The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Huddersfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 20 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 Huddersfield region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 13 21 15
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 14 6 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 17.28% 4.800% 14.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.67% 18.18% 65.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 22
Average salary £29,500 £31,500 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.34% +31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Huddersfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
21 33 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 25.93% 26.40% 22.01%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 31
Average salary £29,500 £31,500 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.34% +31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £19,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £33,264
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
West Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield region.

Huddersfield Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (80.00%) MCP
2 16 (80.00%) MCITP
3 13 (65.00%) VMware
4 12 (60.00%) MCSE
4 12 (60.00%) CCA
4 12 (60.00%) Citrix Certification
5 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
5 11 (55.00%) Citrix
6 8 (40.00%) SQL
7 4 (20.00%) MCTS
7 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (20.00%) C#
7 4 (20.00%) HTML
7 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
7 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
7 4 (20.00%) .NET
7 4 (20.00%) CSS
7 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (20.00%) SAN
7 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (20.00%) CCNA
7 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (20.00%) XenApp
7 4 (20.00%) XenServer
7 4 (20.00%) XenDesktop
8 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
9 1 (5.000%) VB.NET

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 4 (20.00%) HTML
1 4 (20.00%) .NET
1 4 (20.00%) CSS
2 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Administrator
1 8 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
2 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Applications Developer
4 3 (15.00%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (15.00%) C# Application Developer
4 3 (15.00%) .NET Applications Developer
4 3 (15.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (15.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (5.000%) VB.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) C#
2 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.000%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) MCP
1 16 (80.00%) MCITP
2 12 (60.00%) MCSE
2 12 (60.00%) CCA
2 12 (60.00%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (20.00%) MCTS
3 4 (20.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) XenApp
1 4 (20.00%) XenServer
1 4 (20.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) VMware
2 11 (55.00%) Citrix
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
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