The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey 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 20 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Specialist
Rank 209 - 212
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 7 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.134% - 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.140% - 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 2
Average salary £50,000 - £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -16.66%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4989 5727 4985
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.39% 95.91% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4010 5032 4357
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Specialist
South East

Microsoft Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Microsoft Specialist Salary Trend

Microsoft Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) MS Excel
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (50.00%) Lync
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (40.00%) Handset
5 4 (40.00%) Terminal Services
5 4 (40.00%) CheckPoint
5 4 (40.00%) Firewall
5 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (40.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (40.00%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (40.00%) MCSE
5 4 (40.00%) .NET
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
5 4 (40.00%) CCNA
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco
5 4 (40.00%) VoIP
5 4 (40.00%) DHCP
5 4 (40.00%) Ethernet
5 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 4 (40.00%) DNS
6 3 (30.00%) Unified Communications
7 1 (10.00%) VTSP

Microsoft Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 (40.00%) .NET
1 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) Lync
2 4 (40.00%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (90.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) VoIP
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (30.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (40.00%) Handset
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCSE
2 4 (40.00%) CCNA
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) VTSP
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
3 1 (10.00%) MCP
3 1 (10.00%) MCTS
3 1 (10.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco