The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Farnborough region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 24 23 23
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 13 18 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 7.386% 7.692% 4.202%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.63% 15.25% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 5
Average salary £17,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-57.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
63 118 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 35.80% 50.43% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 49 111 48
Average salary £47,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 £31,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £47,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Hampshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Farnborough Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) MCP
3 7 (38.89%) C#
3 7 (38.89%) .NET
4 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
4 5 (27.78%) ADSL
4 5 (27.78%) TDD
5 4 (22.22%) MCTS
5 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
6 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 3 (16.67%) C++
6 3 (16.67%) MCAD
6 3 (16.67%) MCSD
6 3 (16.67%) Degree
6 3 (16.67%) WCF
6 3 (16.67%) MVC
6 3 (16.67%) Web Design
6 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (16.67%) Web Application Development
6 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (11.11%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (11.11%) Castle Windsor
7 2 (11.11%) Rhino Mocks
7 2 (11.11%) Scrum
7 2 (11.11%) NUnit
7 2 (11.11%) Tandem
7 2 (11.11%) MonoRail
7 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
7 2 (11.11%) NHibernate

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 7 (38.89%) .NET
2 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 3 (16.67%) WCF
3 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 2 (11.11%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (11.11%) Castle Windsor
4 2 (11.11%) MonoRail
4 2 (11.11%) NHibernate
4 2 (11.11%) COM
5 1 (5.556%) CSS
5 1 (5.556%) HTML
5 1 (5.556%) jQuery
5 1 (5.556%) Node.js
5 1 (5.556%) Ninject
5 1 (5.556%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (5.556%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (5.556%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) ADSL
2 1 (5.556%) H.323
2 1 (5.556%) Firewall
2 1 (5.556%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Rhino Mocks
1 2 (11.11%) NUnit
General
1 1 (5.556%) Music
1 1 (5.556%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
1 5 (27.78%) Support Technician
2 4 (22.22%) .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Communications Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Tandem
2 1 (5.556%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.556%) NHS
2 1 (5.556%) Streaming Music
2 1 (5.556%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) TDD
2 3 (16.67%) MVC
2 3 (16.67%) Web Design
2 3 (16.67%) Web Application Development
3 2 (11.11%) Scrum
3 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.556%) OOP
4 1 (5.556%) Domain-Driven Design
4 1 (5.556%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (5.556%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) C#
2 3 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.556%) SQL
3 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) MCP
2 4 (22.22%) MCTS
3 3 (16.67%) MCAD
3 3 (16.67%) MCSD
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (5.556%) MCSE
4 1 (5.556%) MCSA
4 1 (5.556%) CCNP
4 1 (5.556%) CCNA
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.556%) MCITP
4 1 (5.556%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) Polycom
Farnborough, South East
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Posted: 22 May 2013