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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 28 39 13
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -26
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 27 17 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 6.853% 3.712% 12.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.13% 9.444% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 26 16 55
Average salary £33,750 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +38.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,250 £20,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
96 180 175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 24.37% 39.30% 36.92%
Number of salaries quoted 85 176 170
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,950 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £37,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Northamptonshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

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

Northampton Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 56 (71.79%) Windows
2 48 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 40 (51.28%) MCSE
4 38 (48.72%) MCP
5 32 (41.03%) VMware
6 31 (39.74%) ITIL
7 25 (32.05%) Windows Server 2008
8 24 (30.77%) SQL Server
9 23 (29.49%) Linux
10 22 (28.21%) .NET
10 22 (28.21%) C#
11 21 (26.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 20 (25.64%) Cisco
12 20 (25.64%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (24.36%) MS Office
13 19 (24.36%) MCTS
13 19 (24.36%) MCITP
14 18 (23.08%) WCF
14 18 (23.08%) MCAD
14 18 (23.08%) MCSD
14 18 (23.08%) Active Directory
15 17 (21.79%) WPF
16 16 (20.51%) ASP.NET MVC
16 16 (20.51%) Dependency Injection
16 16 (20.51%) Ninject
16 16 (20.51%) Web Application Development
16 16 (20.51%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 16 (20.51%) TDD
16 16 (20.51%) MVC
16 16 (20.51%) Cisco Certification

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 22 (28.21%) .NET
2 18 (23.08%) WCF
3 17 (21.79%) WPF
4 16 (20.51%) ASP.NET MVC
4 16 (20.51%) Ninject
4 16 (20.51%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 16 (20.51%) ASP.NET
5 15 (19.23%) WinForms
5 15 (19.23%) Unity DI Container
5 15 (19.23%) Castle Windsor
5 15 (19.23%) Razor View Engine
5 15 (19.23%) Spring.NET
6 4 (5.128%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.282%) HTML
7 1 (1.282%) Node.js
7 1 (1.282%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (1.282%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 15 (19.23%) MS Exchange
2 9 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (6.410%) SharePoint
5 4 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.282%) IIS
7 1 (1.282%) Lync
7 1 (1.282%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (24.36%) MS Office
2 6 (7.692%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.282%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.282%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (19.23%) SAN
2 10 (12.82%) IP Telephony
3 9 (11.54%) TCP/IP
4 7 (8.974%) NAS
5 6 (7.692%) MPLS
6 5 (6.410%) LAN
6 5 (6.410%) VoIP
6 5 (6.410%) WAN
7 4 (5.128%) Unified Communications
7 4 (5.128%) Wireless
8 2 (2.564%) DHCP
8 2 (2.564%) DNS
9 1 (1.282%) Firewall
9 1 (1.282%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.282%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.282%) DTS
3 1 (1.282%) MS Access
3 1 (1.282%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.282%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (19.23%) NUnit
1 15 (19.23%) MSTest
1 15 (19.23%) Rhino Mocks
1 15 (19.23%) Moq
2 4 (5.128%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (8.974%) Telecoms
2 4 (5.128%) Manufacturing
2 4 (5.128%) Back Office
3 2 (2.564%) Finance
4 1 (1.282%) Law
4 1 (1.282%) Games
4 1 (1.282%) Music
Job Titles
1 34 (43.59%) Analyst
2 20 (25.64%) Developer
3 17 (21.79%) .NET Developer
4 15 (19.23%) Support Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Service Desk Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) 3rd Line Support
5 10 (12.82%) Service Analyst
6 8 (10.26%) Support Engineer
7 7 (8.974%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (8.974%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 7 (8.974%) Server Analyst
8 5 (6.410%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.410%) Help Desk Support
9 4 (5.128%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 4 (5.128%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (5.128%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (5.128%) Architect
9 4 (5.128%) Technical Architect
9 4 (5.128%) Field Engineer
10 3 (3.846%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Inversion of Control
2 4 (5.128%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (2.564%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.564%) Tandem
4 1 (1.282%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.282%) Data Integration
4 1 (1.282%) iPhone
4 1 (1.282%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 56 (71.79%) Windows
2 25 (32.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (29.49%) Linux
4 20 (25.64%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (8.974%) Windows XP
6 6 (7.692%) Windows Vista
7 5 (6.410%) Windows 7
8 3 (3.846%) UNIX
9 2 (2.564%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.282%) Windows NT
10 1 (1.282%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.282%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) ITIL
2 16 (20.51%) Dependency Injection
2 16 (20.51%) Web Application Development
2 16 (20.51%) TDD
2 16 (20.51%) MVC
3 15 (19.23%) Scrum
3 15 (19.23%) MVVM
3 15 (19.23%) Kanban
3 15 (19.23%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (10.26%) PRINCE2
5 5 (6.410%) Infrastructure Management
6 4 (5.128%) Project Management
7 2 (2.564%) Budget Control
7 2 (2.564%) Service Management
7 2 (2.564%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.564%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.564%) RUP
8 1 (1.282%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.282%) Change Management
8 1 (1.282%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.21%) C#
2 10 (12.82%) SQL
3 4 (5.128%) C
4 2 (2.564%) VB
5 1 (1.282%) VBA
5 1 (1.282%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.282%) Java
5 1 (1.282%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.282%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (51.28%) MCSE
2 38 (48.72%) MCP
3 21 (26.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 19 (24.36%) MCTS
4 19 (24.36%) MCITP
5 18 (23.08%) MCAD
5 18 (23.08%) MCSD
6 16 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (20.51%) CCNA
7 14 (17.95%) Degree
8 10 (12.82%) MCSA
9 9 (11.54%) Security Cleared
10 5 (6.410%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (5.128%) MCDST
11 4 (5.128%) SC Cleared
11 4 (5.128%) HP AIS
11 4 (5.128%) HP ASE
11 4 (5.128%) HNC
11 4 (5.128%) HND
12 2 (2.564%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.82%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.128%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.846%) VMware ESX
5 2 (2.564%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.282%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.282%) Terminal Server
6 1 (1.282%) vSphere
6 1 (1.282%) XenApp
6 1 (1.282%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 2 (2.564%) SCOM
2 1 (1.282%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.282%) SCCM
2 1 (1.282%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 32 (41.03%) VMware
3 20 (25.64%) Cisco
4 13 (16.67%) Citrix
5 6 (7.692%) Oracle
6 4 (5.128%) HP
7 3 (3.846%) Dell
8 2 (2.564%) Remedy
9 1 (1.282%) Business Objects
9 1 (1.282%) Symantec
9 1 (1.282%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (1.282%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.282%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.282%) Google
9 1 (1.282%) Fortinet
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