The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Westminster 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 Westminster 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 3 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7 2 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster 33.33% 18.18% 73.33%
As % of the Vendors category 63.64% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 11
Average salary £52,000 £60,000 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £60,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Westminster
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11 4 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster 52.38% 36.36% 73.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 11
Average salary £48,000 £60,000 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £60,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Westminster 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 Westminster region.

Westminster Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

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

Westminster Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
3 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
3 7 (53.85%) .NET
3 7 (53.85%) MCP
3 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (53.85%) MVC
3 7 (53.85%) QA
4 6 (46.15%) Project Management
5 5 (38.46%) CCNA
5 5 (38.46%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (38.46%) ITIL
5 5 (38.46%) CRM
5 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
5 5 (38.46%) WCF
6 4 (30.77%) MCITP
6 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
6 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
6 4 (30.77%) MCSA
6 4 (30.77%) Games
6 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
7 3 (23.08%) Citrix
7 3 (23.08%) MCSE
7 3 (23.08%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (23.08%) Workflow
7 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (23.08%) UML
7 3 (23.08%) OO
7 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
1 7 (53.85%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) WCF
3 3 (23.08%) WPF
3 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) BizTalk Server
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) VoIP
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) WAN
2 1 (7.692%) VPN
2 1 (7.692%) DNS
2 1 (7.692%) LAN
2 1 (7.692%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (7.692%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (30.77%) Games
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Team Leader
2 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Software Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 2 (15.38%) Software Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Development Team Leader
3 2 (15.38%) Software Development Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) DBA
4 1 (7.692%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior DBA
4 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
4 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
4 1 (7.692%) Solaris
4 1 (7.692%) UNIX
4 1 (7.692%) Windows Vista
4 1 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) MVC
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 5 (38.46%) ITIL
3 5 (38.46%) CRM
4 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
5 3 (23.08%) Workflow
5 3 (23.08%) UML
5 3 (23.08%) OO
5 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
6 2 (15.38%) Kanban
6 2 (15.38%) Release Management
6 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
6 2 (15.38%) Scrum
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C#
2 2 (15.38%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) MCP
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (38.46%) CCNA
2 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (30.77%) MCITP
3 4 (30.77%) MCSA
4 3 (23.08%) MCSE
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (23.08%) MCAD
4 3 (23.08%) MCSD
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (7.692%) OCP
6 1 (7.692%) OCA
6 1 (7.692%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (7.692%) CCNP
6 1 (7.692%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) QA
2 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Citrix
1 3 (23.08%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Avaya
3 1 (7.692%) Juniper
3 1 (7.692%) Lotus
3 1 (7.692%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle