The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 34 33 25
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 14 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 0.671% 6.863% 5.405%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.901% 17.95% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 9
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
111 78 98
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 74.50% 38.24% 52.97%
Number of salaries quoted 32 67 94
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,900 £27,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £45,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
Hertfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2000
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 2000
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) SMTP
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) Sophos
3 1 (33.33%) MAILsweeper
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) Trend Micro
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 2000
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) MAILsweeper
1 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Sophos
2 1 (33.33%) Trend Micro