The first table below looks at the demand for MCITP in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCITP 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 West Midlands 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 IT Professional (MCITP)
Rank 90 93 97
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Contract jobs citing MCITP 7 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.429% 0.534% 0.157%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.745% 3.762% 1.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 1
Average daily rate £255 £264 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.31% -4.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £311 £275
% change year-on-year
-27.38% +13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -22.72%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
255 319 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.63% 14.18% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 149 127
Average daily rate £330 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £426 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 30
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £37.50
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MCITP Daily Rate Trend

MCITP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCITP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands MCITP Daily Rate Histogram

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Warwickshire +2 6 £250 -
MCITP
England

MCITP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (75.00%) MCSE
2 9 (75.00%) MS Exchange
3 8 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (58.33%) VMware
4 7 (58.33%) Windows
5 6 (50.00%) Windows 2000
5 6 (50.00%) Backup Exec
6 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
6 5 (41.67%) MS Office
6 5 (41.67%) VMS
6 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (25.00%) VMware Server
7 3 (25.00%) SQL
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (25.00%) HP
7 3 (25.00%) VPN
8 2 (16.67%) DNS
8 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (16.67%) RDBMS
8 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 2 (16.67%) NHS
8 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
8 2 (16.67%) .NET
8 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
8 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse

MCITP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (16.67%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 8 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (16.67%) Lync
4 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (8.333%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
4 1 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Office
2 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) VPN
2 2 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (8.333%) DHCP
3 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.333%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) RDBMS
2 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Server Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Server Support
2 3 (25.00%) Support Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Server Support Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Server Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Server Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 2000
3 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
3 5 (41.67%) VMS
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
2 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (8.333%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (75.00%) MCSE
3 1 (8.333%) VCP5
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Server
2 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.333%) XenApp
3 1 (8.333%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (8.333%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (8.333%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (8.333%) SCCM
2 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 3 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (8.333%) Altiris
4 1 (8.333%) Symantec
4 1 (8.333%) Veritas
4 1 (8.333%) EMC
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix