The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the Abingdon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 31 - 27
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 4.730% - 2.878%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% - 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 4
Average salary £24,000 - £30,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Abingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
35 37 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 23.65% 34.91% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 22 34 35
Average salary £24,000 £44,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.45% +25.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £29,300 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,950 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Oxfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Abingdon Microsoft Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

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

Abingdon Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) MCP
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
3 7 (77.78%) MS Exchange
3 7 (77.78%) MS Office
4 6 (66.67%) SQL
4 6 (66.67%) MCSE
4 6 (66.67%) VoIP
4 6 (66.67%) MCITP
5 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (55.56%) WatchGuard
5 5 (55.56%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (55.56%) VMware
5 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (55.56%) Cisco
5 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
5 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
5 5 (55.56%) CCNP
5 5 (55.56%) CCNA
5 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 5 (55.56%) Citrix
5 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (55.56%) SAN
5 5 (55.56%) Apple
5 5 (55.56%) Blackberry
5 5 (55.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (22.22%) Windows NT
6 2 (22.22%) LAN
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) MS Exchange
2 5 (55.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) MS Office
2 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) VoIP
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco IOS
2 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 5 (55.56%) SAN
3 2 (22.22%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) DNS
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) IT Support
2 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Support
3 2 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Support Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) Support Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
3 2 (22.22%) Windows NT
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VBScript
2 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) MCP
2 6 (66.67%) MCSE
2 6 (66.67%) MCITP
3 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (55.56%) CCNP
3 5 (55.56%) CCNA
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) MCDST
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) WatchGuard
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Citrix
2 5 (55.56%) Apple