Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank610
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads335464
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.290 %0.237 %
As % of the category below28.90 %27.99 %
Salaries quoted304363
Average minimum salary£35,215£33,504
Average salary£38,137£36,654
% change on same period last year+4.04 %
Average maximum salary£41,059£39,805
UK excluding London average salary£35,958£35,930
% change on same period last year+0.08 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads11591658
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.002 %0.846 %
Salaries quoted10261380
Average minimum salary£38,222£36,459
Average salary£41,364£39,683
% change on same period last year+4.23 %
Average maximum salary£44,506£42,908
UK excluding London average salary£40,848£41,897
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Microsoft East of EnglandMicrosoft
East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordDown-363£34,148-8.13 %
HitchinUp+228£31,308+56.53 %
St AlbansUp+1023£37,658+24.87 %
StevenageUp+219£39,533+9.27 %
LetchworthNew entry-8£23,344-
Potters BarNew entry-8£48,438-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-15£59,000+120.97 %
TringUp+23£38,167-
HertfordUp+33£38,500+33.68 %
HoddesdonNew entry-2£18,500-
WareNo change01£18,000-45.45 %
BerkhamstedNew entry-1£21,500-
RickmansworthUp+51£26,500+1.92 %
RoystonNew entry-1£35,000-
Microsoft East of EnglandMicrosoft
East of England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1386 (44.42 %)MS Excel
2304 (34.98 %)Windows
3286 (32.91 %)SQL Server
4252 (29.00 %).NET
5216 (24.86 %)SQL
6178 (20.48 %)Microsoft Certification
7173 (19.91 %)MS Office
8153 (17.61 %)Windows Server 2003
9137 (15.77 %)ASP.NET
10136 (15.65 %)XML
11134 (15.42 %)C#
12127 (14.61 %)SQL Server 2005
13124 (14.27 %)Degree
14121 (13.92 %)MS Exchange
15120 (13.81 %)Active Directory
16119 (13.69 %)Oracle
17110 (12.66 %)VB
18108 (12.43 %)MCSE
19102 (11.74 %)Finance
2087 (10.01 %)SharePoint
2180 (9.206 %)Citrix
2276 (8.746 %)Windows XP
2373 (8.400 %)VB.NET
2373 (8.400 %)BizTalk Server
2373 (8.400 %)Project Management
2472 (8.285 %)IIS
2472 (8.285 %)Retail
2569 (7.940 %)SQL Server 2000
2663 (7.250 %)WebServices
2762 (7.135 %)Linux

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1252 (29.00 %).NET
2137 (15.77 %)ASP.NET
3136 (15.65 %)XML
463 (7.250 %)WebServices
557 (6.559 %)HTML
654 (6.214 %)ASP
747 (5.409 %).NET Framework
835 (4.028 %)AJAX
931 (3.567 %)CSS
1030 (3.452 %)XSL
1126 (2.992 %)COM
1224 (2.762 %)Flash
1322 (2.532 %)DHTML
1417 (1.956 %)JSP
1516 (1.841 %)XSLT
1615 (1.726 %)Servlets
1714 (1.611 %)WinForms
1812 (1.381 %)XHTML
199 (1.036 %)XSD
199 (1.036 %)COM+
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1121 (13.92 %)MS Exchange
287 (10.01 %)SharePoint
373 (8.400 %)BizTalk Server
472 (8.285 %)IIS
551 (5.869 %)Exchange Server 2003
633 (3.797 %)Exchange Server 2007
728 (3.222 %)SAS
825 (2.877 %)Lotus Notes
916 (1.841 %)Tomcat
1015 (1.726 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1113 (1.496 %)CMS
1211 (1.266 %)Exchange Server 2000
137 (0.806 %)WebSphere Application Server
146 (0.690 %)SharePoint Portal Server
154 (0.460 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
154 (0.460 %)EPiServer
154 (0.460 %)Office Project Server
154 (0.460 %)CICS
163 (0.345 %)ESB
172 (0.230 %)Oracle 10gAS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1386 (44.42 %)MS Excel
2173 (19.91 %)MS Office
334 (3.913 %)MS PowerPoint
415 (1.726 %)MS Project
514 (1.611 %)MS Visio
514 (1.611 %)SPSS
69 (1.036 %)AutoCAD
