The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Consultant
Rank 180 174 158
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 19 16 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.378% 0.347% 0.319%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.394% 0.362% 0.334%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 9
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £45,650 £35,000 £47,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,750 £54,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4426 3898
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.90% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4016 3887 3325
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Microsoft Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Microsoft Consultant Salary Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands Microsoft Consultant Salary Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -18 8 £50,000 -
Coventry - 3 £50,000 -
Staffordshire - 1 £42,500 -
Microsoft Consultant
England

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (64.52%) MS Excel
3 15 (48.39%) Active Directory
4 12 (38.71%) SCCM
4 12 (38.71%) SCOM
5 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (32.26%) Windows
6 9 (29.03%) SCVMM
7 8 (25.81%) Hyper-V
7 8 (25.81%) Lync
8 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (22.58%) SQL
8 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
8 7 (22.58%) MS Exchange
9 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
9 6 (19.35%) Advertising
9 6 (19.35%) MCITP
9 6 (19.35%) Office 365
10 5 (16.13%) Windows 7
10 5 (16.13%) Exchange Server 2013
10 5 (16.13%) Migration
10 5 (16.13%) .NET
11 4 (12.90%) Citrix
11 4 (12.90%) VMware
11 4 (12.90%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (12.90%) XenApp
11 4 (12.90%) XenDesktop
11 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
11 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (16.13%) .NET
2 2 (6.452%) COM
2 2 (6.452%) MDX
3 1 (3.226%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (25.81%) Lync
2 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
2 7 (22.58%) MS Exchange
3 5 (16.13%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (9.677%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (9.677%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (6.452%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (6.452%) Windows Azure
6 2 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (3.226%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (64.52%) MS Excel
2 6 (19.35%) Office 365
3 3 (9.677%) MS Office
4 2 (6.452%) PowerPivot
5 1 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (3.226%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (9.677%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (6.452%) SAP Business One
4 1 (3.226%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.452%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (6.452%) PerformancePoint
4 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 6 (19.35%) Advertising
2 1 (3.226%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.452%) E-Learning
1 2 (6.452%) PKI
1 2 (6.452%) iPhone
2 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.226%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (32.26%) Windows
2 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (16.13%) Windows 7
4 3 (9.677%) Windows 8
5 2 (6.452%) Solaris
5 2 (6.452%) OpenVMS
5 2 (6.452%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) Migration
2 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
3 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (9.677%) CRM
4 2 (6.452%) Data Modelling
4 2 (6.452%) ERP
4 2 (6.452%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.452%) Change Management
4 2 (6.452%) Identity Management
4 2 (6.452%) Business Analysis
4 2 (6.452%) Content Management
4 2 (6.452%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (3.226%) Time Management
5 1 (3.226%) Analytics
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (3.226%) Information Management
5 1 (3.226%) Project Management
5 1 (3.226%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) SQL
2 2 (6.452%) C#
2 2 (6.452%) T-SQL
2 2 (6.452%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (19.35%) MCITP
3 3 (9.677%) Microsoft Certified Master
4 2 (6.452%) VTSP
4 2 (6.452%) MCTS
5 1 (3.226%) Degree
5 1 (3.226%) MCSE
5 1 (3.226%) MCSA
System Software
1 15 (48.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.81%) Hyper-V
3 4 (12.90%) XenApp
3 4 (12.90%) XenDesktop
3 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.452%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (6.452%) UAG
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) SCCM
1 12 (38.71%) SCOM
2 9 (29.03%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Citrix
2 4 (12.90%) VMware
3 2 (6.452%) SAP
4 1 (3.226%) Polycom
4 1 (3.226%) Dialogic
4 1 (3.226%) Mitel
4 1 (3.226%) Avaya
4 1 (3.226%) Cisco
4 1 (3.226%) Nortel
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