The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 51 50 25
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -25
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 7 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 0.418% 1.720% 5.025%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.667% 2.642% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 10
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
150 265 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 62.76% 65.11% 50.25%
Number of salaries quoted 110 197 70
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,633 £65,000 £52,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
3 12 (85.71%) Cisco
3 12 (85.71%) Active Directory
4 10 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (71.43%) DNS
4 10 (71.43%) CCNA
4 10 (71.43%) Juniper
4 10 (71.43%) SAN
4 10 (71.43%) NetApp
4 10 (71.43%) Internet
4 10 (71.43%) ISA Server
4 10 (71.43%) SMTP
4 10 (71.43%) HTTP
4 10 (71.43%) SNMP
4 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
4 10 (71.43%) MCSA
4 10 (71.43%) LDAP
4 10 (71.43%) Firewall
4 10 (71.43%) Clustering
4 10 (71.43%) Squid
4 10 (71.43%) Load Balancing
4 10 (71.43%) Zenoss
4 10 (71.43%) SaaS
5 4 (28.57%) MCP
6 3 (21.43%) MS Office
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL
6 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
6 3 (21.43%) VPN
6 3 (21.43%) Problem Management

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 (14.29%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Office
1 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) SMTP
1 10 (71.43%) HTTP
1 10 (71.43%) SNMP
1 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
1 10 (71.43%) SAN
1 10 (71.43%) Internet
1 10 (71.43%) Firewall
1 10 (71.43%) LDAP
2 3 (21.43%) VPN
3 2 (14.29%) LAN
3 2 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Consultant
1 10 (71.43%) Technical Consultant
1 10 (71.43%) Administrator
2 6 (42.86%) Support Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Technical Support
2 6 (42.86%) Technical Support Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Technical Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Administrator
4 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Technician
4 2 (14.29%) Desktop Technician
4 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 2 (14.29%) Support Technician
5 1 (7.143%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (7.143%) Service Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Clustering
1 10 (71.43%) SaaS
2 2 (14.29%) Blackberry
3 1 (7.143%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Load Balancing
2 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL V3
3 2 (14.29%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) MCSA
1 10 (71.43%) CCNA
1 10 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (28.57%) MCP
3 2 (14.29%) MCITP
4 1 (7.143%) A+ Certification
4 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 12 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 10 (71.43%) ISA Server
2 10 (71.43%) Squid
Systems Management
1 10 (71.43%) Zenoss
2 2 (14.29%) Sysprep
2 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (85.71%) Cisco
3 10 (71.43%) Juniper
3 10 (71.43%) NetApp
4 2 (14.29%) Citrix
4 2 (14.29%) Apple
4 2 (14.29%) McAfee
4 2 (14.29%) LANDesk
4 2 (14.29%) Lumension
5 1 (7.143%) Remedy
5 1 (7.143%) Lotus