The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP 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 Cheshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 61 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Contract jobs citing MCP 2 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.276% 1.126% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.190% 5.660% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £285 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £210 £142
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +47.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-13.55% -7.81%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 159 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 23.20% 19.90% 16.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 74 55
Average daily rate £345 £330 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% +24.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £177 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £517 £456 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.93% +127.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £29.00 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.60 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCP
North West

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington -3 2 - -
MCP
North West

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 12 (100.00%) ITIL
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (83.33%) Lotus
2 10 (83.33%) MS Office
2 10 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 10 (83.33%) Lotus Notes
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) OpenView
2 10 (83.33%) HP
2 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (58.33%) MCSE
4 7 (58.33%) ISO 9000
4 7 (58.33%) Windows XP
4 7 (58.33%) MS Visio
4 7 (58.33%) MS Project
4 7 (58.33%) Windows
4 7 (58.33%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (58.33%) MCDST
4 7 (58.33%) MCITP
4 7 (58.33%) Incident Management
4 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (58.33%) ServiceCenter
4 7 (58.33%) BS25999
4 7 (58.33%) Windows 7
5 5 (41.67%) Problem Management
6 4 (33.33%) LiveLink
7 3 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (25.00%) Service Management

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 10 (83.33%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (33.33%) LiveLink
3 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (83.33%) MS Office
1 10 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 7 (58.33%) MS Visio
2 7 (58.33%) MS Project
2 7 (58.33%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Analyst
2 7 (58.33%) Support Analyst
3 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 5 (41.67%) Service Analyst
4 5 (41.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows XP
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
1 7 (58.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (58.33%) Incident Management
3 5 (41.67%) Problem Management
4 3 (25.00%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Management
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (58.33%) MCSE
3 7 (58.33%) MCDST
3 7 (58.33%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO 9000
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (58.33%) BS25999
2 3 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (83.33%) OpenView
2 7 (58.33%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Lotus
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 10 (83.33%) HP
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix