The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 18 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 Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 25 28 27
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 13 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 3.867% 6.736% 7.364%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.86% 39.39% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 19
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +2.94%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
59 33 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 32.60% 17.10% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 52 31 66
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £29,700 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £55,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
Essex

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Colchester Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
2 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 13 (72.22%) Silverlight
3 12 (66.67%) C#
3 12 (66.67%) SQL
3 12 (66.67%) VB.NET
3 12 (66.67%) .NET
4 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (16.67%) Citrix
4 3 (16.67%) MS Office
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (16.67%) MCSA
5 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (5.556%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (5.556%) Data Protection

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 13 (72.22%) Silverlight
2 12 (66.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Developer
1 12 (66.67%) .NET Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C#
1 12 (66.67%) SQL
1 12 (66.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) MCSA
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Citrix
Colchester, Essex
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 20k to 20k per year GBP
Posted: 13 June 2013