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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 38 31 30
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 9 14 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 2.521% 4.502% 7.468%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.68% 20.00% 47.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 23
Average salary £27,500 £22,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -35.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £33,200 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
71 70 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 19.89% 22.51% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 56 64 43
Average salary £34,500 £27,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.45% -26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,250 £44,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

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

Peterborough Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 18 (62.07%) Windows
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (51.72%) MCSE
3 10 (34.48%) Citrix
3 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
3 10 (34.48%) MCTS
3 10 (34.48%) MCITP
4 9 (31.03%) VMware
4 9 (31.03%) MS Excel
4 9 (31.03%) MCP
4 9 (31.03%) SQL Server
5 8 (27.59%) ASP.NET
5 8 (27.59%) C#
5 8 (27.59%) .NET
5 8 (27.59%) MS Exchange
5 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (24.14%) Windows XP
7 6 (20.69%) MCSA
7 6 (20.69%) SCCM
8 5 (17.24%) Windows 7
9 4 (13.79%) MVC
9 4 (13.79%) MCAD
9 4 (13.79%) MCSD
9 4 (13.79%) VB
9 4 (13.79%) VB.NET
9 4 (13.79%) CCA
9 4 (13.79%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (13.79%) WCF

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 8 (27.59%) ASP.NET
1 8 (27.59%) .NET
2 4 (13.79%) WCF
2 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (13.79%) Razor View Engine
3 3 (10.34%) HTML
3 3 (10.34%) CSS
4 2 (6.897%) Ajax
5 1 (3.448%) COM
5 1 (3.448%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 8 (27.59%) MS Exchange
2 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (10.34%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (10.34%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
4 2 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) SMTP
1 3 (10.34%) DHCP
1 3 (10.34%) DNS
2 2 (6.897%) SAN
2 2 (6.897%) Firewall
3 1 (3.448%) Network Security
3 1 (3.448%) LAN
3 1 (3.448%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (10.34%) Advertising
2 1 (3.448%) Retail
2 1 (3.448%) Back Office
2 1 (3.448%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) Server Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (13.79%) Field Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Server Support
4 4 (13.79%) .NET Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Project Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Server Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 3 (10.34%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (10.34%) IT Administrator
5 3 (10.34%) Administrator
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Support Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.448%) CESG
2 1 (3.448%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (24.14%) Windows XP
4 5 (17.24%) Windows 7
5 4 (13.79%) Windows Vista
6 3 (10.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.79%) MVC
1 4 (13.79%) Domain-Driven Design
1 4 (13.79%) TDD
1 4 (13.79%) CQRS
1 4 (13.79%) Web Application Development
1 4 (13.79%) BDD
2 2 (6.897%) Configuration Management
2 2 (6.897%) Web Design
3 1 (3.448%) TOGAF
3 1 (3.448%) E-Commerce
3 1 (3.448%) ITIL
3 1 (3.448%) Information Security
3 1 (3.448%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) C#
2 4 (13.79%) VB
2 4 (13.79%) VB.NET
3 3 (10.34%) SQL
4 2 (6.897%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) MCSE
2 10 (34.48%) MCTS
2 10 (34.48%) MCITP
3 9 (31.03%) MCP
4 6 (20.69%) MCSA
5 4 (13.79%) MCAD
5 4 (13.79%) MCSD
5 4 (13.79%) CCA
5 4 (13.79%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (13.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.448%) CISSP
7 1 (3.448%) CCNA
7 1 (3.448%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.448%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) SCCM
2 1 (3.448%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (34.48%) Citrix
3 9 (31.03%) VMware
4 2 (6.897%) HP
4 2 (6.897%) Cisco
4 2 (6.897%) IBM
5 1 (3.448%) EPiServer
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Posted: 7 May 2013