The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Rochester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Rochester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 10 3 4
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochester 11.54% 18.18% 66.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.00% 25.00% 88.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 8
Average salary £25,000 £27,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -35.29%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Rochester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
4 8 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochester 15.38% 72.73% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 9
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% -35.29%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
Kent

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rochester 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 Rochester region.

Rochester Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochester 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) W3C
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
1 5 (100.00%) Unit Testing

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochester 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 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Web Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
Rochester, Kent, South East
Essential Skills: - Strong commercial experience of developing database-driven web site development - Good knowledge of the Microsoft .NET framework, especially using ASP.NET - Experience of developing in C# -...
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Posted: 18 May 2013