The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Andover region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Andover region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 10 4 6
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 8 13 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Andover 19.05% 27.08% 17.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.81% 59.09% 42.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 8
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,350 £34,600 £36,400
10% offered a salary of more than £47,800 £47,500 £39,700
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Andover
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
31 22 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Andover 73.81% 45.83% 41.30%
Number of salaries quoted 22 21 19
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £25,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
Hampshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Andover 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 Andover region.

Andover Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Andover region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Andover Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Andover 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 26 (96.30%) Microsoft
2 25 (92.59%) Firewall
2 25 (92.59%) MCSE
2 25 (92.59%) Cisco
3 24 (88.89%) TCP/IP
3 24 (88.89%) UNIX
3 24 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (88.89%) CCNA
3 24 (88.89%) Back Office
3 24 (88.89%) DV Cleared
3 24 (88.89%) Security Cleared
4 20 (74.07%) SC Cleared
5 18 (66.67%) Active Directory
6 16 (59.26%) SAN
6 16 (59.26%) HTTP
7 15 (55.56%) DNS
7 15 (55.56%) SMTP
7 15 (55.56%) DHCP
7 15 (55.56%) FTP
7 15 (55.56%) Linux
7 15 (55.56%) DMZ
7 15 (55.56%) Extranet
7 15 (55.56%) X.400
7 15 (55.56%) RHCE
7 15 (55.56%) CCNP
7 15 (55.56%) vSphere
7 15 (55.56%) CESG
8 12 (44.44%) Windows
9 11 (40.74%) SQL
10 9 (33.33%) ITIL

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Andover 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 Development
1 2 (7.407%) Application Packaging
2 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (7.407%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (92.59%) Firewall
2 24 (88.89%) TCP/IP
3 16 (59.26%) SAN
3 16 (59.26%) HTTP
4 15 (55.56%) DNS
4 15 (55.56%) SMTP
4 15 (55.56%) DHCP
4 15 (55.56%) FTP
4 15 (55.56%) DMZ
4 15 (55.56%) Extranet
4 15 (55.56%) X.400
General
1 24 (88.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Firewall Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) Consultant
3 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) CESG
2 9 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (88.89%) UNIX
2 15 (55.56%) Linux
3 12 (44.44%) Windows
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (7.407%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) ITIL
1 9 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 2 (7.407%) Identity Management
2 2 (7.407%) Migration
3 1 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (92.59%) MCSE
2 24 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (88.89%) CCNA
2 24 (88.89%) DV Cleared
2 24 (88.89%) Security Cleared
3 20 (74.07%) SC Cleared
4 15 (55.56%) RHCE
4 15 (55.56%) CCNP
5 9 (33.33%) CISSP
6 2 (7.407%) MCSA
6 2 (7.407%) MCTS
6 2 (7.407%) MCITP
7 1 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (3.704%) CCA
7 1 (3.704%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (3.704%) MCT
System Software
1 18 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 15 (55.56%) vSphere
3 2 (7.407%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (3.704%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) SCCM
1 2 (7.407%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (96.30%) Microsoft
2 25 (92.59%) Cisco
3 9 (33.33%) ArcSight
4 1 (3.704%) VMware
4 1 (3.704%) Citrix
Andover, South East
Applicants will have Microsoft Server support to Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) levels and extensive experience of multiple systems support in a production environment, including Citrix, VMware, Active Directory,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Andover, South East
Applicants will have Microsoft Server support to Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) levels and extensive experience of multiple systems support in a production environment, including Citrix, VMware, Active Directory,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £27000 - £31000 per annum + Final Salary Pension
Posted: 3 June 2013
Andover, South East
Applicants will have Microsoft Server support to Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) levels and extensive experience of multiple systems support in a production environment, including Citrix, VMware, Active Directory,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £27000 - £31000 per annum
Posted: 8 June 2013
Andover, South East
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise Support Microsoft Exchange (2003/2007/2010) Exchange Clustering Microsoft...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 22 May 2013
Andover, South East
Applicants will have Microsoft Server support to Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) levels and extensive experience of multiple systems support in a production environment, including Citrix, VMware, Active Directory,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £27000 - £31000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013