The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Azure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Azure 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Azure
Rank 207 191 190
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Azure 13 11 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.235% 0.211% 0.259%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.092% 0.999% 1.152%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 7
Average salary £50,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £25,500 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £39,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-11.00% -16.66%
All Application Platforms
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1191 1101 1128
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 21.50% 21.11% 22.50%
Number of salaries quoted 954 934 959
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Yorkshire Windows Azure Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Azure across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Windows Azure Salary Trend

Windows Azure
Salary Histogram

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

Yorkshire Windows Azure Salary Histogram

Windows Azure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Azure within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
North Yorkshire +1 6 £37,500 -
West Yorkshire -3 5 £62,500 +92.30%
South Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 -
Windows Azure
England

Windows Azure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure.

1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (78.95%) .NET
2 15 (78.95%) SQL Server
3 11 (57.89%) SharePoint
4 9 (47.37%) CRM
4 9 (47.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (42.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (42.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (36.84%) C#
7 6 (31.58%) XML
8 5 (26.32%) VB.NET
8 5 (26.32%) OO
8 5 (26.32%) XHTML
8 5 (26.32%) Visual Studio
8 5 (26.32%) TDD
8 5 (26.32%) Open Source
8 5 (26.32%) Cucumber
8 5 (26.32%) Mobile App
9 3 (15.79%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (10.53%) UAG
10 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
10 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (10.53%) SCCM
10 2 (10.53%) SCOM
10 2 (10.53%) SCVMM
10 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (10.53%) PKI
10 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (10.53%) HTML

Windows Azure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Windows Azure 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 Windows Azure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (78.95%) .NET
2 6 (31.58%) XML
3 5 (26.32%) XHTML
4 2 (10.53%) HTML
4 2 (10.53%) Web Services
5 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.263%) CSS
5 1 (5.263%) WebSphere
5 1 (5.263%) WCF
5 1 (5.263%) HTML5
5 1 (5.263%) CSS3
5 1 (5.263%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 11 (57.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.79%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (10.53%) Lync
3 2 (10.53%) SharePoint 2013
3 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (5.263%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (5.263%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Office 365
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (47.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (78.95%) SQL Server
2 8 (42.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (42.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (5.263%) RDBMS
4 1 (5.263%) MarkLogic
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Visual Studio
1 5 (26.32%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.263%) Hudson
2 1 (5.263%) JIRA
2 1 (5.263%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (5.263%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Consultant
2 8 (42.11%) Architect
2 8 (42.11%) CRM Consultant
2 8 (42.11%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
2 8 (42.11%) CRM Architect
3 7 (36.84%) Developer
4 5 (26.32%) Software Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Web Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Junior
6 1 (5.263%) Development Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Open Source
1 5 (26.32%) Mobile App
2 2 (10.53%) PKI
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) CRM
2 5 (26.32%) TDD
2 5 (26.32%) OO
3 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.263%) UML
4 1 (5.263%) Content Management
4 1 (5.263%) Requirements Management
4 1 (5.263%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.263%) Web Development
4 1 (5.263%) Business Development
4 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.263%) SOA
4 1 (5.263%) B2B
4 1 (5.263%) B2C
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) C#
2 5 (26.32%) VB.NET
3 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.263%) SQL
4 1 (5.263%) VB
4 1 (5.263%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (10.53%) VTSP
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
1 2 (10.53%) SCOM
1 2 (10.53%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft