The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 13 57 25
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -32
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 98 62 95
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 10.03% 4.451% 7.570%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.00% 18.18% 25.13%
Number of salaries quoted 92 55 86
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
297 341 378
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 30.40% 24.48% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 240 268 308
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +10.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Basildon +9 27 £47,500 +47.28%
Chelmsford +7 10 £40,000 -5.88%
Colchester +13 8 £45,000 +12.50%
Southend-on-Sea - 6 £42,125 -
Brentwood -13 4 £40,000 +86.04%
Harlow +38 3 £22,250 -53.15%
Manningtree - 1 £21,500 -
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1 108 (71.05%) Microsoft
2 83 (54.61%) SQL Server
3 67 (44.08%) Windows
4 66 (43.42%) MCP
5 65 (42.76%) .NET
6 59 (38.82%) C#
7 47 (30.92%) MCAD
7 47 (30.92%) TDD
7 47 (30.92%) MCTS
7 47 (30.92%) Silverlight
8 46 (30.26%) NUnit
8 46 (30.26%) Rhino Mocks
8 46 (30.26%) Castle Windsor
8 46 (30.26%) MCSD
9 42 (27.63%) Scrum
9 42 (27.63%) WPF
10 40 (26.32%) SQL
11 38 (25.00%) Active Directory
12 36 (23.68%) MCSE
13 35 (23.03%) MonoRail
13 35 (23.03%) NHibernate
14 33 (21.71%) SQL Server 2008
15 28 (18.42%) Finance
16 26 (17.11%) Tandem
17 25 (16.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 24 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 22 (14.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 22 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
19 22 (14.47%) VMware
19 22 (14.47%) T-SQL

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 65 (42.76%) .NET
2 47 (30.92%) Silverlight
3 46 (30.26%) Castle Windsor
4 42 (27.63%) WPF
5 35 (23.03%) MonoRail
5 35 (23.03%) NHibernate
6 11 (7.237%) ASP.NET
6 11 (7.237%) Spring.NET
6 11 (7.237%) Ninject
6 11 (7.237%) Unity DI Container
7 7 (4.605%) WinForms
8 6 (3.947%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (3.947%) Razor View Engine
8 6 (3.947%) WCF
9 5 (3.289%) LINQ
9 5 (3.289%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 4 (2.632%) Ajax
11 2 (1.316%) XML
12 1 (0.658%) .NET Framework
12 1 (0.658%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (9.211%) MS Exchange
2 13 (8.553%) IIS
3 11 (7.237%) SharePoint
3 11 (7.237%) Office Communications Server
3 11 (7.237%) Lync
4 9 (5.921%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (3.289%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.316%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.658%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.658%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 19 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 9 (5.921%) MS Office
3 3 (1.974%) Office 365
4 1 (0.658%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.658%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (0.658%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.16%) TCP/IP
2 18 (11.84%) DNS
3 17 (11.18%) VoIP
4 16 (10.53%) DHCP
4 16 (10.53%) Firewall
5 13 (8.553%) WAN
5 13 (8.553%) LAN
6 11 (7.237%) Ethernet
6 11 (7.237%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (7.237%) Unified Communications
7 4 (2.632%) Internet
7 4 (2.632%) VPN
8 3 (1.974%) SAN
8 3 (1.974%) ADSL
9 1 (0.658%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (54.61%) SQL Server
2 33 (21.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 25 (16.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 24 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (14.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 21 (13.82%) SQL Server 2012
7 12 (7.895%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (6.579%) SQL Server 2005
8 10 (6.579%) SQL Server 2000
8 10 (6.579%) Oracle 8/8i
8 10 (6.579%) MySQL
9 9 (5.921%) Oracle 10g
9 9 (5.921%) Oracle 9i
9 9 (5.921%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 9 (5.921%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 46 (30.26%) NUnit
1 46 (30.26%) Rhino Mocks
2 11 (7.237%) Moq
2 11 (7.237%) MSTest
3 4 (2.632%) Subversion
General
1 28 (18.42%) Finance
2 6 (3.947%) Manufacturing
3 4 (2.632%) Advertising
3 4 (2.632%) Retail
4 3 (1.974%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.974%) Back Office
5 1 (0.658%) Electronics
5 1 (0.658%) Automotive
5 1 (0.658%) Law
Job Titles
1 71 (46.71%) Developer
2 52 (34.21%) .NET Developer
3 13 (8.553%) Network Technician
3 13 (8.553%) Network Support
3 13 (8.553%) Support Technician
3 13 (8.553%) Network Support Technician
4 12 (7.895%) Database Developer
5 11 (7.237%) SQL DBA
5 11 (7.237%) DBA
5 11 (7.237%) Analyst
5 11 (7.237%) Support Engineer
5 11 (7.237%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 11 (7.237%) Microsoft Developer
6 7 (4.605%) SQL Server DBA
7 6 (3.947%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (3.947%) Service Analyst
7 6 (3.947%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 5 (3.289%) WinForms Developer
8 5 (3.289%) C# Developer
9 4 (2.632%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.11%) Tandem
2 16 (10.53%) Replication
3 11 (7.237%) Handset
3 11 (7.237%) Inversion of Control
4 9 (5.921%) Blackberry
5 5 (3.289%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.632%) Clustering
6 4 (2.632%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.974%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.974%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (1.316%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.658%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.658%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 67 (44.08%) Windows
2 19 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (11.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (3.947%) Windows 7
4 6 (3.947%) Windows 8
5 5 (3.289%) Linux
6 4 (2.632%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.632%) Android
7 3 (1.974%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.316%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.658%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.92%) TDD
2 42 (27.63%) Scrum
3 20 (13.16%) ITIL
4 16 (10.53%) MVVM
5 13 (8.553%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (8.553%) Automated Testing
6 11 (7.237%) Service Delivery
6 11 (7.237%) Kanban
6 11 (7.237%) Continuous Integration
6 11 (7.237%) Dependency Injection
7 10 (6.579%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (5.921%) Business Analysis
8 9 (5.921%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (4.605%) Service Management
10 6 (3.947%) Programme Management
10 6 (3.947%) Migration
10 6 (3.947%) MVC
10 6 (3.947%) Six Sigma
10 6 (3.947%) PRINCE2
10 6 (3.947%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 59 (38.82%) C#
2 40 (26.32%) SQL
3 22 (14.47%) T-SQL
4 12 (7.895%) VB.NET
5 7 (4.605%) C++
6 4 (2.632%) C
7 2 (1.316%) Java
7 2 (1.316%) PHP
8 1 (0.658%) XPath
8 1 (0.658%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 66 (43.42%) MCP
2 47 (30.92%) MCAD
2 47 (30.92%) MCTS
3 46 (30.26%) MCSD
4 36 (23.68%) MCSE
5 15 (9.868%) MCITP
6 11 (7.237%) CCNA
6 11 (7.237%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (7.237%) MCDBA
7 7 (4.605%) MCSA
8 6 (3.947%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (3.289%) Degree
10 4 (2.632%) HNC
11 3 (1.974%) MCDST
11 3 (1.974%) HND
12 2 (1.316%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.658%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.658%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.947%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (1.974%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.237%) vSphere
4 4 (2.632%) XenApp
5 3 (1.974%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.632%) NetBackup
1 4 (2.632%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 108 (71.05%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.47%) VMware
3 16 (10.53%) Cisco
4 11 (7.237%) CheckPoint
5 10 (6.579%) Oracle
5 10 (6.579%) Citrix
6 8 (5.263%) HP
6 8 (5.263%) Dell
7 7 (4.605%) NetApp
8 4 (2.632%) Symantec
8 4 (2.632%) Apple
8 4 (2.632%) EMC
8 4 (2.632%) 3PAR
9 3 (1.974%) Reuters
9 3 (1.974%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.316%) Novell
10 2 (1.316%) Draytek
10 2 (1.316%) NETGEAR
11 1 (0.658%) Red Hat
Basildon, South East
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...
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
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Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
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