The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certification
Rank 65 54 49
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 193 224 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 3.538% 4.315% 4.430%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.69% 17.98% 19.61%
Number of salaries quoted 178 200 192
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +2.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £20,000 £21,250
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1410 1246 1142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.85% 24.00% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1049 1033 946
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Microsoft Certification Salary Trend

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire 0 144 £29,000 -10.76%
South Yorkshire -16 32 £35,000 +3.70%
North Yorkshire -12 11 £30,000 -6.25%
East Yorkshire -5 1 £30,000 +71.42%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 252 (65.45%) Microsoft
2 233 (60.52%) Windows
3 191 (49.61%) MCP
4 181 (47.01%) SQL Server
5 167 (43.38%) MCSE
6 128 (33.25%) MS Excel
6 128 (33.25%) Active Directory
7 124 (32.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 121 (31.43%) VMware
9 119 (30.91%) .NET
10 110 (28.57%) MS Exchange
11 107 (27.79%) C#
12 104 (27.01%) Windows Server 2003
13 100 (25.97%) ASP.NET
14 96 (24.94%) MCTS
15 82 (21.30%) MCITP
15 82 (21.30%) SQL
16 79 (20.52%) ITIL
16 79 (20.52%) SAN
17 78 (20.26%) MCAD
18 77 (20.00%) WCF
19 76 (19.74%) VMware Infrastructure
19 76 (19.74%) MVC
20 72 (18.70%) ASP.NET MVC
21 71 (18.44%) MCSD
22 70 (18.18%) Degree
23 65 (16.88%) TDD
23 65 (16.88%) Web Application Development
23 65 (16.88%) ASP.NET MVC 4
23 65 (16.88%) SharePoint

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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
1 119 (30.91%) .NET
2 100 (25.97%) ASP.NET
3 77 (20.00%) WCF
4 72 (18.70%) ASP.NET MVC
5 65 (16.88%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 58 (15.06%) Ninject
7 41 (10.65%) WPF
8 36 (9.351%) Node.js
8 36 (9.351%) KnockoutJS
9 29 (7.532%) Castle Windsor
9 29 (7.532%) Razor View Engine
9 29 (7.532%) WinForms
10 22 (5.714%) Unity DI Container
10 22 (5.714%) Spring.NET
11 21 (5.455%) HTML
12 19 (4.935%) jQuery
13 15 (3.896%) Web Services
14 14 (3.636%) CSS
15 11 (2.857%) Silverlight
16 8 (2.078%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 110 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 65 (16.88%) SharePoint
3 36 (9.351%) Exchange Server 2007
4 34 (8.831%) Lync
5 32 (8.312%) SharePoint 2010
6 30 (7.792%) Exchange Server 2010
7 26 (6.753%) Exchange Server 2003
8 20 (5.195%) IIS
9 13 (3.377%) SharePoint Server
10 12 (3.117%) Office Communications Server
11 9 (2.338%) Apache
12 6 (1.558%) BizTalk Server
12 6 (1.558%) Lotus Notes
12 6 (1.558%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 5 (1.299%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.779%) DotNetNuke
14 3 (0.779%) SharePoint 2013
15 2 (0.519%) Windows Azure
15 2 (0.519%) Tomcat
Applications
1 128 (33.25%) MS Excel
2 22 (5.714%) MS Office
3 6 (1.558%) Office 365
4 4 (1.039%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (1.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.636%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.078%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.779%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.260%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.260%) Sage BI
Communications & Networking
1 79 (20.52%) SAN
2 42 (10.91%) DNS
3 35 (9.091%) Firewall
4 34 (8.831%) DHCP
5 31 (8.052%) TCP/IP
6 29 (7.532%) LAN
7 26 (6.753%) WAN
8 19 (4.935%) Unified Communications
9 13 (3.377%) NAS
10 12 (3.117%) Broadband
11 9 (2.338%) FTP
11 9 (2.338%) HTTP
11 9 (2.338%) Network Security
12 8 (2.078%) iSCSI
12 8 (2.078%) SMTP
13 7 (1.818%) VoIP
13 7 (1.818%) Internet
13 7 (1.818%) SSH
14 6 (1.558%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (1.039%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (47.01%) SQL Server
2 50 (12.99%) SQL Server 2008
3 46 (11.95%) SQL Server 2005
4 24 (6.234%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (6.234%) SQL Server 2012
5 12 (3.117%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (3.117%) Oracle 11g
6 11 (2.857%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (1.818%) MySQL
7 7 (1.818%) Oracle 9i
7 7 (1.818%) Oracle 10g
8 4 (1.039%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.039%) OLTP
8 4 (1.039%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.779%) DTS
10 2 (0.519%) Sybase ASE
10 2 (0.519%) OLAP
10 2 (0.519%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.519%) SQL Server 2000
11 1 (0.260%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 29 (7.532%) Rhino Mocks
1 29 (7.532%) NUnit
2 22 (5.714%) Moq
2 22 (5.714%) MSTest
3 14 (3.636%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.519%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 35 (9.091%) Finance
2 31 (8.052%) Telecoms
3 24 (6.234%) Music
4 14 (3.636%) Retail
5 4 (1.039%) Legal
5 4 (1.039%) Advertising
5 4 (1.039%) Military
6 3 (0.779%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.779%) Marketing
7 2 (0.519%) Back Office
7 2 (0.519%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.519%) Electronics
8 1 (0.260%) Games
8 1 (0.260%) Law
