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 across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank911
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1974025981
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled12.74 %11.63 %
As % of the category below29.71 %26.06 %
Salaries quoted1708221386
Average minimum salary£35,445£35,535
Average salary£38,398£38,653
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Average maximum salary£41,351£41,772
UK excluding London average salary£35,679£35,889
% change on same period last year-0.58 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6644099714
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.86 %44.64 %
Salaries quoted5522378383
Average minimum salary£40,935£41,684
Average salary£44,460£45,414
% change on same period last year-2.09 %
Average maximum salary£47,986£49,143
UK excluding London average salary£40,856£41,956
% change on same period last year-2.62 %

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft within the UK.

Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 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
EnglandUp+218797£38,310-0.38 %
LondonUp+26890£43,988+0.91 %
South EastUp+14525£38,093+2.69 %
YorkshireUp+51498£32,874+8.86 %
East of EnglandUp+11495£35,782+5.73 %
City of LondonUp+31461£44,572-2.83 %
North WestDown-11306£31,078-14.70 %
South WestUp+11286£32,862-3.93 %
SurreyUp+11228£34,968-4.68 %
West MidlandsUp+11073£34,410+0.52 %
BerkshireDown-31031£40,177+3.26 %
West YorkshireUp+51009£33,489+13.57 %
HampshireDown-2712£36,046+2.56 %
East MidlandsDown-1670£32,481+2.05 %
LeedsUp+6598£33,601+13.89 %
ManchesterDown-3544£31,416-21.70 %
ScotlandUp+1509£34,543+0.69 %
OxfordshireUp+3500£37,669+6.31 %
HertfordshireUp+2488£38,408+6.96 %
BirminghamUp+1406£38,178+10.75 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1393£37,499+9.71 %
BristolUp+10355£31,349+8.44 %
EssexNo change0354£32,650-4.22 %
CambridgeshireDown-4341£36,141+8.87 %
CheshireDown-1335£30,158+1.08 %
WiltshireUp+5333£32,454-8.87 %
North YorkshireUp+5327£32,484+3.24 %
ReadingDown-3325£38,884-0.01 %
OxfordUp+1269£37,154+2.48 %
NottinghamshireDown-3261£32,113+0.27 %

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

116174 (37.47 %)Windows
215733 (36.45 %)MS Excel
314412 (33.39 %)SQL Server
414214 (32.93 %).NET
510933 (25.33 %)SQL
610359 (24.00 %)C#
78146 (18.87 %)Microsoft Certification
87949 (18.42 %)Active Directory
97667 (17.76 %)ASP.NET
107314 (16.95 %)Windows Server 2003
116568 (15.22 %)MS Office
126455 (14.96 %)Finance
135482 (12.70 %)MS Exchange
144969 (11.51 %)XML
154664 (10.81 %)SQL Server 2005
164504 (10.44 %)SharePoint
174483 (10.39 %)MCSE
184291 (9.942 %)Degree
193999 (9.265 %)Windows XP
203665 (8.491 %)Oracle
213552 (8.229 %)Citrix
223543 (8.209 %)Cisco
233488 (8.081 %)VB.NET
243216 (7.451 %)VB
253213 (7.444 %)HTML
263192 (7.395 %)VMware
273123 (7.236 %)Project Management
273123 (7.236 %)TCP/IP
283045 (7.055 %)SQL Server 2000
293003 (6.958 %)Exchange Server 2003

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114214 (32.93 %).NET
27667 (17.76 %)ASP.NET
34969 (11.51 %)XML
43213 (7.444 %)HTML
52357 (5.461 %)WebServices
62179 (5.048 %)CSS
72118 (4.907 %).NET Framework
81964 (4.550 %)ASP
91819 (4.214 %)AJAX
101085 (2.514 %)WinForms
111006 (2.331 %)XSLT
12888 (2.057 %)XHTML
13833 (1.930 %)WCF
14665 (1.541 %)J2EE
15660 (1.529 %)COM
16597 (1.383 %)Silverlight
17562 (1.302 %)XSL
18553 (1.281 %)WPF
19478 (1.107 %)WF
20470 (1.089 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15482 (12.70 %)MS Exchange
24504 (10.44 %)SharePoint
33003 (6.958 %)Exchange Server 2003
42743 (6.355 %)IIS
51752 (4.059 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61617 (3.746 %)BizTalk Server
71343 (3.112 %)Exchange Server 2007
81031 (2.389 %)Exchange Server 2000
9702 (1.626 %)CMS
10608 (1.409 %)Lotus Notes
11357 (0.827 %)SharePoint Portal Server
12328 (0.760 %)Apache
13322 (0.746 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
14272 (0.630 %)SAS
15253 (0.586 %)Office Communications Server
16217 (0.503 %)Content Management Server
17201 (0.466 %)WebLogic
18184 (0.426 %)Commerce Server
19180 (0.417 %)Exchange Server 5.5
20177 (0.410 %)Lotus Domino
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115733 (36.45 %)MS Excel
26568 (15.22 %)MS Office
31038 (2.405 %)MS Project
4866 (2.006 %)MS Visio
5685 (1.587 %)MS PowerPoint
6383 (0.887 %)Photoshop
7224 (0.519 %)InfoPath
8187 (0.433 %)Spreadsheet
9113 (0.262 %)Acrobat
1093 (0.215 %)Adobe Illustrator
1185 (0.197 %)Fireworks
1283 (0.192 %)AutoCAD
1372 (0.167 %)SPSS
1451 (0.118 %)FrameMaker
1550 (0.116 %)CA Clarity
1641 (0.095 %)DeltaView
1736 (0.083 %)Paint Shop Pro
1835 (0.081 %)RoboHelp
1922 (0.051 %)MATLAB
2021 (0.049 %)QuarkXPress
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1800 (1.853 %)Microsoft CRM
2713 (1.652 %)Dynamics CRM
3550 (1.274 %)Dynamics AX
4371 (0.860 %)Navision
5349 (0.809 %)Dynamics NAV
6314 (0.727 %)Axapta
7131 (0.304 %)SoftGrid
8127 (0.294 %)Great Plains
9108 (0.250 %)SAP Business One
10103 (0.239 %)GoldMine
11101 (0.234 %)Line 500
1280 (0.185 %)Dynamics GP
1374 (0.171 %)SalesLogix
1473 (0.169 %)Oracle Financials
1571 (0.164 %)Oracle Applications
1660 (0.139 %)Oracle EBS
1746 (0.107 %)SAP CRM
1845 (0.104 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1942 (0.097 %)Pivotal CRM
2035 (0.081 %)Movex
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13123 (7.236 %)TCP/IP
22611 (6.049 %)Internet
32367 (5.484 %)Firewall
42361 (5.470 %)WAN
52329 (5.396 %)LAN
61914 (4.434 %)DNS
71519 (3.519 %)SAN
81437 (3.329 %)VPN
91221 (2.829 %)DHCP
101047 (2.426 %)Intranet
11641 (1.485 %)VoIP
12529 (1.226 %)Wireless
13324 (0.751 %)Network Security
14317 (0.734 %)HTTP
15313 (0.725 %)Cisco PIX
16284 (0.658 %)Extranet
17261 (0.605 %)SMTP
18225 (0.521 %)VLAN
19196 (0.454 %)FTP
20159 (0.368 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114412 (33.39 %)SQL Server
24664 (10.81 %)SQL Server 2005
33045 (7.055 %)SQL Server 2000
41515 (3.510 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51285 (2.977 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61252 (2.901 %)Datawarehouse
71016 (2.354 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8751 (1.740 %)DTS
9720 (1.668 %)MS Access
10712 (1.650 %)Crystal Reports
11638 (1.478 %)BusinessObjects
12631 (1.462 %)MySQL
13615 (1.425 %)RDBMS
14607 (1.406 %)ETL
15601 (1.392 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
16520 (1.205 %)OLAP
17316 (0.732 %)Oracle 10g
18311 (0.721 %)SQL Server 2008
19291 (0.674 %)DB2
20272 (0.630 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12510 (5.815 %)Visual Studio
2469 (1.087 %)Flash
3386 (0.894 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4217 (0.503 %)NUnit
5196 (0.454 %)Dreamweaver
6140 (0.324 %)Oracle Forms
7130 (0.301 %)Subversion
8129 (0.299 %)Visual Studio Team System
9116 (0.269 %)QuickTest Pro
10115 (0.266 %)TestDirector
11109 (0.253 %)MSI
12105 (0.243 %)WinRunner
1384 (0.195 %)InstallShield
1478 (0.181 %)LoadRunner
1577 (0.178 %)Eclipse
1662 (0.144 %)Rational Rose
1760 (0.139 %)MorphX
1858 (0.134 %)ClearCase
1957 (0.132 %)JUnit
2041 (0.095 %)Ant
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16455 (14.96 %)Finance
22266 (5.250 %)Pensions
31892 (4.383 %)Health
41560 (3.614 %)Insurance
51483 (3.436 %)Retail
61460 (3.383 %)Banking
71169 (2.708 %)Education
81060 (2.456 %)Marketing
91010 (2.340 %)Telecoms
10792 (1.835 %)Law
11780 (1.807 %)Legal
12680 (1.575 %)Government
13668 (1.548 %)Back Office
14520 (1.205 %)Investment Banking
15470 (1.089 %)Front Office
16430 (0.996 %)Manufacturing
17371 (0.860 %)Publishing
18342 (0.792 %)Games
19273 (0.633 %)Construction
20248 (0.575 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111104 (25.73 %)Developer
27037 (16.30 %)Analyst
34282 (9.921 %).NET Developer
43951 (9.154 %)Consultant
52823 (6.540 %)Support Analyst
62763 (6.401 %)C# Developer
72056 (4.763 %)Architect
81988 (4.606 %)Support Engineer
91745 (4.043 %)Administrator
101501 (3.478 %)Project Manager
111321 (3.061 %)Senior Developer
121302 (3.017 %)ASP.NET Developer
131281 (2.968 %)Software Developer
141272 (2.947 %)Web Developer
151073 (2.486 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
161060 (2.456 %)Programmer
171014 (2.349 %)Team Leader
18997 (2.310 %)DBA
19912 (2.113 %)Technical Support
20846 (1.960 %)Technical Consultant
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1918 (2.127 %)Clustering
2895 (2.074 %)Blackberry
3859 (1.990 %)Computer Science
4763 (1.768 %)Client/Server
5626 (1.450 %)N-Tier
6481 (1.114 %)Management Information System
7353 (0.818 %)Mathematics
8296 (0.686 %)Replication
9288 (0.667 %)Derivative
10229 (0.531 %)Fixed Income
11218 (0.505 %)Tandem
12207 (0.480 %)Thin Client
12207 (0.480 %)Fat Client
13202 (0.468 %)German Language
14199 (0.461 %)NHS
15196 (0.454 %)French Language
16192 (0.445 %)Statistics
17186 (0.431 %)Equities
18182 (0.422 %)Web 2.0
18182 (0.422 %)W3C
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116174 (37.47 %)Windows
27314 (16.95 %)Windows Server 2003
33999 (9.265 %)Windows XP
42882 (6.677 %)Windows 2000
52192 (5.079 %)UNIX
62091 (4.845 %)Linux
72036 (4.717 %)Windows 2000 Server
81738 (4.027 %)Windows Vista
9756 (1.752 %)Windows Server 2008
10597 (1.383 %)Solaris
11463 (1.073 %)Windows NT
12328 (0.760 %)Red Hat Linux
13206 (0.477 %)AIX
14187 (0.433 %)NetWare
15153 (0.354 %)HPUX
16142 (0.329 %)Mac OS X
17122 (0.283 %)Windows Mobile
1856 (0.130 %)SUSE
1955 (0.127 %)Windows CE
2049 (0.114 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13123 (7.236 %)Project Management
22360 (5.468 %)ITIL
32359 (5.465 %)OO
42005 (4.645 %)CRM
51917 (4.441 %)Business Intelligence
61441 (3.339 %)PRINCE2
71334 (3.091 %)Agile Software Development
81233 (2.857 %)UML
91219 (2.824 %)Web Development
101185 (2.745 %)E-Commerce
111120 (2.595 %)ERP
121075 (2.491 %)Scrum
13834 (1.932 %)Migration
14811 (1.879 %)Business Analysis
15716 (1.659 %)Content Management
16681 (1.578 %)Service Delivery
17645 (1.494 %)Disaster Recovery
18586 (1.358 %)SOA
19562 (1.302 %)Workflow
20561 (1.300 %)Document Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110933 (25.33 %)SQL
210359 (24.00 %)C#
33488 (8.081 %)VB.NET
43216 (7.451 %)VB
52927 (6.781 %)JavaScript
62112 (4.893 %)Transact-SQL
72066 (4.787 %)C++
82046 (4.740 %)Java
91473 (3.413 %)C
101066 (2.470 %)VB6
11932 (2.159 %)VBA
12779 (1.805 %)VBScript
13586 (1.358 %)PHP
14513 (1.189 %)PL/SQL
15405 (0.938 %)VC++
16356 (0.825 %)Perl
17333 (0.772 %)DHTML
18233 (0.540 %)Delphi
19174 (0.403 %)XPath
20172 (0.398 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18146 (18.87 %)Microsoft Certification
24483 (10.39 %)MCSE
34291 (9.942 %)Degree
42345 (5.433 %)MCP
51570 (3.637 %)Cisco Certification
61273 (2.949 %)CCNA
71031 (2.389 %)MCSA
8838 (1.942 %)MCSD
9625 (1.448 %)MCAD
10524 (1.214 %)CCNP
10524 (1.214 %)MCTS
11516 (1.195 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12455 (1.054 %)Citrix Certification
13346 (0.802 %)ISEB
14319 (0.739 %)CCA
15303 (0.702 %)PRINCE2 Certification
16238 (0.551 %)ITIL Certification
17215 (0.498 %)MCDBA
18205 (0.475 %)MCDST
19191 (0.443 %)MCPD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11044 (2.419 %)SLA
2676 (1.566 %)QA
3103 (0.239 %)ISO27001
484 (0.195 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
581 (0.188 %)ISO9001
659 (0.137 %)ISO9000
754 (0.125 %)WAI
828 (0.065 %)HL7
926 (0.060 %)BS7799
1022 (0.051 %)Basel II
1120 (0.046 %)TickIT
1219 (0.044 %)COBIT
1315 (0.035 %)JSP 440
1413 (0.030 %)DICOM
1413 (0.030 %)BS15000
1512 (0.028 %)CESG Infosec
1512 (0.028 %)PCI DSS
168 (0.019 %)WCAG
168 (0.019 %)21 CFR Part 11
174 (0.009 %)PCI QSA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17949 (18.42 %)Active Directory
21534 (3.554 %)VMware Infrastructure
3776 (1.798 %)ISA Server
4667 (1.545 %)VMware ESX
5629 (1.457 %)Backup Exec
6572 (1.325 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7564 (1.307 %)Terminal Services
8256 (0.593 %)Terminal Server
9221 (0.512 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
10215 (0.498 %)NetBackup
11183 (0.424 %)MetaFrame
12100 (0.232 %)VMware Server
1390 (0.209 %)MSMQ
1470 (0.162 %)Xen
1552 (0.120 %)VMware Workstation
1641 (0.095 %)MailMarshal
1733 (0.076 %)VMware GSX
1831 (0.072 %)Oracle RAC
1929 (0.067 %)NFS
2019 (0.044 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1815 (1.888 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2525 (1.216 %)MOM
3279 (0.646 %)SCOM
4272 (0.630 %)SCCM
5219 (0.507 %)OpenView
6164 (0.380 %)Norton AntiVirus
7133 (0.308 %)WSUS
8126 (0.292 %)Tivoli
9116 (0.269 %)ARCserve
1091 (0.211 %)MAILsweeper
1177 (0.178 %)ZENworks
1257 (0.132 %)BMC PATROL
1347 (0.109 %)Unicenter
1444 (0.102 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1540 (0.093 %)CiscoWorks
1638 (0.088 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1735 (0.081 %)MIMEsweeper
1831 (0.072 %)Netcool
1831 (0.072 %)HP Data Protector
1927 (0.063 %)CA SiteMinder
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13665 (8.491 %)Oracle
23552 (8.229 %)Citrix
33543 (8.209 %)Cisco
43192 (7.395 %)VMware
51908 (4.421 %)HP
61155 (2.676 %)IBM
7852 (1.974 %)SAP
8708 (1.640 %)Lotus
9639 (1.480 %)EMC
10638 (1.478 %)Business Objects
11594 (1.376 %)Symantec
12586 (1.358 %)VERITAS
13512 (1.186 %)Cognos
13512 (1.186 %)Sun
14437 (1.012 %)Adobe
15433 (1.003 %)Dell
16410 (0.950 %)Sage
17381 (0.883 %)Red Hat
18374 (0.867 %)CheckPoint
19362 (0.839 %)Novell