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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Bolton 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 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank235
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads519
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below15.15 %67.86 %
Salaries quoted519
Average minimum salary£32,800£21,105
Average salary£34,400£22,013
% change on same period last year+56.27 %
Average maximum salary£36,000£22,921
UK excluding London average salary£33,565£33,732
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Bolton
Matching permanent IT job ads3328
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted2028
Average minimum salary£29,056£23,774
Average salary£30,757£24,429
% change on same period last year+25.90 %
Average maximum salary£32,458£25,083
UK excluding London average salary£37,875£38,396
% change on same period last year-1.35 %
Microsoft Certification ManchesterMicrosoft Certification
Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

Bolton Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

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

Bolton Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Bolton region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Bolton Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

17 (70.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (50.00 %)MCSE
35 (50.00 %)Microsoft
44 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
44 (40.00 %)WAN
44 (40.00 %)ITIL
44 (40.00 %)SQL
44 (40.00 %)Active Directory
44 (40.00 %)Firewall
53 (30.00 %).NET
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server
53 (30.00 %)CCNA
53 (30.00 %)Cisco
53 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
53 (30.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (20.00 %)HP APS
62 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
62 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
62 (20.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (20.00 %)SAN
62 (20.00 %)VPN
62 (20.00 %)LAN
62 (20.00 %)Windows XP
62 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
62 (20.00 %)ASP
62 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
62 (20.00 %)C#

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

Bolton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %).NET
22 (20.00 %)ASP
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %)COM+
31 (10.00 %)XML
31 (10.00 %)X-Windows
31 (10.00 %)Silverlight
31 (10.00 %)HTML
Bolton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (10.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (10.00 %)CMS
Bolton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Bolton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (40.00 %)WAN
14 (40.00 %)Firewall
22 (20.00 %)Nortel Meridian
22 (20.00 %)MPLS
22 (20.00 %)LAN
22 (20.00 %)VPN
22 (20.00 %)SAN
22 (20.00 %)Internet
31 (10.00 %)3G
31 (10.00 %)Intranet
31 (10.00 %)Broadband
31 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
Bolton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Bolton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Telecoms
11 (10.00 %)Health
11 (10.00 %)Retail
11 (10.00 %)Pensions
Bolton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %).NET Developer
22 (20.00 %)VB.NET Developer
22 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
22 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
22 (20.00 %)ASP Developer
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)Software Developer
31 (10.00 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
31 (10.00 %)VB6 Developer
31 (10.00 %).NET Programmer
31 (10.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)VB.NET Programmer
31 (10.00 %)VB Developer
31 (10.00 %)C# Developer
31 (10.00 %)Programmer
31 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support
31 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
Bolton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Clustering
21 (10.00 %)Blackberry
Bolton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (70.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
42 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (20.00 %)Windows XP
51 (10.00 %)Linux
Bolton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)ITIL
14 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
31 (10.00 %)OOP
31 (10.00 %)CAD
Bolton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)C#
22 (20.00 %)JavaScript
22 (20.00 %)VB.NET
31 (10.00 %)VB6
31 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (10.00 %)VB
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (50.00 %)MCSE
23 (30.00 %)CCNA
23 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
32 (20.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (20.00 %)HP APS
32 (20.00 %)MCP
Bolton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (40.00 %)Active Directory
22 (20.00 %)VMware ESX
22 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Bolton IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)DameWare
Bolton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft
23 (30.00 %)Cisco
32 (20.00 %)VMware
32 (20.00 %)HP
32 (20.00 %)Nortel
41 (10.00 %)Lotus