Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the Oxford 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 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4419
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching permanent IT job ads34103
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.053 %
As % of the category below19.32 %23.04 %
Salaries quoted3499
Average minimum salary£34,235£29,879
Average salary£38,500£32,698
% change on same period last year+17.74 %
Average maximum salary£42,765£35,518
UK excluding London average salary£33,638£33,434
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads176447
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.228 %
Salaries quoted150421
Average minimum salary£34,521£32,812
Average salary£41,328£36,270
% change on same period last year+13.94 %
Average maximum salary£48,135£39,729
UK excluding London average salary£38,642£38,193
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
Microsoft Certification OxfordshireMicrosoft Certification
Oxfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Oxford Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Oxford region.

Oxford Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Oxford Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

186 (63.70 %)Microsoft
279 (58.52 %)MCSE
355 (40.74 %)Windows
449 (36.30 %)Active Directory
547 (34.81 %)MS Excel
646 (34.07 %)SQL Server
745 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
844 (32.59 %)MCP
844 (32.59 %)CCNA
940 (29.63 %)Windows Server 2003
1038 (28.15 %)Cisco
1136 (26.67 %).NET
1235 (25.93 %)SharePoint
1235 (25.93 %)MCSA
1333 (24.44 %)Linux
1333 (24.44 %)ASP.NET
1333 (24.44 %)VMware
1333 (24.44 %)MCTS
1430 (22.22 %)CCNP
1430 (22.22 %)DNS
1528 (20.74 %)TCP/IP
1626 (19.26 %)C#
1725 (18.52 %)SAN
1823 (17.04 %)Internet
1823 (17.04 %)SQL Server 2000
1823 (17.04 %)SQL Server 2005
1823 (17.04 %)Windows 2000
1922 (16.30 %)ITIL
2021 (15.56 %)MCSD
2021 (15.56 %)CCIE

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
136 (26.67 %).NET
233 (24.44 %)ASP.NET
318 (13.33 %)XML
414 (10.37 %)HTML
54 (2.963 %)AJAX
63 (2.222 %)WCF
63 (2.222 %)WPF
63 (2.222 %)WF
72 (1.481 %)CSS
72 (1.481 %)WebServices
81 (0.741 %).NET Framework
81 (0.741 %)XHTML
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (25.93 %)SharePoint
214 (10.37 %)MS Exchange
311 (8.148 %)IIS
49 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
58 (5.926 %)SharePoint Server 2007
64 (2.963 %)Exchange Server 2007
73 (2.222 %)BizTalk Server
73 (2.222 %)Commerce Server
82 (1.481 %)Commerce Server 2007
91 (0.741 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.741 %)Content Management Server
91 (0.741 %)CMS
91 (0.741 %)Office Communications Server
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (34.81 %)MS Excel
25 (3.704 %)MS Office
33 (2.222 %)MS Visio
Oxford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.741 %)Microsoft CRM
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (22.22 %)DNS
228 (20.74 %)TCP/IP
325 (18.52 %)SAN
423 (17.04 %)Internet
511 (8.148 %)LAN
68 (5.926 %)WAN
68 (5.926 %)DHCP
77 (5.185 %)ADSL
77 (5.185 %)VPN
85 (3.704 %)Firewall
92 (1.481 %)SMTP
101 (0.741 %)SMS
101 (0.741 %)MPLS
101 (0.741 %)Intranet
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (34.07 %)SQL Server
223 (17.04 %)SQL Server 2000
223 (17.04 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (12.59 %)DTS
317 (12.59 %)ETL
414 (10.37 %)BusinessObjects
414 (10.37 %)Datawarehouse
414 (10.37 %)NovaView
53 (2.222 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
53 (2.222 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
53 (2.222 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (2.222 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (2.963 %)Visual Studio
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (11.11 %)Finance
214 (10.37 %)Financial Institution
310 (7.407 %)Education
49 (6.667 %)Health
58 (5.926 %)Games
65 (3.704 %)Pensions
72 (1.481 %)Telecoms
81 (0.741 %)Marketing
81 (0.741 %)Retail
81 (0.741 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.741 %)Government
81 (0.741 %)Back Office
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (18.52 %)Systems Engineer
224 (17.78 %)Consultant
321 (15.56 %)Support Engineer
419 (14.07 %)Administrator
419 (14.07 %)Systems Administrator
518 (13.33 %)Team Leader
617 (12.59 %).NET Developer
617 (12.59 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
617 (12.59 %)Analyst
715 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
814 (10.37 %)Business Consultant
814 (10.37 %)SQL Server Consultant
913 (9.630 %)Developer
1012 (8.889 %)Infrastructure Team Leader
1111 (8.148 %)IT Support Engineer
1210 (7.407 %)Server Engineer
1210 (7.407 %)Field Engineer
138 (5.926 %)2nd Line Support
147 (5.185 %).NET Web Developer
156 (4.444 %)Server Support
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (7.407 %)Client/Server
28 (5.926 %)Blackberry
31 (0.741 %)Replication
31 (0.741 %)Clustering
31 (0.741 %)PMI
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
155 (40.74 %)Windows
240 (29.63 %)Windows Server 2003
333 (24.44 %)Linux
423 (17.04 %)Windows 2000
513 (9.630 %)Windows XP
65 (3.704 %)Mac OS X
72 (1.481 %)Windows NT
81 (0.741 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.741 %)Windows 2000 Server
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (16.30 %)ITIL
217 (12.59 %)Business Intelligence
310 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
310 (7.407 %)E-Commerce
45 (3.704 %)Migration
54 (2.963 %)Scrum
63 (2.222 %)Extreme Programming
63 (2.222 %)TDD
63 (2.222 %)Project Management
72 (1.481 %)CRM
81 (0.741 %)Service Management
81 (0.741 %)Data Management
81 (0.741 %)Content Management
81 (0.741 %)Software Engineering
81 (0.741 %)Business Analysis
81 (0.741 %)Project Planning
81 (0.741 %)Web Development
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (19.26 %)C#
213 (9.630 %)JavaScript
311 (8.148 %)SQL
48 (5.926 %)VB.NET
54 (2.963 %)VB
54 (2.963 %)PowerShell
62 (1.481 %)PowerHouse
71 (0.741 %)C
71 (0.741 %)Transact-SQL
71 (0.741 %)VBScript
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
179 (58.52 %)MCSE
245 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
344 (32.59 %)CCNA
344 (32.59 %)MCP
435 (25.93 %)MCSA
533 (24.44 %)MCTS
630 (22.22 %)CCNP
721 (15.56 %)MCSD
721 (15.56 %)CCIE
721 (15.56 %)MCITP
820 (14.81 %)RHCT
820 (14.81 %)Degree
911 (8.148 %)MCAD
106 (4.444 %)CCVP
115 (3.704 %)MCPD
115 (3.704 %)MCDBA
122 (1.481 %)CNA
122 (1.481 %)Citrix Certification
122 (1.481 %)MCDST
122 (1.481 %)Novell Certification
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (5.185 %)SLA
Oxford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
149 (36.30 %)Active Directory
210 (7.407 %)Terminal Services
39 (6.667 %)VMware ESX
47 (5.185 %)Backup Exec
53 (2.222 %)ISA Server
61 (0.741 %)Terminal Server
Oxford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (5.185 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.741 %)Unicenter
21 (0.741 %)MOM
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
186 (63.70 %)Microsoft
238 (28.15 %)Cisco
333 (24.44 %)VMware
417 (12.59 %)ProClarity
514 (10.37 %)Citrix
514 (10.37 %)Ab Initio
514 (10.37 %)Business Objects
514 (10.37 %)Cognos
514 (10.37 %)Informatica
62 (1.481 %)IBM
71 (0.741 %)Novell
71 (0.741 %)VERITAS
71 (0.741 %)Lotus
71 (0.741 %)Sophos
71 (0.741 %)CA
71 (0.741 %)Altiris
71 (0.741 %)WatchGuard