The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 22 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 Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 36 48 48
Rank change year-on-year
+12 0
Contract jobs citing MCP 6 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.542% 1.201% 0.455%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.000% 8.791% 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £160 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+181.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £238 £210 £142
% change year-on-year
+13.09% +47.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £18.27 £14.40 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.84% +15.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-13.55% -7.81%
All Qualifications
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
75 91 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 19.28% 13.66% 17.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 47 28
Average daily rate £400 £320 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £140 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £439 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 22
Average hourly rate £36.50 £15.30 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.56% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.27 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £33.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCP
South East

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Horsham - 3 - -
Crawley - 2 £450 -
MCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) MS Office
4 4 (57.14%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) Software Deployment
5 2 (28.57%) SCCM
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
5 2 (28.57%) Altiris
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (28.57%) C#
5 2 (28.57%) .NET
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
5 2 (28.57%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) MCSD
5 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
5 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
5 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) WAN
6 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
6 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
6 1 (14.29%) Symantec
6 1 (14.29%) McAfee
6 1 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 Development
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (28.57%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
2 4 (57.14%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
1 3 (42.86%) Administrator
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Architect
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Technical Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Software Deployment
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (28.57%) MCSD
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Altiris
3 1 (14.29%) Symantec
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee