The first table below looks at the demand for MCITP in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCITP over the 3 months to 21 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 England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Rank 395 367 421
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +54
Contract jobs citing MCITP 118 198 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.279% 0.370% 0.242%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.566% 2.126% 1.529%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 93 68
Average daily rate £300 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £165 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £416 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £311 £263
% change year-on-year
-27.71% +18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 13
Average hourly rate £22.00 £18.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.91% -15.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.70 £14.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.40 £27.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -25.53%
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7537 9312 8766
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.82% 17.40% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4003 4940 4263
Average daily rate £375 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 425 512 609
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £12.50 £12.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £44.40 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCITP
UK

MCITP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England MCITP Daily Rate Trend

MCITP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCITP across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England MCITP Daily Rate Histogram

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England MCITP Hourly Rate Trend

MCITP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCITP across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England MCITP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London -25 61 £360 +9.09%
South West +32 14 £200 -42.85%
East of England -1 13 £225 -34.30%
South East +10 7 £385 +28.33%
West Midlands +8 7 £255 -3.31%
North West +11 6 £226 -15.51%
Yorkshire +3 6 - -
East Midlands 0 2 - -
MCITP
UK

MCITP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 225 (79.79%) Microsoft
2 195 (69.15%) Windows
3 182 (64.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 130 (46.10%) MCSE
5 122 (43.26%) Active Directory
6 121 (42.91%) Windows Server 2008
7 118 (41.84%) VMware
8 105 (37.23%) MS Exchange
9 95 (33.69%) Windows Server 2003
10 83 (29.43%) Citrix
10 83 (29.43%) MS Excel
11 80 (28.37%) Exchange Server 2010
12 79 (28.01%) ITIL
13 74 (26.24%) Cisco
14 70 (24.82%) SQL Server
15 65 (23.05%) SQL
15 65 (23.05%) MCTS
16 63 (22.34%) VMware Infrastructure
17 58 (20.57%) HP
17 58 (20.57%) Cisco Certification
17 58 (20.57%) Firewall
18 56 (19.86%) MCP
19 55 (19.50%) Windows XP
20 54 (19.15%) Windows 7
21 53 (18.79%) SAN
22 52 (18.44%) CCNA
23 51 (18.09%) DNS
24 48 (17.02%) MS Office
25 46 (16.31%) WAN
25 46 (16.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

MCITP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 Development
1 13 (4.610%) .NET
2 5 (1.773%) COM+
2 5 (1.773%) Application Packaging
3 4 (1.418%) Web Services
3 4 (1.418%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.709%) MDX
4 2 (0.709%) HTML
4 2 (0.709%) COM
5 1 (0.355%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.355%) XML
5 1 (0.355%) CSS
5 1 (0.355%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.355%) Java SE
5 1 (0.355%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 105 (37.23%) MS Exchange
2 80 (28.37%) Exchange Server 2010
3 45 (15.96%) Exchange Server 2007
4 34 (12.06%) Exchange Server 2003
5 33 (11.70%) IIS
6 28 (9.929%) SharePoint
7 16 (5.674%) SharePoint 2010
8 15 (5.319%) Lotus Notes
9 13 (4.610%) Lync
10 12 (4.255%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 7 (2.482%) Office Communications Server
12 6 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2000
12 6 (2.128%) Lotus Domino
13 4 (1.418%) OpenStack
13 4 (1.418%) CloudStack
13 4 (1.418%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.418%) Windows Azure
13 4 (1.418%) LiveLink
14 2 (0.709%) SharePoint Server
15 1 (0.355%) CMS
Applications
1 83 (29.43%) MS Excel
2 48 (17.02%) MS Office
3 11 (3.901%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.837%) MS Project
5 7 (2.482%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (1.418%) Office 365
7 3 (1.064%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.709%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.355%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.355%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 58 (20.57%) Firewall
2 53 (18.79%) SAN
3 51 (18.09%) DNS
4 46 (16.31%) WAN
5 36 (12.77%) LAN
6 31 (10.99%) TCP/IP
7 24 (8.511%) DHCP
8 23 (8.156%) VPN
9 18 (6.383%) Internet
10 13 (4.610%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (3.901%) Cisco PIX
11 11 (3.901%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (3.546%) NAS
12 10 (3.546%) VoIP
13 9 (3.191%) NetScreen
14 8 (2.837%) SMTP
14 8 (2.837%) SSL
15 7 (2.482%) Wireless
16 6 (2.128%) VLAN
17 5 (1.773%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (24.82%) SQL Server
2 41 (14.54%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (8.511%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (4.255%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (3.901%) SQL Server 2000
6 10 (3.546%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.837%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.773%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.418%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (1.418%) MySQL
9 4 (1.418%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (1.064%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.064%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.064%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 2 (0.709%) Oracle 11g
11 2 (0.709%) SQL Server 2012
12 1 (0.355%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.355%) Oracle 9i
12 1 (0.355%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.355%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 19 (6.738%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.355%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.355%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 44 (15.60%) Finance
2 13 (4.610%) Telecoms
3 9 (3.191%) Banking
4 5 (1.773%) Publishing
5 4 (1.418%) Investment Banking
6 2 (0.709%) German Language
6 2 (0.709%) Legal
6 2 (0.709%) Back Office
7 1 (0.355%) Games
7 1 (0.355%) Advertising
7 1 (0.355%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (12.06%) Support Engineer
2 32 (11.35%) Analyst
3 22 (7.801%) 3rd Line Support
4 19 (6.738%) Administrator
4 19 (6.738%) Consultant
5 18 (6.383%) Architect
5 18 (6.383%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 17 (6.028%) Support Analyst
7 16 (5.674%) IT Support
8 15 (5.319%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (5.319%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.965%) Network Engineer
9 14 (4.965%) DBA
10 13 (4.610%) Desktop Support
11 12 (4.255%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (4.255%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 11 (3.901%) Infrastructure Architect
12 11 (3.901%) Server Engineer
13 10 (3.546%) Exchange Engineer
13 10 (3.546%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.801%) Blackberry
2 11 (3.901%) Clustering
3 10 (3.546%) Statistics
4 9 (3.191%) Replication
5 6 (2.128%) Computer Science
5 6 (2.128%) NHS
6 5 (1.773%) PKI
6 5 (1.773%) Mathematics
7 4 (1.418%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.418%) IaaS
7 4 (1.418%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.418%) SaaS
7 4 (1.418%) PaaS
7 4 (1.418%) Open Source
7 4 (1.418%) Firmware
8 3 (1.064%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.064%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.709%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.709%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.709%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 195 (69.15%) Windows
2 121 (42.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 95 (33.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 55 (19.50%) Windows XP
5 54 (19.15%) Windows 7
6 21 (7.447%) Mac OS X
7 20 (7.092%) Windows 2000
8 17 (6.028%) Linux
9 11 (3.901%) Windows 2000 Server
10 8 (2.837%) Windows 8
11 6 (2.128%) Windows Vista
11 6 (2.128%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (2.128%) HPUX
12 5 (1.773%) VMS
13 3 (1.064%) Solaris
14 2 (0.709%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.709%) Windows Mobile
14 2 (0.709%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.355%) UNIX
15 1 (0.355%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (28.01%) ITIL
2 34 (12.06%) Migration
3 18 (6.383%) Service Delivery
4 17 (6.028%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (5.319%) Incident Management
6 14 (4.965%) PRINCE2
6 14 (4.965%) Service Management
7 10 (3.546%) PRINCE
7 10 (3.546%) Project Management
8 9 (3.191%) Configuration Management
9 8 (2.837%) Capacity Planning
10 7 (2.482%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (2.128%) Data Protection
11 6 (2.128%) Change Management
12 5 (1.773%) Data Modelling
12 5 (1.773%) ITIL V3
12 5 (1.773%) Capacity Management
12 5 (1.773%) Asset Management
12 5 (1.773%) Data Management
12 5 (1.773%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (23.05%) SQL
2 25 (8.865%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.255%) T-SQL
4 8 (2.837%) VB.NET
5 7 (2.482%) C
5 7 (2.482%) Perl
6 6 (2.128%) C#
7 4 (1.418%) VBScript
7 4 (1.418%) VB
7 4 (1.418%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.709%) Java
9 1 (0.355%) PHP
9 1 (0.355%) VB6
Qualifications
1 182 (64.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 130 (46.10%) MCSE
3 65 (23.05%) MCTS
4 58 (20.57%) Cisco Certification
5 56 (19.86%) MCP
6 52 (18.44%) CCNA
7 46 (16.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 43 (15.25%) MCSA
9 32 (11.35%) Degree
10 27 (9.574%) MCDST
11 23 (8.156%) Citrix Certification
12 21 (7.447%) CCNP
12 21 (7.447%) CCA
13 19 (6.738%) Security Cleared
14 15 (5.319%) CCEA
14 15 (5.319%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (4.255%) VCP5
16 9 (3.191%) SC Cleared
17 7 (2.482%) DV Cleared
18 5 (1.773%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.546%) SLA
2 7 (2.482%) ISO 9000
2 7 (2.482%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.482%) BS25999
3 3 (1.064%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.709%) QA
System Software
1 122 (43.26%) Active Directory
2 63 (22.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (14.18%) Hyper-V
4 38 (13.48%) XenApp
5 25 (8.865%) vSphere
6 24 (8.511%) Microsoft App-V
7 18 (6.383%) XenDesktop
8 15 (5.319%) Forefront TMG
8 15 (5.319%) UAG
8 15 (5.319%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (4.610%) VMware ESX
10 8 (2.837%) Terminal Services
11 7 (2.482%) ISA Server
12 5 (1.773%) VMware Server
13 4 (1.418%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 4 (1.418%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (1.418%) Xen
14 3 (1.064%) Postfix
14 3 (1.064%) XenServer
15 2 (0.709%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 40 (14.18%) SCCM
2 28 (9.929%) Backup Exec
3 15 (5.319%) SCOM
4 11 (3.901%) EMC NetWorker
5 9 (3.191%) Norton AntiVirus
6 7 (2.482%) OpenView
6 7 (2.482%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 7 (2.482%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (1.418%) HP SIM
7 4 (1.418%) McAfee ePO
7 4 (1.418%) BMC PATROL
7 4 (1.418%) MOM
7 4 (1.418%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.064%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (1.064%) WSUS
8 3 (1.064%) BMC Performance Manager
9 2 (0.709%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.709%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.709%) Legato
9 2 (0.709%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 225 (79.79%) Microsoft
2 118 (41.84%) VMware
3 83 (29.43%) Citrix
4 74 (26.24%) Cisco
5 58 (20.57%) HP
6 24 (8.511%) Symantec
7 20 (7.092%) Altiris
8 19 (6.738%) Oracle
8 19 (6.738%) IBM
8 19 (6.738%) AppSense
9 15 (5.319%) Lotus
9 15 (5.319%) Dell
9 15 (5.319%) EMC
10 14 (4.965%) Apple
11 9 (3.191%) NetApp
12 7 (2.482%) Juniper
13 6 (2.128%) Sage
13 6 (2.128%) Sophos
14 5 (1.773%) McAfee
14 5 (1.773%) Google
South West
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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London
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Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Rate: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
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Junior Systems Engineer - SQL - Oracle... Good Windows server (2003-2008) Database deployment experience (SQL or Oracle) and some basic networking... MCITP, MCSE, MCSA, or CCNA accreditations are highly...
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Rate: £16k - 24k per year + bens and overtime
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Rate: From £350 to £450 per day + strong possibility to extend
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Preston, Lancashire
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Rate: From £250 to £300 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: From £250 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
England
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