The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification 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 Docklands, London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 21 35 51
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 15 8 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 7.732% 2.963% 2.326%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.06% 9.524% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 4
Average salary £60,000 £54,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.59% +35.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £36,150 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £65,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Docklands, London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
68 84 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 35.05% 31.11% 22.26%
Number of salaries quoted 54 70 58
Average salary £57,500 £69,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +10.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £42,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £84,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Docklands, London Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) MS Office
3 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (77.78%) C
4 14 (77.78%) MCP
4 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (77.78%) Blackberry
5 12 (66.67%) Linux
6 11 (61.11%) Firewall
7 9 (50.00%) Internet
7 9 (50.00%) Mac OS X
7 9 (50.00%) Mac OS
8 6 (33.33%) Project Management
9 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
10 3 (16.67%) MCSE
10 3 (16.67%) ITIL
10 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
10 3 (16.67%) Apple
10 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
10 3 (16.67%) Finance
10 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
10 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (11.11%) vSphere
11 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
11 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (11.11%) MCITP
11 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.556%) IIS
3 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.556%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 16 (88.89%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Project
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) Firewall
2 9 (50.00%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) SAN
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) WAN
3 1 (5.556%) DHCP
3 1 (5.556%) VPN
3 1 (5.556%) DNS
3 1 (5.556%) NetScreen
3 1 (5.556%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.556%) MySQL
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (5.556%) DTS
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Support Engineer
2 9 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) Integration Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Integration Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.556%) SQL DBA
5 1 (5.556%) Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) DBA
5 1 (5.556%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (77.78%) Blackberry
2 2 (11.11%) Clustering
3 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.556%) Firmware
3 1 (5.556%) Replication
3 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (66.67%) Linux
5 9 (50.00%) Mac OS X
5 9 (50.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (5.556%) UNIX
7 1 (5.556%) Solaris
7 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
7 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
3 1 (5.556%) Service Management
3 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.556%) BCP
3 1 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Document Management
3 1 (5.556%) Release Management
3 1 (5.556%) Load Balancing
3 1 (5.556%) Database Security
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL V3
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) C
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.556%) SQL
3 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) MCP
2 3 (16.67%) MCSE
3 2 (11.11%) MCITP
4 1 (5.556%) CISSP
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (5.556%) RHCE
4 1 (5.556%) MCDBA
4 1 (5.556%) CCNA
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (5.556%) JNCIA
4 1 (5.556%) JNCIS
4 1 (5.556%) MCTS
4 1 (5.556%) Degree
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certified Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) ISO/IEC 17799
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
1 1 (5.556%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.556%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) vSphere
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCOM
2 1 (5.556%) SCCM
2 1 (5.556%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Apple
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 2 (11.11%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (5.556%) Dell
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix
3 1 (5.556%) Juniper
3 1 (5.556%) Embarcadero
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle
3 1 (5.556%) Remedy
3 1 (5.556%) Foundry
3 1 (5.556%) F5