The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP 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 Cambridgeshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 47 54 45
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -9
Contract jobs citing MCP 3 8 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.546% 1.158% 1.145%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.857% 6.299% 6.977%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £160 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £213 £175
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £13.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.50 £16.18
% change year-on-year
-12.06% -10.39%
All Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
105 127 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 19.13% 18.38% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 71 33
Average daily rate £315 £290 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.62% +9.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £160 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £515 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 22
Average hourly rate £29.95 £22.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.11% +60.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.15 £12.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.20 £48.75 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCP
East of England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire MCP Hourly Rate Trend

MCP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Cambridgeshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +5 3 - -
MCP
East of England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Adobe
3 5 (71.43%) Cisco
4 4 (57.14%) MCSE
5 3 (42.86%) MCSA
5 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 3 (42.86%) MS Office
5 3 (42.86%) UNIX
5 3 (42.86%) VPN
5 3 (42.86%) Acrobat
5 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
5 3 (42.86%) Remedy
6 2 (28.57%) McAfee
6 2 (28.57%) MSI
6 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
6 2 (28.57%) Danish Language
6 2 (28.57%) French Language
6 2 (28.57%) German Language
6 2 (28.57%) Hebrew Language
6 2 (28.57%) Swedish Language
6 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
6 2 (28.57%) Symantec
6 2 (28.57%) Lotus
6 2 (28.57%) Citrix
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL
6 2 (28.57%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (28.57%) LAN
6 2 (28.57%) WAN

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 2 (28.57%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
1 3 (42.86%) Acrobat
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MSI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Danish Language
1 2 (28.57%) French Language
1 2 (28.57%) German Language
1 2 (28.57%) Hebrew Language
1 2 (28.57%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Support Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (28.57%) Service Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
1 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (57.14%) MCSE
3 3 (42.86%) MCSA
4 1 (14.29%) MCDST
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Adobe
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 3 (42.86%) Remedy
4 2 (28.57%) McAfee
4 2 (28.57%) Symantec
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix
4 2 (28.57%) Lotus