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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Gloucester region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4651
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads199
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
As % of the category below15.83 %10.34 %
Salaries quoted199
Average minimum salary£24,000£23,756
Average salary£27,789£24,635
% change on same period last year+12.80 %
Average maximum salary£31,579£25,514
UK excluding London average salary£33,485£33,414
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Gloucester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Gloucester
Matching permanent IT job ads12087
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.036 %
Salaries quoted11780
Average minimum salary£30,639£34,904
Average salary£33,804£36,566
% change on same period last year-7.55 %
Average maximum salary£36,969£38,228
UK excluding London average salary£37,833£38,491
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Microsoft Certification GloucestershireMicrosoft Certification
Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Gloucester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Gloucester Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

129 (90.63 %)MCSE
226 (81.25 %)Microsoft
320 (62.50 %)Active Directory
417 (53.13 %)MS Excel
513 (40.63 %)MCP
612 (37.50 %)Cisco Certification
612 (37.50 %)CCNA
612 (37.50 %)French Language
711 (34.38 %)Windows
810 (31.25 %)Cisco
810 (31.25 %)Citrix
99 (28.13 %)MS Exchange
99 (28.13 %)Windows Server 2003
107 (21.88 %)Citrix Certification
115 (15.63 %)CCA
124 (12.50 %)Pensions
124 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
124 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
124 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
133 (9.375 %)Security Cleared
133 (9.375 %)VMware
142 (6.250 %)Internet
142 (6.250 %)MOM
142 (6.250 %)MCPD
142 (6.250 %)Application Packaging
142 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2000
142 (6.250 %)Clustering
142 (6.250 %)AJAX
142 (6.250 %)HP
142 (6.250 %)SAN

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Gloucester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (6.250 %)HTML
12 (6.250 %).NET
12 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
12 (6.250 %)WebServices
12 (6.250 %)XML
12 (6.250 %)WSDL
12 (6.250 %)AJAX
12 (6.250 %)Application Packaging
Gloucester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (28.13 %)MS Exchange
24 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (3.125 %)SharePoint
Gloucester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (53.13 %)MS Excel
Gloucester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (6.250 %)SAN
12 (6.250 %)Internet
21 (3.125 %)Firewall
Gloucester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.250 %)SQL Server
Gloucester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.250 %)Visual Studio
Gloucester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (12.50 %)Pensions
21 (3.125 %)Finance
21 (3.125 %)Education
21 (3.125 %)Military
Gloucester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (37.50 %)Analyst
112 (37.50 %)Support Analyst
112 (37.50 %)Support Engineer
27 (21.88 %)Infrastructure Engineer
35 (15.63 %)Systems Engineer
43 (9.375 %)Developer
52 (6.250 %).NET Developer
52 (6.250 %)C# Developer
61 (3.125 %)RPG Developer
61 (3.125 %)Lead Technical Architect
61 (3.125 %)Lead Architect
61 (3.125 %)Architect
61 (3.125 %)Technical Architect
61 (3.125 %)Systems Administrator
61 (3.125 %)Administrator
61 (3.125 %)Senior Systems Engineer
Gloucester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (37.50 %)French Language
22 (6.250 %)Clustering
31 (3.125 %)German Language
Gloucester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (34.38 %)Windows
29 (28.13 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (3.125 %)AIX
41 (3.125 %)Windows XP
41 (3.125 %)UNIX
Gloucester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (9.375 %)Security Cleared
22 (6.250 %)Business Intelligence
22 (6.250 %)DV Cleared
Gloucester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (6.250 %)SQL
12 (6.250 %)VBScript
12 (6.250 %)VB
12 (6.250 %)VB.NET
12 (6.250 %)C#
21 (3.125 %)RPG
Gloucester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
129 (90.63 %)MCSE
213 (40.63 %)MCP
312 (37.50 %)CCNA
312 (37.50 %)Cisco Certification
47 (21.88 %)Citrix Certification
55 (15.63 %)CCA
62 (6.250 %)MCSD
62 (6.250 %)MCPD
71 (3.125 %)CCNP
71 (3.125 %)CCDA
Gloucester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (62.50 %)Active Directory
22 (6.250 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (3.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (3.125 %)VMware ESX
Gloucester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (6.250 %)MOM
Gloucester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (81.25 %)Microsoft
210 (31.25 %)Cisco
210 (31.25 %)Citrix
33 (9.375 %)VMware
42 (6.250 %)NetApp
42 (6.250 %)HP
51 (3.125 %)Intel
51 (3.125 %)Oracle
51 (3.125 %)WatchGuard