The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 23 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 Warrington 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 19 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing MCP 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 1.600% 2.062% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.882% 4.878% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £110 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £210 £142
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +47.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-13.55% -7.81%
All Qualifications
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
34 41 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 27.20% 42.27% 45.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 5
Average daily rate £450 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCP
Cheshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington MCP Hourly Rate Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 9 (100.00%) ITIL
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (77.78%) Lotus
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) MS Office
2 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
2 7 (77.78%) Lotus Notes
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) OpenView
2 7 (77.78%) HP
3 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
5 4 (44.44%) ServiceCenter
5 4 (44.44%) BS25999
5 4 (44.44%) LiveLink
5 4 (44.44%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (44.44%) MCDST
5 4 (44.44%) MCITP
5 4 (44.44%) Incident Management
5 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
5 4 (44.44%) MCSE
5 4 (44.44%) ISO 9000
5 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
5 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
5 4 (44.44%) MS Project
5 4 (44.44%) Windows
6 3 (33.33%) SLA
6 3 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 7 (77.78%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (44.44%) LiveLink
3 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) MS Office
1 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
2 4 (44.44%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
2 4 (44.44%) MS Project
General
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Service Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
1 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
3 4 (44.44%) Incident Management
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) Service Desk Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) MCDST
3 4 (44.44%) MCITP
3 4 (44.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) BS25999
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (44.44%) ISO 9000
2 3 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) OpenView
2 4 (44.44%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Lotus
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
1 7 (77.78%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix