The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 60 62 62
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs citing MCP 3 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.467% 0.620% 0.461%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.632% 3.409% 3.252%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £160 £130 £115
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +13.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £213 £175
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £13.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.50 £16.18
% change year-on-year
-12.06% -10.39%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
114 176 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.73% 18.18% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 32
Average daily rate £400 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 27
Average hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.50 £16.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCP
East of England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MCP Hourly Rate Trend

MCP
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus
2 3 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (75.00%) MS Project
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (25.00%) MCDST
4 1 (25.00%) MCITP
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (75.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
General
1 3 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MCDST
3 1 (25.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus
2 3 (75.00%) VMware