The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 42 25 46
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 73 78 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 5.663% 7.580% 4.508%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.12% 23.78% 16.54%
Number of salaries quoted 71 76 37
Average salary £38,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.46% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £28,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
330 328 266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 25.60% 31.88% 27.25%
Number of salaries quoted 281 280 229
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -1.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £57,600 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 131 (62.98%) SQL Server
2 117 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 104 (50.00%) MCP
4 101 (48.56%) .NET
5 100 (48.08%) C#
5 100 (48.08%) Windows
6 98 (47.12%) MCAD
6 98 (47.12%) MCSD
7 83 (39.90%) NUnit
8 79 (37.98%) TDD
9 75 (36.06%) Scrum
10 68 (32.69%) WCF
11 67 (32.21%) MCTS
12 65 (31.25%) Degree
13 62 (29.81%) MCSE
14 60 (28.85%) WPF
15 59 (28.37%) ITIL
15 59 (28.37%) Rhino Mocks
16 58 (27.88%) Active Directory
17 56 (26.92%) ASP.NET
18 53 (25.48%) MCITP
19 48 (23.08%) Kanban
19 48 (23.08%) Moq
20 44 (21.15%) SQL
21 43 (20.67%) WinForms
22 41 (19.71%) Cisco Certification
23 40 (19.23%) MS Exchange
24 38 (18.27%) OO
25 37 (17.79%) Business Intelligence
25 37 (17.79%) Castle Windsor

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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
1 101 (48.56%) .NET
2 68 (32.69%) WCF
3 60 (28.85%) WPF
4 56 (26.92%) ASP.NET
5 43 (20.67%) WinForms
6 37 (17.79%) Castle Windsor
7 34 (16.35%) ASP.NET MVC
8 33 (15.87%) Razor View Engine
8 33 (15.87%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 33 (15.87%) NHibernate
9 30 (14.42%) LINQ
10 28 (13.46%) .NET Framework
11 26 (12.50%) Unity DI Container
11 26 (12.50%) Ninject
11 26 (12.50%) Spring.NET
12 11 (5.288%) Ajax
12 11 (5.288%) MonoRail
13 9 (4.327%) SAP XI
14 5 (2.404%) Web Services
14 5 (2.404%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 40 (19.23%) MS Exchange
2 26 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (7.692%) SharePoint
4 13 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
5 12 (5.769%) Lync
6 9 (4.327%) SharePoint 2010
6 9 (4.327%) IIS
7 5 (2.404%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (1.442%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.962%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (0.962%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.962%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 36 (17.31%) MS Excel
2 21 (10.10%) MS Office
3 3 (1.442%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (12.02%) SAN
2 21 (10.10%) Firewall
3 14 (6.731%) TCP/IP
4 9 (4.327%) DNS
4 9 (4.327%) LAN
4 9 (4.327%) WAN
5 8 (3.846%) Unified Communications
6 7 (3.365%) NAS
6 7 (3.365%) VPN
6 7 (3.365%) VLAN
7 5 (2.404%) MPLS
7 5 (2.404%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (2.404%) Network Security
7 5 (2.404%) Wireless
8 4 (1.923%) SMTP
8 4 (1.923%) FTP
8 4 (1.923%) HTTP
8 4 (1.923%) SNMP
8 4 (1.923%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.923%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (62.98%) SQL Server
2 37 (17.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (4.327%) Xcelsius
3 9 (4.327%) BusinessObjects
3 9 (4.327%) BusinessObjects XI
4 7 (3.365%) SQL Server 2012
5 6 (2.885%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (1.923%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 4 (1.923%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.923%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.962%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.481%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.481%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 83 (39.90%) NUnit
2 59 (28.37%) Rhino Mocks
3 48 (23.08%) Moq
4 28 (13.46%) Visual Studio
5 26 (12.50%) MSTest
6 11 (5.288%) Subversion
7 1 (0.481%) MSI
General
1 22 (10.58%) Music
1 22 (10.58%) Music Industry
2 4 (1.923%) Marketing
3 2 (0.962%) Finance
3 2 (0.962%) French Language
3 2 (0.962%) German Language
3 2 (0.962%) Italian Language
4 1 (0.481%) Spanish Language
4 1 (0.481%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 98 (47.12%) Developer
2 64 (30.77%) .NET Developer
3 57 (27.40%) C# Developer
3 57 (27.40%) C# .NET Developer
4 36 (17.31%) Analyst
5 26 (12.50%) Support Engineer
6 22 (10.58%) 3rd Line Support
7 14 (6.731%) Support Analyst
8 13 (6.250%) Senior Developer
8 13 (6.250%) Senior .NET Developer
8 13 (6.250%) Senior C# Developer
8 13 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
9 12 (5.769%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.808%) Server Support
11 9 (4.327%) Software Developer
11 9 (4.327%) Server Analyst
