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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Manchester 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 20 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 20 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3953
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads275217
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.134 %0.096 %
As % of the category below21.27 %16.01 %
Salaries quoted244196
Average minimum salary£29,551£28,955
Average salary£33,278£31,151
% change on same period last year+6.82 %
Average maximum salary£37,006£33,347
UK excluding London average salary£33,736£33,056
% change on same period last year+2.05 %
Qualifications ManchesterQualifications
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads12931355
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.629 %0.599 %
Salaries quoted10971113
Average minimum salary£32,303£38,757
Average salary£36,038£42,653
% change on same period last year-15.51 %
Average maximum salary£39,773£46,550
UK excluding London average salary£37,523£38,422
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
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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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the past 3 months.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BoltonDown-147£30,286+28.41 %
HeywoodNew entry-7£25,000-
OldhamDown-16£25,250-
AltrinchamDown-106£32,333+12.46 %
BuryUp+36£19,000-15.55 %
RochdaleNo change03£22,500+4.65 %
SalfordDown-62£31,000-
StockportDown-82£27,250+12.37 %
CheadleDown-12£24,750+86.79 %
WiganNew entry-1£23,500-
SaleNew entry-1£21,000-
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Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1415 (74.91 %)Microsoft
2283 (51.08 %)Windows
3269 (48.56 %)MCSE
4223 (40.25 %)MS Exchange
5206 (37.18 %)Cisco
6173 (31.23 %)MS Excel
7166 (29.96 %)Exchange Server 2003
8147 (26.53 %)MCSA
9141 (25.45 %)Exchange Server 2000
10133 (24.01 %)Citrix
11132 (23.83 %)WAN
12129 (23.29 %)Windows 2000
13126 (22.74 %)MCP
14119 (21.48 %)Active Directory
15113 (20.40 %)ISA Server
16111 (20.04 %)SQL Server
17104 (18.77 %)Cisco Certification
18100 (18.05 %)SQL
1996 (17.33 %)Exchange Server 2007
2087 (15.70 %)TCP/IP
2185 (15.34 %)Firewall
2284 (15.16 %)LAN
2373 (13.18 %)Internet
2469 (12.45 %).NET
2568 (12.27 %)VPN
2664 (11.55 %)Citrix Presentation Server
2762 (11.19 %)Citrix Certification
2857 (10.29 %)CCNA
2954 (9.747 %)SAN
2954 (9.747 %)Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester 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
169 (12.45 %).NET
243 (7.762 %)ASP.NET
316 (2.888 %)XML
414 (2.527 %)Windows SharePoint Services
414 (2.527 %).NET Framework
59 (1.625 %)WebServices
68 (1.444 %)HTML
77 (1.264 %)CSS
86 (1.083 %)ADO
86 (1.083 %)ASP
86 (1.083 %)EDI
95 (0.903 %)AJAX
104 (0.722 %)BREW
104 (0.722 %)WAP
113 (0.542 %)XHTML
113 (0.542 %)J2EE
113 (0.542 %)ASP.NET 2.0
122 (0.361 %)WinForms
131 (0.181 %)XSLT
131 (0.181 %)ATL
Application Platforms
1223 (40.25 %)MS Exchange
2166 (29.96 %)Exchange Server 2003
3141 (25.45 %)Exchange Server 2000
496 (17.33 %)Exchange Server 2007
550 (9.025 %)IIS
640 (7.220 %)SharePoint
730 (5.415 %)SharePoint Server 2007
817 (3.069 %)Lotus Notes
912 (2.166 %)BizTalk Server
105 (0.903 %)Apache
113 (0.542 %)CMS
113 (0.542 %)Exchange Server 5.5
113 (0.542 %)WorkSite
121 (0.181 %)Oracle Application Server
121 (0.181 %)Oracle 9iAS
Applications
1173 (31.23 %)MS Excel
225 (4.513 %)MS Office
Business Applications
19 (1.625 %)Navision
19 (1.625 %)Dynamics NAV
25 (0.903 %)Dynamics CRM
34 (0.722 %)Dynamics AX
34 (0.722 %)Axapta
43 (0.542 %)Great Plains
43 (0.542 %)e-Work
43 (0.542 %)SAP CRM
43 (0.542 %)Dynamics GP
43 (0.542 %)GoldMine
52 (0.361 %)Line 50
Communications & Networking
1132 (23.83 %)WAN
287 (15.70 %)TCP/IP
385 (15.34 %)Firewall
484 (15.16 %)LAN
573 (13.18 %)Internet
668 (12.27 %)VPN
754 (9.747 %)SAN
837 (6.679 %)CTI
935 (6.318 %)MPLS
1034 (6.137 %)ADSL
1119 (3.430 %)VoIP
1119 (3.430 %)VLAN
1213 (2.347 %)IPsec
1310 (1.805 %)Broadband
149 (1.625 %)DNS
158 (1.444 %)DHCP
167 (1.264 %)SMS
175 (0.903 %)GPRS
175 (0.903 %)GSM
184 (0.722 %)SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1111 (20.04 %)SQL Server
239 (7.040 %)SQL Server 2000
338 (6.859 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (0.903 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (0.722 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (0.542 %)DTS
72 (0.361 %)RDBMS
72 (0.361 %)MySQL
