The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 22 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 North East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank - 49 43
Contract jobs citing MCP 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 0.201% 0.235%
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.629% 1.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £238 £210 £142
% change year-on-year
+13.09% +47.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-13.55% -7.81%
All Qualifications
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
53 159 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 19.85% 31.99% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 81 33
Average daily rate £313 £338 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £209 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £483 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
Average hourly rate £10.13 £20.00 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.35% +20.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCP
England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East MCP Hourly Rate Trend

MCP
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) PACS
3 1 (33.33%) DameWare
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) DameWare
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft