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 Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 19 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 Bristol region.

 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank9187111
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+24
Matching permanent IT job ads52222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol0.356 %1.232 %0.750 %
As % of the Qualifications category1.730 %5.069 %3.964 %
Salaries quoted52222
Average salary£32,000£22,500£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.22 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,400£19,240£21,400
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,800£25,450£30,300
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£29,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.00 %
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
289434555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol20.57 %24.31 %18.92 %
Salaries quoted248384492
Average salary£32,500£33,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.510 %+1.530 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCP South WestMCP
South West

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Bristol MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

116 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (68.75 %)Active Directory
310 (62.50 %)MS Excel
310 (62.50 %)MS Exchange
49 (56.25 %)Microsoft
49 (56.25 %)Windows
58 (50.00 %)MCSE
65 (31.25 %)Time Management
65 (31.25 %)TCP/IP
74 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (25.00 %)VMware
83 (18.75 %)SLA
83 (18.75 %)WAN
83 (18.75 %)Windows 2000
83 (18.75 %)LAN
83 (18.75 %)SQL Server
83 (18.75 %)VMware Infrastructure
92 (12.50 %)Finance
92 (12.50 %)MS Office
92 (12.50 %)Oracle
92 (12.50 %)UNIX
92 (12.50 %)SQL
92 (12.50 %)ITIL
92 (12.50 %)VoIP
92 (12.50 %)SharePoint
92 (12.50 %)OpenView
92 (12.50 %)HP
92 (12.50 %)Citrix
92 (12.50 %)MetaFrame
92 (12.50 %)Oracle 11g

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (6.250 %)HTML
11 (6.250 %).NET
11 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
11 (6.250 %)XML
11 (6.250 %)AJAX
11 (6.250 %)NHibernate
11 (6.250 %)MonoRail
Bristol IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (62.50 %)MS Exchange
22 (12.50 %)SharePoint
31 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2007
Bristol IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (62.50 %)MS Excel
22 (12.50 %)MS Office
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (31.25 %)TCP/IP
23 (18.75 %)LAN
23 (18.75 %)WAN
32 (12.50 %)VoIP
41 (6.250 %)ADSL
41 (6.250 %)iSCSI
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (18.75 %)SQL Server
22 (12.50 %)Oracle 11g
31 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
Bristol IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (6.250 %)NUnit
Bristol IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (12.50 %)Finance
Bristol IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (37.50 %)Support Technician
23 (18.75 %)Infrastructure Engineer
23 (18.75 %)Helpdesk Technician
32 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Support
32 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
32 (12.50 %)Desktop Support
32 (12.50 %)Analyst
32 (12.50 %)Consultant
32 (12.50 %)2nd Line Support
32 (12.50 %)Desktop Support Technician
32 (12.50 %)Desktop Technician
41 (6.250 %)Delivery Manager
41 (6.250 %)Support Consultant
41 (6.250 %)Technical Support
41 (6.250 %)3rd Line Support
41 (6.250 %)Technical Consultant
41 (6.250 %)Team Leader
41 (6.250 %)Technical Support Consultant
41 (6.250 %)Services Delivery Manager
41 (6.250 %)Service Manager
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (56.25 %)Windows
24 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (18.75 %)Windows 2000
42 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
42 (12.50 %)UNIX
51 (6.250 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (6.250 %)Windows 7
51 (6.250 %)Windows XP
51 (6.250 %)Linux
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (31.25 %)Time Management
22 (12.50 %)ITIL
31 (6.250 %)Service Delivery
31 (6.250 %)TDD
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (6.250 %)C
21 (6.250 %)C#
21 (6.250 %)JavaScript
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (50.00 %)MCSE
31 (6.250 %)MCAD
31 (6.250 %)MCSD
31 (6.250 %)MCTS
31 (6.250 %)MCITP
31 (6.250 %)Degree
Bristol IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (18.75 %)SLA
Bristol IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (68.75 %)Active Directory
23 (18.75 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (12.50 %)MetaFrame
Bristol IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (12.50 %)OpenView
Bristol IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (56.25 %)Microsoft
24 (25.00 %)VMware
32 (12.50 %)Oracle
32 (12.50 %)HP
32 (12.50 %)Citrix
41 (6.250 %)Red Hat