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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Yorkshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank79
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads16611515
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.962 %0.652 %
As % of the category below40.84 %33.22 %
Salaries quoted13521181
Average minimum salary£30,273£27,435
Average salary£32,114£29,418
% change on same period last year+9.16 %
Average maximum salary£33,955£31,401
UK excluding London average salary£35,431£35,711
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads40674561
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.354 %1.963 %
Salaries quoted31113621
Average minimum salary£32,997£32,934
Average salary£35,116£35,823
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Average maximum salary£37,234£38,712
UK excluding London average salary£40,460£41,836
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Yorkshire Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		Average Salary
Last 3 Months		Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireUp+61075£32,603+12.56 %
North YorkshireUp+6344£32,498+3.71 %
South YorkshireDown-1259£29,225-0.01 %
East YorkshireDown-1028£27,720+11.75 %
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

11402 (43.14 %)MS Excel
21138 (35.02 %)Windows
31060 (32.62 %).NET
4970 (29.85 %)SQL Server
5907 (27.91 %)SQL
6783 (24.09 %)C#
7672 (20.68 %)Microsoft Certification
8650 (20.00 %)Active Directory
9547 (16.83 %)Windows Server 2003
10545 (16.77 %)ASP.NET
11544 (16.74 %)MS Exchange
12521 (16.03 %)Finance
13492 (15.14 %)MS Office
14422 (12.98 %)Citrix
15413 (12.71 %)XML
16397 (12.22 %)Windows XP
17368 (11.32 %)MCSE
18360 (11.08 %)SharePoint
19320 (9.846 %)VB
20309 (9.508 %)Exchange Server 2003
21306 (9.415 %)SQL Server 2005
22288 (8.862 %)Visual Studio
23287 (8.831 %)Degree
24282 (8.677 %)Windows 2000
25276 (8.492 %)VMware
26271 (8.338 %)ITIL
27266 (8.185 %)VB.NET
28262 (8.062 %)Oracle
29244 (7.508 %)LAN
30234 (7.200 %)WAN

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11060 (32.62 %).NET
2545 (16.77 %)ASP.NET
3413 (12.71 %)XML
4228 (7.015 %)HTML
5224 (6.892 %).NET Framework
6195 (6.000 %)CSS
7187 (5.754 %)ASP
8123 (3.785 %)WebServices
9110 (3.385 %)XSLT
1086 (2.646 %)AJAX
1150 (1.538 %)XHTML
1245 (1.385 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1344 (1.354 %)ADO.NET
1441 (1.262 %)WinForms
1540 (1.231 %)MFC
1632 (0.985 %)Application Packaging
1728 (0.862 %)COM
1827 (0.831 %)Middleware
1925 (0.769 %)J2EE
2024 (0.738 %)ADO
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1544 (16.74 %)MS Exchange
2360 (11.08 %)SharePoint
3309 (9.508 %)Exchange Server 2003
4150 (4.615 %)SharePoint Server 2007
5137 (4.215 %)IIS
6125 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2000
783 (2.554 %)Exchange Server 2007
864 (1.969 %)Lotus Notes
961 (1.877 %)CMS
1059 (1.815 %)BizTalk Server
1123 (0.708 %)Apache
1219 (0.585 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1318 (0.554 %)CICS
1414 (0.431 %)SAS
1512 (0.369 %)Tomcat
1512 (0.369 %)Office Communications Server
1610 (0.308 %)SharePoint Portal Server
179 (0.277 %)MQSeries
187 (0.215 %)Lotus Domino
187 (0.215 %)WebSphere MQ
Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11402 (43.14 %)MS Excel
2492 (15.14 %)MS Office
388 (2.708 %)MS Project
450 (1.538 %)MS PowerPoint
542 (1.292 %)MS Visio
629 (0.892 %)Photoshop
728 (0.862 %)InfoPath
817 (0.523 %)Adobe Illustrator
914 (0.431 %)SPSS
109 (0.277 %)PrintSoft PReS
116 (0.185 %)Fireworks
116 (0.185 %)CA Clarity
124 (0.123 %)Acrobat
133 (0.092 %)QuarkXPress
142 (0.062 %)FreeHand
142 (0.062 %)AutoCAD
142 (0.062 %)FrameMaker
142 (0.062 %)Paint Shop Pro
142 (0.062 %)Spreadsheet
151 (0.031 %)DeltaView
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1114 (3.508 %)Microsoft CRM
