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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the City of London 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank81108
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching permanent IT job ads517339
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.272 %0.139 %
As % of the category below14.02 %9.815 %
Salaries quoted460285
Average minimum salary£35,649£35,463
Average salary£38,348£37,757
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum salary£41,047£40,050
UK excluding London average salary£33,498£33,034
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads36883454
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.942 %1.417 %
Salaries quoted31462646
Average minimum salary£43,237£47,429
Average salary£47,358£51,732
% change on same period last year-8.45 %
Average maximum salary£51,478£56,036
UK excluding London average salary£37,698£38,222
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
Microsoft Certification LondonMicrosoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

City of London Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1662 (62.16 %)Windows
2653 (61.31 %)MCSE
3479 (44.98 %)Microsoft
4374 (35.12 %)Active Directory
5329 (30.89 %)MCP
6311 (29.20 %)Finance
7302 (28.36 %)SQL Server
8301 (28.26 %)MS Exchange
9283 (26.57 %)MS Excel
10263 (24.69 %)SQL
11239 (22.44 %)Exchange Server 2003
12208 (19.53 %)Windows 2000
13206 (19.34 %)Citrix
14181 (17.00 %)MS Office
15172 (16.15 %)Cisco Certification
16166 (15.59 %)ITIL
17162 (15.21 %)Windows Server 2003
18154 (14.46 %)CCNA
19141 (13.24 %)Windows XP
20138 (12.96 %).NET
21135 (12.68 %)Exchange Server 2000
22132 (12.39 %)Banking
23131 (12.30 %)Degree
24127 (11.92 %)SQL Server 2005
24127 (11.92 %)Cisco
25121 (11.36 %)VMware
26115 (10.80 %)TCP/IP
26115 (10.80 %)MCSA
27110 (10.33 %)C#
28102 (9.577 %)SQL Server 2000

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1138 (12.96 %).NET
282 (7.700 %)ASP.NET
349 (4.601 %)XML
430 (2.817 %)HTML
522 (2.066 %)CSS
621 (1.972 %).NET Framework
720 (1.878 %)WinForms
817 (1.596 %)Silverlight
915 (1.408 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1014 (1.315 %)ADO.NET
1111 (1.033 %)LINQ
1210 (0.939 %)ASP
1210 (0.939 %)WebServices
139 (0.845 %)Windows SharePoint Services
148 (0.751 %)Application Packaging
154 (0.376 %)J2EE
154 (0.376 %)XSLT
163 (0.282 %)Middleware
172 (0.188 %)XHTML
172 (0.188 %)XSL
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1301 (28.26 %)MS Exchange
2239 (22.44 %)Exchange Server 2003
3135 (12.68 %)Exchange Server 2000
492 (8.638 %)Exchange Server 2007
569 (6.479 %)SharePoint
663 (5.915 %)IIS
726 (2.441 %)SharePoint Server 2007
823 (2.160 %)Lotus Notes
921 (1.972 %)BizTalk Server
921 (1.972 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1016 (1.502 %)Exchange Server 5.5
116 (0.563 %)Apache
125 (0.469 %)Lotus Domino
133 (0.282 %)Tomcat
142 (0.188 %)WebLogic
142 (0.188 %)Office Communications Server
151 (0.094 %)Site Server
151 (0.094 %)SAS
151 (0.094 %)ColdFusion
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1283 (26.57 %)MS Excel
2181 (17.00 %)MS Office
310 (0.939 %)MS PowerPoint
49 (0.845 %)MS Visio
52 (0.188 %)Photoshop
52 (0.188 %)MS Project
52 (0.188 %)AutoCAD
52 (0.188 %)InfoPath
61 (0.094 %)MATLAB
61 (0.094 %)S-PLUS
61 (0.094 %)DeltaView
61 (0.094 %)Acrobat
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.188 %)Microsoft CRM
12 (0.188 %)assyst
