The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Durham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 Durham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 18 18 17
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 2 9 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 2.564% 6.294% 4.808%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 19.15% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 4
Average salary £30,000 £36,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -6.49%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
12 47 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 15.38% 32.87% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 11 42 26
Average salary £39,500 £35,000 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.85% -8.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £23,000 £28,550
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £38,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
North East

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Durham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Darlington -1 1 - -
Microsoft Certification
North East

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
3 5 (71.43%) VoIP
3 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 5 (71.43%) Linux
3 5 (71.43%) HNC
3 5 (71.43%) HND
3 5 (71.43%) C
3 5 (71.43%) MCDST
3 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
3 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
3 5 (71.43%) Cisco
4 4 (57.14%) Back Office
5 1 (14.29%) MVC
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) MCTS
5 1 (14.29%) MCITP
5 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 1 (14.29%) QA
5 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (14.29%) jQuery
5 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (14.29%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 (14.29%) .NET Framework
1 1 (14.29%) jQuery
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (14.29%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (14.29%) Lync
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Office 365
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) VoIP
1 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 4 (57.14%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Field Service Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Field Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) MVC
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) MCSE
2 5 (71.43%) HNC
2 5 (71.43%) HND
2 5 (71.43%) MCDST
3 1 (14.29%) MCTS
3 1 (14.29%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
County Durham
Beneficial skills and experience: - Commercial experience with WCF, ASP.NET Web Forms, MS SQL Server Reporting Services, HTML5, CSS3, TFS, and Jira... - Industry recognised qualifications, such as Microsoft...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 21 May 2013
County Durham
Requirements analysis... Required skills and experience: - A degree in a relevant discipline - At least 3 years commercial development experience (at least 1-2 years specifically in .NET web...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 21 May 2013