The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 53 35 35
Rank change year-on-year
-18 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 18 38 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 2.609% 4.413% 4.645%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.04% 17.67% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14 38 33
Average salary £23,250 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.41% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,750 £23,500 £24,400
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
163 215 216
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 23.62% 24.97% 29.51%
Number of salaries quoted 137 193 179
Average salary £39,335 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.26% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North East Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Tyne and Wear -15 16 £22,500 -40.00%
Durham +1 2 £30,000 -16.66%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 41 (58.57%) .NET
2 40 (57.14%) MCP
3 39 (55.71%) SQL Server
4 37 (52.86%) ASP.NET
4 37 (52.86%) MVC
4 37 (52.86%) ASP.NET MVC
5 36 (51.43%) C#
5 36 (51.43%) Microsoft
6 35 (50.00%) MCSD
7 32 (45.71%) Windows
7 32 (45.71%) TDD
7 32 (45.71%) MCTS
7 32 (45.71%) Web Application Development
7 32 (45.71%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 31 (44.29%) WCF
8 31 (44.29%) MCAD
9 27 (38.57%) Razor View Engine
10 23 (32.86%) Rhino Mocks
10 23 (32.86%) Moq
10 23 (32.86%) Kanban
10 23 (32.86%) NUnit
10 23 (32.86%) Scrum
11 20 (28.57%) MCSE
12 19 (27.14%) BDD
13 17 (24.29%) MS Excel
14 16 (22.86%) C
14 16 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
15 15 (21.43%) NHibernate
16 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
16 13 (18.57%) DTV

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 41 (58.57%) .NET
2 37 (52.86%) ASP.NET
2 37 (52.86%) ASP.NET MVC
3 32 (45.71%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 31 (44.29%) WCF
5 27 (38.57%) Razor View Engine
6 15 (21.43%) NHibernate
7 13 (18.57%) LINQ
8 12 (17.14%) Ninject
9 9 (12.86%) WPF
9 9 (12.86%) .NET Framework
9 9 (12.86%) WinForms
10 8 (11.43%) Spring.NET
10 8 (11.43%) Castle Windsor
10 8 (11.43%) Unity DI Container
11 7 (10.00%) CSS
11 7 (10.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
12 6 (8.571%) HTML
13 4 (5.714%) Node.js
13 4 (5.714%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 7 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (8.571%) MS Exchange
3 3 (4.286%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.857%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.429%) Windows Azure
5 1 (1.429%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.429%) Lync
5 1 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.429%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (24.29%) MS Excel
2 9 (12.86%) MS Office
3 1 (1.429%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (4.286%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.286%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.71%) TCP/IP
2 6 (8.571%) VoIP
3 5 (7.143%) DHCP
3 5 (7.143%) DNS
4 4 (5.714%) VLAN
4 4 (5.714%) Firewall
4 4 (5.714%) SAN
4 4 (5.714%) Internet
4 4 (5.714%) SMTP
5 3 (4.286%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.429%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.429%) WAN
6 1 (1.429%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (55.71%) SQL Server
2 16 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (5.714%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (2.857%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.857%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.857%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (2.857%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 23 (32.86%) Rhino Mocks
1 23 (32.86%) Moq
1 23 (32.86%) NUnit
2 8 (11.43%) MSTest
3 3 (4.286%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (8.571%) Telecoms
1 6 (8.571%) Manufacturing
1 6 (8.571%) Music
2 4 (5.714%) Back Office
3 2 (2.857%) Retail
3 2 (2.857%) Music Industry
4 1 (1.429%) Games
Job Titles
1 38 (54.29%) Developer
2 32 (45.71%) .NET Developer
3 8 (11.43%) Junior
3 8 (11.43%) Junior Developer
4 7 (10.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
4 7 (10.00%) Graduate
4 7 (10.00%) Analyst
4 7 (10.00%) Junior .NET Developer
4 7 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
5 6 (8.571%) Field Service Engineer
5 6 (8.571%) Field Engineer
6 5 (7.143%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.714%) Network Support
7 4 (5.714%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.714%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (5.714%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.714%) Web Developer
8 3 (4.286%) IT Support
8 3 (4.286%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.57%) DTV
2 8 (11.43%) Inversion of Control
3 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (8.571%) Replication
4 6 (8.571%) Blackberry
5 5 (7.143%) Tandem
6 4 (5.714%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (5.714%) Streaming Music
7 2 (2.857%) Clustering
8 1 (1.429%) Psychology
8 1 (1.429%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.429%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (45.71%) Windows
2 10 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (12.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (8.571%) Linux
5 4 (5.714%) Windows XP
5 4 (5.714%) Windows 8
6 3 (4.286%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.286%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (52.86%) MVC
2 32 (45.71%) TDD
2 32 (45.71%) Web Application Development
3 23 (32.86%) Kanban
3 23 (32.86%) Scrum
4 19 (27.14%) BDD
5 12 (17.14%) Dependency Injection
6 11 (15.71%) ITIL
7 8 (11.43%) Domain-Driven Design
7 8 (11.43%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (7.143%) MVVM
8 5 (7.143%) CRM
9 4 (5.714%) Project Management
9 4 (5.714%) OO
9 4 (5.714%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (5.714%) CQRS
9 4 (5.714%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (4.286%) E-Commerce
10 3 (4.286%) RUP
10 3 (4.286%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 36 (51.43%) C#
2 16 (22.86%) C
3 11 (15.71%) SQL
4 8 (11.43%) VB
4 8 (11.43%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.857%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (57.14%) MCP
2 35 (50.00%) MCSD
3 32 (45.71%) MCTS
4 31 (44.29%) MCAD
5 20 (28.57%) MCSE
6 12 (17.14%) MCDST
7 10 (14.29%) Degree
8 8 (11.43%) MCSA
9 6 (8.571%) HNC
9 6 (8.571%) HND
10 5 (7.143%) CCNA
10 5 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (5.714%) MCITP
12 2 (2.857%) MCDBA
12 2 (2.857%) MCT
13 1 (1.429%) SC Cleared
13 1 (1.429%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.571%) SLA
2 1 (1.429%) QA
System Software
1 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.714%) VMware ESX
3 4 (5.714%) ISA Server
3 4 (5.714%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (5.714%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (5.714%) Backup Exec
2 2 (2.857%) SCCM
2 2 (2.857%) SCOM
Vendors
1 36 (51.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.71%) Cisco
3 7 (10.00%) VMware
4 4 (5.714%) Sophos
5 2 (2.857%) Veritas
5 2 (2.857%) Lotus
6 1 (1.429%) Remedy
6 1 (1.429%) Citrix
South Shields, North East
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
County Durham
Beneficial skills and experience: - Commercial experience with WCF, ASP.NET Web Forms, MS SQL Server Reporting Services, HTML5, CSS3, TFS, and Jira... - Industry recognised qualifications, such as Microsoft...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 21 May 2013
County Durham
Requirements analysis... Required skills and experience: - A degree in a relevant discipline - At least 3 years commercial development experience (at least 1-2 years specifically in .NET web...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 21 May 2013