The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Windsor region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 17 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 Windsor 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 16 7 12
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 6 16 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 9.091% 17.58% 17.71%
As % of the Vendors category 20.00% 42.11% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 26
Average salary £36,000 £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,750 £36,750 £19,750
10% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £48,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
30 38 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 45.45% 41.76% 61.71%
Number of salaries quoted 30 36 84
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £85,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £85,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Berkshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 26 (47.27%) SQL Server
2 21 (38.18%) Quality Management
3 19 (34.55%) C#
4 18 (32.73%) MS Excel
5 17 (30.91%) Windows
5 17 (30.91%) MS Office
5 17 (30.91%) Advertising
6 16 (29.09%) OO
7 15 (27.27%) .NET
8 14 (25.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (23.64%) Agile Software Development
10 11 (20.00%) N-Tier
11 9 (16.36%) Finance
11 9 (16.36%) Service Delivery
11 9 (16.36%) SQL Server 2005
11 9 (16.36%) System Testing
11 9 (16.36%) SQL Server 2008
12 8 (14.55%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (14.55%) SOA
12 8 (14.55%) Active Directory
12 8 (14.55%) .NET Framework
12 8 (14.55%) Load Balancing
12 8 (14.55%) WCF
12 8 (14.55%) WPF
13 7 (12.73%) ZigBee
13 7 (12.73%) Management Information System
13 7 (12.73%) Scrum
13 7 (12.73%) Bluetooth
13 7 (12.73%) GSM
13 7 (12.73%) C++

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 15 (27.27%) .NET
2 8 (14.55%) .NET Framework
2 8 (14.55%) WCF
2 8 (14.55%) WPF
3 7 (12.73%) Web Services
4 4 (7.273%) SOAP
5 2 (3.636%) REST
5 2 (3.636%) COM
6 1 (1.818%) CSS
6 1 (1.818%) ASP
6 1 (1.818%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (1.818%) .NET Compact Framework
6 1 (1.818%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.091%) Lotus Notes
1 5 (9.091%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (7.273%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.273%) Lync
3 3 (5.455%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (5.455%) MS Exchange
3 3 (5.455%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (5.455%) IIS
4 2 (3.636%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (3.636%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.818%) Windows Azure
5 1 (1.818%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.818%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (32.73%) MS Excel
2 17 (30.91%) MS Office
3 5 (9.091%) MS Project
4 2 (3.636%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) GSM
1 7 (12.73%) Bluetooth
1 7 (12.73%) ZigBee
2 6 (10.91%) Wireless
3 5 (9.091%) GPRS
3 5 (9.091%) 3G
4 3 (5.455%) VoIP
5 2 (3.636%) HTTP
5 2 (3.636%) Internet
5 2 (3.636%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.818%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (47.27%) SQL Server
2 9 (16.36%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (16.36%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.636%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.636%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 17 (30.91%) Advertising
2 14 (25.45%) Pharmaceutical
3 9 (16.36%) Finance
4 2 (3.636%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.636%) Back Office
4 2 (3.636%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (27.27%) Analyst
2 12 (21.82%) Test Engineer
3 10 (18.18%) Systems Architect
3 10 (18.18%) Architect
4 9 (16.36%) Systems Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Consultant
5 7 (12.73%) Senior Test Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Technical Manager
7 5 (9.091%) Microsoft Consultant
7 5 (9.091%) Technical Development Manager
7 5 (9.091%) Applications Development Manager
7 5 (9.091%) Applications Manager
7 5 (9.091%) Business Systems Analyst
7 5 (9.091%) Business Analyst
7 5 (9.091%) Development Manager
7 5 (9.091%) Application Development Manager
8 4 (7.273%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (5.455%) IT Consultant
9 3 (5.455%) Windows Engineer
10 2 (3.636%) Sales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.00%) N-Tier
2 7 (12.73%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.91%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (9.091%) Client/Server
4 5 (9.091%) PMI
5 3 (5.455%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (30.91%) Windows
2 8 (14.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (9.091%) Windows 7
5 3 (5.455%) Windows 2000
5 3 (5.455%) Windows NT
5 3 (5.455%) Windows XP
6 2 (3.636%) Linux
6 2 (3.636%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.18%) Quality Management
2 16 (29.09%) OO
3 13 (23.64%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (16.36%) System Testing
4 9 (16.36%) Service Delivery
5 8 (14.55%) SOA
5 8 (14.55%) Load Balancing
6 7 (12.73%) Time Management
6 7 (12.73%) Web Testing
6 7 (12.73%) Test Management
6 7 (12.73%) Scrum
7 6 (10.91%) Project Management
7 6 (10.91%) Unit Testing
7 6 (10.91%) Software Testing
8 5 (9.091%) Document Management
8 5 (9.091%) Automated Testing
8 5 (9.091%) Supplier Management
8 5 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (9.091%) Workflow
8 5 (9.091%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (34.55%) C#
2 7 (12.73%) C++
3 3 (5.455%) SQL
4 1 (1.818%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (10.91%) ISEB
2 5 (9.091%) PMI Certification
3 4 (7.273%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.636%) MCP
4 2 (3.636%) MCSA
4 2 (3.636%) MCTS
4 2 (3.636%) MCITP
5 1 (1.818%) Degree
5 1 (1.818%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.818%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.91%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (14.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.455%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.818%) vSphere
3 1 (1.818%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.818%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (7.273%) SCOM
3 2 (3.636%) SCVMM
3 2 (3.636%) SCCM
3 2 (3.636%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.818%) MOM
Vendors
1 5 (9.091%) Oracle
1 5 (9.091%) Lotus
2 4 (7.273%) VMware
2 4 (7.273%) Cisco
3 3 (5.455%) HP
4 2 (3.636%) Avaya
4 2 (3.636%) CA
4 2 (3.636%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (1.818%) WatchGuard