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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT contracts within the Cheltenham 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank32-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below4.167 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£226£189
% change on same period last year+19.64 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.19£18.46
% change on same period last year-17.71 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads4833
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted209
Average minimum daily rate£336£335
Average daily rate£356£357
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Hourly rates quoted66
Average minimum hourly rate£22.42£28.44
Average hourly rate£24.76£28.78
% change on same period last year-13.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.11£29.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.45£25.82
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
MCP GloucestershireMCP
Gloucestershire

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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cheltenham MCP Demand Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

13 (100.00 %)SQL
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)Government
22 (66.67 %)VB
22 (66.67 %)MS Office
22 (66.67 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
22 (66.67 %)MCSE
22 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (66.67 %)Remedy
22 (66.67 %)Auditing
22 (66.67 %)DV Cleared
22 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
31 (33.33 %)Business Development
31 (33.33 %).NET Framework
31 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (33.33 %)Primavera
31 (33.33 %)Intranet
31 (33.33 %)Extranet
31 (33.33 %)LDAP
31 (33.33 %)SharePoint
31 (33.33 %)SOA
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
31 (33.33 %)CSS
31 (33.33 %)XML
31 (33.33 %)ITIL
31 (33.33 %)MCAD

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %).NET Framework
11 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
11 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
11 (33.33 %)CSS
11 (33.33 %)XML
11 (33.33 %).NET
11 (33.33 %)HTML
11 (33.33 %)AJAX
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (33.33 %)SharePoint
11 (33.33 %)BizTalk Server
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Office
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)Intranet
11 (33.33 %)Extranet
11 (33.33 %)LDAP
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Government
12 (66.67 %)Auditing
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Systems Administrator
12 (66.67 %)Administrator
21 (33.33 %)Consultant
21 (33.33 %)IT Administrator
21 (33.33 %)SharePoint Consultant
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
12 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)DV Cleared
12 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (33.33 %)Business Development
21 (33.33 %)SOA
21 (33.33 %)ITIL
21 (33.33 %)Web Design
21 (33.33 %)Information Security
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)VB
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)DHTML
31 (33.33 %)JavaScript
31 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)MCSE
31 (33.33 %)MCAD
31 (33.33 %)MCSD
31 (33.33 %)MCTS
31 (33.33 %)MCPD
31 (33.33 %)ITIL Certification
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Remedy
21 (33.33 %)Primavera
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)VERITAS
21 (33.33 %)Citrix