The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Specialist
Rank 424 - 417
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 9 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.041% - 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 5
Average salary £50,000 - £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -16.66%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Specialist
England

Microsoft Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Specialist across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Microsoft Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Salary Trend

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

South East Microsoft Specialist Salary Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Specialist across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Microsoft Specialist Salary Histogram

Microsoft Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Specialist within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Surrey - 7 £50,000 -
Berkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Middlesex - 1 £70,000 -
Microsoft Specialist
England

Microsoft Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 with Microsoft Specialist in their job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 14 (87.50%) MS Excel
3 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
5 7 (43.75%) MCSE
5 7 (43.75%) Lync
6 6 (37.50%) DHCP
6 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
6 6 (37.50%) DNS
6 6 (37.50%) Cisco
6 6 (37.50%) Office Communications Server
7 4 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (25.00%) Degree
7 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (25.00%) Handset
7 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (25.00%) Firewall
7 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
7 4 (25.00%) CCNA
7 4 (25.00%) Terminal Services
7 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
7 4 (25.00%) Ethernet
7 4 (25.00%) VoIP
7 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
7 4 (25.00%) .NET

Microsoft Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Microsoft Specialist in their job title 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 with Microsoft Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) Lync
2 6 (37.50%) Office Communications Server
3 4 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
5 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Azure
6 1 (6.250%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Office 365
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) DHCP
1 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (25.00%) VoIP
3 3 (18.75%) Unified Communications
4 2 (12.50%) Wireless
4 2 (12.50%) IP Telephony
4 2 (12.50%) LAN
4 2 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (25.00%) Handset
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.250%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) WAN Optimisation
1 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Project Management
2 1 (6.250%) Business Development
2 1 (6.250%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (43.75%) MCSE
3 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (25.00%) CCNA
4 2 (12.50%) MCITP
4 2 (12.50%) MCSA
5 1 (6.250%) MCP
5 1 (6.250%) MCTS
5 1 (6.250%) VTSP
5 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (12.50%) ISA Server
4 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco
3 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (12.50%) Riverbed
4 2 (12.50%) Foundry
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) Avaya
4 2 (12.50%) HP
4 2 (12.50%) Dell
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix