The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 33 41 27
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 192 171 239
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 6.099% 5.168% 6.444%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.33% 15.76% 21.02%
Number of salaries quoted 171 163 216
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +37.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £37,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
758 1085 1137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 24.08% 32.79% 30.66%
Number of salaries quoted 651 911 940
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East Midlands Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottinghamshire +14 85 £37,500 -6.25% 8
Northamptonshire +5 37 £35,000 -6.66% 8
Leicestershire -19 29 £40,000 - 2
Lincolnshire -6 27 £25,500 -27.14% 7
Derbyshire -8 18 £36,250 -9.37% 7
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 249 (61.48%) Microsoft
2 245 (60.49%) Windows
3 227 (56.05%) MCP
4 210 (51.85%) SQL Server
5 172 (42.47%) .NET
6 160 (39.51%) MCTS
7 157 (38.77%) C#
8 139 (34.32%) MCSE
9 134 (33.09%) MCSD
10 132 (32.59%) TDD
11 119 (29.38%) WPF
12 118 (29.14%) MCAD
13 117 (28.89%) MVC
14 116 (28.64%) ASP.NET
14 116 (28.64%) WCF
14 116 (28.64%) Windows Server 2008
15 112 (27.65%) NUnit
16 111 (27.41%) Rhino Mocks
17 103 (25.43%) ASP.NET MVC
17 103 (25.43%) SQL
18 102 (25.19%) Active Directory
19 101 (24.94%) Scrum
19 101 (24.94%) VMware
19 101 (24.94%) Moq
19 101 (24.94%) Kanban
20 97 (23.95%) Castle Windsor
20 97 (23.95%) Windows Server 2003
21 88 (21.73%) Ninject
21 88 (21.73%) Dependency Injection
22 87 (21.48%) Inversion of Control

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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
1 172 (42.47%) .NET
2 119 (29.38%) WPF
3 116 (28.64%) ASP.NET
3 116 (28.64%) WCF
4 103 (25.43%) ASP.NET MVC
5 97 (23.95%) Castle Windsor
6 88 (21.73%) Ninject
7 87 (21.48%) Unity DI Container
7 87 (21.48%) Spring.NET
8 85 (20.99%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 80 (19.75%) Razor View Engine
10 78 (19.26%) WinForms
11 50 (12.35%) .NET Framework
12 32 (7.901%) XML
13 27 (6.667%) Ajax
14 25 (6.173%) HTML
15 24 (5.926%) NHibernate
16 17 (4.198%) CSS
17 13 (3.210%) XSLT
18 12 (2.963%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 85 (20.99%) MS Exchange
2 44 (10.86%) IIS
3 30 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2010
4 27 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
4 27 (6.667%) SharePoint
5 24 (5.926%) Exchange Server 2003
6 10 (2.469%) Windows Azure
7 9 (2.222%) Lync
8 8 (1.975%) SharePoint 2010
9 6 (1.481%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 5 (1.235%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (0.494%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.494%) Commerce Server 2007
11 2 (0.494%) Commerce Server
12 1 (0.247%) Apache
12 1 (0.247%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 59 (14.57%) MS Excel
2 49 (12.10%) MS Office
3 9 (2.222%) Office 365
4 4 (0.988%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.988%) MS Project
5 3 (0.741%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.247%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 5 (1.235%) Agresso
1 5 (1.235%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.741%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.494%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.247%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 39 (9.630%) SAN
3 36 (8.889%) Firewall
4 22 (5.432%) WAN
5 19 (4.691%) LAN
6 17 (4.198%) DNS
7 15 (3.704%) Broadband
8 14 (3.457%) VPN
8 14 (3.457%) VoIP
9 12 (2.963%) FTP
10 10 (2.469%) IP Telephony
11 9 (2.222%) Internet
12 8 (1.975%) Unified Communications
12 8 (1.975%) NAS
13 7 (1.728%) Wireless
13 7 (1.728%) SMTP
14 6 (1.481%) DHCP
14 6 (1.481%) SSL
15 5 (1.235%) HTTP
16 4 (0.988%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (51.85%) SQL Server
2 63 (15.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (8.148%) SQL Server 2005
4 29 (7.160%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 28 (6.914%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (6.173%) SQL Server 2000
7 20 (4.938%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (4.938%) SQL Server 2012
8 19 (4.691%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 12 (2.963%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 9 (2.222%) Star Schema
10 9 (2.222%) OLTP
10 9 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
11 5 (1.235%) MySQL
12 4 (0.988%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.988%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.741%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.741%) DTS
13 3 (0.741%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.741%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 112 (27.65%) NUnit
2 111 (27.41%) Rhino Mocks
3 101 (24.94%) Moq
4 87 (21.48%) MSTest
5 32 (7.901%) Visual Studio
6 25 (6.173%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (2.716%) Subversion
8 4 (0.988%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.247%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.247%) GitHub
General
1 35 (8.642%) Finance
2 21 (5.185%) Telecoms
3 18 (4.444%) Back Office
4 17 (4.198%) Retail
5 10 (2.469%) Manufacturing
6 7 (1.728%) Music Industry
6 7 (1.728%) Marketing
7 5 (1.235%) Advertising
8 1 (0.247%) Games
Job Titles
1 145 (35.80%) Developer
2 132 (32.59%) .NET Developer
3 69 (17.04%) Analyst
4 41 (10.12%) Support Engineer
5 30 (7.407%) Junior
6 29 (7.160%) Junior .NET Developer
6 29 (7.160%) Graduate Developer
6 29 (7.160%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 29 (7.160%) Junior Developer
6 29 (7.160%) Graduate
7 28 (6.914%) Support Analyst
8 27 (6.667%) DBA
9 23 (5.679%) IT Support
10 22 (5.432%) Service Analyst
10 22 (5.432%) 2nd Line Support
10 22 (5.432%) Service Desk Analyst
11 21 (5.185%) Administrator
12 18 (4.444%) 3rd Line Support
12 18 (4.444%) SQL DBA
12 18 (4.444%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 87 (21.48%) Inversion of Control
2 39 (9.630%) Computer Science
3 28 (6.914%) Clustering
4 21 (5.185%) Tandem
5 18 (4.444%) Replication
6 17 (4.198%) Blackberry
7 15 (3.704%) Client/Server
8 13 (3.210%) N-Tier
9 11 (2.716%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.222%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.728%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.481%) Biometrics
12 6 (1.481%) Smartcard
13 4 (0.988%) Data Extraction
14 3 (0.741%) iPhone
15 2 (0.494%) Data Integration
15 2 (0.494%) E-Learning
16 1 (0.247%) FMCG
16 1 (0.247%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 245 (60.49%) Windows
2 116 (28.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 97 (23.95%) Windows Server 2003
4 42 (10.37%) Linux
5 36 (8.889%) Windows XP
6 23 (5.679%) Windows 7
7 22 (5.432%) UNIX
8 21 (5.185%) Windows 2000
9 19 (4.691%) Windows 2000 Server
9 19 (4.691%) Windows Vista
10 13 (3.210%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.975%) Android
12 6 (1.481%) AIX
13 3 (0.741%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.494%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.247%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.247%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (32.59%) TDD
2 117 (28.89%) MVC
3 101 (24.94%) Scrum
3 101 (24.94%) Kanban
4 88 (21.73%) Dependency Injection
5 87 (21.48%) MVVM
5 87 (21.48%) Continuous Integration
6 85 (20.99%) Web Application Development
7 68 (16.79%) ITIL
8 43 (10.62%) Agile Software Development
9 27 (6.667%) OO
10 22 (5.432%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (4.444%) BDD
12 16 (3.951%) ETL
13 14 (3.457%) Security Management
14 13 (3.210%) Service Delivery
14 13 (3.210%) PRINCE2
14 13 (3.210%) Capacity Management
15 12 (2.963%) Capacity Planning
16 11 (2.716%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (38.77%) C#
2 103 (25.43%) SQL
3 20 (4.938%) T-SQL
4 18 (4.444%) VB.NET
4 18 (4.444%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.210%) C++
6 12 (2.963%) XPath
7 9 (2.222%) VBScript
8 6 (1.481%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.481%) C
9 5 (1.235%) X++
10 4 (0.988%) Ruby
11 3 (0.741%) VB
11 3 (0.741%) PHP
11 3 (0.741%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.494%) Java
13 1 (0.247%) Perl
13 1 (0.247%) VBA
13 1 (0.247%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 227 (56.05%) MCP
2 160 (39.51%) MCTS
3 139 (34.32%) MCSE
4 134 (33.09%) MCSD
5 118 (29.14%) MCAD
6 73 (18.02%) MCITP
7 49 (12.10%) Degree
8 47 (11.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 43 (10.62%) MCSA
10 33 (8.148%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (7.654%) CCNA
12 15 (3.704%) Citrix Certification
13 14 (3.457%) MCPD
13 14 (3.457%) Security Cleared
14 12 (2.963%) CCA
15 9 (2.222%) MCDBA
16 7 (1.728%) HP AIS
16 7 (1.728%) HP ASE
16 7 (1.728%) SC Cleared
17 6 (1.481%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.185%) SLA
2 1 (0.247%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 102 (25.19%) Active Directory
2 52 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (7.160%) vSphere
4 23 (5.679%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.704%) XenApp
6 9 (2.222%) ISA Server
7 8 (1.975%) XenServer
8 6 (1.481%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.481%) VMware ESX
9 5 (1.235%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.235%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 4 (0.988%) Forefront TMG
10 4 (0.988%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.494%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.494%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.247%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.247%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.247%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (5.432%) SCOM
2 19 (4.691%) SCCM
3 14 (3.457%) WSUS
4 12 (2.963%) Backup Exec
5 7 (1.728%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (1.235%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.988%) MOM
8 2 (0.494%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.247%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.247%) Plesk
Vendors
1 249 (61.48%) Microsoft
2 101 (24.94%) VMware
3 49 (12.10%) Citrix
4 43 (10.62%) Cisco
5 38 (9.383%) HP
6 21 (5.185%) Symantec
7 19 (4.691%) Oracle
8 11 (2.716%) NetApp
9 9 (2.222%) Red Gate
10 7 (1.728%) Dell
10 7 (1.728%) Apple
11 6 (1.481%) IBM
12 5 (1.235%) SAP
12 5 (1.235%) Sophos
13 4 (0.988%) Vizioncore
13 4 (0.988%) Facebook
13 4 (0.988%) PlateSpin
13 4 (0.988%) Novell
13 4 (0.988%) EMC
13 4 (0.988%) AppSense
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Support Engineer - Helpdesk, 1st Line, Windows Server (Graduate) Northamptonshire... IT Support, Helpdesk Support, 1st Line, Windows XP / 7 / 8, Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory (AD), MCITP, Microsoft, Customer...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £20,000 to £26,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wellingborough, East Midlands
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Derby, East Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Derby, Derbyshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Grimsby, East Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £14000.00 - £16000.00 per annum + Salary Negotiable On Experience
Posted: 6 June 2013
Grimsby, East Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Salary Negotiable on Experience+Bens
Posted: 12 June 2013
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Young's Seafood Limited
Salary: Salary negotiable + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Glossop, Derbyshire
CPS Group UK
Salary: £23147.10 - £29148.20 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Lincoln, East Midlands
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leicester, East Midlands
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Northamptonshire
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £16500 - £18500 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Grimsby, South Humberside
Young’s Seafood
Salary: Salary Negotiable+Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Brackley, Northamptonshire
Faccenda Group
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Chesterfield, East Midlands
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Glossop, Derbyshire
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £3172.01 - £4286.50 per month + auto.laptop,telefoon,onkosten etc.
Posted: 18 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Harnham
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Northampton, East Midlands
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013