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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Dartford 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1111
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads194
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below82.61 %80.00 %
Salaries quoted193
Average minimum salary£30,263£28,833
Average salary£34,079£30,500
% change on same period last year+11.73 %
Average maximum salary£37,895£32,167
UK excluding London average salary£33,485£33,414
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Dartford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Dartford
Matching permanent IT job ads235
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.002 %
Salaries quoted234
Average minimum salary£31,539£28,708
Average salary£35,474£30,583
% change on same period last year+15.99 %
Average maximum salary£39,408£32,458
UK excluding London average salary£37,833£38,491
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Microsoft Certification KentMicrosoft Certification
Kent

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

Dartford 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 Dartford region.

Dartford Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Dartford region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Dartford Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Dartford 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.

119 (76.00 %)MCP
119 (76.00 %)Microsoft
214 (56.00 %)MCAD
214 (56.00 %)MCSD
214 (56.00 %).NET
214 (56.00 %)SQL Server
214 (56.00 %)ASP.NET
313 (52.00 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (52.00 %)VB.NET
411 (44.00 %)XML
411 (44.00 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (40.00 %)VB
69 (36.00 %)Windows
69 (36.00 %)MS Excel
69 (36.00 %)Windows XP
78 (32.00 %)Active Directory
78 (32.00 %)Lotus
78 (32.00 %)Lotus Notes
78 (32.00 %)MS Office
78 (32.00 %)Scrum
78 (32.00 %)Extreme Programming
78 (32.00 %)TDD
87 (28.00 %)Windows Vista
87 (28.00 %)LAN
87 (28.00 %)WAN
87 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
87 (28.00 %)DNS
96 (24.00 %)C#
96 (24.00 %)SQL
96 (24.00 %)Transact-SQL

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Dartford 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.

Dartford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (56.00 %).NET
114 (56.00 %)ASP.NET
211 (44.00 %)XML
Dartford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (32.00 %)Lotus Notes
23 (12.00 %)SharePoint
23 (12.00 %)BizTalk Server
23 (12.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Dartford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (36.00 %)MS Excel
28 (32.00 %)MS Office
Dartford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (28.00 %)LAN
17 (28.00 %)WAN
17 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
17 (28.00 %)DNS
21 (4.000 %)Firewall
21 (4.000 %)VPN
Dartford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (56.00 %)SQL Server
213 (52.00 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (44.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Dartford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (12.00 %)Finance
13 (12.00 %)Insurance
21 (4.000 %)Pensions
Dartford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (56.00 %)Developer
114 (56.00 %).NET Developer
212 (48.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
311 (44.00 %)VB.NET Developer
311 (44.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
44 (16.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
44 (16.00 %)C# Developer
53 (12.00 %)Senior Developer
53 (12.00 %)Senior C# Developer
53 (12.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
53 (12.00 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
53 (12.00 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
53 (12.00 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
61 (4.000 %)Trainer
61 (4.000 %)Helpdesk Consultant
61 (4.000 %)Microsoft Trainer
61 (4.000 %)IT Support Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Support Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Infrastructure Analyst
Dartford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.000 %)EPoS
Dartford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (36.00 %)Windows
19 (36.00 %)Windows XP
27 (28.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
Dartford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (32.00 %)Scrum
18 (32.00 %)Extreme Programming
18 (32.00 %)TDD
Dartford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (52.00 %)VB.NET
210 (40.00 %)VB
36 (24.00 %)C#
36 (24.00 %)SQL
36 (24.00 %)Transact-SQL
Dartford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (76.00 %)MCP
214 (56.00 %)MCAD
214 (56.00 %)MCSD
33 (12.00 %)MCTS
33 (12.00 %)MCPD
33 (12.00 %)Degree
42 (8.000 %)MCSE
51 (4.000 %)A+ Certification
Dartford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (32.00 %)Active Directory
Dartford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (76.00 %)Microsoft
28 (32.00 %)Lotus