The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Architect in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certified Architect over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA)
Rank 318 322 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect 3 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.026% 0.008% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.108% 0.034% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £70,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £36,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+80.55% -28.00%
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2769 2932 3242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.74% 22.44% 21.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2390 2668 2941
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certified Architect
London

Microsoft Certified Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Microsoft Certified Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certified Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect across the City of London region.

City of London Microsoft Certified Architect Salary Trend

Microsoft Certified Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Microsoft Certified Architect Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certified Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Microsoft Certified Architect 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 Certified Architect.

1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) MCSE
3 5 (71.43%) Windows
4 4 (57.14%) ITIL
4 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
4 4 (57.14%) MCITP
4 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
5 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (42.86%) COBIT
5 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (42.86%) Linux
5 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (42.86%) PMI
5 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
5 3 (42.86%) Project Management
6 2 (28.57%) Advertising
6 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 2 (28.57%) Degree
7 1 (14.29%) Sitecore
7 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
7 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security
7 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 1 (14.29%) QA
7 1 (14.29%) WCF
7 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (14.29%) Performance Management

Microsoft Certified Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Microsoft Certified Architect 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 Certified Architect. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) WCF
1 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (28.57%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Mitel Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Database Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) PMI
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) SOA
3 1 (14.29%) RUP
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (71.43%) MCSE
3 4 (57.14%) MCITP
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (14.29%) MCP
6 1 (14.29%) MCDBA
6 1 (14.29%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) COBIT
2 1 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Sitecore
2 1 (14.29%) Mitel