The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Fife 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 Fife region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 14 - 15
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 2.439% - 4.615%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.704% - 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £35,000 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Fife
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27 13 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 65.85% 17.81% 27.69%
Number of salaries quoted 25 11 14
Average salary £37,250 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fife 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 Fife region.

Fife Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

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 Fife 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
Dunfermline - 1 £35,000 -
Microsoft Certification
Scotland

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 2 (66.67%) WPF
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (33.33%) Lync
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) XSLT
3 1 (33.33%) MCP
3 1 (33.33%) MCSD
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) MSMQ
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
2 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
2 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Lync
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) MSMQ
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) MCSD
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Avaya
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