The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 21 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 Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 49 58 45
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -13
Contract jobs citing MCP 1 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.188% 0.359% 0.644%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.847% 1.807% 3.738%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £325 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £210 £146
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +43.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.50 £16.33
% change year-on-year
-12.06% -11.21%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
118 166 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 22.18% 19.86% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 96 59
Average daily rate £350 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £223 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% -57.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £11.00 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.75 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCP
South West

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCP across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bristol MCP Jobs Demand Trend

MCP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCP across the Bristol region.

Bristol MCP Daily Rate Trend

MCP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCP across the Bristol region.

Bristol MCP Hourly Rate Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing MCP 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCP.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) VoIP
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) MCDST
3 2 (50.00%) MCTS
3 2 (50.00%) MCITP
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) vSphere
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing MCP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCDST
2 2 (50.00%) MCTS
2 2 (50.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix