The first table below looks at the demand for MCITP in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCITP 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 Gloucestershire 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 IT Professional (MCITP)
Rank 34 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -
Contract jobs citing MCITP 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.476% 0.155% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.985% 0.287% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £311 £275
% change year-on-year
-27.38% +13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -22.72%
All Qualifications
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
134 348 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 49.45% 54.04% 47.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 190 92
Average daily rate £450 £475 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £360 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 17
Average hourly rate £39.25 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £25.00 £32.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.70 £50.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCITP
South West

MCITP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire MCITP Daily 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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester - 3 - -
MCITP
South West

MCITP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) MCSE
3 4 (57.14%) VMware
4 3 (42.86%) Backup Exec
4 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
4 3 (42.86%) Lotus
4 3 (42.86%) Apple
4 3 (42.86%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (42.86%) Symantec
4 3 (42.86%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (42.86%) Sophos
4 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
4 3 (42.86%) MCSA
4 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
4 3 (42.86%) MS Office
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 3 (42.86%) MCP
4 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (42.86%) Lotus Domino
4 3 (42.86%) Change Management
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 3 (42.86%) vSphere
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
4 3 (42.86%) Software Deployment
5 2 (28.57%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure

MCITP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (42.86%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Support Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Technician
2 2 (28.57%) Wintel Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Wintel Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
1 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
1 3 (42.86%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (57.14%) MCSE
3 3 (42.86%) MCSA
3 3 (42.86%) MCP
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (14.29%) MCTS
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) VCP4
4 1 (14.29%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) vSphere
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Backup Exec
1 3 (42.86%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (28.57%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Lotus
3 3 (42.86%) Apple
3 3 (42.86%) Symantec
3 3 (42.86%) Sophos
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) IBM