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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank99
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1494023814
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled12.67 %12.06 %
As % of the category below29.65 %26.84 %
Salaries quoted1286419977
Average minimum salary£35,444£35,504
Average salary£38,426£38,732
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Average maximum salary£41,408£41,961
UK excluding London average salary£35,894£36,000
% change on same period last year-0.29 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5039588726
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.73 %44.93 %
Salaries quoted4181170077
Average minimum salary£40,668£41,472
Average salary£44,166£45,253
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Average maximum salary£47,663£49,033
UK excluding London average salary£40,847£41,903
% change on same period last year-2.52 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandUp+114187£38,264-0.55 %
LondonUp+24931£44,237+1.39 %
South EastUp+13481£38,317+2.96 %
East of EnglandNo change01141£35,822+6.73 %
City of LondonUp+41082£45,335+0.53 %
YorkshireUp+41072£32,398+4.39 %
North WestDown-11070£31,161-13.36 %
South WestUp+11040£33,668-1.75 %
SurreyUp+1914£36,318+1.40 %
BerkshireNo change0859£41,495+8.33 %
West MidlandsDown-1845£34,354+0.80 %
West YorkshireUp+4738£32,769+7.56 %
HampshireDown-2572£34,745-5.42 %
East MidlandsNo change0565£32,716+2.11 %
ManchesterDown-4487£31,628-18.76 %
LeedsUp+6451£33,272+8.84 %
ScotlandNo change0409£34,791-4.79 %
HertfordshireUp+3351£38,129+4.92 %
BirminghamUp+2324£36,119+3.42 %
BristolUp+3291£33,643+17.44 %
OxfordshireNo change0288£38,196+6.70 %
CambridgeshireDown-1286£36,213+11.22 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2278£38,061+6.99 %
West SussexUp+3274£37,427+19.79 %
ReadingDown-2273£39,972+0.74 %
EssexUp+1256£32,064-4.48 %
CheshireDown-3250£30,186-0.42 %
WiltshireUp+2241£32,566-9.96 %
North YorkshireUp+7226£33,455+2.28 %
NottinghamshireDown-4211£31,918-0.01 %

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

113924 (37.64 %)Windows
213402 (36.23 %)MS Excel
312436 (33.62 %)SQL Server
412143 (32.83 %).NET
59401 (25.41 %)SQL
68818 (23.84 %)C#
76906 (18.67 %)Microsoft Certification
86817 (18.43 %)ASP.NET
96786 (18.35 %)Active Directory
106379 (17.24 %)Windows Server 2003
115663 (15.31 %)Finance
125533 (14.96 %)MS Office
134742 (12.82 %)MS Exchange
144252 (11.49 %)XML
154095 (11.07 %)SharePoint
164083 (11.04 %)SQL Server 2005
173803 (10.28 %)MCSE
183747 (10.13 %)Degree
193402 (9.197 %)Windows XP
203228 (8.726 %)Oracle
213125 (8.448 %)Citrix
223062 (8.278 %)VB.NET
232928 (7.915 %)Cisco
242920 (7.894 %)VMware
252755 (7.448 %)HTML
262749 (7.432 %)TCP/IP
272726 (7.369 %)VB
282645 (7.150 %)SQL Server 2000
292588 (6.996 %)Exchange Server 2003
302557 (6.912 %)Project Management

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
112143 (32.83 %).NET
26817 (18.43 %)ASP.NET
34252 (11.49 %)XML
42755 (7.448 %)HTML
52042 (5.520 %)WebServices
61951 (5.274 %)CSS
71802 (4.871 %).NET Framework
81729 (4.674 %)ASP
91586 (4.288 %)AJAX
10879 (2.376 %)WinForms
11861 (2.328 %)XSLT
12731 (1.976 %)XHTML
13722 (1.952 %)WCF
14551 (1.490 %)J2EE
15525 (1.419 %)Silverlight
16519 (1.403 %)WPF
17505 (1.365 %)COM
18469 (1.268 %)XSL
19429 (1.160 %)Flash
20405 (1.095 %)WF
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14742 (12.82 %)MS Exchange
24095 (11.07 %)SharePoint
32588 (6.996 %)Exchange Server 2003
42394 (6.472 %)IIS
51637 (4.425 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61297 (3.506 %)BizTalk Server
71183 (3.198 %)Exchange Server 2007
8879 (2.376 %)Exchange Server 2000
9618 (1.671 %)CMS
10515 (1.392 %)Lotus Notes
11330 (0.892 %)SharePoint Portal Server
12314 (0.849 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
13269 (0.727 %)SAS
14268 (0.725 %)Apache
15203 (0.549 %)Content Management Server
16184 (0.497 %)Office Communications Server
17167 (0.451 %)Lotus Domino
18142 (0.384 %)WebLogic
19141 (0.381 %)Exchange Server 5.5
20140 (0.378 %)Commerce Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113402 (36.23 %)MS Excel
25533 (14.96 %)MS Office
3832 (2.249 %)MS Project
4714 (1.930 %)MS Visio
5582 (1.573 %)MS PowerPoint
6330 (0.892 %)Photoshop
7210 (0.568 %)InfoPath
8162 (0.438 %)Spreadsheet
979 (0.214 %)Acrobat
1077 (0.208 %)AutoCAD
1171 (0.192 %)Fireworks
1263 (0.170 %)Adobe Illustrator
1357 (0.154 %)SPSS
1441 (0.111 %)CA Clarity
1536 (0.097 %)DeltaView
1635 (0.095 %)FrameMaker
1730 (0.081 %)RoboHelp
1826 (0.070 %)InDesign
1924 (0.065 %)Paint Shop Pro
2015 (0.041 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1619 (1.673 %)Microsoft CRM
2602 (1.627 %)Dynamics CRM
3497 (1.344 %)Dynamics AX
4342 (0.925 %)Navision
5324 (0.876 %)Dynamics NAV
6276 (0.746 %)Axapta
7130 (0.351 %)SoftGrid
8108 (0.292 %)Great Plains
991 (0.246 %)Line 500
1083 (0.224 %)Oracle Financials
1181 (0.219 %)Oracle Applications
1278 (0.211 %)GoldMine
1376 (0.205 %)Dynamics GP
1473 (0.197 %)SAP Business One
1554 (0.146 %)SalesLogix
1653 (0.143 %)Oracle EBS
1749 (0.132 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1837 (0.100 %)SAP CRM
1933 (0.089 %)Oracle 11i
2029 (0.078 %)Pivotal CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12749 (7.432 %)TCP/IP
22170 (5.866 %)Internet
32089 (5.647 %)Firewall
42011 (5.436 %)WAN
52002 (5.412 %)LAN
61679 (4.539 %)DNS
71245 (3.366 %)SAN
81236 (3.341 %)VPN
91071 (2.895 %)DHCP
10869 (2.349 %)Intranet
11543 (1.468 %)VoIP
12458 (1.238 %)Wireless
13353 (0.954 %)Network Security
14292 (0.789 %)Cisco PIX
15273 (0.738 %)HTTP
16239 (0.646 %)SMTP
17192 (0.519 %)Extranet
18187 (0.506 %)VLAN
19161 (0.435 %)SSL
20151 (0.408 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112436 (33.62 %)SQL Server
24083 (11.04 %)SQL Server 2005
32645 (7.150 %)SQL Server 2000
41413 (3.820 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51217 (3.290 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61142 (3.087 %)Datawarehouse
7968 (2.617 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8686 (1.855 %)Crystal Reports
9636 (1.719 %)MS Access
10634 (1.714 %)DTS
11613 (1.657 %)BusinessObjects
12570 (1.541 %)ETL
13539 (1.457 %)MySQL
14533 (1.441 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
15528 (1.427 %)RDBMS
16446 (1.206 %)OLAP
17314 (0.849 %)SQL Server 2008
18277 (0.749 %)Oracle 10g
19242 (0.654 %)Oracle 9i
20207 (0.560 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12161 (5.842 %)Visual Studio
2318 (0.860 %)VSS/SourceSafe
3188 (0.508 %)NUnit
4170 (0.460 %)Dreamweaver
5121 (0.327 %)Oracle Forms
6109 (0.295 %)Subversion
