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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT contracts within the Bristol region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5762
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.012 %
As % of the category below2.679 %8.392 %
Daily rates quoted09
Average minimum daily rate-£236
Average daily rate-£254
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£272
UK excluding London average daily rate£206£200
% change on same period last year+3.44 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£17.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.02£19.91
% change on same period last year-14.53 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads112143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.143 %
Daily rates quoted4457
Average minimum daily rate£280£273
Average daily rate£296£282
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£291
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£330
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
Hourly rates quoted1614
Average minimum hourly rate£25.20£25.52
Average hourly rate£26.98£26.71
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£27.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.62£25.85
% change on same period last year-4.74 %
MCP South WestMCP
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MCP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCP across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bristol MCP Demand Trend

MCP
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 29 August 2008, 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.

117 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (64.71 %)Microsoft
39 (52.94 %)MCSE
39 (52.94 %)MCSA
48 (47.06 %)Windows
48 (47.06 %)Windows XP
57 (41.18 %)Active Directory
66 (35.29 %)DNS
75 (29.41 %)Visual Studio
75 (29.41 %)Windows 2000
84 (23.53 %)Lotus Notes
84 (23.53 %)MS Excel
84 (23.53 %)MS Office
84 (23.53 %)Citrix
84 (23.53 %)Novell
84 (23.53 %)Lotus
84 (23.53 %)Finance
84 (23.53 %)Migration
84 (23.53 %)Agile Software Development
93 (17.65 %)Multimedia
93 (17.65 %)MCDST
93 (17.65 %)Music
102 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
111 (5.882 %)Video Conferencing
111 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2000
111 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
111 (5.882 %)VPN
111 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
111 (5.882 %)DHCP

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (23.53 %)Lotus Notes
21 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
21 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (23.53 %)MS Office
14 (23.53 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (35.29 %)DNS
22 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
31 (5.882 %)VPN
31 (5.882 %)DHCP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (29.41 %)Visual Studio
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Finance
23 (17.65 %)Multimedia
23 (17.65 %)Music
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (35.29 %)Technical Support
16 (35.29 %)Support Engineer
24 (23.53 %)Technical Support Engineer
24 (23.53 %)Technical Engineer
33 (17.65 %)2nd Line Support
33 (17.65 %)Consultant
42 (11.76 %)Desktop Support
51 (5.882 %)Server Administrator
51 (5.882 %)Server Support Technician
51 (5.882 %)Desktop Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Desktop Support Technician
51 (5.882 %)Server Support
51 (5.882 %)Support Technician
51 (5.882 %)Field Service Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Administrator
51 (5.882 %)Field Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Desktop Support Engineer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Video Conferencing
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)Windows
18 (47.06 %)Windows XP
25 (29.41 %)Windows 2000
32 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (5.882 %)UNIX
41 (5.882 %)Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)Migration
14 (23.53 %)Agile Software Development
21 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
29 (52.94 %)MCSE
29 (52.94 %)MCSA
33 (17.65 %)MCDST
41 (5.882 %)A+ Certification
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (41.18 %)Active Directory
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (64.71 %)Microsoft
24 (23.53 %)Citrix
24 (23.53 %)Novell
24 (23.53 %)Lotus
31 (5.882 %)Remedy
31 (5.882 %)HP
31 (5.882 %)Compaq
31 (5.882 %)Dell
31 (5.882 %)IBM