The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 20 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 18 23 32
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 55 28 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 9.213% 7.932% 6.117%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.89% 23.33% 26.74%
Number of salaries quoted 54 27 18
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £23,800 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
184 120 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 30.82% 33.99% 22.87%
Number of salaries quoted 168 100 80
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Coventry Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 79 (76.70%) Microsoft
2 70 (67.96%) MCSE
3 47 (45.63%) Active Directory
4 42 (40.78%) MCITP
5 37 (35.92%) VMware
6 36 (34.95%) Windows
7 35 (33.98%) ITIL
8 34 (33.01%) MS Exchange
9 32 (31.07%) Linux
9 32 (31.07%) SQL Server
10 27 (26.21%) SQL
10 27 (26.21%) SharePoint
11 25 (24.27%) MS Excel
11 25 (24.27%) Cisco
11 25 (24.27%) Service Delivery
12 23 (22.33%) MCP
12 23 (22.33%) Hyper-V
13 22 (21.36%) MCTS
13 22 (21.36%) UNIX
13 22 (21.36%) Solaris
13 22 (21.36%) SAP
14 21 (20.39%) SLA
14 21 (20.39%) Citrix
15 20 (19.42%) OpenVMS
15 20 (19.42%) MS Office
15 20 (19.42%) SAP Business One
15 20 (19.42%) Problem Management
16 19 (18.45%) Exchange Server 2007
16 19 (18.45%) Exchange Server 2010
16 19 (18.45%) SUSE

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 17 (16.50%) .NET
2 12 (11.65%) ASP.NET
3 10 (9.709%) WCF
3 10 (9.709%) ASP.NET MVC
3 10 (9.709%) Razor View Engine
3 10 (9.709%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 3 (2.913%) jQuery
4 3 (2.913%) HTML
5 2 (1.942%) XML
5 2 (1.942%) Silverlight
5 2 (1.942%) CSS
5 2 (1.942%) CAML
5 2 (1.942%) HTML5
6 1 (0.971%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 1 (0.971%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 34 (33.01%) MS Exchange
2 27 (26.21%) SharePoint
3 19 (18.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 19 (18.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 17 (16.50%) Lync
5 5 (4.854%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (3.883%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (2.913%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (2.913%) Lotus Domino
8 2 (1.942%) IIS
8 2 (1.942%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.971%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 25 (24.27%) MS Excel
2 20 (19.42%) MS Office
3 5 (4.854%) Office 365
4 2 (1.942%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 20 (19.42%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.62%) DNS
2 11 (10.68%) Internet
2 11 (10.68%) Unified Communications
3 7 (6.796%) SAN
4 3 (2.913%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.913%) NAS
5 2 (1.942%) LAN
5 2 (1.942%) VoIP
5 2 (1.942%) WAN
6 1 (0.971%) SMTP
6 1 (0.971%) DHCP
6 1 (0.971%) HTTP
6 1 (0.971%) VPN
6 1 (0.971%) PABX
6 1 (0.971%) Firewall
6 1 (0.971%) Network Security
6 1 (0.971%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (31.07%) SQL Server
2 10 (9.709%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.942%) DB2
General
1 4 (3.883%) Advertising
2 3 (2.913%) Retail
3 2 (1.942%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.942%) Finance
Job Titles
1 36 (34.95%) Consultant
2 29 (28.16%) Analyst
3 19 (18.45%) Technical Specialist
4 16 (15.53%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 16 (15.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 16 (15.53%) Developer
4 16 (15.53%) Support Analyst
5 12 (11.65%) Systems Analyst
5 12 (11.65%) Technical Consultant
6 10 (9.709%) .NET Developer
7 8 (7.767%) Administrator
8 6 (5.825%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 6 (5.825%) Systems Administrator
8 6 (5.825%) Linux Administrator
9 5 (4.854%) SharePoint Developer
9 5 (4.854%) IT Support
9 5 (4.854%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.883%) 1st Line Support
10 4 (3.883%) Support Engineer
10 4 (3.883%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.68%) Blackberry
1 11 (10.68%) iPhone
2 1 (0.971%) PKI
2 1 (0.971%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 36 (34.95%) Windows
2 32 (31.07%) Linux
3 22 (21.36%) Solaris
3 22 (21.36%) UNIX
4 20 (19.42%) OpenVMS
5 19 (18.45%) SUSE
6 11 (10.68%) Windows Phone
7 10 (9.709%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (4.854%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.942%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.942%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (33.98%) ITIL
2 25 (24.27%) Service Delivery
3 20 (19.42%) Problem Management
4 11 (10.68%) MVC
5 10 (9.709%) TDD
5 10 (9.709%) OO
5 10 (9.709%) Domain-Driven Design
5 10 (9.709%) BDD
5 10 (9.709%) CQRS
5 10 (9.709%) Web Application Development
6 8 (7.767%) Data Protection
7 5 (4.854%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (4.854%) Change Management
8 4 (3.883%) Service Management
8 4 (3.883%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (3.883%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (2.913%) Integration Testing
9 3 (2.913%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.913%) Project Management
10 2 (1.942%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (26.21%) SQL
2 12 (11.65%) C#
3 9 (8.738%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.883%) VBScript
5 3 (2.913%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.971%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.971%) VB
Qualifications
1 70 (67.96%) MCSE
2 42 (40.78%) MCITP
3 23 (22.33%) MCP
4 22 (21.36%) MCTS
5 10 (9.709%) Degree
5 10 (9.709%) MCAD
5 10 (9.709%) MCSD
6 8 (7.767%) MCSA
7 5 (4.854%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (4.854%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 4 (3.883%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (3.883%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.913%) CCNA
9 3 (2.913%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.942%) MCPD
10 2 (1.942%) CCEE
10 2 (1.942%) CCAA
10 2 (1.942%) CCIA
10 2 (1.942%) CCA
10 2 (1.942%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.39%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (45.63%) Active Directory
2 23 (22.33%) Hyper-V
3 17 (16.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (10.68%) vSphere
5 9 (8.738%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (2.913%) VMware ESX
7 2 (1.942%) XenApp
7 2 (1.942%) XenServer
7 2 (1.942%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.942%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (1.942%) UAG
Systems Management
1 10 (9.709%) ARCserve
1 10 (9.709%) Norton AntiVirus
1 10 (9.709%) Backup Exec
2 9 (8.738%) SCCM
3 8 (7.767%) SCOM
3 8 (7.767%) SCVMM
4 7 (6.796%) WSUS
4 7 (6.796%) Tivoli
4 7 (6.796%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (2.913%) Zenoss
5 3 (2.913%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 79 (76.70%) Microsoft
2 37 (35.92%) VMware
3 25 (24.27%) Cisco
4 22 (21.36%) SAP
5 21 (20.39%) Citrix
6 17 (16.50%) Avaya
7 16 (15.53%) Nortel
7 16 (15.53%) Mitel
7 16 (15.53%) Dialogic
8 15 (14.56%) Oracle
8 15 (14.56%) Symantec
9 12 (11.65%) NetApp
10 7 (6.796%) Veritas
10 7 (6.796%) HP
11 6 (5.825%) Dell
11 6 (5.825%) McAfee
12 5 (4.854%) Polycom
13 3 (2.913%) Sophos
13 3 (2.913%) Lotus
14 2 (1.942%) Red Hat