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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 44 34 33
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 1 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 0.362% 0.621% 5.128%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.020% 2.778% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 13
Average salary £47,500 £21,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+120.93% -57.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
98 36 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 35.51% 22.36% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 76 23 49
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
North Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 (100.00%) Windows
1 17 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 16 (94.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (94.12%) VMware
2 16 (94.12%) MCSE
2 16 (94.12%) Active Directory
2 16 (94.12%) Citrix
3 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
4 14 (82.35%) MS Exchange
4 14 (82.35%) XenApp
4 14 (82.35%) Hyper-V
5 13 (76.47%) Windows 7
5 13 (76.47%) SQL Server
5 13 (76.47%) HP
5 13 (76.47%) SQL Server 2005
5 13 (76.47%) SQL Server 2008
6 12 (70.59%) Finance
6 12 (70.59%) XenServer
6 12 (70.59%) XenDesktop
7 11 (64.71%) MCITP
7 11 (64.71%) Exchange Server 2007
7 11 (64.71%) MCSA
8 10 (58.82%) SAN
8 10 (58.82%) NAS
9 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
9 9 (52.94%) DHCP
9 9 (52.94%) DNS
9 9 (52.94%) MCTS
10 8 (47.06%) Office Communications Server
10 8 (47.06%) Network Security

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 Platforms
1 14 (82.35%) MS Exchange
2 11 (64.71%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (47.06%) Office Communications Server
4 8 (47.06%) Lync
5 2 (11.76%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.76%) MS Office
3 1 (5.882%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) SAN
1 10 (58.82%) NAS
2 9 (52.94%) DHCP
2 9 (52.94%) DNS
3 8 (47.06%) Network Security
3 8 (47.06%) Firewall
4 7 (41.18%) iSCSI
5 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
6 2 (11.76%) LAN
7 1 (5.882%) Unified Communications
7 1 (5.882%) LDAP
7 1 (5.882%) SMTP
7 1 (5.882%) FTP
7 1 (5.882%) HTTP
7 1 (5.882%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) SQL Server
1 13 (76.47%) SQL Server 2005
1 13 (76.47%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Support
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.882%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
1 17 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (76.47%) Windows 7
3 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Network Load Balancing
2 2 (11.76%) ITIL
2 2 (11.76%) Change Management
2 2 (11.76%) Network Management
3 1 (5.882%) Validation
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) MCSE
2 11 (64.71%) MCITP
2 11 (64.71%) MCSA
3 9 (52.94%) MCTS
4 8 (47.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (47.06%) MCP
4 8 (47.06%) CCA
4 8 (47.06%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.882%) VCP4
6 1 (5.882%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (94.12%) VMware Infrastructure
1 16 (94.12%) Active Directory
2 14 (82.35%) XenApp
2 14 (82.35%) Hyper-V
3 12 (70.59%) XenServer
3 12 (70.59%) XenDesktop
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (41.18%) NFS
6 1 (5.882%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) VMware
1 16 (94.12%) Citrix
2 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
3 13 (76.47%) HP
4 7 (41.18%) EMC
4 7 (41.18%) CommVault
4 7 (41.18%) LANDesk
5 1 (5.882%) Vizioncore
5 1 (5.882%) AppSense
5 1 (5.882%) Wyse
5 1 (5.882%) PlateSpin
5 1 (5.882%) Novell
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
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Posted: 22 May 2013