The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Witney region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft 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 Vendors for the Witney 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 13 9 4
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 16 13 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Witney 22.22% 30.23% 63.33%
As % of the Vendors category 38.10% 100.00% 73.08%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 19
Average salary £37,500 £27,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.36% -14.06%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Witney
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
42 13 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Witney 58.33% 30.23% 86.67%
Number of salaries quoted 42 13 26
Average salary £45,000 £27,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.63% -19.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £38,500 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Witney 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 Witney region.

Witney Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Witney region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Witney Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Witney 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 (57.14%) Windows
2 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
3 14 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 12 (42.86%) MS Exchange
5 9 (32.14%) SQL Server
5 9 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (32.14%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (28.57%) Hyper-V
6 8 (28.57%) MCITP
6 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 8 (28.57%) MCSE
6 8 (28.57%) ITIL
6 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (28.57%) Change Management
7 7 (25.00%) .NET
7 7 (25.00%) ASP.NET
7 7 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (21.43%) Windows Vista
8 6 (21.43%) MS Office
9 4 (14.29%) Web Services
9 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
9 4 (14.29%) Client/Server
9 4 (14.29%) Scrum
9 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 4 (14.29%) WCF
9 4 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
10 3 (10.71%) Web Application Development

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Witney 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 (25.00%) .NET
1 7 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (14.29%) Web Services
2 4 (14.29%) WCF
3 3 (10.71%) CSS
3 3 (10.71%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 12 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.571%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (21.43%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) DNS
1 2 (7.143%) VoIP
2 1 (3.571%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (32.14%) SQL Server
1 9 (32.14%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (7.143%) Selenium
General
1 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.571%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Systems Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 7 (25.00%) Developer
4 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) C# Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) C# Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Web Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Tester
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Test Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Tester
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.143%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
2 9 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (21.43%) Windows Vista
4 2 (7.143%) Windows XP
4 2 (7.143%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) ITIL
1 8 (28.57%) Change Management
2 4 (14.29%) Scrum
3 3 (10.71%) Web Application Development
3 3 (10.71%) Web Design
4 2 (7.143%) ERP
4 2 (7.143%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) C#
1 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) MCITP
1 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
1 8 (28.57%) MCSE
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (7.143%) ISEB
2 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) QA
2 1 (3.571%) ISO 14001
2 1 (3.571%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (7.143%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) VMware
2 2 (7.143%) HP
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