The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 37 28 20
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 91 88 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 5.353% 5.938% 7.961%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.23% 22.39% 22.77%
Number of salaries quoted 84 82 90
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,150 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
528 393 470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.06% 26.52% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 419 340 389
Average salary £43,250 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £31,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 120 (79.47%) Microsoft
2 81 (53.64%) Windows
3 67 (44.37%) MS Excel
4 62 (41.06%) MCSE
5 54 (35.76%) .NET
6 51 (33.77%) SQL Server
7 46 (30.46%) MCP
7 46 (30.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 44 (29.14%) C#
9 42 (27.81%) ASP.NET
10 35 (23.18%) MVC
11 34 (22.52%) ASP.NET MVC
12 33 (21.85%) SQL
13 30 (19.87%) MCTS
13 30 (19.87%) MCITP
14 29 (19.21%) Active Directory
15 27 (17.88%) Citrix
16 26 (17.22%) Windows Server 2003
16 26 (17.22%) MCSD
17 25 (16.56%) XML
18 24 (15.89%) MS Exchange
19 23 (15.23%) MCAD
19 23 (15.23%) JavaScript
20 22 (14.57%) HTML
21 21 (13.91%) WCF
21 21 (13.91%) SCCM
22 20 (13.25%) Windows 7
23 19 (12.58%) Web Application Development
23 19 (12.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
23 19 (12.58%) Degree

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 54 (35.76%) .NET
2 42 (27.81%) ASP.NET
3 34 (22.52%) ASP.NET MVC
4 25 (16.56%) XML
5 22 (14.57%) HTML
6 21 (13.91%) WCF
7 19 (12.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 19 (12.58%) CSS
8 15 (9.934%) Razor View Engine
8 15 (9.934%) ASP
9 14 (9.272%) jQuery
9 14 (9.272%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 12 (7.947%) XHTML
10 12 (7.947%) Castle Windsor
11 8 (5.298%) NHibernate
11 8 (5.298%) MonoRail
11 8 (5.298%) Ninject
12 6 (3.974%) Web Services
12 6 (3.974%) WinForms
13 4 (2.649%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 24 (15.89%) MS Exchange
2 18 (11.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (8.609%) SharePoint
4 11 (7.285%) Lync
4 11 (7.285%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (6.623%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (4.636%) IIS
7 5 (3.311%) Office Communications Server
7 5 (3.311%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (2.649%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (1.325%) Exchange Server 2000
9 2 (1.325%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (1.325%) Windows Azure
9 2 (1.325%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.662%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.662%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 67 (44.37%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.974%) MS Office
3 5 (3.311%) Office 365
4 2 (1.325%) MS Project
4 2 (1.325%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.311%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.649%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.325%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.60%) Internet
2 9 (5.960%) VoIP
2 9 (5.960%) WAN
3 8 (5.298%) TCP/IP
3 8 (5.298%) VPN
4 7 (4.636%) LAN
5 5 (3.311%) Firewall
5 5 (3.311%) IP Telephony
5 5 (3.311%) SAN
5 5 (3.311%) DNS
6 4 (2.649%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.987%) NAS
8 2 (1.325%) SMTP
8 2 (1.325%) DHCP
8 2 (1.325%) BGP
8 2 (1.325%) OSPF
8 2 (1.325%) EIGRP
8 2 (1.325%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.325%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.662%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (33.77%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.934%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (3.974%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (3.311%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.649%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (2.649%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.325%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.662%) UniData
7 1 (0.662%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (8.609%) NUnit
2 12 (7.947%) Rhino Mocks
3 8 (5.298%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.649%) MSTest
4 4 (2.649%) Moq
5 3 (1.987%) MSI
6 1 (0.662%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.662%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.662%) CruiseControl
General
1 15 (9.934%) Finance
2 13 (8.609%) Advertising
3 8 (5.298%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.311%) Back Office
5 4 (2.649%) Music
5 4 (2.649%) Automotive
5 4 (2.649%) Games
6 2 (1.325%) Law
7 1 (0.662%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.662%) Marketing
7 1 (0.662%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.662%) French Language
7 1 (0.662%) German Language
7 1 (0.662%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 53 (35.10%) Developer
2 28 (18.54%) .NET Developer
3 21 (13.91%) Consultant
4 13 (8.609%) C# Developer
5 12 (7.947%) Support Engineer
5 12 (7.947%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 12 (7.947%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (6.623%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (6.623%) Analyst
7 9 (5.960%) Desktop Support
8 8 (5.298%) Software Developer
9 7 (4.636%) Field Engineer
10 6 (3.974%) Architect
10 6 (3.974%) Server Support
10 6 (3.974%) Support Analyst
10 6 (3.974%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (3.974%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.311%) Desktop Support Analyst
11 5 (3.311%) VB.NET Developer
11 5 (3.311%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.298%) Tandem
2 6 (3.974%) iPhone
3 5 (3.311%) Blackberry
4 4 (2.649%) Inversion of Control
4 4 (2.649%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.987%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.325%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.325%) Firmware
6 2 (1.325%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.325%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.662%) Open Source
7 1 (0.662%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.662%) iPad
7 1 (0.662%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.662%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 81 (53.64%) Windows
2 46 (30.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (17.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (13.25%) Windows 7
5 14 (9.272%) Windows XP
6 12 (7.947%) Windows Vista
7 7 (4.636%) Android
8 6 (3.974%) Linux
9 5 (3.311%) Windows 2000
10 2 (1.325%) Windows XP Embedded
10 2 (1.325%) Windows Phone
10 2 (1.325%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.662%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.662%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.662%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.18%) MVC
2 19 (12.58%) Web Application Development
2 19 (12.58%) TDD
3 16 (10.60%) ITIL
4 14 (9.272%) Web Development
5 12 (7.947%) Scrum
6 11 (7.285%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (5.298%) Dependency Injection
8 7 (4.636%) Domain-Driven Design
8 7 (4.636%) Migration
8 7 (4.636%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (4.636%) OO
9 6 (3.974%) CRM
10 5 (3.311%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (2.649%) PRINCE2
11 4 (2.649%) Configuration Management
11 4 (2.649%) Project Management
11 4 (2.649%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (2.649%) Kanban
12 3 (1.987%) CQRS
Programming Languages
1 44 (29.14%) C#
2 33 (21.85%) SQL
3 23 (15.23%) JavaScript
4 19 (12.58%) VB.NET
5 15 (9.934%) VB
6 14 (9.272%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.636%) C
8 6 (3.974%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.649%) VBScript
10 1 (0.662%) VB6
Qualifications
1 62 (41.06%) MCSE
2 46 (30.46%) MCP
3 30 (19.87%) MCTS
3 30 (19.87%) MCITP
4 26 (17.22%) MCSD
5 23 (15.23%) MCAD
6 19 (12.58%) Degree
7 14 (9.272%) Citrix Certification
8 12 (7.947%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (7.285%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (5.298%) MCSA
10 8 (5.298%) CCNA
10 8 (5.298%) MCDST
11 7 (4.636%) CCA
12 6 (3.974%) A+ Certification
12 6 (3.974%) CCEE
13 5 (3.311%) VCAP
13 5 (3.311%) VCDX
13 5 (3.311%) HNC
13 5 (3.311%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.987%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (19.21%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.285%) Hyper-V
3 11 (7.285%) Terminal Server
4 10 (6.623%) vSphere
5 9 (5.960%) XenServer
6 8 (5.298%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (5.298%) XenApp
7 7 (4.636%) XenDesktop
8 3 (1.987%) Forefront TMG
8 3 (1.987%) VMware ESX
9 2 (1.325%) ISA Server
9 2 (1.325%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.325%) IAG
9 2 (1.325%) UAG
10 1 (0.662%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 21 (13.91%) SCCM
2 11 (7.285%) SCOM
3 5 (3.311%) NetBackup
3 5 (3.311%) Backup Exec
3 5 (3.311%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (3.311%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (1.987%) SCVMM
4 3 (1.987%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 120 (79.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (17.88%) Citrix
3 19 (12.58%) VMware
4 17 (11.26%) Cisco
5 7 (4.636%) Symantec
6 5 (3.311%) Novell
6 5 (3.311%) Oracle
7 4 (2.649%) NetApp
7 4 (2.649%) Avaya
7 4 (2.649%) Google
7 4 (2.649%) PlateSpin
8 3 (1.987%) AppSense
8 3 (1.987%) Veritas
8 3 (1.987%) McAfee
9 2 (1.325%) Remedy
9 2 (1.325%) Sage
9 2 (1.325%) Juniper
9 2 (1.325%) LANDesk
9 2 (1.325%) F5
10 1 (0.662%) Dialogic
Birmingham, West Midlands
This is a hands on role and it is essential to have vast experience within following technologies: Active Directory Exchange Windows Networking (LAN / WAN) Citrix UnixIdeal candidate would...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Lead Infrastructure Analyst - Wintel, AD, Exchange, Storage, Networking (LAN / WAN), Citrix and Unix... This is a hands on role and it is essential to have vast experience within...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, C#.NET, VB, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
They offer an excellent platform to build on your technical skills and experience in a vibrant and friendly environment where you keep learning and can rapidly progress your...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
With MS SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, ETL or Cube development experience , the successful Business Intelligence Consultant/ Developer, with a background within SQL Server development will enjoy the benefits of...
Ridgian
Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be trained in all aspects of: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Being a Microsoft Gold partner the client works with the newest technologies - ASP.NET 4, WPF, WCF, Apple (IPad and IPhone application work), HTML 5 etc and offer...
Robert Walters
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Full Driving License Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix certifications would be desirable.
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Package up to £45k plus car, fuel, smartphone, laptop... If from a software house, they should have documented Microsoft certification in at least one application area in AX...
Rapport Group
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013