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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs across the UK 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 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certification
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4347
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads83647614
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.077 %3.402 %
As % of the category below19.94 %16.28 %
Salaries quoted74526435
Average minimum salary£32,540£32,632
Average salary£35,312£35,184
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Average maximum salary£38,084£37,735
UK excluding London average salary£33,699£33,183
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Qualifications UKQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4195246783
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.45 %20.91 %
Salaries quoted3489637494
Average minimum salary£37,874£39,196
Average salary£41,211£42,727
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Average maximum salary£44,549£46,258
UK excluding London average salary£37,565£38,502
% change on same period last year-2.43 %

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

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

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 UK.

Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

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

Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 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 UK 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
1EnglandUp+78026£35,221-0.02 %
2LondonUp+132740£38,725-0.97 %
3South EastUp+22317£36,919+5.84 %
4East of EnglandUp+3571£32,489+1.41 %
5BerkshireNo change0570£40,425+13.31 %
6SurreyNo change0561£35,544+0.79 %
7West MidlandsUp+7551£29,660-10.08 %
8North WestUp+1531£31,077-0.37 %
9City of LondonUp+17523£36,598-17.79 %
10South WestUp+6439£32,164+8.90 %
11YorkshireDown-8432£30,092-3.65 %
12East MidlandsUp+22409£27,692-2.21 %
13OxfordshireUp+17389£37,308+6.49 %
14HampshireDown-2287£33,011+1.19 %
15ManchesterUp+18280£33,082+5.64 %
16West YorkshireDown-9257£30,593+0.09 %
17HertfordshireUp+11225£34,431+2.13 %
18BuckinghamshireUp+5204£35,704+6.44 %
19LeedsDown-12193£30,745+2.80 %
20ReadingUp+5191£39,747+10.54 %
21OxfordUp+28190£34,757+4.24 %
22BirminghamDown-4167£28,973-13.25 %
23ScotlandDown-9156£37,353+10.29 %
24EssexUp+13139£31,026+15.68 %
25CambridgeshireDown-14134£32,898+0.62 %
26DerbyshireUp+15119£26,470+16.65 %
27CheshireDown-4114£29,405-1.82 %
28AbingdonUp+10110£44,909+28.84 %
29HerefordshireUp+13107£34,740-5.94 %
30WiltshireUp+8104£30,005+1.11 %

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK 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.

19686 (59.45 %)MCSE
29604 (58.95 %)Microsoft
38947 (54.92 %)Windows
45601 (34.38 %)Active Directory
55095 (31.27 %)MCP
64992 (30.64 %)MS Exchange
74262 (26.16 %)SQL Server
84188 (25.71 %)MS Excel
93513 (21.56 %)SQL
103434 (21.08 %)Exchange Server 2003
113252 (19.96 %).NET
123055 (18.75 %)Citrix
132712 (16.65 %)Windows 2000
142585 (15.87 %)Cisco
152459 (15.09 %)C#
162284 (14.02 %)MCSA
172271 (13.94 %)TCP/IP
182219 (13.62 %)Cisco Certification
192102 (12.90 %)Exchange Server 2000
202057 (12.63 %)ASP.NET
212003 (12.29 %)Degree
221921 (11.79 %)CCNA
231904 (11.69 %)MS Office
241863 (11.44 %)Windows Server 2003
251858 (11.40 %)VMware
261792 (11.00 %)MCSD
271691 (10.38 %)Finance
281687 (10.35 %)Firewall
291684 (10.34 %)WAN
301615 (9.913 %)SQL Server 2005

