The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Master 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 Master over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Master (MCM)
Rank 312 321 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master 11 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.092% 0.015% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.383% 0.069% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 0
Average salary £72,500 £65,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.53% -
UK excluding London average salary £70,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -28.57%
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2869 2908 3370
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.89% 22.08% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2497 2672 3063
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certified Master
London

Microsoft Certified Master
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Microsoft Certified Master Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certified Master
Salary Trend

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

City of London Microsoft Certified Master Salary Trend

Microsoft Certified Master
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Microsoft Certified Master Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certified Master
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Microsoft Certified Master 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 Master.

1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (92.31%) Lync
2 12 (92.31%) Exchange Server 2010
2 12 (92.31%) MS Exchange
3 11 (84.62%) MS Office
3 11 (84.62%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (76.92%) MCSE
4 10 (76.92%) DNS
5 9 (69.23%) SLA
5 9 (69.23%) SharePoint
5 9 (69.23%) IBM
5 9 (69.23%) OpenView
5 9 (69.23%) EMC
5 9 (69.23%) Veritas
5 9 (69.23%) Red Hat
5 9 (69.23%) Tivoli
5 9 (69.23%) ARCserve
5 9 (69.23%) ICMP
5 9 (69.23%) Project Management
5 9 (69.23%) Oracle 8/8i
5 9 (69.23%) Oracle
5 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
5 9 (69.23%) IIS
5 9 (69.23%) LAN
5 9 (69.23%) FTP
5 9 (69.23%) HTTP
5 9 (69.23%) TCP/IP

Microsoft Certified Master
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Microsoft Certified Master 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 Master. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (69.23%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 12 (92.31%) Lync
1 12 (92.31%) Exchange Server 2010
1 12 (92.31%) MS Exchange
2 11 (84.62%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (69.23%) SharePoint
3 9 (69.23%) IIS
3 9 (69.23%) Office Communications Server
3 9 (69.23%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 11 (84.62%) MS Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) DNS
2 9 (69.23%) ICMP
2 9 (69.23%) LAN
2 9 (69.23%) FTP
2 9 (69.23%) HTTP
2 9 (69.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.692%) IP Telephony
3 1 (7.692%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) Oracle 8/8i
1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Active Directory Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.692%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (7.692%) iPhone
2 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) UNIX
2 9 (69.23%) AIX
2 9 (69.23%) HPUX
2 9 (69.23%) Linux
2 9 (69.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (7.692%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Project Management
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL
1 9 (69.23%) Service Delivery
1 9 (69.23%) Disaster Recovery
1 9 (69.23%) Workflow
1 9 (69.23%) Validation
2 1 (7.692%) Performance Management
2 1 (7.692%) Information Security
2 1 (7.692%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (76.92%) MCSE
3 9 (69.23%) MCP
4 2 (15.38%) MCTS
4 2 (15.38%) MCITP
5 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certified Architect
5 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (69.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (69.23%) Hyper-V
2 9 (69.23%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (69.23%) OpenView
1 9 (69.23%) Tivoli
1 9 (69.23%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (69.23%) IBM
2 9 (69.23%) EMC
2 9 (69.23%) Veritas
2 9 (69.23%) Red Hat
2 9 (69.23%) Oracle
2 9 (69.23%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Nortel
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) Avaya
3 2 (15.38%) Mitel
3 2 (15.38%) Dialogic
3 2 (15.38%) Polycom