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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Abingdon region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank613
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads10836
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.016 %
As % of the category below67.08 %31.03 %
Salaries quoted10831
Average minimum salary£42,565£28,903
Average salary£44,653£34,484
% change on same period last year+29.48 %
Average maximum salary£46,741£40,065
UK excluding London average salary£33,680£33,143
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Qualifications AbingdonQualifications
Abingdon
Matching permanent IT job ads161116
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.051 %
Salaries quoted160110
Average minimum salary£40,610£29,327
Average salary£43,179£34,285
% change on same period last year+25.94 %
Average maximum salary£45,748£39,243
UK excluding London average salary£37,496£38,492
% change on same period last year-2.58 %
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Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft Certification across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Abingdon Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft Certification across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Abingdon region over the past 3 months.

Abingdon Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft Certification.

1149 (67.73 %)Microsoft
298 (44.55 %).NET
386 (39.09 %)MCSE
481 (36.82 %)Windows
481 (36.82 %)SQL
579 (35.91 %)Education
579 (35.91 %)MCITP
678 (35.45 %)PRINCE2
777 (35.00 %)MCDBA
872 (32.73 %)Degree
961 (27.73 %)C#
1054 (24.55 %)Windows 2000
1054 (24.55 %)MS Exchange
1152 (23.64 %)ASP.NET
1250 (22.73 %)MS Excel
1349 (22.27 %)SharePoint
1448 (21.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
1547 (21.36 %)MCSD
1646 (20.91 %)Active Directory
1745 (20.45 %)VB.NET
1745 (20.45 %)Pensions
1842 (19.09 %)SQL Server
1941 (18.64 %)Exchange Server 2000
2037 (16.82 %)Cisco Certification
2037 (16.82 %)CCNA
2133 (15.00 %)Internet
2231 (14.09 %)Exchange Server 2007
2330 (13.64 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2330 (13.64 %)PRINCE
2330 (13.64 %)PRINCE2 Certification

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
198 (44.55 %).NET
252 (23.64 %)ASP.NET
317 (7.727 %)XML
42 (0.909 %)XSLT
42 (0.909 %)Application Packaging
42 (0.909 %)HTML
42 (0.909 %)ASP
51 (0.455 %)COM
51 (0.455 %)DCOM
Application Platforms
154 (24.55 %)MS Exchange
249 (22.27 %)SharePoint
348 (21.82 %)Exchange Server 2003
441 (18.64 %)Exchange Server 2000
531 (14.09 %)Exchange Server 2007
630 (13.64 %)SharePoint Server 2007
714 (6.364 %)Live Communications Server
88 (3.636 %)IIS
92 (0.909 %)Lotus Domino
92 (0.909 %)BizTalk Server
92 (0.909 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.455 %)Commerce Server
101 (0.455 %)Content Management Server
101 (0.455 %)MTS
Applications
150 (22.73 %)MS Excel
22 (0.909 %)MS Office
Business Applications
11 (0.455 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.455 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
133 (15.00 %)Internet
219 (8.636 %)Intranet
316 (7.273 %)Firewall
412 (5.455 %)SAN
59 (4.091 %)DNS
66 (2.727 %)LAN
75 (2.273 %)WLAN
75 (2.273 %)TCP/IP
75 (2.273 %)Wireless
84 (1.818 %)Network Security
84 (1.818 %)WAN
84 (1.818 %)DHCP
91 (0.455 %)VoIP
91 (0.455 %)VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
142 (19.09 %)SQL Server
216 (7.273 %)OLAP
32 (0.909 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.455 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
121 (9.545 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.909 %)MSI
31 (0.455 %)InstallShield
General
179 (35.91 %)Education
245 (20.45 %)Pensions
312 (5.455 %)Billing
41 (0.455 %)Insurance
41 (0.455 %)Marketing
41 (0.455 %)Health
41 (0.455 %)Telecoms
41 (0.455 %)Finance
Job Titles
177 (35.00 %)DBA
177 (35.00 %)SQL DBA
237 (16.82 %)Systems Engineer
335 (15.91 %)Administrator
432 (14.55 %)Developer
528 (12.73 %)C# Developer
528 (12.73 %)ASP.NET Developer
528 (12.73 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
627 (12.27 %).NET Developer
725 (11.36 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
725 (11.36 %)VB.NET Developer
824 (10.91 %)Senior Systems Engineer
922 (10.00 %)Consultant
1016 (7.273 %)Analyst
1115 (6.818 %)Lead Developer
1214 (6.364 %)Design Engineer
136 (2.727 %)Systems Administrator
136 (2.727 %)Software Engineer
145 (2.273 %)Network Engineer
145 (2.273 %)3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
124 (10.91 %)Statistics
23 (1.364 %)Computer Science
32 (0.909 %)Fat Client
32 (0.909 %)Client/Server
32 (0.909 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
181 (36.82 %)Windows
254 (24.55 %)Windows 2000
326 (11.82 %)Windows Server 2003
418 (8.182 %)Linux
53 (1.364 %)Unix
61 (0.455 %)Windows NT
61 (0.455 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
178 (35.45 %)PRINCE2
230 (13.64 %)PRINCE
321 (9.545 %)Validation
417 (7.727 %)E-Commerce
512 (5.455 %)Business Intelligence
512 (5.455 %)Technical Architecture
67 (3.182 %)Project Management
75 (2.273 %)Requirements Analysis
82 (0.909 %)Time Management
82 (0.909 %)Service Delivery
82 (0.909 %)ITIL
82 (0.909 %)CRM
91 (0.455 %)OOA/OOD
91 (0.455 %)Migration
91 (0.455 %)Content Management
91 (0.455 %)Business Analysis
Programming Languages
181 (36.82 %)SQL
261 (27.73 %)C#
345 (20.45 %)VB.NET
414 (6.364 %)VB
513 (5.909 %)Java
68 (3.636 %)C++
72 (0.909 %)VB6
81 (0.455 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.455 %)VBScript
Qualifications
186 (39.09 %)MCSE
279 (35.91 %)MCITP
377 (35.00 %)MCDBA
472 (32.73 %)Degree
547 (21.36 %)MCSD
637 (16.82 %)Cisco Certification
637 (16.82 %)CCNA
730 (13.64 %)PRINCE2 Certification
813 (5.909 %)RHCT
910 (4.545 %)MCSA
910 (4.545 %)MCP
108 (3.636 %)MCAD
115 (2.273 %)CCNP
115 (2.273 %)MCTS
122 (0.909 %)Citrix Certification
131 (0.455 %)MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.909 %)SLA
System Software
146 (20.91 %)Active Directory
218 (8.182 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.909 %)MetaFrame
32 (0.909 %)Terminal Server
41 (0.455 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
15 (2.273 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (0.909 %)MOM
22 (0.909 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.455 %)WSUS
Vendors
1149 (67.73 %)Microsoft
216 (7.273 %)ProClarity
39 (4.091 %)Cisco
48 (3.636 %)Red Hat
55 (2.273 %)IBM
55 (2.273 %)HP
55 (2.273 %)Dell
55 (2.273 %)Symantec
64 (1.818 %)Citrix
73 (1.364 %)Sophos
73 (1.364 %)EMC
73 (1.364 %)CheckPoint
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