The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Master in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certified Master over the 3 months to 22 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Master (MCM)
Rank 828 865 837
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master 36 35 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.033% 0.029% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.120% 0.103% 0.103%
Number of salaries quoted 31 23 31
Average salary £65,000 £50,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,100 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £64,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year
- -37.50%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29939 34010 32034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.52% 27.73% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 24086 28944 26762
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

Microsoft Certified Master
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Microsoft Certified Master Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certified Master
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master within the UK.

Microsoft Certified Master Salary Trend

Microsoft Certified Master
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Microsoft Certified Master Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certified Master
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +32 32 £65,000 +30.00%
London +61 19 £72,500 +31.81%
City of London +29 11 £72,500 +11.53%
South East -1 6 £50,000 -
Surrey +11 5 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £50,000 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 -
Sheffield - 2 £50,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 -
Birmingham - 1 £50,000 -
Redhill - 1 £52,500 -

Microsoft Certified Master
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Microsoft Certified Master 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 Certified Master.

1 61 (98.39%) Microsoft
2 51 (82.26%) Windows
3 50 (80.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 49 (79.03%) Lync
5 36 (58.06%) MS Exchange
6 35 (56.45%) Exchange Server 2010
7 34 (54.84%) Active Directory
8 33 (53.23%) MCITP
9 26 (41.94%) MCTS
10 23 (37.10%) DNS
10 23 (37.10%) Exchange Server 2013
11 21 (33.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (30.65%) Office Communications Server
12 19 (30.65%) VMware Infrastructure
12 19 (30.65%) VMware
12 19 (30.65%) MS Office
13 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2007
14 17 (27.42%) Hyper-V
14 17 (27.42%) Cisco
15 16 (25.81%) SharePoint
15 16 (25.81%) MCSE
16 15 (24.19%) SCCM
17 14 (22.58%) SCVMM
17 14 (22.58%) Windows 7
17 14 (22.58%) SQL Server
17 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
17 14 (22.58%) Office 365
18 13 (20.97%) Avaya
19 12 (19.35%) MS Excel
19 12 (19.35%) ITIL

Microsoft Certified Master
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Microsoft Certified Master 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 Certified Master. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (14.52%) ODBC
2 2 (3.226%) COM
3 1 (1.613%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 49 (79.03%) Lync
2 36 (58.06%) MS Exchange
3 35 (56.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 23 (37.10%) Exchange Server 2013
5 19 (30.65%) Office Communications Server
6 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2007
7 16 (25.81%) SharePoint
8 9 (14.52%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 9 (14.52%) IIS
9 6 (9.677%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (8.065%) Windows Azure
10 5 (8.065%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (1.613%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (1.613%) Lotus Notes
11 1 (1.613%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 19 (30.65%) MS Office
2 14 (22.58%) Office 365
3 12 (19.35%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (37.10%) DNS
2 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
3 11 (17.74%) Unified Communications
4 10 (16.13%) LAN
5 9 (14.52%) IP Telephony
5 9 (14.52%) VPN
5 9 (14.52%) FTP
5 9 (14.52%) HTTP
5 9 (14.52%) PBX
5 9 (14.52%) ICMP
6 5 (8.065%) Firewall
6 5 (8.065%) SMTP
7 4 (6.452%) SAN
7 4 (6.452%) X.25
7 4 (6.452%) WAN
7 4 (6.452%) Network Security
7 4 (6.452%) IPsec
8 3 (4.839%) MGW
8 3 (4.839%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.58%) SQL Server
2 9 (14.52%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 11 (17.74%) Finance
2 2 (3.226%) Retail
2 2 (3.226%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.226%) Legal
2 2 (3.226%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 41 (66.13%) Consultant
2 18 (29.03%) Microsoft Consultant
3 11 (17.74%) Technical Consultant
4 10 (16.13%) Architect
5 4 (6.452%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.839%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 3 (4.839%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (1.613%) Microsoft Specialist
7 1 (1.613%) SCCM Consultant
7 1 (1.613%) Security Specialist
7 1 (1.613%) Field Support Engineer
7 1 (1.613%) Windows Technical Consultant
7 1 (1.613%) Active Directory Specialist
7 1 (1.613%) Field Engineer
7 1 (1.613%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Management Information System
1 9 (14.52%) Video Conferencing
1 9 (14.52%) Blackberry
1 9 (14.52%) iPhone
2 5 (8.065%) PKI
3 2 (3.226%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.226%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (1.613%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 51 (82.26%) Windows
2 21 (33.87%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (22.58%) Windows 7
4 12 (19.35%) Windows 8
5 9 (14.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (14.52%) UNIX
5 9 (14.52%) AIX
5 9 (14.52%) HPUX
5 9 (14.52%) Linux
5 9 (14.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (14.52%) Windows Phone
6 5 (8.065%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (4.839%) Windows Vista
7 3 (4.839%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.35%) ITIL
2 10 (16.13%) Service Delivery
3 9 (14.52%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (14.52%) Project Management
3 9 (14.52%) Workflow
3 9 (14.52%) Validation
4 6 (9.677%) Migration
5 3 (4.839%) Knowledge Management
5 3 (4.839%) Use Case
6 2 (3.226%) Data Protection
7 1 (1.613%) Cyber Security
7 1 (1.613%) Information Security
7 1 (1.613%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.613%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.677%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.452%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (80.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (53.23%) MCITP
3 26 (41.94%) MCTS
4 16 (25.81%) MCSE
5 9 (14.52%) MCP
6 6 (9.677%) VTSP
6 6 (9.677%) Degree
7 5 (8.065%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (8.065%) CCNP
7 5 (8.065%) CCNA
8 4 (6.452%) Microsoft Certified Architect
9 2 (3.226%) NCDA
10 1 (1.613%) MOS
10 1 (1.613%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (54.84%) Active Directory
2 19 (30.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (27.42%) Hyper-V
4 9 (14.52%) VMware ESX
5 6 (9.677%) XenApp
5 6 (9.677%) XenServer
5 6 (9.677%) XenDesktop
5 6 (9.677%) vSphere
5 6 (9.677%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (8.065%) UAG
Systems Management
1 15 (24.19%) SCCM
2 14 (22.58%) SCVMM
3 12 (19.35%) SCOM
4 9 (14.52%) Tivoli
4 9 (14.52%) ARCserve
4 9 (14.52%) OpenView
5 4 (6.452%) Nagios
6 3 (4.839%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (4.839%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 61 (98.39%) Microsoft
2 19 (30.65%) VMware
3 17 (27.42%) Cisco
4 13 (20.97%) Avaya
5 12 (19.35%) Polycom
5 12 (19.35%) Dialogic
6 10 (16.13%) IBM
7 9 (14.52%) Mitel
7 9 (14.52%) Oracle
7 9 (14.52%) Veritas
7 9 (14.52%) Red Hat
7 9 (14.52%) EMC
7 9 (14.52%) Nortel
8 7 (11.29%) Citrix
8 7 (11.29%) Symantec
9 4 (6.452%) HP
9 4 (6.452%) PlateSpin
10 3 (4.839%) Tandberg
10 3 (4.839%) Siemens
11 1 (1.613%) Panasonic
Berkshire
Lync, Architect, Presales, post sales, Consultant, Microsoft, Design, HLD, LLD, TDA, implementation, Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft, MCM, MCITP, MCSE, MCTS, MCSM... As this is primarily a Lync focussed...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum + Car + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Lync, Architect, Presales, post sales, Consultant, Microsoft, Design, HLD, LLD, TDA, implementation, Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft, MCM, MCITP, MCSE, MCTS, MCSM... As this is primarily a Lync focussed...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum + Car + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Lync, Architect, Presales, post sales, Consultant, Microsoft, Design, HLD, LLD, TDA, implementation, Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft, MCM, MCITP, MCSE, MCTS, MCSM... As this is primarily a Lync focussed...
Sanderson
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
England
Support Unified Communications Practice initiatives as a collaborative team... - Microsoft UC Voice Specialization - Microsoft Certified Master and/or the Microsoft Certified Architect (desired) - Business and Technical Skills - Microsoft...
Satigo
Salary: £85000.00 - £95000.00 per annum + Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013