The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 59 39 20
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 6 17 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.942% 3.855% 7.966%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.956% 14.05% 23.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 38
Average salary £21,000 £40,000 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-47.50% +20.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £25,300 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £36,250 £40,000 £40,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
203 121 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 31.87% 27.44% 33.54%
Number of salaries quoted 186 116 146
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Somerset Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Frome - 3 £21,000 -
Bath -23 2 £25,250 -36.87%
Bridgwater - 1 £40,000 -
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 34 (85.00%) Windows
2 30 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 27 (67.50%) MCSE
4 21 (52.50%) ITIL
5 20 (50.00%) Active Directory
6 18 (45.00%) MCSA
7 16 (40.00%) MCP
8 15 (37.50%) Cisco
8 15 (37.50%) MCITP
9 13 (32.50%) Linux
9 13 (32.50%) C
10 12 (30.00%) VMware
11 10 (25.00%) Telecoms
11 10 (25.00%) Firewall
11 10 (25.00%) CCNA
11 10 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (22.50%) LAN
12 9 (22.50%) WAN
12 9 (22.50%) Legal
12 9 (22.50%) MCDST
12 9 (22.50%) MCTS
12 9 (22.50%) WSUS
12 9 (22.50%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (22.50%) Hyper-V
13 8 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (20.00%) MS Exchange
13 8 (20.00%) Citrix
13 8 (20.00%) TCP/IP
13 8 (20.00%) Blackberry
13 8 (20.00%) SAN

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 (12.50%) .NET
1 5 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 5 (12.50%) WCF
1 5 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (7.500%) Razor View Engine
2 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (5.000%) HTML
3 2 (5.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (5.000%) LINQ to SQL
3 2 (5.000%) LINQ
3 2 (5.000%) RESTful
3 2 (5.000%) Web Services
3 2 (5.000%) XML
3 2 (5.000%) XSLT
3 2 (5.000%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) MS Office
2 4 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (7.500%) Office 365
4 2 (5.000%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) Firewall
2 9 (22.50%) LAN
2 9 (22.50%) WAN
3 8 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 8 (20.00%) SAN
4 7 (17.50%) DNS
4 7 (17.50%) DHCP
5 6 (15.00%) Network Security
6 5 (12.50%) SMTP
7 4 (10.00%) VoIP
7 4 (10.00%) VPN
7 4 (10.00%) Internet
8 2 (5.000%) Kerberos
8 2 (5.000%) Intranet
9 1 (2.500%) Broadband
9 1 (2.500%) NAS
9 1 (2.500%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (5.000%) CruiseControl
1 2 (5.000%) Subversion
1 2 (5.000%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (22.50%) Legal
3 5 (12.50%) Back Office
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.000%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) IT Support
2 13 (32.50%) Support Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Team Leader
4 6 (15.00%) Field Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (12.50%) Developer
6 4 (10.00%) Field Service Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Support Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) .NET Developer
7 3 (7.500%) IT Support Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Support Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (5.000%) Lead Developer
8 2 (5.000%) Administrator
8 2 (5.000%) Senior IT Support
8 2 (5.000%) Senior IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 7 (17.50%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.000%) SaaS
3 2 (5.000%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 34 (85.00%) Windows
2 13 (32.50%) Linux
3 9 (22.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (17.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (10.00%) Windows XP
6 3 (7.500%) Windows 8
6 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (5.000%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.500%) Windows Vista
8 1 (2.500%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) ITIL
2 8 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (17.50%) Business Continuity
3 7 (17.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (12.50%) TDD
4 5 (12.50%) MVC
5 4 (10.00%) Workflow
5 4 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (7.500%) Domain-Driven Design
6 3 (7.500%) BDD
6 3 (7.500%) CQRS
6 3 (7.500%) Web Application Development
6 3 (7.500%) OO
7 2 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.000%) Process Management
7 2 (5.000%) Migration
7 2 (5.000%) TOGAF
7 2 (5.000%) Content Management
7 2 (5.000%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (32.50%) C
2 5 (12.50%) C#
2 5 (12.50%) VBScript
2 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.500%) SQL
4 2 (5.000%) XQuery
4 2 (5.000%) XPath
4 2 (5.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.500%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (67.50%) MCSE
2 18 (45.00%) MCSA
3 16 (40.00%) MCP
4 15 (37.50%) MCITP
5 10 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (25.00%) CCNA
6 9 (22.50%) MCDST
6 9 (22.50%) MCTS
7 5 (12.50%) MCSD
8 4 (10.00%) HNC
8 4 (10.00%) HND
8 4 (10.00%) ISEB
9 3 (7.500%) MCAD
9 3 (7.500%) Degree
10 2 (5.000%) MCPD
10 2 (5.000%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (2.500%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
11 1 (2.500%) Security Cleared
11 1 (2.500%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) COBIT
2 1 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (22.50%) Hyper-V
3 5 (12.50%) vSphere
4 3 (7.500%) Terminal Services
4 3 (7.500%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) WSUS
2 5 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
2 5 (12.50%) Backup Exec
3 3 (7.500%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (37.50%) Cisco
3 12 (30.00%) VMware
4 8 (20.00%) Citrix
5 5 (12.50%) WatchGuard
5 5 (12.50%) Veeam
5 5 (12.50%) Symantec
6 2 (5.000%) Avaya
7 1 (2.500%) Sage
7 1 (2.500%) Adobe
Frome, Somerset
b) In depth knowledge of Windows operating systems XP/7 & 8 and Windows 2003/2008/2012 servers and working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications... d) Knowledge of networking...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 18000 - 24000
Posted: 13 May 2013