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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the Bolton 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 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-10
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads011
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %36.67 %
Salaries quoted011
Average minimum salary-£17,591
Average salary-£18,159
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£18,727
UK excluding London average salary£28,615£28,984
% change on same period last year-1.27 %
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Bolton
Matching permanent IT job ads2030
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.013 %
Salaries quoted1530
Average minimum salary£27,529£23,364
Average salary£29,662£24,000
% change on same period last year+23.59 %
Average maximum salary£31,794£24,636
UK excluding London average salary£37,894£38,547
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
MCP ManchesterMCP
Manchester

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (33.33 %)Blackberry
31 (33.33 %)MCSE
31 (33.33 %)Windows NT
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Active Directory
31 (33.33 %)Dell
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)HTML
31 (33.33 %)JavaScript
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
31 (33.33 %)XML
31 (33.33 %)DameWare
31 (33.33 %)Retail
31 (33.33 %)Line 50
31 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (33.33 %)Sage

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

Bolton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)HTML
11 (33.33 %).NET
11 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
11 (33.33 %)XML
Bolton IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (33.33 %)Line 50
Bolton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Retail
Bolton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)2nd Line Support
21 (33.33 %)Technical Support Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Technical Engineer
21 (33.33 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Software Developer
21 (33.33 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)Technical Support
21 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
Bolton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Blackberry
Bolton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (33.33 %)Windows NT
Bolton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C#
11 (33.33 %)JavaScript
11 (33.33 %)SQL
11 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (33.33 %)MCSE
Bolton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Bolton IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (33.33 %)DameWare
Bolton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft
11 (33.33 %)Dell
11 (33.33 %)Sage