7104 (0.281 %)TestDirector
8103 (0.278 %)Visual Studio Team System
9102 (0.276 %)QuickTest Pro
1091 (0.246 %)WinRunner
1178 (0.211 %)MSI
1265 (0.176 %)LoadRunner
1363 (0.170 %)InstallShield
1455 (0.149 %)MorphX
1550 (0.135 %)ClearCase
1649 (0.132 %)Rational Rose
1744 (0.119 %)Eclipse
1835 (0.095 %)PowerBuilder
1934 (0.092 %)JUnit
2032 (0.087 %)Ant
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15663 (15.31 %)Finance
21943 (5.253 %)Pensions
31636 (4.423 %)Health
41337 (3.614 %)Insurance
51296 (3.504 %)Banking
61159 (3.133 %)Retail
71014 (2.741 %)Education
8901 (2.436 %)Marketing
9830 (2.244 %)Telecoms
10686 (1.855 %)Law
11648 (1.752 %)Legal
12608 (1.644 %)Government
13552 (1.492 %)Back Office
14473 (1.279 %)Investment Banking
15354 (0.957 %)Front Office
16351 (0.949 %)Manufacturing
17317 (0.857 %)Publishing
18301 (0.814 %)Games
19258 (0.697 %)Construction
20205 (0.554 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19574 (25.88 %)Developer
25918 (16.00 %)Analyst
33724 (10.07 %).NET Developer
43268 (8.835 %)Consultant
52348 (6.347 %)Support Analyst
62342 (6.331 %)C# Developer
71790 (4.839 %)Architect
81724 (4.661 %)Support Engineer
91494 (4.039 %)Administrator
101279 (3.458 %)Project Manager
111228 (3.320 %)ASP.NET Developer
121164 (3.147 %)Senior Developer
131095 (2.960 %)Web Developer
141083 (2.928 %)Software Developer
15984 (2.660 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
16883 (2.387 %)DBA
17860 (2.325 %)Programmer
18858 (2.319 %)Team Leader
19820 (2.217 %)Technical Support
20745 (2.014 %)2nd Line Support
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1816 (2.206 %)Clustering
2809 (2.187 %)Blackberry
3748 (2.022 %)Computer Science
4674 (1.822 %)Client/Server
5510 (1.379 %)N-Tier
6412 (1.114 %)Management Information System
7277 (0.749 %)Replication
8274 (0.741 %)Mathematics
9253 (0.684 %)Derivative
10202 (0.546 %)Thin Client
10202 (0.546 %)Fat Client
11201 (0.543 %)Fixed Income
12181 (0.489 %)Tandem
13172 (0.465 %)German Language
14166 (0.449 %)French Language
15158 (0.427 %)NHS
16151 (0.408 %)Web 2.0
17149 (0.403 %)Equities
18147 (0.397 %)Statistics
19146 (0.395 %)Mainframe
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113924 (37.64 %)Windows
26379 (17.24 %)Windows Server 2003
33402 (9.197 %)Windows XP
42493 (6.739 %)Windows 2000
51811 (4.896 %)UNIX
61735 (4.690 %)Linux
71699 (4.593 %)Windows 2000 Server
81520 (4.109 %)Windows Vista
9733 (1.982 %)Windows Server 2008
10517 (1.398 %)Solaris
11384 (1.038 %)Windows NT
12259 (0.700 %)Red Hat Linux
13158 (0.427 %)NetWare
14157 (0.424 %)HPUX
15139 (0.376 %)AIX
16129 (0.349 %)Windows Mobile
17122 (0.330 %)Mac OS X
1853 (0.143 %)SUSE
1951 (0.138 %)OS/400
2048 (0.130 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12557 (6.912 %)Project Management
22136 (5.774 %)ITIL
31980 (5.353 %)OO
41720 (4.650 %)Business Intelligence
51648 (4.455 %)CRM
61245 (3.366 %)Agile Software Development
71203 (3.252 %)PRINCE2
81040 (2.811 %)Web Development
9981 (2.652 %)ERP
10974 (2.633 %)E-Commerce
11958 (2.590 %)Scrum
12935 (2.528 %)UML
13701 (1.895 %)Business Analysis
14697 (1.884 %)Migration
15645 (1.744 %)Content Management
16573 (1.549 %)Disaster Recovery
17566 (1.530 %)Service Delivery
18482 (1.303 %)Change Management
19477 (1.290 %)SOA
20473 (1.279 %)Document Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19401 (25.41 %)SQL
28818 (23.84 %)C#
33062 (8.278 %)VB.NET
42726 (7.369 %)VB
52553 (6.902 %)JavaScript
62008 (5.428 %)Transact-SQL
71677 (4.534 %)Java
81659 (4.485 %)C++
91209 (3.268 %)C
10950 (2.568 %)VB6
11825 (2.230 %)VBA
12659 (1.782 %)VBScript
13500 (1.352 %)PHP
14477 (1.290 %)PL/SQL
15308 (0.833 %)VC++
16275 (0.743 %)Perl
17204 (0.551 %)Delphi
18163 (0.441 %)Shell Script
19159 (0.430 %)XPath
20133 (0.360 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16906 (18.67 %)Microsoft Certification
23803 (10.28 %)MCSE
33747 (10.13 %)Degree
41936 (5.234 %)MCP
51322 (3.574 %)Cisco Certification
61064 (2.876 %)CCNA
7918 (2.482 %)MCSA
8702 (1.898 %)MCSD
9519 (1.403 %)MCAD
10506 (1.368 %)Security Cleared
11494 (1.335 %)MCTS
12473 (1.279 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13460 (1.244 %)CCNP
14438 (1.184 %)Citrix Certification
15314 (0.849 %)ISEB
16309 (0.835 %)CCA
17263 (0.711 %)PRINCE2 Certification
18218 (0.589 %)ITIL Certification
19209 (0.565 %)MCDST
20194 (0.524 %)CCEA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1841 (2.274 %)SLA
2576 (1.557 %)QA
3103 (0.278 %)ISO27001
484 (0.227 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
576 (0.205 %)ISO9001
645 (0.122 %)ISO9000
740 (0.108 %)WAI
829 (0.078 %)BS7799
829 (0.078 %)TickIT
921 (0.057 %)Basel II
1020 (0.054 %)HL7
1118 (0.049 %)COBIT
1213 (0.035 %)JSP 440
1213 (0.035 %)PCI DSS
1213 (0.035 %)DICOM
1213 (0.035 %)BS15000
139 (0.024 %)CESG Infosec
146 (0.016 %)21 CFR Part 11
155 (0.014 %)WCAG
155 (0.014 %)PCI QSA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16786 (18.35 %)Active Directory
21421 (3.841 %)VMware Infrastructure
3644 (1.741 %)ISA Server
4604 (1.633 %)VMware ESX
5570 (1.541 %)Backup Exec
6511 (1.381 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7454 (1.227 %)Terminal Services
8253 (0.684 %)Terminal Server
9194 (0.524 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
10174 (0.470 %)NetBackup
11138 (0.373 %)MetaFrame
12101 (0.273 %)Hyper-V
1392 (0.249 %)VMware Server
1491 (0.246 %)MSMQ
1561 (0.165 %)Xen
1645 (0.122 %)VMware Workstation
1742 (0.114 %)MailMarshal
1839 (0.105 %)Oracle RAC
1932 (0.087 %)VMware GSX
2027 (0.073 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1675 (1.825 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2438 (1.184 %)MOM
3233 (0.630 %)SCOM
4218 (0.589 %)SCCM
5182 (0.492 %)OpenView
6137 (0.370 %)Tivoli
7136 (0.368 %)Norton AntiVirus
8121 (0.327 %)WSUS
9109 (0.295 %)ARCserve
1098 (0.265 %)MAILsweeper
1165 (0.176 %)ZENworks
1249 (0.132 %)BMC PATROL
1344 (0.119 %)Unicenter
1439 (0.105 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1439 (0.105 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1533 (0.089 %)HP Data Protector
1628 (0.076 %)CiscoWorks
1727 (0.073 %)OVSD
1825 (0.068 %)MIMEsweeper
1924 (0.065 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13228 (8.726 %)Oracle
23125 (8.448 %)Citrix
32928 (7.915 %)Cisco
42920 (7.894 %)VMware
51642 (4.439 %)HP
6974 (2.633 %)IBM
7738 (1.995 %)SAP
8613 (1.657 %)Business Objects
9599 (1.619 %)Lotus
10544 (1.471 %)Symantec
11542 (1.465 %)EMC
12492 (1.330 %)VERITAS
13467 (1.262 %)Cognos
14439 (1.187 %)Sun
15403 (1.089 %)Dell
16350 (0.946 %)Adobe
17346 (0.935 %)CheckPoint
18335 (0.906 %)Sage
19300 (0.811 %)Novell
20296 (0.800 %)Red Hat