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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the South East region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2732
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads21962540
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.159 %1.040 %
As % of the category below24.34 %23.96 %
Salaries quoted20052071
Average minimum salary£33,417£33,095
Average salary£36,236£35,728
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Average maximum salary£39,055£38,360
UK excluding London average salary£33,523£33,101
% change on same period last year+1.27 %
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads902410601
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.764 %4.341 %
Salaries quoted76768687
Average minimum salary£36,643£36,917
Average salary£39,849£40,346
% change on same period last year-1.23 %
Average maximum salary£43,056£43,776
UK excluding London average salary£37,731£38,242
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Microsoft Certification EnglandMicrosoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the South East region.

South East Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+7616£35,150-4.26 %
BerkshireDown-6488£37,708+0.79 %
OxfordshireUp+6306£37,497+20.30 %
HampshireUp+3287£36,437+6.01 %
BuckinghamshireDown-3183£34,132+3.24 %
MiddlesexDown-1112£40,446+5.25 %
West SussexUp+2476£31,304+2.69 %
KentDown-255£29,577-16.91 %
East SussexUp+1639£35,729+22.63 %
M4 CorridorUp+1620£35,700+7.53 %
Home CountiesUp+1119£39,395-5.45 %
Thames ValleyUp+1211£39,000-17.15 %
SussexUp+208£43,125+19.79 %
Isle of WightNew entry-1£50,000-
Microsoft Certification EnglandMicrosoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

12908 (63.97 %)MCSE
22643 (58.14 %)Microsoft
32448 (53.85 %)Windows
41620 (35.64 %)Active Directory
51391 (30.60 %)MS Exchange
61341 (29.50 %)MCP
71125 (24.75 %)MS Excel
81079 (23.74 %)SQL Server
91021 (22.46 %)SQL
10900 (19.80 %)Cisco
11881 (19.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
12843 (18.54 %)VMware
13815 (17.93 %)Citrix
14765 (16.83 %)Cisco Certification
15764 (16.81 %).NET
16726 (15.97 %)TCP/IP
17721 (15.86 %)Windows 2000
18655 (14.41 %)MCSA
19610 (13.42 %)CCNA
20609 (13.40 %)Windows Server 2003
21571 (12.56 %)C#
22506 (11.13 %)Degree
23486 (10.69 %)WAN
24478 (10.51 %)Firewall
25460 (10.12 %)LAN
26455 (10.01 %)ASP.NET
27449 (9.877 %)Exchange Server 2000
28448 (9.855 %)MS Office
29442 (9.723 %)SQL Server 2005
30437 (9.613 %)MCSD

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1764 (16.81 %).NET
2455 (10.01 %)ASP.NET
3306 (6.731 %)XML
4191 (4.201 %)HTML
5136 (2.992 %)WebServices
6129 (2.838 %)AJAX
794 (2.068 %)CSS
892 (2.024 %)WinForms
982 (1.804 %).NET Framework
1081 (1.782 %)ASP
1164 (1.408 %)WCF
1258 (1.276 %)WPF
1351 (1.122 %)WF
1444 (0.968 %)XSLT
1538 (0.836 %)WebSphere
1635 (0.770 %)ADO.NET
1730 (0.660 %)Silverlight
1825 (0.550 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1922 (0.484 %)COM
2020 (0.440 %)XHTML
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11391 (30.60 %)MS Exchange
2881 (19.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
3449 (9.877 %)Exchange Server 2000
4432 (9.503 %)SharePoint
5422 (9.283 %)IIS
6307 (6.753 %)Exchange Server 2007
7154 (3.388 %)SharePoint Server 2007
8147 (3.234 %)BizTalk Server
9106 (2.332 %)Office Communications Server
1091 (2.002 %)Lotus Notes
1143 (0.946 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1242 (0.924 %)Lotus Domino
1340 (0.880 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1438 (0.836 %)Apache
1526 (0.572 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1623 (0.506 %)GroupWise
1722 (0.484 %)Tomcat
1820 (0.440 %)WebLogic
1918 (0.396 %)Commerce Server
2015 (0.330 %)CMS
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11125 (24.75 %)MS Excel
2448 (9.855 %)MS Office
328 (0.616 %)MS Visio
426 (0.572 %)InfoPath
521 (0.462 %)MS PowerPoint
616 (0.352 %)MS Project
75 (0.110 %)Photoshop
83 (0.066 %)Spreadsheet
92 (0.044 %)Adobe Captivate
92 (0.044 %)Adobe Illustrator
92 (0.044 %)InDesign
101 (0.022 %)Acrobat
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
159 (1.298 %)Microsoft CRM
238 (0.836 %)Dynamics CRM
317 (0.374 %)Dynamics NAV
414 (0.308 %)Dynamics AX
59 (0.198 %)SAP Business One
68 (0.176 %)GoldMine
68 (0.176 %)Navision
73 (0.066 %)SoftGrid
81 (0.022 %)SAP CO
81 (0.022 %)assyst
81 (0.022 %)SalesLogix
81 (0.022 %)SAP FI
81 (0.022 %)SAP FI/CO
81 (0.022 %)Axapta
81 (0.022 %)Dynamics GP
81 (0.022 %)Line 100
81 (0.022 %)Sage MMS
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1726 (15.97 %)TCP/IP
2486 (10.69 %)WAN
3478 (10.51 %)Firewall
4460 (10.12 %)LAN
5420 (9.239 %)DNS
6401 (8.821 %)SAN
7300 (6.599 %)Internet
8258 (5.675 %)VPN
9221 (4.861 %)DHCP
10105 (2.310 %)Network Security
1180 (1.760 %)VoIP
1269 (1.518 %)ADSL
1368 (1.496 %)Intranet
1465 (1.430 %)Cisco PIX
1561 (1.342 %)Wireless
1652 (1.144 %)SMS
1744 (0.968 %)NetScreen
1841 (0.902 %)IP Telephony
1933 (0.726 %)VLAN
2032 (0.704 %)MPLS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11079 (23.74 %)SQL Server
2442 (9.723 %)SQL Server 2005
3336 (7.391 %)SQL Server 2000
4138 (3.036 %)SQL Server 7
586 (1.892 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
681 (1.782 %)SQL Server Integration Services
771 (1.562 %)DTS
863 (1.386 %)Datawarehouse
948 (1.056 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1044 (0.968 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1142 (0.924 %)MySQL
1238 (0.836 %)OLAP
1333 (0.726 %)Crystal Reports
1432 (0.704 %)ETL
1531 (0.682 %)MS Access
1618 (0.396 %)RDBMS
1715 (0.330 %)BusinessObjects
1813 (0.286 %)Oracle 10g
1911 (0.242 %)Oracle 8/8i
1911 (0.242 %)Oracle 9i
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1105 (2.310 %)Visual Studio
231 (0.682 %)MSI
313 (0.286 %)VSS/SourceSafe
48 (0.176 %)NUnit
56 (0.132 %)Flash
65 (0.110 %)InstallShield
73 (0.066 %)AdminStudio
73 (0.066 %)StarTeam
73 (0.066 %)WinRunner
73 (0.066 %)TestDirector
73 (0.066 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.044 %)Eclipse
82 (0.044 %)Subversion
82 (0.044 %)FrontPage
82 (0.044 %)InterDev
91 (0.022 %)Visual Studio Team System
91 (0.022 %)JDeveloper
91 (0.022 %)ClearCase
91 (0.022 %)JBuilder
91 (0.022 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1368 (8.095 %)Pensions
2365 (8.029 %)Finance
3300 (6.599 %)Health
4178 (3.916 %)Education
5175 (3.850 %)Insurance
6134 (2.948 %)Telecoms
7113 (2.486 %)Retail
883 (1.826 %)Government
956 (1.232 %)Back Office
1049 (1.078 %)Banking
1144 (0.968 %)Automotive
1144 (0.968 %)Manufacturing
1241 (0.902 %)Marketing
1326 (0.572 %)Local Government
1416 (0.352 %)Auditing
1514 (0.308 %)Legal
1612 (0.264 %)Games
179 (0.198 %)Billing
179 (0.198 %)Publishing
188 (0.176 %)Financial Institution
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1752 (16.54 %)Consultant
2681 (14.98 %)Analyst
3599 (13.18 %)Support Engineer
4530 (11.66 %)Developer
5386 (8.491 %)Support Analyst
6349 (7.677 %)Administrator
7326 (7.171 %).NET Developer
8267 (5.873 %)Systems Engineer
9263 (5.785 %)Technical Consultant
10214 (4.707 %)Technical Support
11196 (4.311 %)Network Engineer
12195 (4.289 %)2nd Line Support
13194 (4.267 %)C# Developer
14191 (4.201 %)3rd Line Support
15181 (3.982 %)DBA
16171 (3.762 %)Microsoft Consultant
17169 (3.718 %)Systems Administrator
17169 (3.718 %)Server Support
18162 (3.564 %)Field Engineer
19148 (3.256 %)SQL DBA
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1229 (5.037 %)Clustering
2120 (2.640 %)Blackberry
3115 (2.530 %)Client/Server
462 (1.364 %)Thin Client
462 (1.364 %)Fat Client
555 (1.210 %)German Language
643 (0.946 %)Computer Science
737 (0.814 %)French Language
737 (0.814 %)Tandem
833 (0.726 %)Replication
925 (0.550 %)Video Conferencing
1023 (0.506 %)Statistics
1122 (0.484 %)Mathematics
1219 (0.418 %)EPoS
1318 (0.396 %)NHS
1417 (0.374 %)Spanish Language
1515 (0.330 %)N-Tier
1613 (0.286 %)Firmware
1712 (0.264 %)Italian Language
1712 (0.264 %)Data Integration
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12448 (53.85 %)Windows
2721 (15.86 %)Windows 2000
3609 (13.40 %)Windows Server 2003
4399 (8.777 %)Linux
5391 (8.601 %)Windows XP
6265 (5.829 %)Windows NT
7229 (5.037 %)UNIX
854 (1.188 %)Solaris
939 (0.858 %)AIX
1024 (0.528 %)NetWare
1120 (0.440 %)Mac OS X
1216 (0.352 %)Windows Mobile
1216 (0.352 %)Windows Vista
139 (0.198 %)SUSE
145 (0.110 %)MVS
153 (0.066 %)HPUX
162 (0.044 %)FreeBSD
171 (0.022 %)VMS
171 (0.022 %)OpenVMS
171 (0.022 %)Fedora
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1390 (8.579 %)ITIL
2282 (6.203 %)Project Management
3184 (4.048 %)PRINCE2
4103 (2.266 %)Scrum
5100 (2.200 %)CRM
697 (2.134 %)Extreme Programming
791 (2.002 %)Business Intelligence
890 (1.980 %)Migration
988 (1.936 %)E-Commerce
988 (1.936 %)Disaster Recovery
1087 (1.914 %)Security Cleared
1175 (1.650 %)OO
1273 (1.606 %)TDD
1360 (1.320 %)Service Delivery
1456 (1.232 %)Service Management
1541 (0.902 %)PRINCE
1640 (0.880 %)Workflow
1739 (0.858 %)Network Design
1739 (0.858 %)Web Development
