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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Brighton 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2634
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads3328
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.012 %
As % of the category below28.95 %24.35 %
Salaries quoted3124
Average minimum salary£31,903£25,333
Average salary£34,629£25,479
% change on same period last year+35.91 %
Average maximum salary£37,355£25,625
UK excluding London average salary£33,560£33,693
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Brighton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Brighton
Matching permanent IT job ads114115
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.066 %0.049 %
Salaries quoted80100
Average minimum salary£31,443£31,331
Average salary£33,516£33,470
% change on same period last year+0.13 %
Average maximum salary£35,589£35,608
UK excluding London average salary£37,889£38,388
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Microsoft Certification East SussexMicrosoft Certification
East Sussex

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Brighton region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Brighton Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Brighton 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.

133 (52.38 %)MCSE
232 (50.79 %)Microsoft
329 (46.03 %)Windows
427 (42.86 %)SQL Server
525 (39.68 %)WAN
624 (38.10 %)Cisco Certification
624 (38.10 %)Windows Server 2003
723 (36.51 %)Cisco
723 (36.51 %)LAN
822 (34.92 %)SQL Server 2005
919 (30.16 %)SQL
1016 (25.40 %)IIS
1016 (25.40 %)TCP/IP
1115 (23.81 %)MCP
1214 (22.22 %)Linux
1214 (22.22 %)CCNA
1313 (20.63 %)RHCE
1313 (20.63 %)MS Excel
1313 (20.63 %)Red Hat
1313 (20.63 %)SQL Server 2000
1313 (20.63 %)Red Hat Linux
1412 (19.05 %)EMC NetWorker
1412 (19.05 %)SAN
1412 (19.05 %)ITIL
1412 (19.05 %).NET
1412 (19.05 %)Active Directory
1412 (19.05 %)EMC
1412 (19.05 %)UNIX
1511 (17.46 %)Intel
1511 (17.46 %)C#

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Brighton 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.

Brighton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (19.05 %).NET
210 (15.87 %)HTML
210 (15.87 %)COM+
210 (15.87 %)CSS
39 (14.29 %).NET Framework
48 (12.70 %)WCF
48 (12.70 %)WPF
48 (12.70 %)WF
48 (12.70 %)Silverlight
48 (12.70 %)ASP.NET
48 (12.70 %)AJAX
52 (3.175 %)J2EE
52 (3.175 %)ASP
Brighton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (25.40 %)IIS
29 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
36 (9.524 %)Apache
44 (6.349 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (4.762 %)SharePoint
Brighton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (20.63 %)MS Excel
28 (12.70 %)MS Visio
36 (9.524 %)MS Office
Brighton IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.587 %)Microsoft CRM
Brighton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (39.68 %)WAN
223 (36.51 %)LAN
316 (25.40 %)TCP/IP
412 (19.05 %)SAN
511 (17.46 %)NetScreen
610 (15.87 %)DNS
78 (12.70 %)VPN
78 (12.70 %)ADSL
87 (11.11 %)SNMP
87 (11.11 %)MPLS
87 (11.11 %)OSPF
87 (11.11 %)BGP
96 (9.524 %)L2TP
96 (9.524 %)SMTP
96 (9.524 %)IPsec
96 (9.524 %)IMAP
102 (3.175 %)LDAP
111 (1.587 %)Broadband
111 (1.587 %)VoIP
111 (1.587 %)Firewall
Brighton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (42.86 %)SQL Server
222 (34.92 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (20.63 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (9.524 %)DTS
46 (9.524 %)SQL Server Integration Services
55 (7.937 %)MySQL
55 (7.937 %)OLTP
62 (3.175 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (1.587 %)RDBMS
71 (1.587 %)Adabas
71 (1.587 %)Datawarehouse
Brighton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (14.29 %)Health
27 (11.11 %)Government
33 (4.762 %)Telecoms
42 (3.175 %)Education
51 (1.587 %)Finance
51 (1.587 %)Pensions
Brighton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (17.46 %)Developer
210 (15.87 %)Analyst
210 (15.87 %)DBA
210 (15.87 %)Infrastructure Engineer
38 (12.70 %).NET Developer
38 (12.70 %)C# Developer
38 (12.70 %)Administrator
38 (12.70 %)SQL DBA
38 (12.70 %)ASP.NET Developer
38 (12.70 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
47 (11.11 %)SQL Server DBA
56 (9.524 %)Technical Architect
56 (9.524 %)Architect
65 (7.937 %)Systems Administrator
65 (7.937 %)Development DBA
65 (7.937 %)SQL Server Development DBA
65 (7.937 %)Server Engineer
74 (6.349 %)Senior Server Engineer
83 (4.762 %)Team Leader
83 (4.762 %)Systems Architect
Brighton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (6.349 %)Clustering
22 (3.175 %)E-Learning
Brighton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (46.03 %)Windows
224 (38.10 %)Windows Server 2003
314 (22.22 %)Linux
413 (20.63 %)Red Hat Linux
512 (19.05 %)UNIX
69 (14.29 %)Windows XP
77 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
83 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
91 (1.587 %)Windows 2000 Server
Brighton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (19.05 %)ITIL
28 (12.70 %)Scrum
28 (12.70 %)Extreme Programming
36 (9.524 %)B2B
43 (4.762 %)Technical Architecture
43 (4.762 %)Load Balancing
52 (3.175 %)OO
52 (3.175 %)E-Commerce
52 (3.175 %)Asset Management
61 (1.587 %)Data Management
61 (1.587 %)Document Management
61 (1.587 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (1.587 %)Network Load Balancing
61 (1.587 %)Time Management
Brighton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (30.16 %)SQL
211 (17.46 %)C#
310 (15.87 %)JavaScript
47 (11.11 %)VB
56 (9.524 %)C
62 (3.175 %)Java
71 (1.587 %)Perl
71 (1.587 %)FoxPro (VFP)
71 (1.587 %)Transact-SQL
71 (1.587 %)VBScript
Brighton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (52.38 %)MCSE
224 (38.10 %)Cisco Certification
315 (23.81 %)MCP
414 (22.22 %)CCNA
513 (20.63 %)RHCE
610 (15.87 %)CCNP
79 (14.29 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
88 (12.70 %)MCAD
88 (12.70 %)MCSD
97 (11.11 %)MCDBA
103 (4.762 %)MCSA
111 (1.587 %)MBCS
Brighton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.762 %)SLA
Brighton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (19.05 %)Active Directory
210 (15.87 %)VMware ESX
33 (4.762 %)Terminal Services
Brighton IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (19.05 %)EMC NetWorker
27 (11.11 %)MOM
36 (9.524 %)CiscoWorks
Brighton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (50.79 %)Microsoft
223 (36.51 %)Cisco
313 (20.63 %)Red Hat
412 (19.05 %)EMC
511 (17.46 %)Intel
511 (17.46 %)VMware
66 (9.524 %)Redback
74 (6.349 %)VERITAS
83 (4.762 %)Citrix
92 (3.175 %)Oracle
92 (3.175 %)Nortel
92 (3.175 %)Nokia
101 (1.587 %)Apple
101 (1.587 %)Hummingbird
101 (1.587 %)Avaya