69 (1.036 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.575 %)Photoshop
81 (0.115 %)Fireworks
81 (0.115 %)InfoPath
81 (0.115 %)CA Clarity
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (1.841 %)Oracle Financials
116 (1.841 %)Dynamics NAV
215 (1.726 %)Oracle 11i
314 (1.611 %)Oracle EBS
411 (1.266 %)Navision
510 (1.151 %)SAP Business One
67 (0.806 %)Dynamics CRM
76 (0.690 %)Oracle Applications
76 (0.690 %)Oracle EBS R12
84 (0.460 %)BASE24
93 (0.345 %)Dynamics AX
93 (0.345 %)Axapta
102 (0.230 %)Great Plains
102 (0.230 %)Line 500
111 (0.115 %)Microsoft CRM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
151 (5.869 %)SAN
151 (5.869 %)Firewall
243 (4.948 %)Internet
342 (4.833 %)TCP/IP
440 (4.603 %)DNS
539 (4.488 %)WAN
630 (3.452 %)LAN
722 (2.532 %)HTTP
815 (1.726 %)DHCP
913 (1.496 %)VoIP
1010 (1.151 %)SMTP
1010 (1.151 %)PBX
118 (0.921 %)ADSL
118 (0.921 %)VPN
118 (0.921 %)Intranet
127 (0.806 %)IPCC
127 (0.806 %)Cisco PIX
136 (0.690 %)ATM
136 (0.690 %)FTP
145 (0.575 %)Extranet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1286 (32.91 %)SQL Server
2127 (14.61 %)SQL Server 2005
369 (7.940 %)SQL Server 2000
452 (5.984 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
547 (5.409 %)MS Access
643 (4.948 %)SQL Server Integration Services
733 (3.797 %)Crystal Reports
821 (2.417 %)Datawarehouse
821 (2.417 %)DTS
915 (1.726 %)BusinessObjects
1014 (1.611 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1014 (1.611 %)Base SAS
1110 (1.151 %)Oracle Discoverer
129 (1.036 %)RDBMS
129 (1.036 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
138 (0.921 %)Oracle 10g
138 (0.921 %)DB2
147 (0.806 %)Oracle Reports
147 (0.806 %)Oracle 8/8i
156 (0.690 %)TOAD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (3.222 %)VSS/SourceSafe
215 (1.726 %)Visual Studio
35 (0.575 %)MSI
43 (0.345 %)Oracle Forms
52 (0.230 %)Eclipse
52 (0.230 %)Dreamweaver
52 (0.230 %)OpenDeploy
61 (0.115 %)WinRunner
61 (0.115 %)InstallShield
61 (0.115 %)C++Builder
61 (0.115 %)NUnit
61 (0.115 %)TestPartner
61 (0.115 %)Visual Studio Team System
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1102 (11.74 %)Finance
272 (8.285 %)Retail
354 (6.214 %)Health
446 (5.293 %)Pensions
538 (4.373 %)Pharmaceutical
631 (3.567 %)Marketing
726 (2.992 %)Education
823 (2.647 %)Construction
823 (2.647 %)Banking
917 (1.956 %)Insurance
917 (1.956 %)Telecoms
1012 (1.381 %)Back Office
1111 (1.266 %)Publishing
1210 (1.151 %)Aerospace
138 (0.921 %)Advertising
147 (0.806 %)Telemarketing
147 (0.806 %)Electric
147 (0.806 %)Law
154 (0.460 %)Corporate Banking
154 (0.460 %)General Ledger
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1195 (22.44 %)Developer
2158 (18.18 %)Analyst
372 (8.285 %)Consultant
447 (5.409 %)Support Analyst
542 (4.833 %)Senior Developer
641 (4.718 %)Support Engineer
739 (4.488 %)DBA
739 (4.488 %)SQL DBA
832 (3.682 %)Architect
927 (3.107 %)Project Manager
927 (3.107 %)Administrator
927 (3.107 %)Senior Analyst
927 (3.107 %)Analyst Developer
1026 (2.992 %)C# Developer
1125 (2.877 %).NET Developer
1224 (2.762 %)Team Leader
1323 (2.647 %)Web Developer
1422 (2.532 %)Applications Support
1422 (2.532 %)Technical Support
1521 (2.417 %)Programmer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (4.718 %)Clustering
233 (3.797 %)Client/Server
331 (3.567 %)Mathematics
427 (3.107 %)Management Information System
522 (2.532 %)N-Tier
620 (2.301 %)Thin Client
620 (2.301 %)Fat Client
719 (2.186 %)Computer Science
815 (1.726 %)Statistics
914 (1.611 %)Credit Risk
1010 (1.151 %)EPoS
119 (1.036 %)Blackberry
119 (1.036 %)German Language
128 (0.921 %)Replication
137 (0.806 %)Mainframe
146 (0.690 %)W3C
146 (0.690 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
155 (0.575 %)PACS
155 (0.575 %)APACS
155 (0.575 %)Data Integration
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1304 (34.98 %)Windows
2153 (17.61 %)Windows Server 2003
376 (8.746 %)Windows XP
462 (7.135 %)Linux
559 (6.789 %)Windows 2000
637 (4.258 %)UNIX
728 (3.222 %)Windows 2000 Server
825 (2.877 %)HPUX
923 (2.647 %)Windows Server 2008
1019 (2.186 %)Windows Vista
1116 (1.841 %)NetWare
1210 (1.151 %)Solaris
136 (0.690 %)OpenVMS
145 (0.575 %)AIX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
173 (8.400 %)Project Management
245 (5.178 %)ITIL
342 (4.833 %)UML
437 (4.258 %)OO
437 (4.258 %)Web Development
531 (3.567 %)Business Intelligence
624 (2.762 %)Migration
720 (2.301 %)Scrum
720 (2.301 %)PRINCE2
819 (2.186 %)Business Analysis
918 (2.071 %)Agile Software Development
1016 (1.841 %)Software Engineering
1114 (1.611 %)Document Management
1114 (1.611 %)Operations Research
1114 (1.611 %)Resource Management
1213 (1.496 %)Content Management
1213 (1.496 %)Asset Management
1213 (1.496 %)E-Commerce
1213 (1.496 %)Change Management
1312 (1.381 %)SOA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1216 (24.86 %)SQL
2134 (15.42 %)C#
3110 (12.66 %)VB
473 (8.400 %)VB.NET
562 (7.135 %)JavaScript
642 (4.833 %)VBA
735 (4.028 %)Java
826 (2.992 %)C++
826 (2.992 %)VB6
921 (2.417 %)COBOL
1020 (2.301 %)Transact-SQL
1118 (2.071 %)PL/SQL
1216 (1.841 %)C
137 (0.806 %)Delphi
137 (0.806 %)XPath
145 (0.575 %)VBScript
154 (0.460 %)PHP
163 (0.345 %)RPG
163 (0.345 %)Perl
172 (0.230 %)ActionScript
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1178 (20.48 %)Microsoft Certification
2124 (14.27 %)Degree
3108 (12.43 %)MCSE
441 (4.718 %)Cisco Certification
537 (4.258 %)CCNA
620 (2.301 %)MCP
711 (1.266 %)MCSA
810 (1.151 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
98 (0.921 %)MCTS
107 (0.806 %)CCVP
107 (0.806 %)CCNP
116 (0.690 %)ITIL Certification
116 (0.690 %)MCDBA
124 (0.460 %)MCSD
124 (0.460 %)MBA
124 (0.460 %)HP ASE
133 (0.345 %)A+ Certification
133 (0.345 %)Security Cleared
133 (0.345 %)MCITP
133 (0.345 %)MCDST
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (2.992 %)SLA
223 (2.647 %)QA
35 (0.575 %)DICOM
42 (0.230 %)ISO/IEC 20000
51 (0.115 %)PCI DSS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1120 (13.81 %)Active Directory
225 (2.877 %)VMware Infrastructure
311 (1.266 %)NetBackup
410 (1.151 %)Terminal Services
59 (1.036 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
67 (0.806 %)Citrix Presentation Server
67 (0.806 %)VMware ESX
76 (0.690 %)ISA Server
83 (0.345 %)MetaFrame
83 (0.345 %)Backup Exec
92 (0.230 %)VMware Server
92 (0.230 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.115 %)MSMQ
101 (0.115 %)NFS
101 (0.115 %)VMware Workstation
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (1.036 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
19 (1.036 %)HP Data Protector
27 (0.806 %)MOM
36 (0.690 %)Tivoli
43 (0.345 %)ZENworks
52 (0.230 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.230 %)OpenView Configuration Management
61 (0.115 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1119 (13.69 %)Oracle
280 (9.206 %)Citrix
359 (6.789 %)Cisco
359 (6.789 %)VMware
429 (3.337 %)HP
526 (2.992 %)IBM
526 (2.992 %)Lotus
624 (2.762 %)Novell
723 (2.647 %)Remedy
816 (1.841 %)Micro Focus
915 (1.726 %)Business Objects
1013 (1.496 %)SAP
1111 (1.266 %)Symantec
129 (1.036 %)Juniper
129 (1.036 %)NetApp
129 (1.036 %)VERITAS
138 (0.921 %)Dell
138 (0.921 %)Mitel
138 (0.921 %)Reuters
147 (0.806 %)McAfee Security