8 1 (0.260%) Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (26.23%) Developer
2 75 (19.48%) .NET Developer
3 56 (14.55%) Analyst
4 40 (10.39%) Administrator
5 34 (8.831%) Systems Administrator
6 33 (8.571%) Support Engineer
7 27 (7.013%) Support Analyst
8 22 (5.714%) Service Analyst
8 22 (5.714%) Consultant
8 22 (5.714%) DBA
9 21 (5.455%) Service Desk Analyst
10 20 (5.195%) Technical Support
10 20 (5.195%) Systems Engineer
10 20 (5.195%) IT Support
11 19 (4.935%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 17 (4.416%) Software Developer
13 16 (4.156%) Technical Consultant
14 15 (3.896%) 1st Line Support
15 14 (3.636%) SQL DBA
15 14 (3.636%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.714%) Inversion of Control
2 18 (4.675%) Blackberry
2 18 (4.675%) Tandem
3 13 (3.377%) Computer Science
3 13 (3.377%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.117%) Streaming Music
4 12 (3.117%) Client/Server
5 11 (2.857%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.338%) Replication
6 9 (2.338%) Clustering
6 9 (2.338%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.078%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.039%) SaaS
8 4 (1.039%) Chip and PIN
9 3 (0.779%) W3C
9 3 (0.779%) iPhone
10 2 (0.519%) EqualLogic
10 2 (0.519%) iPad
10 2 (0.519%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.519%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 233 (60.52%) Windows
2 124 (32.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 104 (27.01%) Windows Server 2003
4 47 (12.21%) Windows 7
5 38 (9.870%) Windows XP
6 22 (5.714%) Linux
7 13 (3.377%) Windows Vista
8 12 (3.117%) UNIX
9 10 (2.597%) Windows 2000 Server
10 9 (2.338%) Windows 2000
11 8 (2.078%) Windows 8
12 6 (1.558%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (1.039%) CentOS
13 4 (1.039%) Mac OS X
13 4 (1.039%) Debian
14 3 (0.779%) Windows XP Embedded
15 2 (0.519%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.260%) Windows NT
16 1 (0.260%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.52%) ITIL
2 76 (19.74%) MVC
3 65 (16.88%) TDD
3 65 (16.88%) Web Application Development
4 58 (15.06%) Dependency Injection
5 37 (9.610%) Migration
6 36 (9.351%) Domain-Driven Design
7 30 (7.792%) Scrum
8 27 (7.013%) Release Management
9 23 (5.974%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (5.714%) MVVM
10 22 (5.714%) Continuous Integration
10 22 (5.714%) Kanban
11 21 (5.455%) Agile Software Development
12 20 (5.195%) CRM
13 16 (4.156%) Change Management
14 13 (3.377%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (2.597%) Problem Management
15 10 (2.597%) Incident Management
16 9 (2.338%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (27.79%) C#
2 82 (21.30%) SQL
3 24 (6.234%) VB.NET
4 17 (4.416%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.156%) VB
6 14 (3.636%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.117%) T-SQL
8 8 (2.078%) C
9 5 (1.299%) PHP
10 4 (1.039%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.779%) Java
12 2 (0.519%) VBA
13 1 (0.260%) C++
13 1 (0.260%) Perl
13 1 (0.260%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 191 (49.61%) MCP
2 167 (43.38%) MCSE
3 96 (24.94%) MCTS
4 82 (21.30%) MCITP
5 78 (20.26%) MCAD
6 71 (18.44%) MCSD
7 70 (18.18%) Degree
8 53 (13.77%) MCSA
9 48 (12.47%) Cisco Certification
10 42 (10.91%) CCNA
11 33 (8.571%) CCA
11 33 (8.571%) Citrix Certification
12 24 (6.234%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 15 (3.896%) MCDST
14 12 (3.117%) CCNP
15 11 (2.857%) Security Cleared
16 10 (2.597%) MCDBA
17 6 (1.558%) CCEA
18 5 (1.299%) HND
18 5 (1.299%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.65%) SLA
2 9 (2.338%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 128 (33.25%) Active Directory
2 76 (19.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (10.13%) XenApp
4 38 (9.870%) Hyper-V
5 33 (8.571%) XenServer
6 28 (7.273%) VMware ESXi
7 26 (6.753%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 21 (5.455%) XenDesktop
9 15 (3.896%) vSphere
10 9 (2.338%) Terminal Server
11 8 (2.078%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (1.818%) NFS
13 5 (1.299%) Forefront TMG
14 4 (1.039%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.779%) IAG
16 2 (0.519%) UAG
16 2 (0.519%) ISA Server
17 1 (0.260%) VMware ESX
17 1 (0.260%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 33 (8.571%) WSUS
2 30 (7.792%) Norton AntiVirus
2 30 (7.792%) Backup Exec
3 10 (2.597%) SCCM
4 9 (2.338%) SCOM
5 4 (1.039%) SCVMM
6 3 (0.779%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.519%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (0.519%) Legato
7 2 (0.519%) Unicenter
7 2 (0.519%) ARCserve
8 1 (0.260%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.260%) HP Data Protector
8 1 (0.260%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 252 (65.45%) Microsoft
2 121 (31.43%) VMware
3 65 (16.88%) Citrix
4 57 (14.81%) HP
5 56 (14.55%) Cisco
6 35 (9.091%) Symantec
7 28 (7.273%) Veritas
7 28 (7.273%) McAfee
8 14 (3.636%) Dell
9 13 (3.377%) Avaya
9 13 (3.377%) Oracle
10 9 (2.338%) NetApp
11 8 (2.078%) CommVault
11 8 (2.078%) EMC
12 7 (1.818%) Remedy
12 7 (1.818%) IBM
12 7 (1.818%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.818%) LANDesk
13 6 (1.558%) Kaspersky
13 6 (1.558%) Juniper
West Yorkshire
My client is looking for a bright & passionate C# Developer to join their expanding team, working on multiple high profile, web, Sharepoint & CRM development projects... My client, a...
