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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 22 - 8
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 5.185% - 10.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.58% - 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 2
Average salary £29,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Rickmansworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
48 17 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 35.56% 25.37% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 45 10 9
Average salary £54,500 £41,250 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.12% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,100 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £67,500 £43,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Hertfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rickmansworth 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 Rickmansworth region.

Rickmansworth Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Legal
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 8 (100.00%) Network Management
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) MS Office
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) COM
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 1 (12.50%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (87.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Support
2 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 4 (50.00%) Analyst
3 4 (50.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix Support
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix Support Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco