The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Master in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certified Master over the 3 months to 22 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Master (MCM)
Rank 808 840 805
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master 32 32 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.031% 0.028% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.115% 0.101% 0.110%
Number of salaries quoted 31 20 31
Average salary £65,000 £50,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,450 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £62,750 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year
- -37.50%
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27873 31613 30088
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.40% 27.44% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 22718 27099 25328
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certified Master
UK

Microsoft Certified Master
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Microsoft Certified Master Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certified Master
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master across the England region.

England Microsoft Certified Master Salary Trend

Microsoft Certified Master
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Microsoft Certified Master Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certified Master
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +61 19 £72,500 +31.81%
South East -1 6 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £50,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 -
Microsoft Certified Master
UK

Microsoft Certified Master
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Microsoft Certified Master 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 Certified Master.

1 55 (98.21%) Microsoft
2 50 (89.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (80.36%) Windows
3 45 (80.36%) Lync
4 34 (60.71%) Active Directory
5 32 (57.14%) MS Exchange
6 31 (55.36%) Exchange Server 2010
7 27 (48.21%) MCITP
8 23 (41.07%) DNS
8 23 (41.07%) Exchange Server 2013
9 20 (35.71%) MCTS
10 19 (33.93%) Office Communications Server
10 19 (33.93%) MS Office
11 18 (32.14%) Exchange Server 2007
12 17 (30.36%) Windows Server 2008
12 17 (30.36%) Cisco
13 16 (28.57%) SharePoint
13 16 (28.57%) MCSE
14 15 (26.79%) VMware Infrastructure
14 15 (26.79%) VMware
15 14 (25.00%) Office 365
15 14 (25.00%) SQL Server
15 14 (25.00%) TCP/IP
16 13 (23.21%) Avaya
16 13 (23.21%) Hyper-V
17 12 (21.43%) Polycom
17 12 (21.43%) Dialogic
17 12 (21.43%) MS Excel
17 12 (21.43%) ITIL
17 12 (21.43%) Windows 8

Microsoft Certified Master
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Microsoft Certified Master 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 Certified Master. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (16.07%) ODBC
2 2 (3.571%) COM
3 1 (1.786%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 45 (80.36%) Lync
2 32 (57.14%) MS Exchange
3 31 (55.36%) Exchange Server 2010
4 23 (41.07%) Exchange Server 2013
5 19 (33.93%) Office Communications Server
6 18 (32.14%) Exchange Server 2007
7 16 (28.57%) SharePoint
8 9 (16.07%) IIS
8 9 (16.07%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
9 6 (10.71%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (8.929%) Windows Azure
10 5 (8.929%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (1.786%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (1.786%) Lotus Notes
11 1 (1.786%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 19 (33.93%) MS Office
2 14 (25.00%) Office 365
3 12 (21.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (41.07%) DNS
2 14 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 11 (19.64%) Unified Communications
4 10 (17.86%) LAN
5 9 (16.07%) VPN
5 9 (16.07%) FTP
5 9 (16.07%) HTTP
5 9 (16.07%) PBX
5 9 (16.07%) ICMP
5 9 (16.07%) IP Telephony
6 5 (8.929%) Firewall
6 5 (8.929%) SMTP
7 4 (7.143%) WAN
7 4 (7.143%) X.25
7 4 (7.143%) SAN
7 4 (7.143%) Network Security
7 4 (7.143%) IPsec
8 3 (5.357%) MGW
8 3 (5.357%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (16.07%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 11 (19.64%) Finance
2 2 (3.571%) Retail
2 2 (3.571%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.571%) Legal
2 2 (3.571%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (62.50%) Consultant
2 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 11 (19.64%) Technical Consultant
4 10 (17.86%) Architect
5 4 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.357%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 1 (1.786%) Windows Technical Consultant
7 1 (1.786%) Security Specialist
7 1 (1.786%) Field Support Engineer
7 1 (1.786%) Active Directory Specialist
7 1 (1.786%) SCCM Consultant
7 1 (1.786%) Microsoft Specialist
7 1 (1.786%) Field Engineer
7 1 (1.786%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (1.786%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.07%) Blackberry
1 9 (16.07%) Video Conferencing
1 9 (16.07%) iPhone
1 9 (16.07%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.929%) PKI
3 2 (3.571%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.571%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (1.786%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 45 (80.36%) Windows
2 17 (30.36%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (21.43%) Windows 8
4 9 (16.07%) UNIX
4 9 (16.07%) AIX
4 9 (16.07%) HPUX
4 9 (16.07%) Linux
4 9 (16.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (16.07%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (16.07%) Windows Phone
5 8 (14.29%) Windows 7
6 5 (8.929%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.786%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.786%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.43%) ITIL
2 10 (17.86%) Service Delivery
3 9 (16.07%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (16.07%) Project Management
3 9 (16.07%) Workflow
3 9 (16.07%) Validation
4 6 (10.71%) Migration
5 3 (5.357%) Use Case
5 3 (5.357%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (3.571%) Data Protection
7 1 (1.786%) Cyber Security
7 1 (1.786%) Information Security
7 1 (1.786%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.786%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (89.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (48.21%) MCITP
3 20 (35.71%) MCTS
4 16 (28.57%) MCSE
5 9 (16.07%) MCP
6 6 (10.71%) VTSP
6 6 (10.71%) Degree
7 5 (8.929%) CCNP
7 5 (8.929%) CCNA
7 5 (8.929%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (7.143%) Microsoft Certified Architect
9 2 (3.571%) NCDA
10 1 (1.786%) MOS
10 1 (1.786%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.07%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (60.71%) Active Directory
2 15 (26.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (23.21%) Hyper-V
4 9 (16.07%) VMware ESX
5 5 (8.929%) UAG
6 4 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (3.571%) vSphere
7 2 (3.571%) XenApp
7 2 (3.571%) XenServer
7 2 (3.571%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (17.86%) SCVMM
2 9 (16.07%) ARCserve
2 9 (16.07%) OpenView
2 9 (16.07%) Tivoli
2 9 (16.07%) SCCM
3 8 (14.29%) SCOM
4 4 (7.143%) Nagios
5 1 (1.786%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.786%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 55 (98.21%) Microsoft
2 17 (30.36%) Cisco
3 15 (26.79%) VMware
4 13 (23.21%) Avaya
5 12 (21.43%) Polycom
5 12 (21.43%) Dialogic
6 10 (17.86%) IBM
7 9 (16.07%) Oracle
7 9 (16.07%) EMC
7 9 (16.07%) Nortel
7 9 (16.07%) Veritas
7 9 (16.07%) Red Hat
7 9 (16.07%) Mitel
8 5 (8.929%) Symantec
9 4 (7.143%) HP
9 4 (7.143%) PlateSpin
10 3 (5.357%) Tandberg
10 3 (5.357%) Siemens
10 3 (5.357%) Citrix
11 1 (1.786%) Panasonic
Berkshire
Lync, Architect, Presales, post sales, Consultant, Microsoft, Design, HLD, LLD, TDA, implementation, Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft, MCM, MCITP, MCSE, MCTS, MCSM... As this is primarily a Lync focussed...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum + Car + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Lync, Architect, Presales, post sales, Consultant, Microsoft, Design, HLD, LLD, TDA, implementation, Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft, MCM, MCITP, MCSE, MCTS, MCSM... As this is primarily a Lync focussed...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum + Car + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Lync, Architect, Presales, post sales, Consultant, Microsoft, Design, HLD, LLD, TDA, implementation, Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft, MCM, MCITP, MCSE, MCTS, MCSM... As this is primarily a Lync focussed...
Sanderson
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
England
Support Unified Communications Practice initiatives as a collaborative team... - Microsoft UC Voice Specialization - Microsoft Certified Master and/or the Microsoft Certified Architect (desired) - Business and Technical Skills - Microsoft...
Satigo
Salary: £85000.00 - £95000.00 per annum + Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013