247 (1.446 %)Line 500
336 (1.108 %)Dynamics CRM
417 (0.523 %)Navision
513 (0.400 %)Oracle Applications
612 (0.369 %)Oracle Financials
710 (0.308 %)Dynamics AX
84 (0.123 %)Oracle 11i
84 (0.123 %)Great Plains
84 (0.123 %)Axapta
93 (0.092 %)Oracle EBS
93 (0.092 %)Dynamics NAV
93 (0.092 %)Dynamics GP
93 (0.092 %)Line 50
102 (0.062 %)Line 100
102 (0.062 %)e-Work
102 (0.062 %)PeopleSoft Financials
111 (0.031 %)Pegasus Opera
111 (0.031 %)SAP R/3
111 (0.031 %)SAP FI
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1244 (7.508 %)LAN
2234 (7.200 %)WAN
3224 (6.892 %)Firewall
4205 (6.308 %)Internet
5181 (5.569 %)TCP/IP
6130 (4.000 %)VPN
795 (2.923 %)SAN
891 (2.800 %)Intranet
989 (2.738 %)DNS
1054 (1.662 %)DHCP
1152 (1.600 %)Extranet
1246 (1.415 %)VoIP
1341 (1.262 %)Wireless
1432 (0.985 %)MPLS
1526 (0.800 %)VLAN
1620 (0.615 %)Cisco PIX
1620 (0.615 %)Cisco ASA
1719 (0.585 %)Ethernet
1816 (0.492 %)Network Security
1913 (0.400 %)SMTP
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1970 (29.85 %)SQL Server
2306 (9.415 %)SQL Server 2005
3198 (6.092 %)SQL Server 2000
488 (2.708 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
568 (2.092 %)MS Access
659 (1.815 %)RDBMS
756 (1.723 %)DTS
851 (1.569 %)SQL Server Integration Services
945 (1.385 %)MySQL
945 (1.385 %)Crystal Reports
1044 (1.354 %)Oracle 9i
1142 (1.292 %)Datawarehouse
1142 (1.292 %)Oracle 10g
1233 (1.015 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1331 (0.954 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1428 (0.862 %)Informix
1428 (0.862 %)DB2
1526 (0.800 %)ETL
1623 (0.708 %)OLAP
1717 (0.523 %)Oracle 8/8i
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1288 (8.862 %)Visual Studio
239 (1.200 %)Flash
320 (0.615 %)Visual Studio Team System
419 (0.585 %)Dreamweaver
516 (0.492 %)PowerBuilder
615 (0.462 %)Subversion
712 (0.369 %)NUnit
810 (0.308 %)VSS/SourceSafe
94 (0.123 %)Oracle Forms
94 (0.123 %)LabVIEW
94 (0.123 %)WebLOAD
102 (0.062 %)JUnit
102 (0.062 %)MSI
102 (0.062 %)InstallShield
102 (0.062 %)Synon
111 (0.031 %)Advantage 2E
111 (0.031 %)TestDirector
111 (0.031 %)QuickTest Pro
111 (0.031 %)WebSpeed
111 (0.031 %)SilkTest
Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1521 (16.03 %)Finance
2193 (5.938 %)Pensions
3174 (5.354 %)Health
484 (2.585 %)Legal
582 (2.523 %)Insurance
674 (2.277 %)Retail
765 (2.000 %)Marketing
859 (1.815 %)Telecoms
949 (1.508 %)Education
1041 (1.262 %)Law
1139 (1.200 %)Banking
1225 (0.769 %)Back Office
1321 (0.646 %)Manufacturing
1420 (0.615 %)Automotive
1519 (0.585 %)Graphic Design
1618 (0.554 %)Publishing
1716 (0.492 %)Government
1810 (0.308 %)Financial Institution
199 (0.277 %)Investment Banking
199 (0.277 %)Multimedia
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1874 (26.89 %)Developer
2632 (19.45 %)Analyst
3353 (10.86 %).NET Developer
4230 (7.077 %)C# Developer
5222 (6.831 %)Support Analyst
6170 (5.231 %)Consultant
7149 (4.585 %)Programmer
8143 (4.400 %)Project Manager
8143 (4.400 %)ASP.NET Developer
9141 (4.338 %)Architect
10134 (4.123 %)Support Engineer
11133 (4.092 %)Senior Developer
12118 (3.631 %)Team Leader
13114 (3.508 %)Software Developer
14106 (3.262 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
15105 (3.231 %)Web Developer
1695 (2.923 %)DBA
1787 (2.677 %)Applications Support
1884 (2.585 %)Technical Support
1982 (2.523 %)Administrator
Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1115 (3.538 %)N-Tier
281 (2.492 %)Mainframe
366 (2.031 %)Clustering
463 (1.938 %)Management Information System
547 (1.446 %)Replication
638 (1.169 %)Computer Science
731 (0.954 %)Mathematics
829 (0.892 %)Client/Server
924 (0.738 %)AS400
924 (0.738 %)Blackberry
1018 (0.554 %)NHS
1113 (0.400 %)PDA
1211 (0.338 %)Data Protection Act
139 (0.277 %)Data Conversion
146 (0.185 %)IPTV
155 (0.154 %)Thin Client
155 (0.154 %)Data Integration
155 (0.154 %)Fat Client
164 (0.123 %)MPEG
164 (0.123 %)PMI
