The first table below looks at the demand for MCP 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 MCP over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 89 89 80
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Contract jobs citing MCP 6 14 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.363% 0.628% 0.739%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.400% 4.487% 4.698%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £108 - £88
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £213 £175
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
Average hourly rate £11.50 £14.50 £13.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.68% +6.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.50 £16.18
% change year-on-year
-12.06% -10.39%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
250 312 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.14% 13.98% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 141 136
Average daily rate £325 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 33 25
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.25 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCP
England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MCP Daily Rate Trend

MCP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands MCP Daily Rate Histogram

MCP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands MCP Hourly Rate Trend

MCP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Coventry -3 3 £104 -
Warwickshire -4 3 £450 -
MCP
England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (70.00%) Windows
4 5 (50.00%) DHCP
4 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (50.00%) DNS
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco
5 4 (40.00%) MCSE
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
5 4 (40.00%) VMware
5 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (30.00%) vSphere
6 3 (30.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (30.00%) Firewall
6 3 (30.00%) ITIL
6 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (30.00%) MPLS
7 2 (20.00%) Project Management
7 2 (20.00%) Network Security
7 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
8 1 (10.00%) CODA-Financials
8 1 (10.00%) Finance
8 1 (10.00%) Service Management
8 1 (10.00%) Asset Management

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) DHCP
1 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (30.00%) MPLS
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Management Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Server Support
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (10.00%) Support Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Deskside Support
3 1 (10.00%) Software Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Manager
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) MCSA
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (30.00%) vSphere
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe
3 1 (10.00%) Lotus
3 1 (10.00%) CODA
3 1 (10.00%) Sage
West Midlands
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Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013