MCP Contracts in Yorkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 95 102 94
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Contract jobs citing MCP 15 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.807% 0.448% 0.219%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.934% 3.003% 1.544%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £500 £310 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+61.29% +12.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £210 £142
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +47.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
Average hourly rate £11.50 - £10.63
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.83 - £9.73
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.75 - £11.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £14.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-13.55% -7.81%
Search 14 MCP jobs in Yorkshire
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 304 333 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.36% 14.91% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 181 102
Average daily rate £308 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £185 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 24
Average hourly rate £12.75 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCP
England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire +10 10 - -
South Yorkshire -1 2 £500 +61.29%
East Yorkshire - 2 - -
MCP
England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 28 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 25 (89.29%) Microsoft
3 21 (75.00%) Windows 7
4 18 (64.29%) MS Office
5 14 (50.00%) Windows XP
6 11 (39.29%) Windows 2000
6 11 (39.29%) Internet
6 11 (39.29%) Windows Vista
7 10 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (21.43%) MCSE
9 6 (21.43%) MS Excel
10 5 (17.86%) ITIL
10 5 (17.86%) MS Exchange
10 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
10 5 (17.86%) Exchange Server 2003
11 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
11 4 (14.29%) Degree
11 4 (14.29%) VMware
11 4 (14.29%) Blackberry
11 4 (14.29%) LAN
11 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
11 4 (14.29%) HNC
11 4 (14.29%) UNIX
11 4 (14.29%) MCSA
12 3 (10.71%) ERP
12 3 (10.71%) Linux
12 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
12 3 (10.71%) Crystal Reports

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 1 (3.571%) .NET
1 1 (3.571%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) MS Exchange
1 5 (17.86%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.571%) IIS
3 1 (3.571%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (3.571%) Apache
Applications
1 18 (64.29%) MS Office
2 6 (21.43%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) Internet
2 4 (14.29%) LAN
3 3 (10.71%) GPRS
3 3 (10.71%) WAN
3 3 (10.71%) DNS
3 3 (10.71%) DHCP
4 1 (3.571%) SMTP
4 1 (3.571%) FTP
4 1 (3.571%) HTTP
4 1 (3.571%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.571%) VoIP
4 1 (3.571%) Firewall
4 1 (3.571%) SSH
4 1 (3.571%) BIG-IP
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (3.571%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
1 3 (10.71%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.571%) Data Mining
General
1 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.571%) Finance
3 1 (3.571%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Desktop Support
2 10 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (28.57%) Technical Support
3 8 (28.57%) Support Engineer
4 7 (25.00%) Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (17.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (14.29%) Technical Support Officer
8 3 (10.71%) Support Analyst
8 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Support Engineer
9 2 (7.143%) Technical Advisor
9 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Support
9 2 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (7.143%) Security Analyst
9 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Support
9 2 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (7.143%) Windows Support Engineer
9 2 (7.143%) Service Analyst
9 2 (7.143%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 4 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.143%) CESG
2 2 (7.143%) NHS
3 1 (3.571%) Firmware
3 1 (3.571%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.571%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 21 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 14 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 11 (39.29%) Windows 2000
4 11 (39.29%) Windows Vista
5 10 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (14.29%) UNIX
8 3 (10.71%) Linux
9 1 (3.571%) Debian
9 1 (3.571%) CentOS
9 1 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) ITIL
2 3 (10.71%) ERP
2 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
2 3 (10.71%) Time Management
2 3 (10.71%) Performance Management
2 3 (10.71%) Network Architecture
3 2 (7.143%) SIEM
3 2 (7.143%) Cyber Security
3 2 (7.143%) Information Security
4 1 (3.571%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.571%) PHP
1 1 (3.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (21.43%) MCSE
3 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 4 (14.29%) HNC
3 4 (14.29%) MCSA
4 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.143%) A+ Certification
5 2 (7.143%) CISSP
6 1 (3.571%) MCDST
6 1 (3.571%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.571%) vSphere
3 1 (3.571%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.571%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) SCCM
1 1 (3.571%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 25 (89.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) Sage
4 1 (3.571%) Citrix
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco
4 1 (3.571%) Juniper
4 1 (3.571%) Lotus
4 1 (3.571%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.571%) Syncsort
4 1 (3.571%) Brocade
4 1 (3.571%) F5
Service Desk Analyst
Leeds, Yorkshire
Essential skills - Active Directory - NHS mail - Knowledge of Windows operating systems- Previous Help Desk experience (Call Logging) - Excellent Communication Skills Any previous experience working in the NHS is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £10.00 - £11.30 per hour
Posted: 11 May 2013
2nd Line Support Engineer, Desktop Support, Service Desk, MCP
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office products in network environment... * Windows Server 2003 and 2008 * Understanding of IP networking DNS, DHCP, Routing, etc Desirable Skills: Microsoft Qualified or Certifications...
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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