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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank134126
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads144196
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.071 %0.087 %
As % of the category below5.980 %6.933 %
Salaries quoted134180
Average minimum salary£29,752£28,805
Average salary£33,208£32,653
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Average maximum salary£36,664£36,500
UK excluding London average salary£28,433£29,348
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Qualifications BerkshireQualifications
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads24082827
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.181 %1.252 %
Salaries quoted21162217
Average minimum salary£38,805£38,361
Average salary£42,055£41,481
% change on same period last year+1.38 %
Average maximum salary£45,305£44,602
UK excluding London average salary£37,495£38,457
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads 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 ads 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 past 3 months.

Berkshire MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ReadingDown-2743£30,519-7.27 %
2SloughDown-2224£31,917+19.13 %
3BracknellDown-519£39,553-1.06 %
4MaidenheadUp+1613£30,654+14.88 %
5NewburyUp+76£28,250+18.01 %
5WokinghamDown-116£42,083-5.23 %
6AscotNew entry-2£26,500-
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing MCP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCP.

1277 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2155 (55.96 %)Windows
3150 (54.15 %)Microsoft
4140 (50.54 %)MCSE
595 (34.30 %)MS Excel
677 (27.80 %)Active Directory
773 (26.35 %)MS Exchange
863 (22.74 %)SQL Server
958 (20.94 %)Windows XP
1057 (20.58 %)MS Office
1150 (18.05 %)TCP/IP
1249 (17.69 %).NET
1345 (16.25 %)Exchange Server 2003
1443 (15.52 %)Firewall
1443 (15.52 %)WAN
1443 (15.52 %)Internet
1542 (15.16 %)Windows 2000
1542 (15.16 %)MCSD
1639 (14.08 %)ASP.NET
1639 (14.08 %)C#
1737 (13.36 %)MCAD
1835 (12.64 %)Cisco Certification
1835 (12.64 %)Windows Server 2003
1934 (12.27 %)CCNA
1934 (12.27 %)SQL Server 2005
2033 (11.91 %)Cisco
2033 (11.91 %)LAN
2131 (11.19 %)SharePoint
2131 (11.19 %)MCSA
2131 (11.19 %)Degree

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing MCP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
149 (17.69 %).NET
239 (14.08 %)ASP.NET
324 (8.664 %)WebServices
419 (6.859 %)WinForms
514 (5.054 %)XML
611 (3.971 %)AJAX
78 (2.888 %)HTML
78 (2.888 %)ASP
86 (2.166 %)CSS
94 (1.444 %)WCF
94 (1.444 %)WPF
94 (1.444 %)WF
102 (0.722 %)Silverlight
102 (0.722 %).NET Framework
102 (0.722 %)XHTML
111 (0.361 %)ActiveX
111 (0.361 %)Windows SharePoint Services
111 (0.361 %)CAML
Application Platforms
173 (26.35 %)MS Exchange
245 (16.25 %)Exchange Server 2003
331 (11.19 %)SharePoint
427 (9.747 %)SharePoint Server 2007
427 (9.747 %)BizTalk Server
520 (7.220 %)Exchange Server 2000
612 (4.332 %)IIS
78 (2.888 %)Lotus Notes
85 (1.805 %)Exchange Server 5.5
93 (1.083 %)CMS
93 (1.083 %)Commerce Server
93 (1.083 %)Content Management Server
93 (1.083 %)Exchange Server 2007
102 (0.722 %)Lotus Domino
111 (0.361 %)MQSeries
111 (0.361 %)GroupWise
111 (0.361 %)Commerce Server 2007
111 (0.361 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
195 (34.30 %)MS Excel
257 (20.58 %)MS Office
31 (0.361 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
15 (1.805 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.361 %)assyst
Communications & Networking
150 (18.05 %)TCP/IP
243 (15.52 %)WAN
243 (15.52 %)Internet
243 (15.52 %)Firewall
333 (11.91 %)LAN
422 (7.942 %)DNS
521 (7.581 %)VPN
616 (5.776 %)DHCP
616 (5.776 %)SAN
711 (3.971 %)Network Security
88 (2.888 %)MPLS
96 (2.166 %)SSL
96 (2.166 %)Wireless
105 (1.805 %)IPsec
105 (1.805 %)IP Telephony
105 (1.805 %)Wi-Fi
105 (1.805 %)DDNS
105 (1.805 %)Wireless Security
105 (1.805 %)VoIP
114 (1.444 %)WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
163 (22.74 %)SQL Server
234 (12.27 %)SQL Server 2005
321 (7.581 %)SQL Server 7
411 (3.971 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (1.805 %)Oracle 11g
55 (1.805 %)Oracle 9i
55 (1.805 %)Oracle 10g
62 (0.722 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.361 %)MS Access
71 (0.361 %)DTS
Development Applications
14 (1.444 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.361 %)FrontPage
General
126 (9.386 %)Finance
219 (6.859 %)Telecoms
314 (5.054 %)Education
48 (2.888 %)Automotive
57 (2.527 %)Electronics
57 (2.527 %)Marketing
65 (1.805 %)Pensions
65 (1.805 %)Government
65 (1.805 %)Health
73 (1.083 %)Banking
82 (0.722 %)Billing
82 (0.722 %)Insurance
91 (0.361 %)Back Office
91 (0.361 %)Construction
Job Titles
155 (19.86 %)Support Engineer
249 (17.69 %)Analyst
347 (16.97 %)Developer
435 (12.64 %).NET Developer
529 (10.47 %)Support Analyst
628 (10.11 %)Technical Support
628 (10.11 %)2nd Line Support
727 (9.747 %)ASP.NET Developer
825 (9.025 %)C# Developer
923 (8.303 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1021 (7.581 %)Helpdesk Support
1117 (6.137 %)Desktop Support
1215 (5.415 %)Systems Analyst
1215 (5.415 %)Technical Analyst
1313 (4.693 %)Consultant
1412 (4.332 %)Technical Engineer
1412 (4.332 %)Network Support
1511 (3.971 %)Network Support Engineer
1511 (3.971 %)Technical Support Engineer
1511 (3.971 %)Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
121 (7.581 %)Clustering
218 (6.498 %)Tandem
37 (2.527 %)Replication
44 (1.444 %)German Language
44 (1.444 %)Asset Management
44 (1.444 %)Mathematics
53 (1.083 %)Blackberry
62 (0.722 %)PMI
62 (0.722 %)Computer Science
71 (0.361 %)French Language
71 (0.361 %)E-Learning
71 (0.361 %)Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1155 (55.96 %)Windows
258 (20.94 %)Windows XP
342 (15.16 %)Windows 2000
435 (12.64 %)Windows Server 2003
520 (7.220 %)Windows NT
618 (6.498 %)Unix
715 (5.415 %)Solaris
715 (5.415 %)Linux
84 (1.444 %)Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
122 (7.942 %)Scrum
122 (7.942 %)Extreme Programming
220 (7.220 %)TDD
318 (6.498 %)ITIL
48 (2.888 %)CRM
56 (2.166 %)Migration
65 (1.805 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (1.805 %)Process Management
65 (1.805 %)Time Management
74 (1.444 %)Project Planning
74 (1.444 %)Project Management
83 (1.083 %)Service Delivery
83 (1.083 %)Content Management
83 (1.083 %)Incident Management
92 (0.722 %)Web Development
92 (0.722 %)Business Intelligence
92 (0.722 %)E-Commerce
92 (0.722 %)ERP
92 (0.722 %)PRINCE2
101 (0.361 %)UML
Programming Languages
139 (14.08 %)C#
223 (8.303 %)SQL
316 (5.776 %)VB.NET
410 (3.610 %)JavaScript
410 (3.610 %)VB
57 (2.527 %)Shell Script
57 (2.527 %)Transact-SQL
63 (1.083 %)VC++
63 (1.083 %)C++
71 (0.361 %)C
71 (0.361 %)VB6
Qualifications
1277 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2140 (50.54 %)MCSE
342 (15.16 %)MCSD
437 (13.36 %)MCAD
535 (12.64 %)Cisco Certification
634 (12.27 %)CCNA
731 (11.19 %)MCSA
731 (11.19 %)Degree
89 (3.249 %)Network+ Certification
89 (3.249 %)A+ Certification
98 (2.888 %)CCSP
107 (2.527 %)HNC
116 (2.166 %)RHCE
125 (1.805 %)MCDST
125 (1.805 %)MCTS
125 (1.805 %)CCA
125 (1.805 %)Citrix Certification
132 (0.722 %)PMP
132 (0.722 %)PMI Certification
132 (0.722 %)ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
111 (3.971 %)SLA
System Software
177 (27.80 %)Active Directory
29 (3.249 %)Terminal Services
37 (2.527 %)ISA Server
37 (2.527 %)NetBackup
37 (2.527 %)VMware ESX
45 (1.805 %)Backup Exec
45 (1.805 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
53 (1.083 %)MetaFrame
62 (0.722 %)Terminal Server
62 (0.722 %)VMware GSX
62 (0.722 %)VMware Workstation
71 (0.361 %)MSMQ
71 (0.361 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
110 (3.610 %)MOM
28 (2.888 %)MAILsweeper
35 (1.805 %)Netcool
35 (1.805 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (0.722 %)Legato
51 (0.361 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1150 (54.15 %)Microsoft
233 (11.91 %)Cisco
323 (8.303 %)Citrix
415 (5.415 %)HP
513 (4.693 %)VERITAS
610 (3.610 %)Lotus
79 (3.249 %)VMware
88 (2.888 %)Red Hat
88 (2.888 %)Compaq
88 (2.888 %)Intel
88 (2.888 %)IBM
96 (2.166 %)Oracle
105 (1.805 %)Avaya
105 (1.805 %)Symantec
105 (1.805 %)Websense
114 (1.444 %)Remedy
114 (1.444 %)Apple
123 (1.083 %)Nortel
123 (1.083 %)Clearswift
132 (0.722 %)Macrovision
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