The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 21 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 Wakefield 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MCP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £210 £146
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +43.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.50 £16.33
% change year-on-year
-12.06% -11.21%
All Qualifications
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
0 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield - 30.00% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCP
West Yorkshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield MCP Jobs Demand 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield MCP Hourly Rate Trend

MCP
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield 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%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield 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 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Support Officer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft