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This section looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Microsoft Consultant
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank620563
Rank change on same period last yearDown-57
Matching permanent IT job ads296472
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.162 %0.198 %
As % of the category below0.188 %0.228 %
Salaries quoted256375
Average minimum salary£42,934£43,715
Average salary£47,733£48,476
% change on same period last year-1.53 %
Average maximum salary£52,531£53,236
UK excluding London average salary£47,324£46,401
% change on same period last year+1.98 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads157517207448
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled86.00 %87.10 %
Salaries quoted131193166753
Average minimum salary£38,947£40,638
Average salary£42,570£44,396
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum salary£46,193£48,154
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Microsoft Consultant UKMicrosoft Consultant
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Microsoft Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Microsoft Consultant Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Trend

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

England Microsoft Consultant Salary Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Microsoft Consultant Salary Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+114119£46,230-4.13 %
LondonDown-5997£51,389+1.68 %
North WestDown-1528£43,833+8.49 %
West MidlandsDown-1313£49,231-4.07 %
MidlandsUp+211£54,444+60.13 %
South WestDown-139£34,071-16.31 %
East MidlandsUp+107£48,214-0.81 %
East of EnglandUp+56£41,500-3.35 %
YorkshireDown-12£30,167-16.20 %
Microsoft Consultant UKMicrosoft Consultant
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Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title.

1760 (100.00 %)Microsoft
2307 (40.39 %)Microsoft Certification
2307 (40.39 %)CRM
3291 (38.29 %)Active Directory
4280 (36.84 %)MS Excel
5254 (33.42 %)Dynamics CRM
6253 (33.29 %)Windows
7228 (30.00 %)SQL Server
8220 (28.95 %)Microsoft CRM
9219 (28.82 %)MCSE
10209 (27.50 %).NET
11194 (25.53 %)MS Exchange
12177 (23.29 %)SharePoint
13168 (22.11 %)Project Management
14163 (21.45 %)VMware
15137 (18.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
16133 (17.50 %)BizTalk Server
17131 (17.24 %)Finance
18121 (15.92 %)Citrix
19119 (15.66 %)Dynamics AX
20108 (14.21 %)SQL
21102 (13.42 %)IIS
2295 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
2391 (11.97 %)Exchange Server 2007
2488 (11.58 %)Project Planning
2585 (11.18 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2684 (11.05 %)C#
2778 (10.26 %)MOM
2874 (9.737 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2973 (9.605 %)Degree

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 with Microsoft Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1209 (27.50 %).NET
247 (6.184 %)XML
338 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
421 (2.763 %)WebServices
517 (2.237 %)HTML
615 (1.974 %)SOAP
615 (1.974 %)ASP
714 (1.842 %)COM
714 (1.842 %)Middleware
86 (0.789 %)Windows SharePoint Services
86 (0.789 %)MDX
86 (0.789 %)COM+
95 (0.658 %)XSLT
104 (0.526 %)WF
104 (0.526 %)CSS
113 (0.395 %)CAML
113 (0.395 %).NET Framework
121 (0.132 %)ODBC
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1194 (25.53 %)MS Exchange
2177 (23.29 %)SharePoint
3133 (17.50 %)BizTalk Server
4102 (13.42 %)IIS
591 (11.97 %)Exchange Server 2007
658 (7.632 %)Exchange Server 2003
750 (6.579 %)SharePoint Server 2007
841 (5.395 %)Office Communications Server
921 (2.763 %)Commerce Server
1016 (2.105 %)Content Management Server
119 (1.184 %)Commerce Server 2007
119 (1.184 %)Exchange Server 2000
127 (0.921 %)SharePoint Portal Server
136 (0.789 %)Lotus Notes
136 (0.789 %)MTS
145 (0.658 %)CMS
153 (0.395 %)Live Communications Server
162 (0.263 %)SAS
171 (0.132 %)Exchange Server 5.5
171 (0.132 %)Office Project Server
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1280 (36.84 %)MS Excel
227 (3.553 %)MS Project
324 (3.158 %)MS Office
414 (1.842 %)MS Visio
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1254 (33.42 %)Dynamics CRM
2220 (28.95 %)Microsoft CRM
3119 (15.66 %)Dynamics AX
453 (6.974 %)Dynamics NAV
538 (5.000 %)Axapta
635 (4.605 %)Navision
718 (2.368 %)Pivotal CRM
816 (2.105 %)Dynamics GP
914 (1.842 %)SAP Business One
106 (0.789 %)GoldMine
106 (0.789 %)Great Plains
113 (0.395 %)SoftGrid
122 (0.263 %)Summit
122 (0.263 %)Pegasus Opera
122 (0.263 %)Movex
122 (0.263 %)SAP CRM
122 (0.263 %)SalesLogix
122 (0.263 %)PeopleSoft Financials
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (5.263 %)Firewall
215 (1.974 %)DNS
310 (1.316 %)SAN
47 (0.921 %)TCP/IP
56 (0.789 %)FTP
56 (0.789 %)HTTP
56 (0.789 %)SMTP
56 (0.789 %)SSH
65 (0.658 %)VLAN
65 (0.658 %)WAN
74 (0.526 %)IPsec
74 (0.526 %)IP Telephony
74 (0.526 %)WLAN
74 (0.526 %)Kerberos
74 (0.526 %)VPN
83 (0.395 %)DMZ
91 (0.132 %)Wireless
91 (0.132 %)LAN
91 (0.132 %)DHCP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1228 (30.00 %)SQL Server
241 (5.395 %)SQL Server Integration Services
339 (5.132 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
437 (4.868 %)SQL Server 2005
530 (3.947 %)SQL Server 2000
620 (2.632 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
714 (1.842 %)Datawarehouse
810 (1.316 %)SQL Server 2008
99 (1.184 %)OLAP
106 (0.789 %)Oracle 8/8i
106 (0.789 %)ETL
106 (0.789 %)RDBMS
113 (0.395 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
122 (0.263 %)BusinessObjects
122 (0.263 %)MS Access
131 (0.132 %)Crystal Reports
131 (0.132 %)Data Mining
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (1.053 %)Visual Studio
24 (0.526 %)FrontPage
24 (0.526 %)MorphX
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1131 (17.24 %)Finance
269 (9.079 %)Manufacturing
359 (7.763 %)Retail
439 (5.132 %)Pensions
527 (3.553 %)Health
621 (2.763 %)Marketing
718 (2.368 %)Telecoms
817 (2.237 %)Education
913 (1.711 %)Government
913 (1.711 %)Insurance
107 (0.921 %)Back Office
116 (0.789 %)Local Government
125 (0.658 %)Construction
132 (0.263 %)Law
132 (0.263 %)Legal
141 (0.132 %)Pharmaceutical
141 (0.132 %)Billing
141 (0.132 %)Advertising
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (5.263 %)Clustering
216 (2.105 %)N-Tier
312 (1.579 %)Thin Client
312 (1.579 %)Fat Client
44 (0.526 %)Management Information System
53 (0.395 %)PMI
62 (0.263 %)Data Conversion
62 (0.263 %)Mathematics
71 (0.132 %)Data Integration
71 (0.132 %)Tandem
71 (0.132 %)PKI
71 (0.132 %)Taxonomies
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1253 (33.29 %)Windows
295 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
346 (6.053 %)Windows Server 2008
435 (4.605 %)Windows Vista
520 (2.632 %)Windows 2000 Server
614 (1.842 %)Windows 2000
711 (1.447 %)Windows XP
83 (0.395 %)Linux
92 (0.263 %)UNIX
101 (0.132 %)Windows NT
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1307 (40.39 %)CRM
2168 (22.11 %)Project Management
388 (11.58 %)Project Planning
458 (7.632 %)Technical Architecture
557 (7.500 %)ERP
655 (7.237 %)Business Intelligence
742 (5.526 %)Migration
829 (3.816 %)Business Analysis
925 (3.289 %)Logistics
925 (3.289 %)Data Migration
1021 (2.763 %)Service Delivery
1120 (2.632 %)User Acceptance Testing
1216 (2.105 %)Content Management
1315 (1.974 %)PRINCE2
1414 (1.842 %)SOA
1414 (1.842 %)Workflow
1511 (1.447 %)Change Management
1511 (1.447 %)GAP Analysis
169 (1.184 %)Information Management
178 (1.053 %)E-business
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1108 (14.21 %)SQL
284 (11.05 %)C#
343 (5.658 %)Transact-SQL
424 (3.158 %)JavaScript
523 (3.026 %)C
620 (2.632 %)VB.NET
715 (1.974 %)VB
813 (1.711 %)X++
96 (0.789 %)VBScript
105 (0.658 %)Java
113 (0.395 %)VBA
122 (0.263 %)Pascal
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1307 (40.39 %)Microsoft Certification
2219 (28.82 %)MCSE
385 (11.18 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
473 (9.605 %)Degree
546 (6.053 %)Cisco Certification
638 (5.000 %)MCTS
736 (4.737 %)MCSD
830 (3.947 %)MCP
927 (3.553 %)Citrix Certification
1020 (2.632 %)CCEA
1112 (1.579 %)CCNA
1112 (1.579 %)CCA
129 (1.184 %)MCAD
133 (0.395 %)PMP
133 (0.395 %)PMI Certification
142 (0.263 %)IBM Certification
142 (0.263 %)MCSA
142 (0.263 %)HP ASE
142 (0.263 %)HP MASE
151 (0.132 %)MCITP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.263 %)ISO9000
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1291 (38.29 %)Active Directory
2137 (18.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
363 (8.289 %)ISA Server
435 (4.605 %)Xen
526 (3.421 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
69 (1.184 %)Citrix Presentation Server
77 (0.921 %)VMware ESX
84 (0.526 %)Backup Exec
93 (0.395 %)Terminal Server
93 (0.395 %)Terminal Services
102 (0.263 %)NetBackup
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
178 (10.26 %)MOM
274 (9.737 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
361 (8.026 %)SCCM
440 (5.263 %)SCOM
54 (0.526 %)SCVMM
54 (0.526 %)Norton AntiVirus
62 (0.263 %)Windows Storage Server
71 (0.132 %)WSUS
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1760 (100.00 %)Microsoft
2163 (21.45 %)VMware
3121 (15.92 %)Citrix
447 (6.184 %)Cisco
534 (4.474 %)Oracle
632 (4.211 %)SAP
723 (3.026 %)PlateSpin
819 (2.500 %)PeopleSoft
918 (2.368 %)Aspective
1015 (1.974 %)ProClarity
1114 (1.842 %)salesforce.com
1114 (1.842 %)NetSuite
1213 (1.711 %)HP
1311 (1.447 %)Sage
1311 (1.447 %)JD Edwards
1410 (1.316 %)VERITAS
157 (0.921 %)Symantec
166 (0.789 %)Ab Initio
166 (0.789 %)Lotus
166 (0.789 %)Baan