Conex Europe Ltd
Salary: £26000 - £33000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Supporting a wide variety of technologies primarily Microsoft and network protocols including TCP/IP.PersonTo support and deliver services across a range of products primarily based on Microsoft...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Essential skills: Windows Server 2003 / 2008 support and administration experience, Active Directory, Exchange, VMWare or Hyper-V Desirable skills: Citrix, SQL Server, SAN, CCNA, MCSE and ITIL qualifications...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Wakefield, Yorkshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
SQL/DB2 will be involved in the role so applicants must have worked with this in the past. Having Microsoft qualifications would go in your favour along with...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £24000 per annum + Company Car
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / WEB DEVELOPER / ASP.NET DEVELOPER / .NET DEVELOPER / C# DEVELOPER / DEVELOPER / SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER / WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER / .NET / C# / ASP.NET / MVC / LINQ / JAVASCRIPT / HTML / HTML 5 / CSS /...
RMI International
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Batley, West Yorkshire
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4,SQL Server 2012, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Batley, Yorkshire
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Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire
Experience You will have at least 2 years experience of Microsoft .NET development... Skills & Abilities To succeed in the role, you will have: Excellent C#, .NET Framework and...
ITHR
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benifits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
You will be given the opportunity to gain Microsoft Certification and for developing your .NET skills. The Graduate / Junior .NET Developer will have the majority of the following...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £25k plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
You will be given the opportunity to gain Microsoft Certification and for developing your .NET skills. The Graduate / Junior .NET Developer will have the majority of the following...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £25k plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
They are looking for a dynamic individual who is strong technically and business savvy who will be able to drive the organisation forward with the Infrastucture and technical...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
They are looking for a dynamic individual who is strong technically and business savvy who will be able to drive the organisation forward with the Infrastucture and technical...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
18,000 - £22,000 (Depending on Experience) Cross Platform / Web / Linux / Windows / 24/7 / Call Logging / Apache / MySQL / IIS / MS SQL Service Desk Analyst with experience in supporting...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Skills - VB.Net / SQL Server / ASP.Net / HTML / CSS / Javascript With commercial experience as a Software Developer, you will have been involved in the full project lifecycle as...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £24000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will require experience of Microsoft Windows up to Windows 7 operating system, and of the Microsoft Office suite up to 2010. ITIL v2/v3 is desirable, as...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
18,000 - £23,000 (Depending on Experience) Cross Platform / Web / Linux / Windows / 24/7 / Call Logging / Apache / MySQL / IIS / MS SQL Server Technician / Junior System Administrator with experience...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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IQ Resourcing
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Previous service desk management experience is desirable. Experience, understanding and knowledge in the following areas are required: Microsoft Office Suite, especially Outlook. Microsoft Windows Server technologies. Microsoft Office...
Octari Ltd
Salary: From £22,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Any technical certifications would be highly advantageous - A+ Qualified, Network+ Qualified or MCP Qualification Exceptional customer service skills with good attention to detail and an excellent telephone manner...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bradford
e.g Communication Manager, Modular Messaging, Avaya voice portal - Experienced working on client sites - Strong communication and organisation skills- Database deployment experience (SQL or Oracle),- Networking experience.- Avaya...
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £35k - 45k per year + car allowance and benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
A leading IT company, specialising in software development, are looking to add an additional SQL Server DBA to their large support & development team. The SQL Database Administrator will...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, overtime pay
Posted: 15 May 2013