%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.735%) Fireworks
10 2 (0.490%) SPSS
11 1 (0.245%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.245%) FreeHand
Business Applications
1 27 (6.618%) SAP PSCD
2 5 (1.225%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.490%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.245%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.245%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.245%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.245%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.245%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.245%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (10.29%) SAN
2 39 (9.559%) WAN
3 37 (9.069%) LAN
4 34 (8.333%) TCP/IP
5 33 (8.088%) Firewall
6 32 (7.843%) DNS
7 25 (6.127%) DHCP
8 18 (4.412%) VPN
9 16 (3.922%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (3.186%) SSL
11 12 (2.941%) Internet
12 11 (2.696%) HTTP
13 10 (2.451%) IPsec
13 10 (2.451%) IP Telephony
14 9 (2.206%) Junos
14 9 (2.206%) tcpdump
14 9 (2.206%) Wireless Security
14 9 (2.206%) Network Security
14 9 (2.206%) VPLS
14 9 (2.206%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (40.20%) SQL Server
2 76 (18.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 47 (11.52%) SQL Server 2005
4 26 (6.373%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (3.922%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (3.676%) SQL Server 2012
8 14 (3.431%) Oracle 8/8i
9 13 (3.186%) Redis
10 11 (2.696%) MySQL
11 10 (2.451%) OLAP
12 9 (2.206%) TOAD
13 7 (1.716%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.716%) MS Access
13 7 (1.716%) RDBMS
14 6 (1.471%) Crystal Reports
15 5 (1.225%) PowerCenter
15 5 (1.225%) SQL Server 2000
16 4 (0.980%) QualityStage
16 4 (0.980%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 33 (8.088%) Team Foundation Server
2 24 (5.882%) NUnit
3 22 (5.392%) Rhino Mocks
3 22 (5.392%) Moq
3 22 (5.392%) MSTest
4 15 (3.676%) Subversion
5 9 (2.206%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.225%) Git (software)
6 5 (1.225%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.225%) JIRA
7 4 (0.980%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 3 (0.735%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.490%) Ant
9 2 (0.490%) ClearCase
10 1 (0.245%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.245%) MorphX
10 1 (0.245%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.245%) LabVIEW
General
1 88 (21.57%) Finance
2 27 (6.618%) Financial Institution
3 17 (4.167%) Back Office
4 11 (2.696%) Advertising
5 9 (2.206%) Marketing
5 9 (2.206%) Electronics
5 9 (2.206%) Manufacturing
6 8 (1.961%) Military
7 5 (1.225%) Retail
7 5 (1.225%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.225%) Aerospace
8 4 (0.980%) Front Office
8 4 (0.980%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.735%) Avionics
10 1 (0.245%) French Language
10 1 (0.245%) German Language
10 1 (0.245%) Games
Job Titles
1 133 (32.60%) Developer
2 89 (21.81%) Analyst
3 85 (20.83%) .NET Developer
4 37 (9.069%) Software Developer
5 29 (7.108%) Support Engineer
6 27 (6.618%) Support Analyst
7 26 (6.373%) .NET Software Developer
8 25 (6.127%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 21 (5.147%) Consultant
9 21 (5.147%) Project Manager
10 19 (4.657%) Web Developer
10 19 (4.657%) DBA
11 17 (4.167%) Administrator
12 16 (3.922%) Team Leader
12 16 (3.922%) SQL DBA
13 13 (3.186%) IT Support
13 13 (3.186%) C# Developer
13 13 (3.186%) 1st Line Support
13 13 (3.186%) Support Technician
14 12 (2.941%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.76%) Inversion of Control
2 27 (6.618%) N-Tier
3 15 (3.676%) Open Source
3 15 (3.676%) Computer Science
4 14 (3.431%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.431%) Clustering
5 11 (2.696%) Mathematics
6 10 (2.451%) Blackberry
6 10 (2.451%) IVR
6 10 (2.451%) Statistics
7 9 (2.206%) SecurID
8 7 (1.716%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.225%) FMCG
10 4 (0.980%) Physics
10 4 (0.980%) Data Conversion
11 3 (0.735%) Social Media
11 3 (0.735%) IIBA
11 3 (0.735%) iPhone
11 3 (0.735%) CMDB
11 3 (0.735%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 192 (47.06%) Windows
2 75 (18.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 54 (13.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 39 (9.559%) UNIX
5 37 (9.069%) Windows XP
6 36 (8.824%) Windows Server 2012
7 30 (7.353%) Linux
8 29 (7.108%) Windows 8
9 28 (6.863%) Windows 7
10 19 (4.657%) Windows Vista
11 11 (2.696%) Android
12 8 (1.961%) Apple iOS
13 5 (1.225%) Windows 2000 Server
14 4 (0.980%) Solaris
15 2 (0.490%) SUSE
15 2 (0.490%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.245%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.245%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (21.32%) MVC
2 70 (17.16%) ITIL
3 69 (16.91%) Scrum
4 54 (13.24%) TDD
5 48 (11.76%) Kanban
6 47 (11.52%) Project Management
7 40 (9.804%) CRM
8 28 (6.863%) BDD
8 28 (6.863%) E-Commerce
9 26 (6.373%) User Stories
9 26 (6.373%) Refactoring
9 26 (6.373%) OOD
10 25 (6.127%) PRINCE2
11 24 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
12 23 (5.637%) Service Delivery
13 22 (5.392%) Web Application Development
13 22 (5.392%) MVVM
13 22 (5.392%) Dependency Injection
14 19 (4.657%) OO
15 15 (3.676%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (29.66%) SQL
2 103 (25.25%) C#
3 68 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 34 (8.333%) Java
5 21 (5.147%) VB
6 18 (4.412%) VB.NET
7 17 (4.167%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.431%) ABAP
9 12 (2.941%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.696%) C++
11 10 (2.451%) PHP
12 7 (1.716%) VBA
13 5 (1.225%) Objective-C
13 5 (1.225%) VB6
13 5 (1.225%) C
13 5 (1.225%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.225%) Perl
13 5 (1.225%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.980%) VBScript
15 2 (0.490%) VC++
Qualifications
1 73 (17.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (7.353%) MCP
3 26 (6.373%) Degree
4 23 (5.637%) MCTS
5 22 (5.392%) MCAD
5 22 (5.392%) MCSD
6 16 (3.922%) ISEB
7 12 (2.941%) MCSE
8 10 (2.451%) ISTQB
8 10 (2.451%) Security Cleared
9 9 (2.206%) MCITP
10 8 (1.961%) SC Cleared
11 7 (1.716%) MCSA
11 7 (1.716%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (1.471%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.225%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.735%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.735%) CCNA
15 2 (0.490%) HNC
15 2 (0.490%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.451%) PCI DSS
2 9 (2.206%) SLA
3 7 (1.716%) QA
4 5 (1.225%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.735%) GxP
6 2 (0.490%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.490%) HL7
7 1 (0.245%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.245%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.245%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 86 (21.08%) Active Directory
2 46 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (6.863%) vSphere
4 21 (5.147%) XenApp
5 12 (2.941%) Terminal Services
6 10 (2.451%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.451%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.716%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 6 (1.471%) VMware ESX
8 6 (1.471%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.980%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.980%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.980%) Postfix
10 3 (0.735%) NFS
11 2 (0.490%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.245%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 21 (5.147%) SCOM
2 15 (3.676%) NetBackup
3 14 (3.431%) SCCM
4 9 (2.206%) Cisco IPCC
5 4 (0.980%) Opalis
5 4 (0.980%) WSUS
5 4 (0.980%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.980%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.490%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.490%) ServiceCenter
6 2 (0.490%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.245%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 83 (20.34%) VMware
2 70 (17.16%) Citrix
3 43 (10.54%) Cisco
4 40 (9.804%) Oracle
5 39 (9.559%) HP
6 32 (7.843%) SAP
7 24 (5.882%) webMethods
8 18 (4.412%) Avaya
8 18 (4.412%) Symantec
8 18 (4.412%) NetApp
9 17 (4.167%) IBM
10 16 (3.922%) EMC
11 14 (3.431%) Informatica
12 13 (3.186%) Google
12 13 (3.186%) Juniper
12 13 (3.186%) Lotus
13 10 (2.451%) CheckPoint
13 10 (2.451%) CA
13 10 (2.451%) Dell
13 10 (2.451%) Altiris
Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pensions + Healthcare + Bonus
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Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: c£40,000 + bonus + bens
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Salary: £30,423 to £32,267
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