The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wigan region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Platforms category for the Wigan region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 3.896% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.895% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £27,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Wigan
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
38 24 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 49.35% 18.60% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 38 24 11
Average salary £27,500 £28,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.78% -24.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £16,500 £31,250
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £37,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
Manchester

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wigan Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Wigan region.

Wigan Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (100.00%) CSS
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Unit Testing
2 9 (81.82%) Web Application Development
3 8 (72.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (54.55%) Web Services
5 5 (45.45%) Degree
5 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (45.45%) TDD
6 4 (36.36%) Subversion
6 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
7 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
7 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
7 3 (27.27%) HTML5
8 2 (18.18%) Performance Management

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (100.00%) CSS
2 6 (54.55%) Web Services
3 3 (27.27%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 8 (72.73%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 8 (72.73%) C# .NET Developer
3 5 (45.45%) Senior Developer
3 5 (45.45%) Senior C# Developer
3 5 (45.45%) Agile C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Unit Testing
1 9 (81.82%) Web Application Development
2 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (45.45%) TDD
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree