The first table below looks at the demand for MCITP in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 97 131 114
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -17
Contract jobs citing MCITP 11 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.545% 0.155% 0.283%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.821% 0.496% 1.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £400 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +77.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £311 £275
% change year-on-year
-27.38% +13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £27.50 £21.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +28.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -22.72%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
604 1009 719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.95% 31.19% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 535 327
Average daily rate £380 £420 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.52% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 73 54
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.85 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.60 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCITP
England

MCITP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West MCITP Daily Rate Trend

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West MCITP Hourly 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 South West 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
Bristol +19 6 £325 -
Gloucestershire +32 4 - -
MCITP
England

MCITP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 18 (94.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (78.95%) Windows
3 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
3 14 (73.68%) VMware
4 13 (68.42%) MCSE
5 11 (57.89%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (47.37%) MCTS
6 9 (47.37%) MCSA
7 8 (42.11%) MS Excel
7 8 (42.11%) MCP
7 8 (42.11%) DNS
7 8 (42.11%) TCP/IP
7 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (36.84%) MS Exchange
8 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
8 7 (36.84%) SQL Server
8 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2008
8 7 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (31.58%) ITIL
9 6 (31.58%) LAN
9 6 (31.58%) WAN
9 6 (31.58%) VPN
10 5 (26.32%) Blackberry
10 5 (26.32%) Firewall
10 5 (26.32%) IIS
10 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
10 5 (26.32%) vSphere
11 4 (21.05%) Software Deployment
11 4 (21.05%) Problem Management

MCITP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (36.84%) MS Exchange
1 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (26.32%) IIS
3 3 (15.79%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (15.79%) Lotus Domino
4 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) MS Excel
2 4 (21.05%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) DNS
1 8 (42.11%) TCP/IP
2 6 (31.58%) LAN
2 6 (31.58%) WAN
2 6 (31.58%) VPN
3 5 (26.32%) Firewall
4 3 (15.79%) DHCP
4 3 (15.79%) SAN
5 2 (10.53%) VoIP
6 1 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) SQL Server
1 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Desktop Support
1 5 (26.32%) Network Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Consultant
2 3 (15.79%) Support Technician
2 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support Technician
2 3 (15.79%) Desktop Technician
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support
3 2 (10.53%) Wintel Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Server Support
4 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Blackberry
2 2 (10.53%) Clustering
3 1 (5.263%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 11 (57.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
5 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
6 1 (5.263%) Linux
6 1 (5.263%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) Software Deployment
2 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
2 4 (21.05%) Asset Management
3 3 (15.79%) Change Management
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL V3
4 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.263%) Service Management
4 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.263%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.263%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.263%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (68.42%) MCSE
3 9 (47.37%) MCTS
3 9 (47.37%) MCSA
4 8 (42.11%) MCP
5 2 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.263%) MCDST
6 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.263%) VCP4
6 1 (5.263%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
1 7 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (26.32%) vSphere
3 1 (5.263%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (15.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (15.79%) Backup Exec
2 2 (10.53%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (5.263%) WSUS
3 1 (5.263%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
1 14 (73.68%) VMware
2 4 (21.05%) Symantec
3 3 (15.79%) Sophos
3 3 (15.79%) HP
3 3 (15.79%) Dell
3 3 (15.79%) Lotus
3 3 (15.79%) Apple
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
5 1 (5.263%) Cisco
5 1 (5.263%) IBM