1837 (0.814 %)Business Continuity
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11021 (22.46 %)SQL
2571 (12.56 %)C#
3342 (7.523 %)VB.NET
4216 (4.751 %)VB
5157 (3.454 %)JavaScript
6121 (2.662 %)Transact-SQL
762 (1.364 %)VBScript
858 (1.276 %)Java
956 (1.232 %)C++
956 (1.232 %)C
1037 (0.814 %)VB6
1133 (0.726 %)Shell Script
1230 (0.660 %)DHTML
1322 (0.484 %)Perl
1417 (0.374 %)PHP
1513 (0.286 %)PL/SQL
169 (0.198 %)PowerShell
175 (0.110 %)VBA
183 (0.066 %)VC++
192 (0.044 %)AWK
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12908 (63.97 %)MCSE
21341 (29.50 %)MCP
3765 (16.83 %)Cisco Certification
4655 (14.41 %)MCSA
5610 (13.42 %)CCNA
6506 (11.13 %)Degree
7437 (9.613 %)MCSD
8295 (6.489 %)MCAD
9284 (6.247 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10245 (5.389 %)MCDBA
11233 (5.125 %)Citrix Certification
12184 (4.048 %)CCNP
13164 (3.608 %)CCA
14160 (3.520 %)MCTS
15125 (2.750 %)MCITP
16106 (2.332 %)CCEA
1777 (1.694 %)A+ Certification
1849 (1.078 %)CCIE
1946 (1.012 %)RHCE
2045 (0.990 %)Novell Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1131 (2.882 %)SLA
211 (0.242 %)QA
39 (0.198 %)ISO9000
39 (0.198 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.066 %)ISO9001
43 (0.066 %)HL7
52 (0.044 %)JSP 440
52 (0.044 %)TickIT
52 (0.044 %)ISO27001
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11620 (35.64 %)Active Directory
2436 (9.591 %)VMware Infrastructure
3248 (5.455 %)ISA Server
4101 (2.222 %)Terminal Services
597 (2.134 %)Backup Exec
692 (2.024 %)VMware ESX
781 (1.782 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
880 (1.760 %)Citrix Presentation Server
966 (1.452 %)Terminal Server
1057 (1.254 %)MetaFrame
1146 (1.012 %)NetBackup
1224 (0.528 %)Xen
1312 (0.264 %)VMware Server
147 (0.154 %)VMware Workstation
155 (0.110 %)NFS
164 (0.088 %)NDS
173 (0.066 %)MSMQ
173 (0.066 %)NLBS
182 (0.044 %)VMware GSX
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1213 (4.685 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2200 (4.399 %)MOM
344 (0.968 %)Norton AntiVirus
439 (0.858 %)WSUS
536 (0.792 %)SCCM
633 (0.726 %)SCOM
633 (0.726 %)Legato
732 (0.704 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
826 (0.572 %)Tivoli
923 (0.506 %)EMC NetWorker
1021 (0.462 %)Unicenter
1119 (0.418 %)OpenView
1217 (0.374 %)MAILsweeper
1312 (0.264 %)CiscoWorks
1411 (0.242 %)CA SiteMinder
157 (0.154 %)OpenView Configuration Management
157 (0.154 %)MIMEsweeper
157 (0.154 %)Windows Storage Server
166 (0.132 %)ARCserve
166 (0.132 %)Netcool
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12643 (58.14 %)Microsoft
2900 (19.80 %)Cisco
3843 (18.54 %)VMware
4815 (17.93 %)Citrix
5347 (7.633 %)HP
6175 (3.850 %)EMC
7150 (3.300 %)IBM
7150 (3.300 %)Oracle
8144 (3.168 %)VERITAS
9108 (2.376 %)Lotus
10106 (2.332 %)Red Hat
11105 (2.310 %)NetApp
1295 (2.090 %)Dell
1394 (2.068 %)Novell
1486 (1.892 %)Altiris
1583 (1.826 %)Symantec
1664 (1.408 %)CheckPoint
1756 (1.232 %)Intel
1854 (1.188 %)PlateSpin
1953 (1.166 %)CommVault
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