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK 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
13252 (19.96 %).NET
22057 (12.63 %)ASP.NET
31563 (9.594 %)XML
4800 (4.910 %)HTML
5613 (3.763 %)WebServices
6518 (3.179 %)CSS
7458 (2.811 %)AJAX
8377 (2.314 %)ASP
9338 (2.075 %).NET Framework
10315 (1.933 %)WinForms
11219 (1.344 %)WCF
12200 (1.228 %)XSLT
13187 (1.148 %)WPF
14183 (1.123 %)XHTML
15166 (1.019 %)SOAP
16135 (0.829 %)ADO.NET
17129 (0.792 %)Silverlight
18101 (0.620 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1989 (0.546 %)WF
2080 (0.491 %)Application Packaging
Application Platforms
14992 (30.64 %)MS Exchange
23434 (21.08 %)Exchange Server 2003
32102 (12.90 %)Exchange Server 2000
41518 (9.317 %)IIS
51499 (9.201 %)SharePoint
6862 (5.291 %)Exchange Server 2007
7719 (4.413 %)BizTalk Server
8571 (3.505 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9320 (1.964 %)Lotus Notes
10270 (1.657 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11166 (1.019 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
12141 (0.865 %)CMS
1396 (0.589 %)Apache
1495 (0.583 %)Commerce Server
1594 (0.577 %)Lotus Domino
1681 (0.497 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1764 (0.393 %)GroupWise
1846 (0.282 %)Live Communications Server
1940 (0.246 %)Tomcat
2036 (0.221 %)WebLogic
Applications
14188 (25.71 %)MS Excel
21904 (11.69 %)MS Office
3139 (0.853 %)MS Project
496 (0.589 %)MS Visio
556 (0.344 %)MS PowerPoint
644 (0.270 %)Photoshop
736 (0.221 %)InfoPath
819 (0.117 %)AutoCAD
97 (0.043 %)Acrobat
105 (0.031 %)Fireworks
114 (0.025 %)DeltaView
123 (0.018 %)MATLAB
132 (0.012 %)SmartSuite
132 (0.012 %)SPSS
132 (0.012 %)Adobe Illustrator
132 (0.012 %)InDesign
132 (0.012 %)Adobe Captivate
132 (0.012 %)CA Clarity
132 (0.012 %)Pro/ENGINEER
141 (0.006 %)Windchill
Business Applications
1170 (1.043 %)Microsoft CRM
2162 (0.994 %)Dynamics CRM
395 (0.583 %)Axapta
489 (0.546 %)Dynamics AX
549 (0.301 %)Navision
645 (0.276 %)Dynamics NAV
739 (0.239 %)Summit
817 (0.104 %)GoldMine
913 (0.080 %)assyst
1012 (0.074 %)Dynamics GP
1012 (0.074 %)SoftGrid
1111 (0.068 %)Great Plains
126 (0.037 %)SAP HR
126 (0.037 %)Oracle Applications
135 (0.031 %)Oracle CRM
135 (0.031 %)SAP Business One
144 (0.025 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
144 (0.025 %)Line 50
144 (0.025 %)Dynamics SL
144 (0.025 %)SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
12271 (13.94 %)TCP/IP
21687 (10.35 %)Firewall
31684 (10.34 %)WAN
41612 (9.894 %)LAN
51328 (8.151 %)DNS
61096 (6.727 %)SAN
71063 (6.525 %)VPN
8977 (5.997 %)Internet
9640 (3.928 %)DHCP
10385 (2.363 %)VoIP
11345 (2.118 %)WINS
12256 (1.571 %)Network Security
13208 (1.277 %)Intranet
14204 (1.252 %)Wireless
15189 (1.160 %)SMTP
16163 (1.000 %)VLAN
17136 (0.835 %)MPLS
18132 (0.810 %)ADSL
19122 (0.749 %)Cisco PIX
20116 (0.712 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
14262 (26.16 %)SQL Server
21615 (9.913 %)SQL Server 2005
31105 (6.782 %)SQL Server 2000
4608 (3.732 %)SQL Server 7
5277 (1.700 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6192 (1.178 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7151 (0.927 %)DTS
8134 (0.822 %)Crystal Reports
9127 (0.780 %)MS Access
10123 (0.755 %)Datawarehouse
