The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wigan region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wigan 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 19 12 3
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 10 26 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 15.38% 21.49% 54.17%
As % of the Vendors category 58.82% 70.27% 86.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10 26 13
Average salary £28,650 £25,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.60% -32.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £16,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £44,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
All Vendors
Wigan
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
17 37 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 26.15% 30.58% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 17 37 15
Average salary £36,250 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,850 £16,500 £32,250
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Manchester

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wigan Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (54.17%) MS Excel
4 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2012
5 10 (41.67%) MS Exchange
5 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
5 10 (41.67%) VMware
6 9 (37.50%) UNIX
6 9 (37.50%) LAN
6 9 (37.50%) Windows XP
6 9 (37.50%) Linux
6 9 (37.50%) WAN
7 8 (33.33%) MS Office
7 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 8 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET
8 7 (29.17%) C#
8 7 (29.17%) .NET
9 6 (25.00%) ITIL
9 6 (25.00%) TCP/IP
9 6 (25.00%) DNS
9 6 (25.00%) VoIP
9 6 (25.00%) Citrix
9 6 (25.00%) Backup Exec
9 6 (25.00%) Firewall
9 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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 (29.17%) ASP.NET
1 7 (29.17%) .NET
2 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 5 (20.83%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (8.333%) XML
3 2 (8.333%) XSLT
3 2 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (8.333%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.167%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (41.67%) MS Exchange
2 8 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (16.67%) IIS
4 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 13 (54.17%) MS Excel
2 8 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (37.50%) LAN
1 9 (37.50%) WAN
2 6 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (25.00%) DNS
2 6 (25.00%) VoIP
2 6 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (12.50%) SAN
4 2 (8.333%) Internet
5 1 (4.167%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2005
2 11 (45.83%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 10g
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Developer
2 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) .NET Developer
4 4 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Server Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Graduate
6 2 (8.333%) Support Manager
6 2 (8.333%) IT Support Manager
6 2 (8.333%) Software Developer
6 2 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (8.333%) Network Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) IT Support
6 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.50%) CLARiiON
3 1 (4.167%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.167%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (37.50%) UNIX
3 9 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 9 (37.50%) Linux
4 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (25.00%) Windows Vista
5 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (8.333%) HPUX
8 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.83%) MVC
3 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 4 (16.67%) Scrum
3 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 4 (16.67%) PRINCE
4 3 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Incident Management
5 2 (8.333%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.167%) Capacity Management
6 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C#
2 5 (20.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) MCTS
2 2 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.333%) CCNP
2 2 (8.333%) CCNA
2 2 (8.333%) MCSE
2 2 (8.333%) MCSA
2 2 (8.333%) MCP
3 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) QA
System Software
1 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (12.50%) MetaFrame
4 2 (8.333%) vSphere
5 1 (4.167%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) VMware
2 6 (25.00%) Citrix
2 6 (25.00%) Mitel
3 4 (16.67%) Oracle
4 3 (12.50%) Brocade
4 3 (12.50%) HP
4 3 (12.50%) EMC
5 2 (8.333%) Avaya
5 2 (8.333%) Cisco
5 2 (8.333%) Symantec
5 2 (8.333%) McAfee
Wigan, North West
As their Software Developer (C# / ASP.NET) you be will responsible for the development & enhancement of various software solutions marketed by my client. Technically they are looking for...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 29 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
C# / Microsoft SQL Server / XML / XSTL /ASP.NET / Entity Framework My client are looking to recruit an Software Developer (C# / ASP.NET) with at least 12 months commercial...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wigan, North West
Requirements You will need experience of working in a Service Desk environment, confident in a Microsoft environment including the use of Active Directory, support of Microsoft OS's,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £16000.00 - £17000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Requirements You will need experience of working in a Service Desk environment, confident in a Microsoft environment including the use of Active Directory, support of Microsoft OS's,...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £16000.00 - £17000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Adhere to Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management processes... Windows 2003-2012 Active Directory Management & Trouble Shooting. Basic Knowledge VM Ware, Microsoft Clustering & Citrix... Basic SQL/Oracle...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25k - 32k per year
Posted: 14 June 2013