72 (0.361 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.361 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (0.361 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
72 (0.361 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
72 (0.361 %)BusinessObjects
72 (0.361 %)SQL Server 7
81 (0.181 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.181 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.181 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
130 (5.415 %)Visual Studio
25 (0.903 %)Rational Rose
31 (0.181 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.181 %)Flash
General
139 (7.040 %)Pensions
226 (4.693 %)Finance
318 (3.249 %)Education
415 (2.708 %)Law
512 (2.166 %)Legal
512 (2.166 %)Construction
610 (1.805 %)Health
610 (1.805 %)Marketing
79 (1.625 %)Government
86 (1.083 %)Back Office
86 (1.083 %)Retail
86 (1.083 %)Local Government
94 (0.722 %)Insurance
102 (0.361 %)Telecoms
102 (0.361 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (0.361 %)Financial Institution
102 (0.361 %)Automotive
102 (0.361 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.361 %)Banking
111 (0.181 %)Electric
Job Titles
166 (11.91 %)Support Engineer
261 (11.01 %)Architect
358 (10.47 %)Analyst
446 (8.303 %)Consultant
544 (7.942 %)Support Analyst
643 (7.762 %)Developer
737 (6.679 %)IT Architect
833 (5.957 %)Support Technician
928 (5.054 %)Systems Engineer
1027 (4.874 %)Network Engineer
1123 (4.152 %)Technical Support
1123 (4.152 %)2nd Line Support
1123 (4.152 %)Administrator
1222 (3.971 %).NET Developer
1222 (3.971 %)DBA
1321 (3.791 %)Team Leader
1420 (3.610 %)SQL DBA
1420 (3.610 %)Solutions Architect
1519 (3.430 %)Trainer
1519 (3.430 %)IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
145 (8.123 %)Clustering
239 (7.040 %)Thin Client
239 (7.040 %)Fat Client
337 (6.679 %)IVR
49 (1.625 %)Blackberry
57 (1.264 %)Management Information System
63 (0.542 %)Replication
71 (0.181 %)N-Tier
71 (0.181 %)AS400
71 (0.181 %)Asset Management
71 (0.181 %)Pocket PC
71 (0.181 %)CCTV
Operating Systems
1283 (51.08 %)Windows
2129 (23.29 %)Windows 2000
354 (9.747 %)Windows Server 2003
440 (7.220 %)Windows XP
522 (3.971 %)Linux
617 (3.069 %)Windows NT
715 (2.708 %)Unix
811 (1.986 %)OpenVMS
99 (1.625 %)Solaris
105 (0.903 %)Windows Mobile
114 (0.722 %)AIX
122 (0.361 %)Windows XP Embedded
122 (0.361 %)Windows CE
131 (0.181 %)Symbian OS
131 (0.181 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
134 (6.137 %)ITIL
219 (3.430 %)PRINCE2
316 (2.888 %)Service Delivery
415 (2.708 %)ERP
415 (2.708 %)OO
514 (2.527 %)Project Management
613 (2.347 %)CRM
711 (1.986 %)UML
89 (1.625 %)B2B
89 (1.625 %)Web Development
97 (1.264 %)B2C
97 (1.264 %)Migration
106 (1.083 %)Disaster Recovery
106 (1.083 %)Network Design
115 (0.903 %)OOD
124 (0.722 %)Information Management
124 (0.722 %)Agile Software Development
124 (0.722 %)Load Balancing
124 (0.722 %)Problem Management
124 (0.722 %)Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1100 (18.05 %)SQL
252 (9.386 %)C#
345 (8.123 %)VB.NET
423 (4.152 %)C
517 (3.069 %)Transact-SQL
613 (2.347 %)VB
79 (1.625 %)C++
86 (1.083 %)JavaScript
94 (0.722 %)Java
103 (0.542 %)PL/SQL
112 (0.361 %)VBScript
112 (0.361 %)Delphi
121 (0.181 %)DHTML
121 (0.181 %)Perl
121 (0.181 %)PHP
121 (0.181 %)VB6
Qualifications
1269 (48.56 %)MCSE
2147 (26.53 %)MCSA
3126 (22.74 %)MCP
4104 (18.77 %)Cisco Certification
562 (11.19 %)Citrix Certification
657 (10.29 %)CCNA
750 (9.025 %)CCEA
838 (6.859 %)Degree
937 (6.679 %)SNIA Certification
937 (6.679 %)IBM Certification
1019 (3.430 %)CCNP
1019 (3.430 %)MCSD
1019 (3.430 %)MCDBA
1019 (3.430 %)MCT
1117 (3.069 %)MCAD
1216 (2.888 %)CCA
135 (0.903 %)MCDST
144 (0.722 %)MCTS
144 (0.722 %)ITIL Certification
144 (0.722 %)Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.722 %)SLA
System Software
1119 (21.48 %)Active Directory
2113 (20.40 %)ISA Server
364 (11.55 %)Citrix Presentation Server
437 (6.679 %)MetaFrame
531 (5.596 %)Backup Exec
611 (1.986 %)Terminal Services
710 (1.805 %)NetBackup
83 (0.542 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
117 (3.069 %)Norton AntiVirus
210 (1.805 %)MOM
210 (1.805 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
37 (1.264 %)SCCM
37 (1.264 %)SCOM
41 (0.181 %)DameWare
Vendors
1415 (74.91 %)Microsoft
2206 (37.18 %)Cisco
3133 (24.01 %)Citrix
440 (7.220 %)IBM
538 (6.859 %)HP
637 (6.679 %)Brocade
728 (5.054 %)Symantec
826 (4.693 %)VMware
918 (3.249 %)McAfee Security
1017 (3.069 %)VERITAS
1017 (3.069 %)Lotus
1114 (2.527 %)Dell
1114 (2.527 %)Oracle
129 (1.625 %)Compaq
137 (1.264 %)SAP
146 (1.083 %)Sun
146 (1.083 %)CheckPoint
155 (0.903 %)Symbian
164 (0.722 %)Sage
173 (0.542 %)Novell
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