11110 (0.675 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1293 (0.571 %)RDBMS
1378 (0.479 %)MySQL
1476 (0.466 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1558 (0.356 %)DB2
1657 (0.350 %)Oracle 10g
1754 (0.331 %)OLAP
1844 (0.270 %)BusinessObjects
1934 (0.209 %)Oracle 9i
2033 (0.203 %)ETL
Development Applications
1484 (2.971 %)Visual Studio
271 (0.436 %)Flash
358 (0.356 %)MSI
456 (0.344 %)VSS/SourceSafe
540 (0.246 %)NUnit
638 (0.233 %)InstallShield
718 (0.110 %)Subversion
812 (0.074 %)ProC
812 (0.074 %)Dreamweaver
911 (0.068 %)Rational Rose
1010 (0.061 %)FrontPage
118 (0.049 %)WinRunner
126 (0.037 %)TestDirector
126 (0.037 %)LoadRunner
134 (0.025 %)ERwin
134 (0.025 %)InterDev
134 (0.025 %)StarTeam
142 (0.012 %)MorphX
142 (0.012 %)Eclipse
142 (0.012 %)Ant
General
11691 (10.38 %)Finance
21232 (7.562 %)Pensions
3923 (5.665 %)Health
4588 (3.609 %)Insurance
5550 (3.376 %)Banking
6435 (2.670 %)Telecoms
7404 (2.480 %)Education
8274 (1.682 %)Retail
9271 (1.663 %)Back Office
10270 (1.657 %)Government
11261 (1.602 %)Law
12238 (1.461 %)Legal
13214 (1.314 %)Investment Banking
14119 (0.730 %)Marketing
15115 (0.706 %)Manufacturing
16110 (0.675 %)Financial Institution
17100 (0.614 %)Local Government
1886 (0.528 %)Construction
1968 (0.417 %)Music
2056 (0.344 %)Games
Job Titles
12566 (15.75 %)Developer
22562 (15.73 %)Analyst
31890 (11.60 %)Consultant
41813 (11.13 %)Support Engineer
51618 (9.931 %)Support Analyst
61526 (9.367 %).NET Developer
71053 (6.463 %)Administrator
8856 (5.254 %)C# Developer
9730 (4.481 %)Systems Engineer
10658 (4.039 %)Desktop Support
11648 (3.977 %)Technical Support
12647 (3.971 %)Network Engineer
13612 (3.756 %)3rd Line Support
14599 (3.677 %)DBA
15586 (3.597 %)2nd Line Support
16585 (3.591 %)Architect
17556 (3.413 %)Server Support
18514 (3.155 %)ASP.NET Developer
19498 (3.057 %)Technical Consultant
20491 (3.014 %)SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1701 (4.303 %)Clustering
2431 (2.645 %)Blackberry
3307 (1.884 %)Client/Server
4219 (1.344 %)Thin Client
4219 (1.344 %)Fat Client
5151 (0.927 %)Computer Science
6135 (0.829 %)Tandem
7131 (0.804 %)Replication
8113 (0.694 %)Mathematics
9112 (0.687 %)Asset Management
10101 (0.620 %)Management Information System
1179 (0.485 %)PDA
1275 (0.460 %)German Language
1370 (0.430 %)EPoS
1468 (0.417 %)French Language
1553 (0.325 %)NHS
1651 (0.313 %)N-Tier
1750 (0.307 %)IVR
1845 (0.276 %)AS400
1944 (0.270 %)Statistics
Operating Systems
18947 (54.92 %)Windows
22712 (16.65 %)Windows 2000
31863 (11.44 %)Windows Server 2003
41498 (9.195 %)Windows XP
51009 (6.193 %)Linux
6799 (4.904 %)Windows NT
7722 (4.432 %)Unix
8176 (1.080 %)Solaris
9129 (0.792 %)AIX
1088 (0.540 %)Mac OS X
1163 (0.387 %)Windows Mobile
1256 (0.344 %)NetWare
1347 (0.288 %)Windows Vista
1427 (0.166 %)HPUX
1519 (0.117 %)OpenVMS
1614 (0.086 %)SUSE
1713 (0.080 %)Debian
1811 (0.068 %)VMS
199 (0.055 %)OS/400
199 (0.055 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
11497 (9.189 %)ITIL
2904 (5.549 %)Project Management
3453 (2.781 %)PRINCE2
4430 (2.639 %)OO
5370 (2.271 %)CRM
6360 (2.210 %)Migration
7282 (1.731 %)Disaster Recovery
8260 (1.596 %)Web Development
9255 (1.565 %)Scrum
10243 (1.492 %)E-Commerce
11228 (1.399 %)Extreme Programming
12222 (1.363 %)UML
