The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wokingham 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 Wokingham 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 2 8 20
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 27 37 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wokingham 41.54% 30.58% 13.48%
As % of the Vendors category 67.50% 67.27% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 23 37 24
Average salary £42,500 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -1.35%
All Vendors
Wokingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
40 55 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wokingham 61.54% 45.45% 51.12%
Number of salaries quoted 33 55 88
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £25,900 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £51,500
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 Wokingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Wokingham 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 Wokingham region.

Wokingham Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Wokingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wokingham Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wokingham 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 30 (53.57%) SQL
2 29 (51.79%) SQL Server
3 26 (46.43%) C#
4 23 (41.07%) SQL Server 2008
5 22 (39.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (39.29%) T-SQL
6 20 (35.71%) SQL Server 2000
6 20 (35.71%) Windows
6 20 (35.71%) MS Excel
6 20 (35.71%) MS Access
6 20 (35.71%) ETL
6 20 (35.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 20 (35.71%) Data Management
6 20 (35.71%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 16 (28.57%) MS Office
7 16 (28.57%) TCP/IP
8 14 (25.00%) Visual Studio
9 13 (23.21%) C++
10 12 (21.43%) Windows XP
10 12 (21.43%) RDF
10 12 (21.43%) EMV
10 12 (21.43%) Banking
10 12 (21.43%) MKS
11 9 (16.07%) Data Integration
12 8 (14.29%) Degree
12 8 (14.29%) Computer Science
12 8 (14.29%) SharePoint
12 8 (14.29%) Oracle
13 7 (12.50%) .NET
14 6 (10.71%) CRM

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wokingham 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 (12.50%) .NET
2 3 (5.357%) J2EE
2 3 (5.357%) ASP.NET
2 3 (5.357%) Web Services
2 3 (5.357%) Ajax
3 1 (1.786%) jQuery
3 1 (1.786%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.929%) MS Exchange
2 5 (8.929%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (8.929%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (8.929%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (5.357%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (3.571%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (3.571%) Lync
5 2 (3.571%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 20 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 16 (28.57%) MS Office
3 2 (3.571%) InfoPath
3 2 (3.571%) Office 365
3 2 (3.571%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.786%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.786%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.143%) DNS
2 4 (7.143%) DHCP
3 3 (5.357%) VoIP
4 1 (1.786%) LAN
4 1 (1.786%) Wireless
4 1 (1.786%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (51.79%) SQL Server
2 23 (41.07%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (39.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (35.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 20 (35.71%) SQL Server 2000
4 20 (35.71%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 20 (35.71%) MS Access
5 4 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (5.357%) DB2
7 2 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (21.43%) Banking
2 2 (3.571%) Retail
2 2 (3.571%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.786%) Finance
3 1 (1.786%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (39.29%) Administrator
2 21 (37.50%) Developer
3 12 (21.43%) C++ Developer
3 12 (21.43%) Technical Designer
3 12 (21.43%) Server Administrator
3 12 (21.43%) Designer
3 12 (21.43%) Technical Developer
4 10 (17.86%) DBA
5 6 (10.71%) SQL DBA
5 6 (10.71%) Teradata DBA
6 4 (7.143%) Consultant
6 4 (7.143%) Architect
7 3 (5.357%) Software Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Java Software Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Java Developer
7 3 (5.357%) SharePoint Architect
8 2 (3.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.571%) SharePoint Developer
8 2 (3.571%) .NET Developer
8 2 (3.571%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) EMV
2 9 (16.07%) Data Integration
3 8 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (5.357%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.571%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.786%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.786%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 20 (35.71%) Windows
2 12 (21.43%) Windows XP
3 5 (8.929%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (5.357%) Linux
5 3 (5.357%) Windows 7
5 3 (5.357%) UNIX
6 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.71%) ETL
1 20 (35.71%) Data Management
2 12 (21.43%) RDF
3 6 (10.71%) CRM
4 4 (7.143%) Information Architecture
5 3 (5.357%) SOA
5 3 (5.357%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (5.357%) Information Management
5 3 (5.357%) Time Management
6 2 (3.571%) Validation
6 2 (3.571%) Web Development
6 2 (3.571%) Content Management
6 2 (3.571%) Data Modelling
7 1 (1.786%) ITIL
7 1 (1.786%) Identity Management
7 1 (1.786%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (1.786%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 30 (53.57%) SQL
2 26 (46.43%) C#
3 22 (39.29%) T-SQL
4 13 (23.21%) C++
5 3 (5.357%) Java
6 2 (3.571%) C
7 1 (1.786%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (8.929%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.571%) MCTS
3 2 (3.571%) MCITP
3 2 (3.571%) MCSE
4 1 (1.786%) MCSA
4 1 (1.786%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.929%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.929%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.786%) SCCM
1 1 (1.786%) SCOM
1 1 (1.786%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 12 (21.43%) MKS
2 8 (14.29%) Oracle
3 3 (5.357%) VMware
4 1 (1.786%) Adobe