Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Berkshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank12299153
Rank change year-on-year
Down-23Up+54
Matching permanent IT job ads4673133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire1.155 %1.569 %1.139 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.817 %6.913 %4.726 %
Salaries quoted4469127
Average salary£42,500£32,500£23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76 %+41.30 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,450£20,500£19,406
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£48,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£28,000£29,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-3.440 %+16.00 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
95510562814
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire23.98 %22.69 %24.09 %
Salaries quoted7968772349
Average salary£42,500£38,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.84 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire MCP Demand Trend

MCP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Berkshire MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidenheadUp+19£45,000+28.57 %
NewburyNew entry-7£37,500-
WokinghamDown-136£40,000+45.45 %
BracknellNo change05£40,000+19.40 %
ReadingUp+13£36,750+13.07 %
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCP.

179 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
256 (70.89 %)SQL Server
343 (54.43 %)SQL Server 2005
442 (53.16 %)ASP.NET
442 (53.16 %)C#
442 (53.16 %).NET
442 (53.16 %)MCSD
534 (43.04 %)Windows
632 (40.51 %)Microsoft
632 (40.51 %)MCTS
731 (39.24 %)MCAD
829 (36.71 %)AJAX
829 (36.71 %)TDD
927 (34.18 %)Windows Server 2003
1025 (31.65 %)MCSE
1025 (31.65 %)Scrum
1124 (30.38 %)NUnit
1124 (30.38 %)NHibernate
1124 (30.38 %)MonoRail
1124 (30.38 %)XML
1223 (29.11 %)WCF
1223 (29.11 %)MVC
1319 (24.05 %)Degree
1416 (20.25 %)Firewall
1515 (18.99 %)SQL Server 2008
1515 (18.99 %)HTML
1515 (18.99 %)JavaScript
1614 (17.72 %)SharePoint
1614 (17.72 %)TCP/IP
1614 (17.72 %)Extreme Programming

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
142 (53.16 %)ASP.NET
142 (53.16 %).NET
229 (36.71 %)AJAX
324 (30.38 %)NHibernate
324 (30.38 %)MonoRail
324 (30.38 %)XML
423 (29.11 %)WCF
515 (18.99 %)HTML
69 (11.39 %)CSS
77 (8.861 %)WPF
77 (8.861 %)Silverlight
85 (6.329 %)ODBC
85 (6.329 %)ASP.NET MVC
94 (5.063 %)Web Services
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (17.72 %)SharePoint
211 (13.92 %)SharePoint Server 2007
211 (13.92 %)SharePoint Portal Server
34 (5.063 %)IIS
34 (5.063 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
43 (3.797 %)MS Exchange
43 (3.797 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (2.532 %)Office Communications Server
61 (1.266 %)Apache
61 (1.266 %)Tomcat
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (16.46 %)MS Excel
21 (1.266 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.532 %)Microsoft CRM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (20.25 %)Firewall
214 (17.72 %)TCP/IP
35 (6.329 %)Broadband
42 (2.532 %)ADSL
42 (2.532 %)SAN
51 (1.266 %)LAN
51 (1.266 %)WAN
51 (1.266 %)VPN
51 (1.266 %)Network Security
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (70.89 %)SQL Server
243 (54.43 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (18.99 %)SQL Server 2008
411 (13.92 %)SQL Server 2000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (30.38 %)NUnit
211 (13.92 %)Visual Studio
35 (6.329 %)Subversion
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (13.92 %)Finance
111 (13.92 %)Education
111 (13.92 %)Government
25 (6.329 %)Telecoms
25 (6.329 %)Music
25 (6.329 %)Marketing
25 (6.329 %)Retail
31 (1.266 %)Health
31 (1.266 %)Pensions
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
133 (41.77 %)Developer
231 (39.24 %).NET Developer
317 (21.52 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
317 (21.52 %)C# Developer
317 (21.52 %)ASP.NET Developer
412 (15.19 %)Consultant
412 (15.19 %)Systems Engineer
412 (15.19 %)Technical Consultant
511 (13.92 %).NET Consultant
67 (8.861 %)Network Engineer
75 (6.329 %)Support Engineer
84 (5.063 %)Windows Support Analyst
84 (5.063 %)Technical Engineer
84 (5.063 %)Support Analyst
84 (5.063 %)Analyst
93 (3.797 %)Technical Support
102 (2.532 %)Silverlight Developer
102 (2.532 %)Designer
102 (2.532 %)Server Engineer
102 (2.532 %)Technical Support Engineer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (7.595 %)Management Information System
25 (6.329 %)Dutch Language
32 (2.532 %)Replication
41 (1.266 %)E-Learning
41 (1.266 %)German Language
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
134 (43.04 %)Windows
227 (34.18 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (15.19 %)Windows XP
45 (6.329 %)Windows NT
53 (3.797 %)Windows 2000
53 (3.797 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (2.532 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (2.532 %)Windows Vista
62 (2.532 %)UNIX
62 (2.532 %)Mac OS X
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (36.71 %)TDD
225 (31.65 %)Scrum
323 (29.11 %)MVC
414 (17.72 %)Extreme Programming
511 (13.92 %)Workflow
65 (6.329 %)Business Intelligence
72 (2.532 %)CRM
72 (2.532 %)ITIL
81 (1.266 %)Disaster Recovery
81 (1.266 %)Business Development
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
142 (53.16 %)C#
215 (18.99 %)JavaScript
311 (13.92 %)VB.NET
45 (6.329 %)SQL
51 (1.266 %)C
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
179 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
242 (53.16 %)MCSD
332 (40.51 %)MCTS
431 (39.24 %)MCAD
525 (31.65 %)MCSE
619 (24.05 %)Degree
712 (15.19 %)CISSP
712 (15.19 %)CISA
83 (3.797 %)CCNA
83 (3.797 %)Cisco Certification
83 (3.797 %)MCSA
91 (1.266 %)CCNP
91 (1.266 %)CCA
91 (1.266 %)Citrix Certification
91 (1.266 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (1.266 %)HP ASE
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.532 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (12.66 %)Active Directory
25 (6.329 %)Citrix Presentation Server
33 (3.797 %)Hyper-V
42 (2.532 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (1.266 %)VMware ESX
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (5.063 %)ARCserve
22 (2.532 %)Backup Exec
31 (1.266 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (1.266 %)SCCM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
132 (40.51 %)Microsoft
29 (11.39 %)Citrix
36 (7.595 %)Cisco
45 (6.329 %)HP
45 (6.329 %)Juniper
45 (6.329 %)VMware
54 (5.063 %)CheckPoint
63 (3.797 %)WatchGuard
72 (2.532 %)Oracle
72 (2.532 %)Apple