13210 (1.289 %)Technical Architecture
14205 (1.258 %)Service Delivery
15187 (1.148 %)TDD
15187 (1.148 %)Project Planning
16174 (1.068 %)Service Management
17169 (1.037 %)Business Intelligence
18158 (0.970 %)ERP
19147 (0.902 %)OOD
Programming Languages
13513 (21.56 %)SQL
22459 (15.09 %)C#
31254 (7.697 %)VB.NET
4771 (4.732 %)JavaScript
5754 (4.628 %)VB
6598 (3.671 %)Transact-SQL
7275 (1.688 %)Java
8274 (1.682 %)C++
9266 (1.633 %)C
10237 (1.455 %)VB6
11226 (1.387 %)VBScript
12152 (0.933 %)VBA
1382 (0.503 %)PHP
1471 (0.436 %)Perl
1565 (0.399 %)DHTML
1660 (0.368 %)PL/SQL
1750 (0.307 %)Shell Script
1845 (0.276 %)VC++
1926 (0.160 %)Delphi
2013 (0.080 %)Python
Qualifications
19686 (59.45 %)MCSE
25095 (31.27 %)MCP
32284 (14.02 %)MCSA
42219 (13.62 %)Cisco Certification
52003 (12.29 %)Degree
61921 (11.79 %)CCNA
71792 (11.00 %)MCSD
81123 (6.893 %)MCAD
91013 (6.218 %)Citrix Certification
10768 (4.714 %)MCDBA
11639 (3.922 %)CCA
12605 (3.713 %)CCEA
13511 (3.137 %)CCNP
14435 (2.670 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15342 (2.099 %)A+ Certification
16272 (1.670 %)MCDST
17215 (1.320 %)MCTS
18199 (1.221 %)MCT
19185 (1.136 %)MCITP
20151 (0.927 %)Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1553 (3.394 %)SLA
256 (0.344 %)QA
352 (0.319 %)ISO27001
447 (0.288 %)ISO9001
531 (0.190 %)ISO/IEC 20000
624 (0.147 %)BS7799
720 (0.123 %)COBIT
818 (0.110 %)ISO9000
914 (0.086 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
105 (0.031 %)TickIT
114 (0.025 %)HL7
122 (0.012 %)JSP 440
131 (0.006 %)DICOM
131 (0.006 %)WAI
System Software
15601 (34.38 %)Active Directory
2734 (4.505 %)ISA Server
3349 (2.142 %)Terminal Services
4345 (2.118 %)MetaFrame
5311 (1.909 %)Backup Exec
6278 (1.706 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7257 (1.577 %)VMware ESX
8185 (1.136 %)NetBackup
9156 (0.958 %)Terminal Server
1063 (0.387 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1134 (0.209 %)VMware Server
1228 (0.172 %)Xen
1323 (0.141 %)MSMQ
1421 (0.129 %)NDS
1515 (0.092 %)MailMarshal
1612 (0.074 %)VMware Workstation
1711 (0.068 %)VMware GSX
1810 (0.061 %)Samba
195 (0.031 %)Oracle RAC
195 (0.031 %)Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1596 (3.658 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2519 (3.186 %)MOM
3121 (0.743 %)Norton AntiVirus
4101 (0.620 %)SCOM
596 (0.589 %)OpenView
678 (0.479 %)SCCM
774 (0.454 %)Tivoli
861 (0.374 %)MAILsweeper
955 (0.338 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1045 (0.276 %)ARCserve
1140 (0.246 %)Legato
1140 (0.246 %)WSUS
1239 (0.239 %)Unicenter
1332 (0.196 %)DameWare
1429 (0.178 %)ZENworks
1528 (0.172 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1626 (0.160 %)MIMEsweeper
1626 (0.160 %)HP Data Protector
1720 (0.123 %)EMC NetWorker
1810 (0.061 %)CiscoWorks
Vendors
19604 (58.95 %)Microsoft
23055 (18.75 %)Citrix
32585 (15.87 %)Cisco
41858 (11.40 %)VMware
51083 (6.647 %)HP
6592 (3.634 %)Oracle
7425 (2.609 %)VERITAS
8356 (2.185 %)Lotus
9336 (2.062 %)IBM
10308 (1.890 %)Symantec
11288 (1.768 %)Dell
12274 (1.682 %)EMC
13271 (1.663 %)Novell
14244 (1.498 %)CheckPoint
15225 (1.381 %)Red Hat
16188 (1.154 %)Altiris
17174 (1.068 %)NetApp
18161 (0.988 %)SAP
19140 (0.859 %)Compaq
20130 (0.798 %)Avaya
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