The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 30 34 21
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 10 22 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 4.651% 5.528% 5.833%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.49% 8.661% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 14
Average salary £42,250 £40,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.62% +10.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £29,750 £29,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,900 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
69 254 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 32.09% 63.82% 47.08%
Number of salaries quoted 65 172 80
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,961 £30,000 £28,600
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheltenham Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 8 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 8 (66.67%) CRM
2 8 (66.67%) WCF
3 7 (58.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (58.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (58.33%) Windows
3 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
3 7 (58.33%) MCAD
3 7 (58.33%) C#
4 6 (50.00%) MCSD
4 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
5 5 (41.67%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (41.67%) Finance
6 4 (33.33%) WiX
6 4 (33.33%) OO
6 4 (33.33%) MCSE
6 4 (33.33%) Citrix
6 4 (33.33%) VMware
7 3 (25.00%) MCITP
7 3 (25.00%) CCA
7 3 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (16.67%) SQL
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (16.67%) Firewall
8 2 (16.67%) MS Excel

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 8 (66.67%) .NET
1 8 (66.67%) WCF
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (41.67%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (8.333%) IIS
4 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (8.333%) Wireless
2 1 (8.333%) VLAN
2 1 (8.333%) Broadband
2 1 (8.333%) LAN
2 1 (8.333%) WAN
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.333%) OLAP
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 4 (33.33%) WiX
3 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) CRM Developer
3 3 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Architect
5 1 (8.333%) IT Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (8.333%) Field Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Database Developer
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
5 1 (8.333%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Project Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Field Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) PDA
1 1 (8.333%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) CRM
2 4 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
3 1 (8.333%) ETL
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.333%) Integration Testing
3 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
3 1 (8.333%) Migration
3 1 (8.333%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) MCAD
2 6 (50.00%) MCSD
3 4 (33.33%) MCSE
4 3 (25.00%) MCITP
4 3 (25.00%) CCA
4 3 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (8.333%) MCDST
6 1 (8.333%) CCNA
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (8.333%) MCSA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
3 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
3 1 (8.333%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (8.333%) XenApp
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
2 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (8.333%) Symantec
3 1 (8.333%) AppSense
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco
3 1 (8.333%) Aruba
Cheltenham, South West
To 45K + bens Established, growing Financial Services Company urgently requires experienced lead CRM, .Net developer to lead and participate in delivery and maintenance of Group CRM /.NET based...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + +Great Bens
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The successful candidate must have excellent knowledge of VMWare ESX, Storage Area Networking, Citrix / Terminal Services, Citrix VDI, Remote Access solutions and all Windows Server technologies and associated...
Commercial Group
Salary: From £38,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
You will provide 2nd Line IT Support and work with Server, Active Directory and Exchange as well as IIS, SharePoint and Cisco technology. This is a fantastic opportunity...
Connectus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
PROFILE OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT: Applicants are required to have had proven project design and technical implementation experience with desktop and server virtualization offerings from Citrix and VMware... The...
Commercial Group
Salary: From £45,000 to £54,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013