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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Hampshire 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3536
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads285305
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.153 %0.127 %
As % of the category below17.48 %20.07 %
Salaries quoted240268
Average minimum salary£33,111£34,122
Average salary£36,338£36,193
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
Average maximum salary£39,565£38,264
UK excluding London average salary£33,516£33,416
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hampshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Hampshire
Matching permanent IT job ads16301520
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.877 %0.634 %
Salaries quoted13731280
Average minimum salary£35,342£34,906
Average salary£38,686£37,904
% change on same period last year+2.06 %
Average maximum salary£42,031£40,902
UK excluding London average salary£37,834£38,495
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
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Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Hampshire Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeUp+673£49,028+33.71 %
AndoverUp+729£35,940+6.96 %
WinchesterUp+1227£33,556-10.51 %
SouthamptonUp+1627£30,620-13.03 %
PortsmouthUp+317£29,656-13.59 %
HavantUp+1013£29,667-16.30 %
FarehamDown-911£32,188-4.15 %
FarnboroughDown-2511£32,045-4.31 %
PetersfieldDown-53£37,500-37.50 %
GosportDown-123£33,333-18.69 %
WallingtonNew entry-2£26,250-
AldershotNew entry-2--
LymingtonNew entry-2£15,500-
New MiltonNew entry-1£22,000-
EastleighDown-41£37,000+17.46 %
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Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1399 (68.79 %)Windows
2333 (57.41 %)MCSE
3329 (56.72 %)Microsoft
4233 (40.17 %)Active Directory
5227 (39.14 %)Windows Server 2003
6199 (34.31 %)MCP
7153 (26.38 %)SQL Server
8137 (23.62 %)MS Excel
9136 (23.45 %)MS Exchange
10125 (21.55 %)SQL
11122 (21.03 %)Citrix
12121 (20.86 %)MCSA
13112 (19.31 %).NET
14109 (18.79 %)Cisco
14109 (18.79 %)TCP/IP
15104 (17.93 %)VMware
16100 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
1788 (15.17 %)Exchange Server 2003
1886 (14.83 %)DNS
1983 (14.31 %)Firewall
2081 (13.97 %)MCAD
2179 (13.62 %)MCSD
2275 (12.93 %)C#
2374 (12.76 %)Windows XP
2471 (12.24 %)ITIL
2471 (12.24 %)Pensions
2568 (11.72 %)Cisco Certification
2568 (11.72 %)Health
2666 (11.38 %)VB.NET
2765 (11.21 %)XML

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1112 (19.31 %).NET
265 (11.21 %)XML
358 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
439 (6.724 %)AJAX
529 (5.000 %)WinForms
529 (5.000 %)ASP
617 (2.931 %)WCF
713 (2.241 %)WPF
811 (1.897 %)WF
811 (1.897 %).NET Framework
811 (1.897 %)HTML
811 (1.897 %)WebServices
99 (1.552 %)Windows SharePoint Services
106 (1.034 %)CSS
115 (0.862 %)JSP
123 (0.517 %)XSLT
132 (0.345 %)XML Messaging
132 (0.345 %)XSL
141 (0.172 %)WebSphere
141 (0.172 %)COM
Hampshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1136 (23.45 %)MS Exchange
288 (15.17 %)Exchange Server 2003
362 (10.69 %)IIS
438 (6.552 %)SharePoint
533 (5.690 %)Exchange Server 2007
630 (5.172 %)SharePoint Server 2007
724 (4.138 %)SharePoint Portal Server
814 (2.414 %)Exchange Server 2000
98 (1.379 %)Lotus Notes
98 (1.379 %)BizTalk Server
106 (1.034 %)Lotus Domino
106 (1.034 %)Live Communications Server
112 (0.345 %)GroupWise
112 (0.345 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
121 (0.172 %)Apache
121 (0.172 %)WebSphere Application Server
Hampshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1137 (23.62 %)MS Excel
244 (7.586 %)MS Office
39 (1.552 %)InfoPath
Hampshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.172 %)SoftGrid
Hampshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1109 (18.79 %)TCP/IP
286 (14.83 %)DNS
383 (14.31 %)Firewall
443 (7.414 %)DHCP
542 (7.241 %)SAN
630 (5.172 %)Internet
729 (5.000 %)LAN
828 (4.828 %)WAN
922 (3.793 %)Network Security
1013 (2.241 %)Extranet
1013 (2.241 %)Intranet
1112 (2.069 %)VPN
1211 (1.897 %)VLAN
1310 (1.724 %)DMZ
149 (1.552 %)VoIP
157 (1.207 %)Cisco PIX
166 (1.034 %)NetScreen
166 (1.034 %)FTP
175 (0.862 %)SMTP
175 (0.862 %)Broadband
Hampshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1153 (26.38 %)SQL Server
247 (8.103 %)SQL Server 2005
339 (6.724 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (1.552 %)EDRMS
57 (1.207 %)SQL Server Integration Services
57 (1.207 %)DTS
66 (1.034 %)Datawarehouse
75 (0.862 %)Crystal Reports
84 (0.690 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.517 %)DB2
93 (0.517 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.345 %)Oracle Reports
111 (0.172 %)RDBMS
111 (0.172 %)Oracle 10g
Hampshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.517 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.345 %)InterDev
31 (0.172 %)Flash
31 (0.172 %)ClearCase
Hampshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
171 (12.24 %)Pensions
268 (11.72 %)Health
360 (10.34 %)Finance
421 (3.621 %)Banking
512 (2.069 %)Government
611 (1.897 %)Retail
611 (1.897 %)Telecoms
75 (0.862 %)Back Office
84 (0.690 %)Education
84 (0.690 %)Insurance
84 (0.690 %)Music
93 (0.517 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.345 %)Marketing
111 (0.172 %)Auditing
111 (0.172 %)Home Office
111 (0.172 %)Games
Hampshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
186 (14.83 %)Analyst
277 (13.28 %)Developer
366 (11.38 %)Support Engineer
462 (10.69 %)Support Analyst
545 (7.759 %).NET Developer
637 (6.379 %)Server Support
736 (6.207 %)2nd Line Support
832 (5.517 %)Technical Support
931 (5.345 %)VB.NET Developer
1030 (5.172 %)Consultant
1030 (5.172 %)Architect
1127 (4.655 %)Administrator
1226 (4.483 %)Server Engineer
1325 (4.310 %)WinForms Developer
1423 (3.966 %)Server Analyst
1522 (3.793 %)Server Support Analyst
1522 (3.793 %)Technical Specialist
1621 (3.621 %)Field Engineer
1720 (3.448 %)Desktop Support
1818 (3.103 %)Solutions Architect
Hampshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (7.069 %)Clustering
230 (5.172 %)Client/Server
323 (3.966 %)Computer Science
417 (2.931 %)Tandem
59 (1.552 %)PKI
67 (1.207 %)Smartcard
67 (1.207 %)EMC Centera
76 (1.034 %)Replication
85 (0.862 %)Blackberry
85 (0.862 %)Celerra
94 (0.690 %)Management Information System
103 (0.517 %)N-Tier
103 (0.517 %)NHS
103 (0.517 %)W3C
103 (0.517 %)CLARiiON
103 (0.517 %)Mathematics
103 (0.517 %)Data Integration
111 (0.172 %)French Language
111 (0.172 %)German Language
111 (0.172 %)Spanish Language
Hampshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1399 (68.79 %)Windows
2227 (39.14 %)Windows Server 2003
3100 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
474 (12.76 %)Windows XP
549 (8.448 %)Windows 2000 Server
648 (8.276 %)Windows Vista
723 (3.966 %)UNIX
822 (3.793 %)Windows NT
914 (2.414 %)Linux
1011 (1.897 %)Windows Server 2008
117 (1.207 %)Red Hat Linux
126 (1.034 %)SUSE
134 (0.690 %)Solaris
143 (0.517 %)HPUX
143 (0.517 %)MVS
152 (0.345 %)NetWare
161 (0.172 %)Ubuntu
161 (0.172 %)AIX
Hampshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
171 (12.24 %)ITIL
255 (9.483 %)Project Management
335 (6.034 %)Scrum
434 (5.862 %)Extreme Programming
434 (5.862 %)TDD
532 (5.517 %)Security Cleared
623 (3.966 %)Migration
721 (3.621 %)PRINCE2
820 (3.448 %)Service Management
918 (3.103 %)Disaster Recovery
1016 (2.759 %)Service Delivery
1016 (2.759 %)Change Management
1115 (2.586 %)OOD
1115 (2.586 %)Release Management
1212 (2.069 %)CRM
1212 (2.069 %)Workflow
1310 (1.724 %)Content Management
149 (1.552 %)Business Intelligence
149 (1.552 %)PRINCE
157 (1.207 %)OO
Hampshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1125 (21.55 %)SQL
275 (12.93 %)C#
366 (11.38 %)VB.NET
420 (3.448 %)Transact-SQL
516 (2.759 %)VB
614 (2.414 %)C++
712 (2.069 %)JavaScript
810 (1.724 %)Java
97 (1.207 %)VB6
104 (0.690 %)PowerShell
104 (0.690 %)VBScript
113 (0.517 %)Shell Script
122 (0.345 %)C
122 (0.345 %)DHTML
131 (0.172 %)Perl
131 (0.172 %)VC++
Hampshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1333 (57.41 %)MCSE
2199 (34.31 %)MCP
3121 (20.86 %)MCSA
481 (13.97 %)MCAD
579 (13.62 %)MCSD
668 (11.72 %)Cisco Certification
755 (9.483 %)Degree
843 (7.414 %)CCNA
935 (6.034 %)Citrix Certification
1026 (4.483 %)CCA
1026 (4.483 %)MCTS
1123 (3.966 %)CCNP
1216 (2.759 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1314 (2.414 %)CCIE
1413 (2.241 %)A+ Certification
1512 (2.069 %)HND
1512 (2.069 %)MCT
1611 (1.897 %)MCDBA
177 (1.207 %)MCDST
186 (1.034 %)CCEA
Hampshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (4.310 %)SLA
24 (0.690 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.517 %)HL7
33 (0.517 %)ISO9001
42 (0.345 %)ISO9000
42 (0.345 %)JSP 440
Hampshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1233 (40.17 %)Active Directory
243 (7.414 %)ISA Server
340 (6.897 %)VMware Infrastructure
422 (3.793 %)MetaFrame
422 (3.793 %)Terminal Server
521 (3.621 %)VMware ESX
618 (3.103 %)NetBackup
717 (2.931 %)Terminal Services
812 (2.069 %)Citrix Presentation Server
910 (1.724 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
107 (1.207 %)Backup Exec
113 (0.517 %)NLBS
121 (0.172 %)VMware Server
121 (0.172 %)VMware GSX
Hampshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
127 (4.655 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
211 (1.897 %)CA SiteMinder
211 (1.897 %)MOM
211 (1.897 %)SCCM
38 (1.379 %)Tivoli
47 (1.207 %)Norton AntiVirus
54 (0.690 %)SCOM
62 (0.345 %)ZENworks
62 (0.345 %)Unicenter
71 (0.172 %)Tivoli Monitoring
71 (0.172 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
71 (0.172 %)DameWare
Hampshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1329 (56.72 %)Microsoft
2122 (21.03 %)Citrix
3109 (18.79 %)Cisco
4104 (17.93 %)VMware
547 (8.103 %)HP
637 (6.379 %)Oracle
731 (5.345 %)IBM
817 (2.931 %)VERITAS
916 (2.759 %)Pegasus
916 (2.759 %)Sage
916 (2.759 %)Intel
1013 (2.241 %)Compaq
1013 (2.241 %)Symantec
1112 (2.069 %)Nokia
1211 (1.897 %)EMC
1310 (1.724 %)SAP
149 (1.552 %)Exchequer
149 (1.552 %)Lotus
149 (1.552 %)AppSense
158 (1.379 %)Dell