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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Wolverhampton 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank811
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads2417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.007 %
As % of the category below34.29 %39.53 %
Salaries quoted2416
Average minimum salary£27,787£21,438
Average salary£30,495£23,594
% change on same period last year+29.25 %
Average maximum salary£33,203£25,750
UK excluding London average salary£35,328£35,668
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Wolverhampton
Matching permanent IT job ads7043
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.018 %
Salaries quoted6842
Average minimum salary£31,719£28,200
Average salary£33,340£31,278
% change on same period last year+6.59 %
Average maximum salary£34,961£34,356
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Microsoft West MidlandsMicrosoft
West Midlands

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 Wolverhampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Wolverhampton Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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.

123 (57.50 %)Windows
214 (35.00 %)SQL Server
214 (35.00 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (30.00 %)Active Directory
312 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (30.00 %)ERP
312 (30.00 %)SQL
312 (30.00 %)MCSE
49 (22.50 %)MS Access
58 (20.00 %)Windows NT
58 (20.00 %)LAN
58 (20.00 %)WAN
58 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
58 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
58 (20.00 %)Windows XP
58 (20.00 %)Project Management
66 (15.00 %)MS Exchange
66 (15.00 %)MS Excel
66 (15.00 %)Linux
66 (15.00 %)ITIL
66 (15.00 %)MCP
66 (15.00 %).NET
66 (15.00 %)SAP
66 (15.00 %)MCDST
66 (15.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
75 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
75 (12.50 %)Service Delivery
84 (10.00 %)Finance
84 (10.00 %)CIMA
84 (10.00 %)Dynamics NAV

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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.

Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (15.00 %).NET
24 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (2.500 %)XML
31 (2.500 %)XSLT
31 (2.500 %)WinForms
31 (2.500 %)ASP
31 (2.500 %)HTML
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (15.00 %)MS Exchange
16 (15.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (10.00 %)SharePoint
33 (7.500 %)Office Project Server
42 (5.000 %)BizTalk Server
51 (2.500 %)CMS
51 (2.500 %)IIS
51 (2.500 %)Tomcat
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (15.00 %)MS Excel
23 (7.500 %)MS Project
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (10.00 %)Great Plains
14 (10.00 %)Axapta
14 (10.00 %)Navision
14 (10.00 %)Dynamics NAV
14 (10.00 %)Dynamics AX
14 (10.00 %)Dynamics GP
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (20.00 %)LAN
18 (20.00 %)WAN
18 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.500 %)Internet
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (35.00 %)SQL Server
29 (22.50 %)MS Access
33 (7.500 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (2.500 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2005
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (10.00 %)Finance
23 (7.500 %)Telecoms
23 (7.500 %)Banking
32 (5.000 %)Retail
32 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.500 %)Back Office
41 (2.500 %)Health
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (20.00 %)Analyst
18 (20.00 %)Applications Support
26 (15.00 %)Field Engineer
26 (15.00 %)IT Support Engineer
26 (15.00 %)Support Engineer
34 (10.00 %)Consultant
34 (10.00 %)Administrator
34 (10.00 %)Dynamics NAV Consultant
43 (7.500 %)IT Support Analyst
43 (7.500 %)Navision Consultant
43 (7.500 %)Systems Administrator
43 (7.500 %)Developer
43 (7.500 %)Analyst Programmer
43 (7.500 %)Programmer
43 (7.500 %)Support Analyst
43 (7.500 %)Project Manager
52 (5.000 %)Systems Engineer
52 (5.000 %)Server Engineer
52 (5.000 %)SAP Programmer
52 (5.000 %)ABAP Programmer
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.500 %)Replication
11 (2.500 %)Clustering
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (57.50 %)Windows
214 (35.00 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
38 (20.00 %)Windows NT
38 (20.00 %)Windows XP
46 (15.00 %)Linux
55 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (5.000 %)Windows Vista
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (30.00 %)ERP
28 (20.00 %)Project Management
36 (15.00 %)ITIL
45 (12.50 %)Service Delivery
53 (7.500 %)Process Management
53 (7.500 %)Document Management
53 (7.500 %)Wealth Management
62 (5.000 %)SAP Implementation
62 (5.000 %)Logistics
62 (5.000 %)Content Management
71 (2.500 %)PRINCE2
71 (2.500 %)OOP
71 (2.500 %)CRM
71 (2.500 %)Data Protection
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (30.00 %)SQL
23 (7.500 %)C#
32 (5.000 %)VB.NET
32 (5.000 %)ABAP
41 (2.500 %)C
41 (2.500 %)Java
41 (2.500 %)Perl
41 (2.500 %)PHP
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (30.00 %)MCSE
112 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (15.00 %)MCDST
26 (15.00 %)MCP
34 (10.00 %)ACCA
34 (10.00 %)CIMA
41 (2.500 %)Degree
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (30.00 %)Active Directory
22 (5.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.500 %)ISA Server
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.500 %)MOM
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (15.00 %)SAP
22 (5.000 %)VMware
31 (2.500 %)Oracle
31 (2.500 %)Cisco
31 (2.500 %)Interwoven
31 (2.500 %)Symantec