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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 41 75 47
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 34 8 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 4.320% 1.003% 1.917%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.18% 5.195% 6.857%
Number of salaries quoted 34 8 12
Average salary £28,750 £43,750 £28,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.28% +54.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £29,050 £22,750
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
224 154 175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 28.46% 19.30% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 194 121 164
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +10.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £28,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Warwickshire Microsoft Certification Salary Histogram

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Rugby - 10 £27,000 -
Warwick +2 9 £25,000 -10.71%
Stratford-upon-Avon +1 5 £19,000 -52.50%
Leamington Spa - 5 £19,000 -
Nuneaton -1 2 £29,000 -40.51%
Southam - 2 £30,250 -
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 30 (61.22%) MCP
2 27 (55.10%) Windows
2 27 (55.10%) Microsoft
3 22 (44.90%) MCSE
4 19 (38.78%) SQL Server
5 18 (36.73%) MCTS
6 16 (32.65%) VMware
7 15 (30.61%) C#
7 15 (30.61%) .NET
7 15 (30.61%) ASP.NET
7 15 (30.61%) MS Exchange
7 15 (30.61%) Hyper-V
8 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
8 13 (26.53%) Windows Server 2003
9 12 (24.49%) Citrix
9 12 (24.49%) Cisco
9 12 (24.49%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (24.49%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (22.45%) ASP.NET MVC
10 11 (22.45%) MVC
11 10 (20.41%) Scrum
11 10 (20.41%) TDD
11 10 (20.41%) NUnit
11 10 (20.41%) Ajax
11 10 (20.41%) NHibernate
11 10 (20.41%) Subversion
11 10 (20.41%) OO
11 10 (20.41%) MCAD
11 10 (20.41%) MCSD
11 10 (20.41%) Rhino Mocks

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Development
1 15 (30.61%) .NET
1 15 (30.61%) ASP.NET
2 11 (22.45%) ASP.NET MVC
3 10 (20.41%) Castle Windsor
3 10 (20.41%) Razor View Engine
3 10 (20.41%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 10 (20.41%) WCF
3 10 (20.41%) LINQ
3 10 (20.41%) MonoRail
3 10 (20.41%) Ajax
3 10 (20.41%) NHibernate
4 5 (10.20%) HTML
4 5 (10.20%) CSS
5 2 (4.082%) Application Packaging
6 1 (2.041%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.041%) Web Services
6 1 (2.041%) XML
6 1 (2.041%) COM
6 1 (2.041%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 15 (30.61%) MS Exchange
2 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
3 7 (14.29%) IIS
4 6 (12.24%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (10.20%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (10.20%) CMS
5 5 (10.20%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (8.163%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (4.082%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (4.082%) Lotus Domino
8 1 (2.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 6 (12.24%) MS Office
3 1 (2.041%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (4.082%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.37%) LAN
1 9 (18.37%) SAN
2 7 (14.29%) WAN
3 5 (10.20%) NAS
4 4 (8.163%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.122%) DHCP
5 3 (6.122%) Firewall
5 3 (6.122%) DNS
6 2 (4.082%) iSCSI
6 2 (4.082%) FTP
7 1 (2.041%) HTTP
7 1 (2.041%) VPN
7 1 (2.041%) VoIP
7 1 (2.041%) HTTPS
7 1 (2.041%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (38.78%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.24%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (8.163%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (4.082%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (4.082%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) NUnit
1 10 (20.41%) Subversion
1 10 (20.41%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (2.041%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (8.163%) Retail
2 2 (4.082%) Automotive
2 2 (4.082%) Back Office
3 1 (2.041%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.041%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Developer
2 14 (28.57%) .NET Developer
3 10 (20.41%) Administrator
4 8 (16.33%) Server Administrator
5 6 (12.24%) Server Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (8.163%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 4 (8.163%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (8.163%) Support Analyst
7 4 (8.163%) Support Engineer
7 4 (8.163%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (6.122%) Consultant
8 3 (6.122%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.122%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.122%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 3 (6.122%) IT Support
9 2 (4.082%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) Social Network
2 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
3 4 (8.163%) Mobile App
3 4 (8.163%) W3C
4 2 (4.082%) Blackberry
4 2 (4.082%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.041%) Firmware
5 1 (2.041%) Biometrics
5 1 (2.041%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 27 (55.10%) Windows
2 13 (26.53%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (24.49%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 6 (12.24%) Linux
6 5 (10.20%) Windows XP
7 3 (6.122%) Android
8 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) MVC
2 10 (20.41%) Scrum
2 10 (20.41%) TDD
2 10 (20.41%) OO
2 10 (20.41%) Web Application Development
3 6 (12.24%) Capacity Management
4 3 (6.122%) ITIL
5 2 (4.082%) CRM
5 2 (4.082%) Benchmarking
5 2 (4.082%) Problem Management
5 2 (4.082%) Practice Management
6 1 (2.041%) Migration
6 1 (2.041%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (2.041%) Time Management
6 1 (2.041%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.041%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.041%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.041%) Identity Management
6 1 (2.041%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.041%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) C#
2 6 (12.24%) PowerShell
3 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.163%) SQL
5 3 (6.122%) VBScript
6 1 (2.041%) VB
6 1 (2.041%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (61.22%) MCP
2 22 (44.90%) MCSE
3 18 (36.73%) MCTS
4 10 (20.41%) MCITP
4 10 (20.41%) Degree
4 10 (20.41%) MCAD
4 10 (20.41%) MCSD
5 9 (18.37%) CCNA
5 9 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (16.33%) MCSA
7 4 (8.163%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (8.163%) MCPD
8 3 (6.122%) CCEE
8 3 (6.122%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (6.122%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (6.122%) CCNP
8 3 (6.122%) CCIA
9 2 (4.082%) CCEA
9 2 (4.082%) A+ Certification
10 1 (2.041%) MCDST
System Software
1 15 (30.61%) Hyper-V
2 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
3 12 (24.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (14.29%) vSphere
5 5 (10.20%) VMware ESX
6 2 (4.082%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (4.082%) ISA Server
6 2 (4.082%) XenApp
6 2 (4.082%) XenServer
6 2 (4.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
2 5 (10.20%) ARCserve
3 4 (8.163%) WSUS
4 3 (6.122%) SCCM
5 2 (4.082%) SCOM
5 2 (4.082%) Zenoss
5 2 (4.082%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (4.082%) HP SIM
5 2 (4.082%) NetBackup
5 2 (4.082%) Backup Exec
5 2 (4.082%) Tivoli
5 2 (4.082%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (4.082%) MOM
Vendors
1 27 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 16 (32.65%) VMware
3 12 (24.49%) Cisco
3 12 (24.49%) Citrix
4 7 (14.29%) Symantec
5 5 (10.20%) McAfee
6 4 (8.163%) NetApp
6 4 (8.163%) IBM
6 4 (8.163%) HP
6 4 (8.163%) Dell
6 4 (8.163%) Sitecore
7 3 (6.122%) Veritas
8 2 (4.082%) Lotus
8 2 (4.082%) Sophos
8 2 (4.082%) AppSense
8 2 (4.082%) EMC
8 2 (4.082%) Riverbed
8 2 (4.082%) ProCurve
9 1 (2.041%) Facebook
9 1 (2.041%) Twitter
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