The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 54 73 84
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 73 44 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 4.171% 2.496% 1.491%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.25% 6.433% 4.821%
Number of salaries quoted 61 43 26
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +35.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £31,600 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £45,000 £37,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
596 684 560
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 34.06% 38.80% 30.92%
Number of salaries quoted 498 603 434
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £58,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bristol Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 117 (78.52%) Microsoft
2 80 (53.69%) MS Excel
3 74 (49.66%) Windows
4 73 (48.99%) SharePoint
5 72 (48.32%) SQL Server
6 65 (43.62%) .NET
6 65 (43.62%) ASP.NET
7 64 (42.95%) Windows Server 2008
8 62 (41.61%) Windows Server 2003
9 59 (39.60%) MCSE
10 58 (38.93%) Active Directory
11 52 (34.90%) MS Exchange
12 50 (33.56%) C#
13 44 (29.53%) VMware
14 38 (25.50%) Exchange Server 2010
15 35 (23.49%) VMware Infrastructure
15 35 (23.49%) JavaScript
16 33 (22.15%) MCSA
17 29 (19.46%) Business Analysis
18 28 (18.79%) WCF
18 28 (18.79%) Firewall
18 28 (18.79%) MVC
19 27 (18.12%) MCITP
20 26 (17.45%) MCTS
20 26 (17.45%) Exchange Server 2003
20 26 (17.45%) Exchange Server 2007
20 26 (17.45%) SharePoint 2010
20 26 (17.45%) MCP
21 23 (15.44%) Cisco
21 23 (15.44%) Clustering

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 65 (43.62%) .NET
1 65 (43.62%) ASP.NET
2 28 (18.79%) WCF
3 18 (12.08%) CSS
4 13 (8.725%) WPF
5 12 (8.054%) ASP.NET MVC
6 11 (7.383%) KnockoutJS
6 11 (7.383%) Node.js
6 11 (7.383%) Ninject
6 11 (7.383%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 3 (2.013%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.013%) Web Services
8 2 (1.342%) ASP
8 2 (1.342%) SOAP
8 2 (1.342%) HTML
9 1 (0.671%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (0.671%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Application Platforms
1 73 (48.99%) SharePoint
2 52 (34.90%) MS Exchange
3 38 (25.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 26 (17.45%) Exchange Server 2003
4 26 (17.45%) Exchange Server 2007
4 26 (17.45%) SharePoint 2010
5 13 (8.725%) IIS
6 4 (2.685%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (2.013%) Exchange Server 2000
7 3 (2.013%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (2.013%) Lync
8 2 (1.342%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.671%) SAS
Applications
1 80 (53.69%) MS Excel
2 20 (13.42%) InfoPath
3 11 (7.383%) MS Office
4 2 (1.342%) MS Project
5 1 (0.671%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (2.013%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.79%) Firewall
2 20 (13.42%) DNS
2 20 (13.42%) SAN
3 19 (12.75%) TCP/IP
4 17 (11.41%) LAN
4 17 (11.41%) WAN
5 11 (7.383%) VPN
5 11 (7.383%) iSCSI
6 7 (4.698%) Internet
7 5 (3.356%) Intranet
7 5 (3.356%) DHCP
8 2 (1.342%) SMTP
8 2 (1.342%) VoIP
8 2 (1.342%) LDAP
8 2 (1.342%) HTTP
8 2 (1.342%) SNMP
8 2 (1.342%) Network Security
8 2 (1.342%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.671%) VLAN
9 1 (0.671%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (48.32%) SQL Server
2 15 (10.07%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (4.027%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (2.685%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (2.685%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.013%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.342%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.671%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.671%) DTS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.685%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.342%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (7.383%) Marketing
1 11 (7.383%) Retail
2 7 (4.698%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.356%) Advertising
4 4 (2.685%) Law
5 3 (2.013%) Legal
6 1 (0.671%) Billing
Job Titles
1 59 (39.60%) Developer
2 35 (23.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (22.82%) Microsoft Developer
4 23 (15.44%) Support Engineer
5 18 (12.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (8.054%) .NET Developer
6 12 (8.054%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 12 (8.054%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (7.383%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 10 (6.711%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (6.040%) SharePoint Developer
10 8 (5.369%) Messaging Engineer
10 8 (5.369%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (4.698%) Consultant
12 6 (4.027%) Analyst
12 6 (4.027%) SharePoint Consultant
13 5 (3.356%) Administrator
14 4 (2.685%) DBA
14 4 (2.685%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 4 (2.685%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.44%) Clustering
2 18 (12.08%) Blackberry
3 13 (8.725%) Management Information System
4 11 (7.383%) Tandem
5 4 (2.685%) iPhone
6 3 (2.013%) Computer Science
6 3 (2.013%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.013%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.671%) Handset
7 1 (0.671%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.671%) PDA
7 1 (0.671%) iPad
7 1 (0.671%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (0.671%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.671%) EPoS
7 1 (0.671%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.671%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 74 (49.66%) Windows
2 64 (42.95%) Windows Server 2008
3 62 (41.61%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (2.013%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (2.013%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.013%) Linux
5 2 (1.342%) Windows XP
5 2 (1.342%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.671%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.46%) Business Analysis
2 28 (18.79%) MVC
3 14 (9.396%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (8.725%) Information Security
5 12 (8.054%) TDD
5 12 (8.054%) Domain-Driven Design
6 11 (7.383%) Information Security Management
6 11 (7.383%) Security Management
6 11 (7.383%) Dependency Injection
6 11 (7.383%) ISMS
6 11 (7.383%) Web Application Development
7 8 (5.369%) Migration
7 8 (5.369%) Problem Management
8 7 (4.698%) ITIL
9 6 (4.027%) Service Delivery
9 6 (4.027%) Business Continuity
10 5 (3.356%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (2.685%) Change Management
12 3 (2.013%) Web Development
12 3 (2.013%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (33.56%) C#
2 35 (23.49%) JavaScript
3 18 (12.08%) VBA
4 17 (11.41%) SQL
5 9 (6.040%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.342%) VB
6 2 (1.342%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.342%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.671%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (39.60%) MCSE
2 33 (22.15%) MCSA
3 27 (18.12%) MCITP
4 26 (17.45%) MCTS
4 26 (17.45%) MCP
5 21 (14.09%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (14.09%) CCNA
6 20 (13.42%) Degree
7 17 (11.41%) MCT
8 11 (7.383%) MCAD
8 11 (7.383%) MCSD
8 11 (7.383%) CCNP
9 8 (5.369%) Security Cleared
10 6 (4.027%) A+ Certification
10 6 (4.027%) SC Cleared
11 3 (2.013%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.013%) MCDST
11 3 (2.013%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (2.013%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.342%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.725%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.685%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (38.93%) Active Directory
2 35 (23.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (9.396%) vSphere
4 12 (8.054%) Hyper-V
5 9 (6.040%) VMware ESX
6 5 (3.356%) XenApp
7 4 (2.685%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.342%) ISA Server
8 2 (1.342%) Forefront TMG
8 2 (1.342%) UAG
8 2 (1.342%) Squid
9 1 (0.671%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (8.054%) MOM
2 10 (6.711%) SCOM
3 4 (2.685%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.342%) Zenoss
5 1 (0.671%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.671%) SCCM
Vendors
1 117 (78.52%) Microsoft
2 44 (29.53%) VMware
3 23 (15.44%) Cisco
4 13 (8.725%) HP
5 11 (7.383%) NetSuite
6 8 (5.369%) Citrix
7 7 (4.698%) Dell
8 5 (3.356%) Oracle
9 3 (2.013%) Juniper
9 3 (2.013%) IBM
9 3 (2.013%) Compaq
10 2 (1.342%) NetApp
10 2 (1.342%) Apple
11 1 (0.671%) Acronis
11 1 (0.671%) ZyXEL
11 1 (0.671%) Draytek
11 1 (0.671%) McAfee
11 1 (0.671%) SAP
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