The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 20 16 16
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 6 29 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.885% 9.236% 8.307%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.71% 21.64% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6 27 24
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
56 134 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 26.92% 42.68% 29.07%
Number of salaries quoted 45 119 68
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,700 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,750 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 12 (100.00%) MCSE
2 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (83.33%) Citrix
3 10 (83.33%) CCA
3 10 (83.33%) Citrix Certification
3 10 (83.33%) CCEA
3 10 (83.33%) SharePoint
3 10 (83.33%) MCITP
3 10 (83.33%) SCCM
3 10 (83.33%) Hyper-V
3 10 (83.33%) XenApp
4 9 (75.00%) CCEE
4 9 (75.00%) CCAA
4 9 (75.00%) CCIA
4 9 (75.00%) SCVMM
4 9 (75.00%) SAP Business One
4 9 (75.00%) XenDesktop
4 9 (75.00%) OpenVMS
4 9 (75.00%) UNIX
4 9 (75.00%) SAP
4 9 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 9 (75.00%) Service Delivery
4 9 (75.00%) Solaris
5 2 (16.67%) VMware
5 2 (16.67%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (8.333%) SCOM
6 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (8.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 Platforms
1 10 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
2 1 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 9 (75.00%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Unified Communications
1 1 (8.333%) NetScaler
1 1 (8.333%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Consultant
2 10 (83.33%) Citrix Consultant
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft Consultant
3 9 (75.00%) Citrix Specialist
3 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Specialist
3 9 (75.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 9 (75.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 9 (75.00%) Applications Specialist
3 9 (75.00%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) OpenVMS
1 9 (75.00%) UNIX
1 9 (75.00%) Solaris
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) MCSE
2 10 (83.33%) CCA
2 10 (83.33%) Citrix Certification
2 10 (83.33%) CCEA
2 10 (83.33%) MCITP
3 9 (75.00%) CCEE
3 9 (75.00%) CCAA
3 9 (75.00%) CCIA
4 1 (8.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (8.333%) HP AIS
4 1 (8.333%) HP ASE
4 1 (8.333%) CCNA
4 1 (8.333%) MCSA
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 10 (83.33%) XenApp
2 9 (75.00%) XenDesktop
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (8.333%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 10 (83.33%) SCCM
2 9 (75.00%) SCVMM
3 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) Citrix
3 9 (75.00%) SAP
4 2 (16.67%) VMware
5 1 (8.333%) HP
5 1 (8.333%) Cisco
5 1 (8.333%) AppSense
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