The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Salford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 3.704% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 15.38% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £41,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
13 13 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 24.07% 25.49% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 8
Average salary £37,500 £39,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.06% +75.55%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Microsoft Certification
Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) VCDX
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) NCDA
2 1 (50.00%) NCIE
2 1 (50.00%) Lync
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) VCAP
2 1 (50.00%) CCEE
2 1 (50.00%) CCAA
2 1 (50.00%) CCIA
2 1 (50.00%) Office 365
2 1 (50.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (50.00%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (50.00%) Lync
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Office 365
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (50.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) VCDX
2 1 (50.00%) NCDA
2 1 (50.00%) NCIE
2 1 (50.00%) VCAP
2 1 (50.00%) CCEE
2 1 (50.00%) CCAA
2 1 (50.00%) CCIA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) NetApp
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft