The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 Essex 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 36 39 22
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -17
Contract jobs citing MCP 11 6 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.736% 1.446% 7.398%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.36% 8.451% 30.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 12
Average daily rate £90 £99 £75
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +32.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £210 £142
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +47.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 10
Average hourly rate - £95.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +111.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-13.55% -7.81%
All Qualifications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
89 71 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 22.14% 17.11% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 30 35
Average daily rate £295 £125 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+136.00% -37.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £99 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 22
Average hourly rate £37.75 £41.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.03% +9.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £35.93 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.75 £96.00 £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCP
East of England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex 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
Basildon - 6 £85 -
Witham +1 4 £93 -6.56%
MCP
East of England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 19 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (94.74%) McAfee
2 18 (94.74%) ITIL
2 18 (94.74%) MCDST
3 17 (89.47%) OVSD
3 17 (89.47%) SLA
3 17 (89.47%) OpenView
3 17 (89.47%) HP
4 13 (68.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (26.32%) MS Exchange
5 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
6 4 (21.05%) SCCM
6 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
7 2 (10.53%) MCSE
7 2 (10.53%) Windows
7 2 (10.53%) MS Office
7 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
7 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
8 1 (5.263%) Citrix
8 1 (5.263%) Juniper
8 1 (5.263%) SAN
8 1 (5.263%) NHS
8 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (5.263%) Internet
8 1 (5.263%) DNS
8 1 (5.263%) Cisco
8 1 (5.263%) LAN
8 1 (5.263%) WAN
8 1 (5.263%) DHCP

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 5 (26.32%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.53%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.263%) SAN
2 1 (5.263%) Internet
2 1 (5.263%) DNS
2 1 (5.263%) LAN
2 1 (5.263%) WAN
2 1 (5.263%) DHCP
2 1 (5.263%) Wireless
General
1 1 (5.263%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Analyst
2 13 (68.42%) Service Desk Analyst
2 13 (68.42%) Service Analyst
3 10 (52.63%) Help Desk Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (15.79%) Service Desk Technician
6 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Support Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support
7 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000
2 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) ITIL
2 1 (5.263%) Change Control
2 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
2 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (94.74%) MCDST
3 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) MCSE
5 1 (5.263%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (89.47%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 17 (89.47%) OVSD
1 17 (89.47%) OpenView
2 13 (68.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (21.05%) SCCM
4 1 (5.263%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) McAfee
2 17 (89.47%) HP
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.263%) Citrix
4 1 (5.263%) Juniper
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco
4 1 (5.263%) LANDesk
4 1 (5.263%) VMware