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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs within the South West 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4551
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads436304
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.214 %0.135 %
As % of the category below20.19 %16.97 %
Salaries quoted400281
Average minimum salary£30,487£28,179
Average salary£32,660£30,468
% change on same period last year+7.19 %
Average maximum salary£34,833£32,757
UK excluding London average salary£33,678£33,059
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Qualifications South WestQualifications
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads21591791
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.059 %0.793 %
Salaries quoted18281415
Average minimum salary£32,055£31,773
Average salary£35,006£34,782
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
Average maximum salary£37,956£37,790
UK excluding London average salary£37,495£38,457
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Microsoft Certification EnglandMicrosoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

South West Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

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

South West Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the South West region over the past 3 months.

South West 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 West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1WiltshireUp+2101£30,328+3.76 %
2BristolDown-1083£31,963+2.73 %
3DevonUp+1069£29,008-0.73 %
4GloucestershireDown-2961£42,600+56.36 %
5DorsetDown-153£32,477-18.61 %
6SomersetUp+2052£34,796+15.46 %
7CornwallUp+99£20,333-6.87 %
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England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the South West region citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft Certification.

1506 (58.91 %)MCSE
2437 (50.87 %)Microsoft
3347 (40.40 %)Windows
4261 (30.38 %)MCP
5219 (25.49 %)Active Directory
6212 (24.68 %)MS Excel
7203 (23.63 %)SQL Server
8197 (22.93 %).NET
9194 (22.58 %)Cisco
10193 (22.47 %)Cisco Certification
11185 (21.54 %)CCNA
12172 (20.02 %)Exchange Server 2003
13169 (19.67 %)MS Exchange
14147 (17.11 %)SQL
15140 (16.30 %)ASP.NET
16136 (15.83 %)MCSA
17133 (15.48 %)C#
17133 (15.48 %)LAN
18123 (14.32 %)VB.NET
19119 (13.85 %)WAN
20110 (12.81 %)XML
21108 (12.57 %)Degree
22100 (11.64 %)Project Management
2399 (11.53 %)Pensions
2498 (11.41 %)Internet
2596 (11.18 %)Firewall
2596 (11.18 %)HTML
2695 (11.06 %)TCP/IP
2794 (10.94 %)Windows 2000
2794 (10.94 %)Exchange Server 2000

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the South West region citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Microsoft Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1197 (22.93 %).NET
2140 (16.30 %)ASP.NET
3110 (12.81 %)XML
496 (11.18 %)HTML
588 (10.24 %)WebServices
681 (9.430 %)CSS
763 (7.334 %)AJAX
861 (7.101 %)XSLT
926 (3.027 %)XHTML
1023 (2.678 %)Silverlight
1122 (2.561 %)SOAP
1218 (2.095 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1315 (1.746 %)ASP
1414 (1.630 %)WSDL
159 (1.048 %)Hibernate
159 (1.048 %)WebWork
163 (0.349 %)COM
163 (0.349 %).NET Framework
172 (0.233 %)ActiveX
181 (0.116 %)XSL
Application Platforms
1172 (20.02 %)Exchange Server 2003
2169 (19.67 %)MS Exchange
394 (10.94 %)Exchange Server 2000
467 (7.800 %)IIS
527 (3.143 %)SharePoint
616 (1.863 %)Exchange Server 2007
714 (1.630 %)Lotus Notes
714 (1.630 %)CMS
812 (1.397 %)Exchange Server 5.5
911 (1.281 %)Lotus Domino
108 (0.931 %)Site Server
117 (0.815 %)SharePoint Server 2007
126 (0.698 %)BizTalk Server
133 (0.349 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
142 (0.233 %)SharePoint Portal Server
142 (0.233 %)Apache
151 (0.116 %)Tomcat
151 (0.116 %)Content Management Server
151 (0.116 %)WebLogic
151 (0.116 %)Live Communications Server
Applications
1212 (24.68 %)MS Excel
248 (5.588 %)MS Office
310 (1.164 %)Photoshop
45 (0.582 %)Fireworks
53 (0.349 %)MS Visio
61 (0.116 %)MS Project
61 (0.116 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
131 (3.609 %)Summit
22 (0.233 %)assyst
22 (0.233 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.116 %)GoldMine
31 (0.116 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1133 (15.48 %)LAN
2119 (13.85 %)WAN
398 (11.41 %)Internet
496 (11.18 %)Firewall
595 (11.06 %)TCP/IP
667 (7.800 %)SAN
759 (6.868 %)Intranet
839 (4.540 %)DNS
932 (3.725 %)Network Security
1023 (2.678 %)VPN
1122 (2.561 %)Extranet
1221 (2.445 %)FTP
1221 (2.445 %)HTTP
1221 (2.445 %)SMTP
1320 (2.328 %)VoIP
1413 (1.513 %)VLAN
1512 (1.397 %)Wireless
168 (0.931 %)DHCP
176 (0.698 %)SMS
176 (0.698 %)Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1203 (23.63 %)SQL Server
277 (8.964 %)SQL Server 2005
341 (4.773 %)SQL Server 2000
438 (4.424 %)SQL Server 7
534 (3.958 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
623 (2.678 %)RDBMS
715 (1.746 %)MS Access
88 (0.931 %)DB2
88 (0.931 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (0.349 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
93 (0.349 %)MySQL
93 (0.349 %)DTS
102 (0.233 %)ETL
102 (0.233 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.233 %)GIS
102 (0.233 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.116 %)Oracle Reports
111 (0.116 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.116 %)Datawarehouse
Development Applications
146 (5.355 %)Visual Studio
231 (3.609 %)Flash
35 (0.582 %)Dreamweaver
General
199 (11.53 %)Pensions
251 (5.937 %)Health
343 (5.006 %)Back Office
343 (5.006 %)Finance
423 (2.678 %)Education
520 (2.328 %)Telecoms
520 (2.328 %)Multimedia
618 (2.095 %)Legal
715 (1.746 %)Insurance
811 (1.281 %)Marketing
811 (1.281 %)Manufacturing
96 (0.698 %)Military
105 (0.582 %)Music
114 (0.466 %)Retail
114 (0.466 %)Billing
114 (0.466 %)Government
123 (0.349 %)Pharmaceutical
132 (0.233 %)Law
132 (0.233 %)Banking
141 (0.116 %)Financial Institution
Job Titles
1193 (22.47 %)Developer
2140 (16.30 %)Support Engineer
396 (11.18 %).NET Developer
477 (8.964 %)Consultant
574 (8.615 %)Web Developer
574 (8.615 %)Analyst
671 (8.265 %)Network Engineer
757 (6.636 %)Systems Engineer
852 (6.054 %)Architect
950 (5.821 %)Technical Architect
1048 (5.588 %)Support Analyst
1147 (5.471 %)3rd Line Support
1244 (5.122 %)Field Engineer
1244 (5.122 %)C# Developer
1340 (4.657 %)2nd Line Support
1340 (4.657 %)Lead Architect
1439 (4.540 %)Lead Technical Architect
1536 (4.191 %)Administrator
1632 (3.725 %)Network Support
1731 (3.609 %).NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
129 (3.376 %)CESG
129 (3.376 %)CESG CLAS
220 (2.328 %)Client/Server
220 (2.328 %)RIA
317 (1.979 %)Clustering
415 (1.746 %)EPoS
513 (1.513 %)PKI
67 (0.815 %)Mainframe
67 (0.815 %)Management Information System
75 (0.582 %)Firmware
84 (0.466 %)Thin Client
84 (0.466 %)PDA
84 (0.466 %)Fat Client
93 (0.349 %)Asset Management
102 (0.233 %)Tandem
111 (0.116 %)PACS
111 (0.116 %)Mathematics
111 (0.116 %)Physics
111 (0.116 %)Computer Science
111 (0.116 %)Blackberry
Operating Systems
1347 (40.40 %)Windows
294 (10.94 %)Windows 2000
377 (8.964 %)Windows Server 2003
448 (5.588 %)Windows XP
542 (4.889 %)Linux
633 (3.842 %)Unix
725 (2.910 %)Windows NT
85 (0.582 %)AIX
85 (0.582 %)HPUX
85 (0.582 %)Solaris
85 (0.582 %)SUSE
92 (0.233 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.116 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1100 (11.64 %)Project Management
282 (9.546 %)Web Development
368 (7.916 %)ITIL
434 (3.958 %)E-Commerce
521 (2.445 %)Network Design
619 (2.212 %)OO
713 (1.513 %)UML
810 (1.164 %)Service Delivery
810 (1.164 %)Systems Analysis
99 (1.048 %)Web Design
99 (1.048 %)Software Engineering
99 (1.048 %)Software Testing
107 (0.815 %)Technical Architecture
107 (0.815 %)Disaster Recovery
116 (0.698 %)Migration
125 (0.582 %)Information Management
125 (0.582 %)ERP
125 (0.582 %)Incident Management
125 (0.582 %)Operations Management
134 (0.466 %)Problem Management
Programming Languages
1147 (17.11 %)SQL
2133 (15.48 %)C#
3123 (14.32 %)VB.NET
462 (7.218 %)JavaScript
540 (4.657 %)Java
628 (3.260 %)VB
723 (2.678 %)PHP
818 (2.095 %)Perl
915 (1.746 %)VBScript
1011 (1.281 %)C
1110 (1.164 %)Delphi
1110 (1.164 %)DHTML
128 (0.931 %)Transact-SQL
128 (0.931 %)VBA
136 (0.698 %)C++
143 (0.349 %)VB6
Qualifications
1506 (58.91 %)MCSE
2261 (30.38 %)MCP
3193 (22.47 %)Cisco Certification
4185 (21.54 %)CCNA
5136 (15.83 %)MCSA
6108 (12.57 %)Degree
764 (7.451 %)MCAD
859 (6.868 %)CCDA
954 (6.286 %)CCNP
1050 (5.821 %)MCSD
1139 (4.540 %)Citrix Certification
1236 (4.191 %)Chartered Engineer
1335 (4.075 %)CCA
1417 (1.979 %)A+ Certification
1514 (1.630 %)MCITP
1613 (1.513 %)CCEA
1711 (1.281 %)MCDBA
1711 (1.281 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
189 (1.048 %)MCT
189 (1.048 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
147 (5.471 %)SLA
22 (0.233 %)QA
22 (0.233 %)ISO9001
System Software
1219 (25.49 %)Active Directory
231 (3.609 %)Terminal Services
318 (2.095 %)ISA Server
318 (2.095 %)VMware ESX
417 (1.979 %)Backup Exec
511 (1.281 %)NetBackup
610 (1.164 %)Citrix Presentation Server
75 (0.582 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
83 (0.349 %)MailMarshal
83 (0.349 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.233 %)Xen
Systems Management
124 (2.794 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
213 (1.513 %)MOM
35 (0.582 %)OpenView
44 (0.466 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.233 %)WSUS
61 (0.116 %)MIMEsweeper
61 (0.116 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.116 %)Unicenter
Vendors
1437 (50.87 %)Microsoft
2194 (22.58 %)Cisco
391 (10.59 %)Citrix
472 (8.382 %)VMware
569 (8.033 %)HP
640 (4.657 %)IBM
738 (4.424 %)Oracle
831 (3.609 %)VERITAS
922 (2.561 %)Sophos
1019 (2.212 %)Lotus
1019 (2.212 %)WatchGuard
1118 (2.095 %)Dell
1217 (1.979 %)Symantec
1313 (1.513 %)Red Hat
1411 (1.281 %)Compaq
1510 (1.164 %)EMC
1510 (1.164 %)CheckPoint
169 (1.048 %)Sybase
176 (0.698 %)Siebel
176 (0.698 %)Novell
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