The first table below looks at the demand for MCITP in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCITP over the 3 months to 23 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 East Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Rank 81 82 78
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Contract jobs citing MCITP 2 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.160% 0.145% 0.212%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.130% 0.990% 1.181%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £221 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -41.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £311 £275
% change year-on-year
-27.38% +13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -22.72%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
177 202 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 14.19% 14.67% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 84 98
Average daily rate £339 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.21% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £456 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 26
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -37.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £56.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCITP
England

MCITP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands MCITP Jobs Demand Trend

MCITP
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands MCITP Daily Rate Trend

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands MCITP Hourly Rate Trend

MCITP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCITP within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Derbyshire - 2 - -
MCITP
England

MCITP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing MCITP 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 MCITP.

1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) MCSE
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (88.89%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) SAN
2 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (77.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) HP
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix
5 4 (44.44%) CCA
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
5 4 (44.44%) Linux
5 4 (44.44%) Windows 2000
5 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
5 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
5 4 (44.44%) IBM
5 4 (44.44%) XenApp
6 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (33.33%) vSphere
7 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
7 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange

MCITP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing MCITP 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 MCITP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Server Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Server Support
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support
3 1 (11.11%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) Windows 2000
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) MCSE
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (77.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (44.44%) CCA
3 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 4 (44.44%) XenApp
3 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (33.33%) vSphere
4 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
4 1 (11.11%) ISA Server
4 1 (11.11%) VMware Server
4 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (11.11%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) HP
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Citrix
3 4 (44.44%) IBM
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
5 1 (11.11%) Adobe
5 1 (11.11%) EMC