Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Wigan region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1018
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads173
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below27.42 %11.11 %
Salaries quoted133
Average minimum salary£26,462£33,333
Average salary£27,846£35,000
% change on same period last year-20.43 %
Average maximum salary£29,231£36,667
UK excluding London average salary£35,708£35,927
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads6227
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted5227
Average minimum salary£29,880£26,445
Average salary£32,853£28,513
% change on same period last year+15.22 %
Average maximum salary£35,827£30,581
UK excluding London average salary£40,828£41,953
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Microsoft ManchesterMicrosoft
Manchester

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Wigan region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Wigan Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Wigan Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

113 (59.09 %)Windows
210 (45.45 %)MS Excel
37 (31.82 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (27.27 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
46 (27.27 %)VPN
46 (27.27 %)Active Directory
46 (27.27 %)Windows 2000
46 (27.27 %)SQL
46 (27.27 %)IIS
46 (27.27 %)MS Office
55 (22.73 %)LAN
55 (22.73 %)Finance
64 (18.18 %)Incident Management
64 (18.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
64 (18.18 %)Health
64 (18.18 %)Replication
64 (18.18 %)Firewall
64 (18.18 %)MS Exchange
64 (18.18 %)HP
64 (18.18 %)EMC
64 (18.18 %)Cisco Certification
64 (18.18 %)DNS
64 (18.18 %)IBM
64 (18.18 %)SAN
64 (18.18 %)NetApp
64 (18.18 %)ISA Server
64 (18.18 %)CCNA
64 (18.18 %)C
64 (18.18 %)UML

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

Wigan IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (13.64 %).NET
13 (13.64 %)J2EE
13 (13.64 %)ASP.NET
13 (13.64 %)Struts
13 (13.64 %)WebServices
13 (13.64 %)XML
13 (13.64 %)Spring
13 (13.64 %)WebSphere
22 (9.091 %)HTML
22 (9.091 %)XHTML
22 (9.091 %)CSS
22 (9.091 %)ASP
Wigan IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (27.27 %)IIS
24 (18.18 %)MS Exchange
24 (18.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (13.64 %)JBoss
33 (13.64 %)WebLogic
42 (9.091 %)Lotus Notes
Wigan IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (45.45 %)MS Excel
26 (27.27 %)MS Office
32 (9.091 %)MS PowerPoint
Wigan IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
16 (27.27 %)VPN
25 (22.73 %)LAN
34 (18.18 %)DNS
34 (18.18 %)SAN
34 (18.18 %)Firewall
41 (4.545 %)WAN
Wigan IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (9.091 %)SQL Server
12 (9.091 %)MS Access
12 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (9.091 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
Wigan IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (13.64 %)Ant
22 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
22 (9.091 %)Flash
22 (9.091 %)Dreamweaver
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (22.73 %)Finance
24 (18.18 %)Health
33 (13.64 %)Advertising
33 (13.64 %)Publishing
33 (13.64 %)Retail
33 (13.64 %)Insurance
42 (9.091 %)Government
51 (4.545 %)Manufacturing
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (22.73 %)Team Leader
24 (18.18 %)Technical Team Leader
24 (18.18 %)Analyst
33 (13.64 %)Software Engineer
33 (13.64 %)Developer
33 (13.64 %)Systems Administrator
33 (13.64 %)2nd Line Support
33 (13.64 %)Administrator
33 (13.64 %)Senior Software Engineer
42 (9.091 %)Business Analyst
42 (9.091 %)Web Developer
51 (4.545 %)Support Analyst
51 (4.545 %)Systems Analyst
51 (4.545 %)IT Support Analyst
51 (4.545 %)Systems Developer
51 (4.545 %)Desktop Engineer
51 (4.545 %)Server Analyst
51 (4.545 %).NET Team Leader
51 (4.545 %)SQL Server Analyst
51 (4.545 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
Wigan IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (18.18 %)Replication
23 (13.64 %)Photography
23 (13.64 %)Device Driver
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (59.09 %)Windows
26 (27.27 %)Windows 2000
26 (27.27 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (9.091 %)Windows XP
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (18.18 %)UML
14 (18.18 %)ITIL
14 (18.18 %)Incident Management
23 (13.64 %)OOP
23 (13.64 %)OO
23 (13.64 %)SOA
23 (13.64 %)Logistics
23 (13.64 %)Unit Testing
31 (4.545 %)Business Development
31 (4.545 %)PRINCE2
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (27.27 %)SQL
24 (18.18 %)C
33 (13.64 %)C++
33 (13.64 %)Java
42 (9.091 %)PHP
42 (9.091 %)ActionScript
42 (9.091 %)VBA
51 (4.545 %)C#
Wigan IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (31.82 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (18.18 %)MCSE
24 (18.18 %)MCSA
24 (18.18 %)CCNA
24 (18.18 %)Cisco Certification
31 (4.545 %)Degree
31 (4.545 %)GNVQ
31 (4.545 %)HNC
31 (4.545 %)HND
Wigan IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.545 %)QA
Wigan IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (27.27 %)Active Directory
24 (18.18 %)ISA Server
32 (9.091 %)Terminal Services
41 (4.545 %)Backup Exec
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (18.18 %)HP
14 (18.18 %)EMC
14 (18.18 %)NetApp
14 (18.18 %)IBM
23 (13.64 %)Cisco
32 (9.091 %)Adobe
32 (9.091 %)Lotus
41 (4.545 %)Mitel
41 (4.545 %)VERITAS