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11138 (35.02 %)Windows
2547 (16.83 %)Windows Server 2003
3397 (12.22 %)Windows XP
4282 (8.677 %)Windows 2000
5207 (6.369 %)Windows 2000 Server
6140 (4.308 %)Windows Vista
7104 (3.200 %)Linux
8100 (3.077 %)UNIX
975 (2.308 %)Windows NT
1039 (1.200 %)NetWare
1132 (0.985 %)Solaris
1221 (0.646 %)MVS
1311 (0.338 %)Windows Server 2008
1410 (0.308 %)Red Hat Linux
155 (0.154 %)Mac OS X
162 (0.062 %)VMS
162 (0.062 %)Embedded Linux
171 (0.031 %)AIX
171 (0.031 %)Windows Mobile
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1271 (8.338 %)ITIL
2213 (6.554 %)OO
3211 (6.492 %)CRM
4210 (6.462 %)Project Management
5186 (5.723 %)PRINCE2
6130 (4.000 %)Time Management
795 (2.923 %)Workflow
883 (2.554 %)UML
981 (2.492 %)SOA
1069 (2.123 %)RUP
1069 (2.123 %)Web Development
1165 (2.000 %)Business Intelligence
1260 (1.846 %)Unit Testing
1359 (1.815 %)Requirements Analysis
1456 (1.723 %)Release Management
1555 (1.692 %)Business Analysis
1652 (1.600 %)Software Engineering
1751 (1.569 %)Service Delivery
1850 (1.538 %)Content Management
1947 (1.446 %)Agile Software Development
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1907 (27.91 %)SQL
2783 (24.09 %)C#
3320 (9.846 %)VB
4266 (8.185 %)VB.NET
5179 (5.508 %)Transact-SQL
6173 (5.323 %)VB6
7166 (5.108 %)JavaScript
8100 (3.077 %)C++
989 (2.738 %)C
1061 (1.877 %)Java
1160 (1.846 %)PL/SQL
1242 (1.292 %)VC++
1333 (1.015 %)PHP
1426 (0.800 %)VBA
1524 (0.738 %)COBOL
1621 (0.646 %)ActionScript
1715 (0.462 %)VBScript
1715 (0.462 %)Delphi
1813 (0.400 %)RPG
1911 (0.338 %)DHTML
Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1672 (20.68 %)Microsoft Certification
2368 (11.32 %)MCSE
3287 (8.831 %)Degree
4138 (4.246 %)MCP
591 (2.800 %)MCSA
683 (2.554 %)CCNA
683 (2.554 %)Cisco Certification
755 (1.692 %)MCTS
851 (1.569 %)Citrix Certification
944 (1.354 %)MCAD
1042 (1.292 %)MCSD
1138 (1.169 %)CCA
1236 (1.108 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1334 (1.046 %)ISEB
1428 (0.862 %)HND
1526 (0.800 %)MCDST
1625 (0.769 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1724 (0.738 %)CISSP
1820 (0.615 %)CCEA
1820 (0.615 %)CCNP
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
192 (2.831 %)SLA
234 (1.046 %)ISO27001
326 (0.800 %)QA
415 (0.462 %)ISO9000
512 (0.369 %)COBIT
62 (0.062 %)ISO9001
62 (0.062 %)Basel II
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1650 (20.00 %)Active Directory
2104 (3.200 %)VMware Infrastructure
360 (1.846 %)ISA Server
451 (1.569 %)Backup Exec
545 (1.385 %)NetBackup
640 (1.231 %)Terminal Services
739 (1.200 %)VMware ESX
824 (0.738 %)Citrix Presentation Server
912 (0.369 %)NDS
109 (0.277 %)Terminal Server
117 (0.215 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
126 (0.185 %)Oracle RAC
126 (0.185 %)MetaFrame
133 (0.092 %)Novell eDirectory
142 (0.062 %)VMware Server
151 (0.031 %)AquaLogic
151 (0.031 %)Intellisync
151 (0.031 %)MSMQ
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
192 (2.831 %)MOM
236 (1.108 %)ARCserve
335 (1.077 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
424 (0.738 %)OpenView
520 (0.615 %)ZENworks
611 (0.338 %)SCOM
710 (0.308 %)HP Data Protector
710 (0.308 %)Norton AntiVirus
87 (0.215 %)WSUS
94 (0.123 %)ServiceCenter
94 (0.123 %)Legato
101 (0.031 %)Unicenter
101 (0.031 %)SCCM
101 (0.031 %)Netcool
101 (0.031 %)Nagios
Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1422 (12.98 %)Citrix
2276 (8.492 %)VMware
3262 (8.062 %)Oracle
4227 (6.985 %)Cisco
5112 (3.446 %)HP
667 (2.062 %)Lotus
765 (2.000 %)Sage
853 (1.631 %)IBM
943 (1.323 %)Sun
1042 (1.292 %)LANDesk
1141 (1.262 %)Remedy
1240 (1.231 %)Cognos
1335 (1.077 %)Novell
1335 (1.077 %)VERITAS
1335 (1.077 %)Symantec
1426 (0.800 %)CheckPoint
1519 (0.585 %)JD Edwards
1519 (0.585 %)Avaya
1617 (0.523 %)SAP
1617 (0.523 %)Websense
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