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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 28 34 36
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 4.242% 4.639% 5.422%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.58% 22.50% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 9
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -23.80%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
48 40 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 29.09% 20.62% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 48 40 22
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -23.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £59,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kingston Upon Thames Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
3 12 (66.67%) .NET
3 12 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (61.11%) MCTS
5 10 (55.56%) MCP
6 9 (50.00%) MCAD
6 9 (50.00%) MCSD
6 9 (50.00%) MCSE
6 9 (50.00%) C#
6 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET
6 9 (50.00%) Windows
6 9 (50.00%) Tandem
6 9 (50.00%) TDD
6 9 (50.00%) MVC
6 9 (50.00%) WCF
6 9 (50.00%) Domain-Driven Design
6 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 9 (50.00%) BDD
6 9 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
6 9 (50.00%) CQRS
6 9 (50.00%) Web Application Development
6 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (33.33%) VMware
8 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
9 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
9 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
10 4 (22.22%) MCITP
10 4 (22.22%) IIS

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 12 (66.67%) .NET
2 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (50.00%) WCF
2 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 9 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
2 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (5.556%) HTML
3 1 (5.556%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) IIS
2 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (11.11%) Lync
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (5.556%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (5.556%) SAN
3 1 (5.556%) SMTP
3 1 (5.556%) DHCP
3 1 (5.556%) IPv4
3 1 (5.556%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) Wireless
3 1 (5.556%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) NAS
3 1 (5.556%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
2 12 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) .NET Team Leader
1 9 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 9 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 9 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Support Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Tandem
2 2 (11.11%) Clustering
3 1 (5.556%) Client/Server
3 1 (5.556%) Firmware
3 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.556%) Replication
3 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (5.556%) UNIX
4 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) TDD
1 9 (50.00%) MVC
1 9 (50.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 9 (50.00%) BDD
1 9 (50.00%) CQRS
1 9 (50.00%) Web Application Development
2 3 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 2 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.556%) Network Management
4 1 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) MCTS
2 10 (55.56%) MCP
3 9 (50.00%) MCAD
3 9 (50.00%) MCSD
3 9 (50.00%) MCSE
4 4 (22.22%) MCITP
5 2 (11.11%) Degree
5 2 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.556%) CCNA
6 1 (5.556%) HP AIS
6 1 (5.556%) HP ASE
6 1 (5.556%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (16.67%) vSphere
3 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.556%) Terminal Server
4 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
1 1 (5.556%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) HP
3 2 (11.11%) Citrix
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco
4 1 (5.556%) NetApp
4 1 (5.556%) Remedy
4 1 (5.556%) Dell
4 1 (5.556%) Veeam
4 1 (5.556%) 3PAR
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Service Operations Analyst - MCSE, VMware, SQL Server 2005/2008... MUST haves: Microsoft Qualification. VMware Vsphere. SQL Server 2005/2008 IIS Good understanding of TCP/IP Windows 2008 servers.
Pertemps IT
Salary: 30,000 - 40,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Service Operations Analyst - MCSE, VMware, SQL Server 2005/2008... MUST haves: Microsoft Qualification. VMware Vsphere. SQL Server 2005/2008 IIS Good understanding of TCP/IP Windows 2008 servers.
Pertemps IT
Salary: 30,000 - 40,000
Posted: 20 May 2013