The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 Maidenhead region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 24 34 37
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 12 19 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 5.742% 4.798% 3.180%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 14.07% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12 19 6
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +14.75%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Maidenhead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
72 135 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 34.45% 34.09% 21.91%
Number of salaries quoted 61 127 53
Average salary £40,750 £52,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.38% +14.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,225 £30,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Berkshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Maidenhead region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Maidenhead Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 21 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (67.86%) MCSD
3 17 (60.71%) MCTS
4 16 (57.14%) .NET
5 15 (53.57%) MVC
5 15 (53.57%) C#
5 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET
5 15 (53.57%) MCP
5 15 (53.57%) MCAD
5 15 (53.57%) TDD
5 15 (53.57%) WCF
5 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET MVC
5 15 (53.57%) Web Application Development
5 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 13 (46.43%) BDD
6 13 (46.43%) MCSE
6 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
7 12 (42.86%) Active Directory
7 12 (42.86%) Windows
8 10 (35.71%) OO
8 10 (35.71%) Scrum
8 10 (35.71%) Castle Windsor
8 10 (35.71%) Rhino Mocks
8 10 (35.71%) LINQ
8 10 (35.71%) NUnit
8 10 (35.71%) NHibernate
9 9 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (32.14%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (28.57%) Kanban
10 8 (28.57%) Scrum-ban

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 16 (57.14%) .NET
2 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET
2 15 (53.57%) WCF
2 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 10 (35.71%) Castle Windsor
3 10 (35.71%) LINQ
3 10 (35.71%) NHibernate
4 8 (28.57%) Lucene
5 7 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
6 3 (10.71%) Regular Expression
6 3 (10.71%) ODBC
7 2 (7.143%) Ajax
7 2 (7.143%) MonoRail
8 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
8 1 (3.571%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) MS Exchange
1 5 (17.86%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (7.143%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (7.143%) Lync
3 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.143%) Office 365
3 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.71%) SAN
2 3 (10.71%) Firewall
3 1 (3.571%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.571%) Network Security
3 1 (3.571%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.571%) VPN
3 1 (3.571%) DNS
3 1 (3.571%) LAN
3 1 (3.571%) WAN
3 1 (3.571%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (32.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (3.571%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) NUnit
1 10 (35.71%) Rhino Mocks
2 8 (28.57%) Cucumber
2 8 (28.57%) Selenium
3 2 (7.143%) Subversion
General
1 8 (28.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Developer
2 15 (53.57%) .NET Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Service Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Sales Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Services Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Coordinator
6 1 (3.571%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Support Technician
6 1 (3.571%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.571%) Exchange Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (14.29%) CMDB
3 2 (7.143%) Social Network
4 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.571%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows
2 9 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (17.86%) Windows 7
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.571%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.571%) UNIX
6 1 (3.571%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) MVC
1 15 (53.57%) TDD
1 15 (53.57%) Web Application Development
2 13 (46.43%) BDD
3 10 (35.71%) Scrum
3 10 (35.71%) OO
4 8 (28.57%) Scrum-ban
4 8 (28.57%) Kanban
5 5 (17.86%) ITIL
5 5 (17.86%) Domain-Driven Design
5 5 (17.86%) CQRS
6 4 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
7 3 (10.71%) SIEM
7 3 (10.71%) Service Management
8 2 (7.143%) Data Protection
9 1 (3.571%) Network Management
9 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
9 1 (3.571%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (53.57%) C#
2 6 (21.43%) SQL
3 1 (3.571%) Java
3 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.571%) Perl
3 1 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (67.86%) MCSD
2 17 (60.71%) MCTS
3 15 (53.57%) MCP
3 15 (53.57%) MCAD
4 13 (46.43%) MCSE
5 4 (14.29%) MCITP
6 3 (10.71%) CISSP
7 2 (7.143%) CISA
7 2 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (7.143%) MCSA
7 2 (7.143%) Degree
8 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.571%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.143%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
3 2 (7.143%) Forefront TMG
3 2 (7.143%) UAG
3 2 (7.143%) VMware ESX
3 2 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) SCCM
2 2 (7.143%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.571%) SCOM
3 1 (3.571%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) HP
3 5 (17.86%) Cisco
4 4 (14.29%) Dell
5 2 (7.143%) VMware
5 2 (7.143%) Brocade
6 1 (3.571%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.571%) Juniper
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Essential Skills: Educated to Degree Level, MCSE... VMware vSphere 5. VMware vCenter. VMware Site Recovery Manager. VMware Update Manager. X86 Hardware (HP, IBM, Dell) Essential. Strong Infrastructure working...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013