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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Herefordshire 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1528
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads9429
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.013 %
As % of the category below45.19 %22.31 %
Salaries quoted9328
Average minimum salary£32,900£34,429
Average salary£34,726£37,098
% change on same period last year-6.39 %
Average maximum salary£36,551£39,768
UK excluding London average salary£33,678£33,059
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Qualifications HerefordshireQualifications
Herefordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads208130
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.102 %0.058 %
Salaries quoted194119
Average minimum salary£33,708£38,048
Average salary£35,718£40,664
% change on same period last year-12.16 %
Average maximum salary£37,728£43,281
UK excluding London average salary£37,495£38,457
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Microsoft Certification West MidlandsMicrosoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Microsoft Certification across the Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Herefordshire region over the past 3 months.

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1Hemel HempsteadUp+1680£34,076-11.05 %
2LeominsterNew entry-6£35,000-
3Ross-on-WyeNew entry-3£30,000-
4BorehamwoodUp+31£45,000+76.47 %
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Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Herefordshire region citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft Certification.

1163 (81.50 %)Microsoft
2161 (80.50 %)Active Directory
3152 (76.00 %)MCP
4151 (75.50 %)MS Exchange
5148 (74.00 %)MCSE
6144 (72.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
7133 (66.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
8129 (64.50 %)Windows
995 (47.50 %)MS Excel
1061 (30.50 %)Windows 2000
1156 (28.00 %)MCSA
1254 (27.00 %)TCP/IP
1349 (24.50 %)Firewall
1349 (24.50 %)Health
1349 (24.50 %)Pensions
1448 (24.00 %)SQL
1546 (23.00 %)DNS
1643 (21.50 %)LAN
1742 (21.00 %)WAN
1836 (18.00 %)SLA
1932 (16.00 %)SMTP
1932 (16.00 %)SQL Server
2028 (14.00 %)MS Office
2127 (13.50 %)MAILsweeper
2226 (13.00 %)Cisco
2325 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
2422 (11.00 %)IIS
2519 (9.500 %)Windows Server 2003
2618 (9.000 %)VERITAS
2618 (9.000 %)Citrix

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Herefordshire region citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
116 (8.000 %)XML
23 (1.500 %)AJAX
23 (1.500 %).NET
23 (1.500 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.500 %)WebServices
Application Platforms
1151 (75.50 %)MS Exchange
2144 (72.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
3133 (66.50 %)Exchange Server 2000
425 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
522 (11.00 %)IIS
618 (9.000 %)SharePoint
713 (6.500 %)Exchange Server 5.5
88 (4.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
93 (1.500 %)Lotus Notes
93 (1.500 %)BizTalk Server
93 (1.500 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (1.000 %)Live Communications Server
Applications
195 (47.50 %)MS Excel
228 (14.00 %)MS Office
31 (0.500 %)MS Project
31 (0.500 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
154 (27.00 %)TCP/IP
249 (24.50 %)Firewall
346 (23.00 %)DNS
443 (21.50 %)LAN
542 (21.00 %)WAN
632 (16.00 %)SMTP
717 (8.500 %)VPN
812 (6.000 %)SAN
812 (6.000 %)DHCP
96 (3.000 %)Internet
104 (2.000 %)Ethernet
104 (2.000 %)Wi-Fi
104 (2.000 %)IPsec
104 (2.000 %)ADSL
113 (1.500 %)Cisco IPT
113 (1.500 %)IPCC
121 (0.500 %)IP Telephony
121 (0.500 %)Network Security
121 (0.500 %)WINS
Database & Business Intelligence
132 (16.00 %)SQL Server
24 (2.000 %)SQL Server 7
24 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.500 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (0.500 %)Crystal Reports
31 (0.500 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
11 (0.500 %)Ant
General
149 (24.50 %)Health
149 (24.50 %)Pensions
29 (4.500 %)Telecoms
34 (2.000 %)Finance
43 (1.500 %)Government
43 (1.500 %)Manufacturing
52 (1.000 %)Banking
52 (1.000 %)Legal
52 (1.000 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.500 %)Retail
61 (0.500 %)Back Office
61 (0.500 %)Education
Job Titles
148 (24.00 %)Exchange Specialist
244 (22.00 %)Messaging Specialist
330 (15.00 %)Technical Specialist
423 (11.50 %)Analyst
521 (10.50 %)Support Engineer
618 (9.000 %)2nd Line Support
717 (8.500 %)Support Analyst
814 (7.000 %)Server Engineer
913 (6.500 %)Server Specialist
1011 (5.500 %)Server Support
1110 (5.000 %)3rd Line Support
128 (4.000 %)Administrator
137 (3.500 %)Technical Analyst
146 (3.000 %)Helpdesk Support
155 (2.500 %)Architect
155 (2.500 %)Desktop Support
155 (2.500 %)Network Support
155 (2.500 %)Server Administrator
164 (2.000 %)Security Engineer
164 (2.000 %)Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
110 (5.000 %)Blackberry
26 (3.000 %)Clustering
34 (2.000 %)Client/Server
43 (1.500 %)Asset Management
52 (1.000 %)Management Information System
52 (1.000 %)BBC
61 (0.500 %)NHS
61 (0.500 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
1129 (64.50 %)Windows
261 (30.50 %)Windows 2000
319 (9.500 %)Windows Server 2003
411 (5.500 %)Linux
510 (5.000 %)Windows XP
66 (3.000 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
18 (4.000 %)Configuration Management
27 (3.500 %)Performance Management
35 (2.500 %)Information Security
43 (1.500 %)Data Management
43 (1.500 %)Service Management
43 (1.500 %)Information Security Management
43 (1.500 %)Security Management
43 (1.500 %)ITIL
43 (1.500 %)Time Management
52 (1.000 %)Business Continuity
52 (1.000 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (1.000 %)ITSM
52 (1.000 %)Incident Management
61 (0.500 %)Load Balancing
Programming Languages
148 (24.00 %)SQL
23 (1.500 %)Transact-SQL
23 (1.500 %)C#
31 (0.500 %)C
Qualifications
1152 (76.00 %)MCP
2148 (74.00 %)MCSE
356 (28.00 %)MCSA
412 (6.000 %)Cisco Certification
510 (5.000 %)CCNA
66 (3.000 %)CISSP
66 (3.000 %)Degree
74 (2.000 %)CCNP
74 (2.000 %)CNE
74 (2.000 %)Novell Certification
74 (2.000 %)CCDA
83 (1.500 %)MCAD
83 (1.500 %)MCSD
83 (1.500 %)MCDBA
92 (1.000 %)CCIE
92 (1.000 %)CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
136 (18.00 %)SLA
21 (0.500 %)ISO9001
System Software
1161 (80.50 %)Active Directory
218 (9.000 %)MetaFrame
36 (3.000 %)ISA Server
43 (1.500 %)Terminal Server
43 (1.500 %)Backup Exec
52 (1.000 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
127 (13.50 %)MAILsweeper
213 (6.500 %)HP Data Protector
213 (6.500 %)OpenView
32 (1.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1163 (81.50 %)Microsoft
226 (13.00 %)Cisco
318 (9.000 %)Citrix
318 (9.000 %)VERITAS
416 (8.000 %)HP
512 (6.000 %)Sophos
611 (5.500 %)3Com
710 (5.000 %)Dell
86 (3.000 %)VMware
93 (1.500 %)Lotus
102 (1.000 %)Oracle
102 (1.000 %)Altiris
111 (0.500 %)Compaq
111 (0.500 %)Remedy
111 (0.500 %)Avaya
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