12 (0.188 %)Beauchamp
12 (0.188 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
12 (0.188 %)Advent Geneva
21 (0.094 %)Bond Adapt
21 (0.094 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.094 %)Dynamics GP
21 (0.094 %)Great Plains
21 (0.094 %)Navision
21 (0.094 %)SoftGrid
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1115 (10.80 %)TCP/IP
291 (8.545 %)DNS
386 (8.075 %)SAN
472 (6.761 %)Firewall
570 (6.573 %)LAN
668 (6.385 %)VPN
766 (6.197 %)DHCP
865 (6.103 %)WAN
945 (4.225 %)Internet
1022 (2.066 %)Network Security
1120 (1.878 %)VoIP
1215 (1.408 %)SMTP
1314 (1.315 %)VLAN
1411 (1.033 %)IP Telephony
1411 (1.033 %)Intranet
159 (0.845 %)MPLS
168 (0.751 %)Cisco PIX
177 (0.657 %)Wireless
177 (0.657 %)Ethernet
186 (0.563 %)FTP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1302 (28.36 %)SQL Server
2127 (11.92 %)SQL Server 2005
3102 (9.577 %)SQL Server 2000
445 (4.225 %)SQL Server 7
526 (2.441 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
625 (2.347 %)SQL Server Integration Services
723 (2.160 %)Datawarehouse
821 (1.972 %)DTS
919 (1.784 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1013 (1.221 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1013 (1.221 %)OLTP
119 (0.845 %)PowerCenter
126 (0.563 %)Oracle 10g
126 (0.563 %)Informix
134 (0.376 %)MySQL
143 (0.282 %)MS Access
152 (0.188 %)ETL
152 (0.188 %)OLAP
152 (0.188 %)Crystal Reports
161 (0.094 %)Oracle 8/8i
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (1.972 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.282 %)MSI
31 (0.094 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.094 %)Flash
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1311 (29.20 %)Finance
2132 (12.39 %)Banking
378 (7.324 %)Pensions
474 (6.948 %)Law
572 (6.761 %)Insurance
664 (6.009 %)Legal
757 (5.352 %)Investment Banking
848 (4.507 %)Health
934 (3.192 %)Financial Institution
1030 (2.817 %)Telecoms
1123 (2.160 %)Back Office
1222 (2.066 %)Retail
1312 (1.127 %)Education
1410 (0.939 %)Marketing
159 (0.845 %)Government
168 (0.751 %)Front Office
173 (0.282 %)Auditing
182 (0.188 %)Music
182 (0.188 %)International Banking
182 (0.188 %)Construction
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1229 (21.50 %)Analyst
2157 (14.74 %)Support Analyst
3134 (12.58 %)Developer
4125 (11.74 %)Support Engineer
5108 (10.14 %)Administrator
6100 (9.390 %)Desktop Support
781 (7.606 %)DBA
866 (6.197 %)SQL DBA
960 (5.634 %).NET Developer
1049 (4.601 %)Consultant
1147 (4.413 %)Server Support
1245 (4.225 %)Systems Engineer
1344 (4.131 %)Technical Support
1441 (3.850 %)Helpdesk Support
1538 (3.568 %)Systems Administrator
1636 (3.380 %)Desktop Engineer
1735 (3.286 %)Desktop Analyst
1735 (3.286 %)3rd Line Support
1735 (3.286 %)SQL Server DBA
1834 (3.192 %)Server Engineer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
181 (7.606 %)Blackberry
267 (6.291 %)Clustering
336 (3.380 %)Client/Server
419 (1.784 %)Mathematics
513 (1.221 %)Computer Science
611 (1.033 %)N-Tier
78 (0.751 %)Replication
86 (0.563 %)Video Conferencing
86 (0.563 %)PMI
95 (0.469 %)Management Information System
104 (0.376 %)AS400
104 (0.376 %)E-Learning
104 (0.376 %)PDA
104 (0.376 %)Japanese Language
113 (0.282 %)French Language
113 (0.282 %)Cryptography
113 (0.282 %)PKI
113 (0.282 %)iDTV
122 (0.188 %)NHS
122 (0.188 %)German Language
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1662 (62.16 %)Windows
2208 (19.53 %)Windows 2000
3162 (15.21 %)Windows Server 2003
4141 (13.24 %)Windows XP
566 (6.197 %)UNIX
658 (5.446 %)Linux
750 (4.695 %)Windows NT
826 (2.441 %)Solaris
97 (0.657 %)AIX
105 (0.469 %)Windows Mobile
114 (0.376 %)SUSE
114 (0.376 %)HPUX
123 (0.282 %)NetWare
123 (0.282 %)Mac OS X
123 (0.282 %)OpenBSD
123 (0.282 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.094 %)Mac OS X Server
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1166 (15.59 %)ITIL
257 (5.352 %)Project Management
340 (3.756 %)Disaster Recovery
432 (3.005 %)PRINCE2
432 (3.005 %)Investment Management
520 (1.878 %)Asset Management
520 (1.878 %)Migration
618 (1.690 %)Business Continuity
717 (1.596 %)Service Delivery
816 (1.502 %)Incident Management
816 (1.502 %)Security Cleared
915 (1.408 %)OO
1011 (1.033 %)Fund Management
1110 (0.939 %)Load Balancing
1110 (0.939 %)Data Management
1110 (0.939 %)E-Commerce
1110 (0.939 %)Information Security
129 (0.845 %)Scrum
129 (0.845 %)Unit Testing
129 (0.845 %)SC Cleared
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1263 (24.69 %)SQL
2110 (10.33 %)C#
345 (4.225 %)Transact-SQL
444 (4.131 %)VB.NET
532 (3.005 %)VB
624 (2.254 %)VBA
715 (1.408 %)Java
715 (1.408 %)JavaScript
814 (1.315 %)VBScript
99 (0.845 %)C
108 (0.751 %)VB6
116 (0.563 %)Shell Script
125 (0.469 %)Python
125 (0.469 %)C++
125 (0.469 %)Perl
134 (0.376 %)PHP
141 (0.094 %)FoxPro (VFP)
141 (0.094 %)PowerHouse
141 (0.094 %)ActionScript
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1653 (61.31 %)MCSE
2329 (30.89 %)MCP
3172 (16.15 %)Cisco Certification
4154 (14.46 %)CCNA
5131 (12.30 %)Degree
6115 (10.80 %)MCSA
782 (7.700 %)MCDBA
877 (7.230 %)MCSD
947 (4.413 %)MCAD
947 (4.413 %)Citrix Certification
1036 (3.380 %)MOS
1131 (2.911 %)ITIL Certification
1230 (2.817 %)CCA
1329 (2.723 %)A+ Certification
1427 (2.535 %)CCNP
1525 (2.347 %)MCTS
1623 (2.160 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1720 (1.878 %)CCEA
1819 (1.784 %)MCPD
1917 (1.596 %)Network+ Certification
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (5.070 %)SLA
210 (0.939 %)QA
34 (0.376 %)ISO27001
41 (0.094 %)COBIT
41 (0.094 %)ISO9001
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1374 (35.12 %)Active Directory
244 (4.131 %)VMware Infrastructure
335 (3.286 %)Citrix Presentation Server
432 (3.005 %)VMware ESX
528 (2.629 %)MetaFrame
623 (2.160 %)Backup Exec
720 (1.878 %)ISA Server
815 (1.408 %)Terminal Services
96 (0.563 %)VMware GSX
96 (0.563 %)Xen
105 (0.469 %)NetBackup
105 (0.469 %)Terminal Server
113 (0.282 %)NDS
113 (0.282 %)VMware Workstation
122 (0.188 %)VMware Server
131 (0.094 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
133 (3.099 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
229 (2.723 %)MOM
39 (0.845 %)WSUS
46 (0.563 %)Norton AntiVirus
54 (0.376 %)ARCserve
54 (0.376 %)DameWare
54 (0.376 %)SCOM
63 (0.282 %)MAILsweeper
63 (0.282 %)ZENworks
63 (0.282 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.188 %)MIMEsweeper
72 (0.188 %)SCCM
81 (0.094 %)OpenView
81 (0.094 %)CiscoWorks
81 (0.094 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1479 (44.98 %)Microsoft
2206 (19.34 %)Citrix
3127 (11.92 %)Cisco
4121 (11.36 %)VMware
568 (6.385 %)HP
649 (4.601 %)Bloomberg
739 (3.662 %)Oracle
836 (3.380 %)Reuters
927 (2.535 %)VERITAS
1025 (2.347 %)Lotus
1025 (2.347 %)Remedy
1122 (2.066 %)CheckPoint
1221 (1.972 %)Dell
1221 (1.972 %)Symantec
1319 (1.784 %)Red Hat
1418 (1.690 %)Sun
1418 (1.690 %)IBM
1418 (1.690 %)Altiris
1513 (1.221 %)Juniper
1610 (0.939 %)Novell
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