The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Architect in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certified Architect over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA)
Rank 592 638 617
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect 9 11 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.020% 0.020% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.081% 0.085% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 13
Average salary £60,000 £70,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £36,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+80.55% -28.00%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11080 12981 13432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.18% 23.83% 23.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8995 11185 11128
Average salary £50,000 £48,000 £49,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certified Architect
England

Microsoft Certified Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Microsoft Certified Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certified Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect across the London region.

London Microsoft Certified Architect Salary Trend

Microsoft Certified Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Microsoft Certified Architect Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certified Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +22 3 £70,000 +100.00%
Docklands, London - 1 £60,000 -
Microsoft Certified Architect
England

Microsoft Certified Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Microsoft Certified Architect 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 Certified Architect.

1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
3 11 (57.89%) Windows
4 10 (52.63%) MCITP
5 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
6 8 (42.11%) PRINCE2
6 8 (42.11%) ITIL
6 8 (42.11%) MCSE
7 6 (31.58%) MCDBA
7 6 (31.58%) SQL
7 6 (31.58%) T-SQL
7 6 (31.58%) Project Management
7 6 (31.58%) Clustering
7 6 (31.58%) MCTS
7 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (26.32%) Finance
8 5 (26.32%) .NET
9 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
9 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
9 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (21.05%) Replication
9 4 (21.05%) Business Continuity
9 4 (21.05%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (21.05%) PMI
9 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
9 4 (21.05%) BCP
9 4 (21.05%) COBIT
9 4 (21.05%) Document Management

Microsoft Certified Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Microsoft Certified Architect 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 Certified Architect. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (26.32%) .NET
2 3 (15.79%) WCF
2 3 (15.79%) ADO.NET
2 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
3 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
1 4 (21.05%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.53%) MS Office
3 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.263%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) SAN
1 2 (10.53%) Unified Communications
2 1 (5.263%) LAN
2 1 (5.263%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (10.53%) DTS
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.53%) Advertising
2 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) SQL DBA
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Architect
2 4 (21.05%) DBA
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (15.79%) .NET Architect
4 2 (10.53%) SQL Server DBA
4 2 (10.53%) Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Database Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Mitel Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Active Directory Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Principle Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Installations Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Clustering
2 4 (21.05%) Replication
2 4 (21.05%) PMI
3 3 (15.79%) Digital Media
4 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) Linux
4 2 (10.53%) UNIX
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) PRINCE2
1 8 (42.11%) ITIL
2 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Business Continuity
4 4 (21.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (21.05%) BCP
4 4 (21.05%) Document Management
4 4 (21.05%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (15.79%) Scrum
5 3 (15.79%) SOA
5 3 (15.79%) RUP
5 3 (15.79%) UML
6 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Logistics
6 2 (10.53%) ITIL V2
7 1 (5.263%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
1 6 (31.58%) T-SQL
2 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (52.63%) MCITP
3 8 (42.11%) MCSE
4 6 (31.58%) MCDBA
4 6 (31.58%) MCTS
5 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
6 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 2 (10.53%) MCP
7 2 (10.53%) RHCA
8 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 1 (5.263%) IBM Certification
8 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) COBIT
2 2 (10.53%) SLA
2 2 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Sitecore
2 3 (15.79%) VMware
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) Mitel
3 2 (10.53%) Embarcadero
4 1 (5.263%) IBM
4 1 (5.263%) Oracle