12 8 (3.846%) C# Software Developer
12 8 (3.846%) Support Specialist
12 8 (3.846%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.846%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.46%) Computer Science
2 26 (12.50%) Inversion of Control
3 11 (5.288%) Social Network
4 7 (3.365%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.404%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.923%) Cryptography
7 3 (1.442%) iPhone
7 3 (1.442%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.962%) iPad
8 2 (0.962%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.962%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.481%) Data Extraction
9 1 (0.481%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 100 (48.08%) Windows
2 25 (12.02%) Linux
3 20 (9.615%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (5.288%) Windows 7
5 10 (4.808%) UNIX
6 7 (3.365%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.923%) Windows Vista
8 3 (1.442%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.962%) Android
9 2 (0.962%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.481%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.481%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.481%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.481%) AIX
10 1 (0.481%) HPUX
10 1 (0.481%) Solaris
10 1 (0.481%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (37.98%) TDD
2 75 (36.06%) Scrum
3 59 (28.37%) ITIL
4 48 (23.08%) Kanban
5 38 (18.27%) OO
6 37 (17.79%) Business Intelligence
7 34 (16.35%) MVC
8 33 (15.87%) Web Application Development
9 26 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
9 26 (12.50%) MVVM
9 26 (12.50%) Dependency Injection
10 22 (10.58%) BDD
11 16 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
12 15 (7.212%) Service Delivery
12 15 (7.212%) Change Control
13 14 (6.731%) Configuration Management
14 13 (6.250%) Change Management
15 12 (5.769%) Project Management
16 10 (4.808%) Information Security
16 10 (4.808%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 100 (48.08%) C#
2 44 (21.15%) SQL
3 7 (3.365%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.365%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.404%) VB
5 4 (1.923%) Perl
5 4 (1.923%) Bash shell
6 1 (0.481%) VBScript
6 1 (0.481%) C
Qualifications
1 104 (50.00%) MCP
2 98 (47.12%) MCAD
2 98 (47.12%) MCSD
3 67 (32.21%) MCTS
4 65 (31.25%) Degree
5 62 (29.81%) MCSE
6 53 (25.48%) MCITP
7 41 (19.71%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (15.87%) CCNA
9 16 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 12 (5.769%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (4.808%) CCNP
11 10 (4.808%) MCSA
11 10 (4.808%) MCDBA
12 5 (2.404%) CCEE
12 5 (2.404%) CCAA
12 5 (2.404%) CCIA
12 5 (2.404%) CCIE
12 5 (2.404%) CCA
12 5 (2.404%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.885%) SLA
2 5 (2.404%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.923%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (27.88%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.212%) Terminal Services
3 12 (5.769%) XenApp
4 8 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (3.365%) XenDesktop
5 7 (3.365%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (2.404%) XenServer
7 4 (1.923%) NFS
7 4 (1.923%) Postfix
8 3 (1.442%) vSphere
8 3 (1.442%) ISA Server
9 2 (0.962%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.481%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.481%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 11 (5.288%) Backup Exec
2 4 (1.923%) SCCM
2 4 (1.923%) Nagios
3 3 (1.442%) SCOM
4 2 (0.962%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.481%) MOM
Vendors
1 117 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.46%) Cisco
3 27 (12.98%) VMware
4 15 (7.212%) Oracle
5 13 (6.250%) Citrix
6 9 (4.327%) SAP
6 9 (4.327%) Business Objects
6 9 (4.327%) HP
6 9 (4.327%) Sage
7 8 (3.846%) Symantec
7 8 (3.846%) Dell
8 5 (2.404%) Riverbed
8 5 (2.404%) EMC
8 5 (2.404%) IBM
8 5 (2.404%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.404%) NetApp
8 5 (2.404%) Apple
9 4 (1.923%) CommVault
9 4 (1.923%) Juniper
10 2 (0.962%) McAfee
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
I am looking urgently for candidates with: - Experience of trouble shooting with desktops, servers and networks - Current Microsoft certifications ( MCITP , MCTS) - It is important to have excellent attention...
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Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Focus IT Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Great Benfits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Verticality Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + CAR + Great Benefits
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Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum + Bens
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