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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the Buckinghamshire 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
Rank88108
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching permanent IT job ads7240
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.018 %
As % of the category below8.834 %5.044 %
Salaries quoted6932
Average minimum salary£26,971£26,049
Average salary£29,479£28,182
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Average maximum salary£31,986£30,314
UK excluding London average salary£28,433£29,348
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Qualifications BuckinghamshireQualifications
Buckinghamshire
Matching permanent IT job ads815793
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.351 %
Salaries quoted678653
Average minimum salary£35,788£34,146
Average salary£38,913£37,614
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Average maximum salary£42,038£41,081
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Buckinghamshire region over the past 3 months.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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
1High WycombeUp+1617£31,147+31.14 %
1Milton KeynesDown-417£28,906+12.67 %
2MarlowDown-109£22,000-24.78 %
3AylesburyDown-166£29,167-8.37 %
4BuckinghamDown-41£20,500+2.50 %
4AmershamNew entry-1£28,000-
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1142 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
296 (67.61 %)Microsoft
381 (57.04 %)Windows
464 (45.07 %)MCSE
549 (34.51 %)SQL Server
638 (26.76 %)MS Exchange
734 (23.94 %).NET
734 (23.94 %)C#
833 (23.24 %)ASP.NET
931 (21.83 %)Active Directory
1029 (20.42 %)MCSA
1029 (20.42 %)MS Excel
1128 (19.72 %)SQL
1224 (16.90 %)MCSD
1319 (13.38 %)SQL Server 2005
1319 (13.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
1319 (13.38 %)XML
1319 (13.38 %)MCAD
1319 (13.38 %)SharePoint
1418 (12.68 %)Windows XP
1418 (12.68 %)Cisco
1418 (12.68 %)Windows 2000
1418 (12.68 %)MS Office
1517 (11.97 %)TCP/IP
1517 (11.97 %)LAN
1616 (11.27 %)Unix
1616 (11.27 %)Scrum
1715 (10.56 %)Extreme Programming
1715 (10.56 %)Internet
1715 (10.56 %)Linux

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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
134 (23.94 %).NET
233 (23.24 %)ASP.NET
319 (13.38 %)XML
415 (10.56 %)WebServices
512 (8.451 %)WinForms
69 (6.338 %)HTML
76 (4.225 %)AJAX
83 (2.113 %)ASP
92 (1.408 %).NET Framework
101 (0.704 %)WCF
101 (0.704 %)WPF
101 (0.704 %)WF
101 (0.704 %)COM
Application Platforms
138 (26.76 %)MS Exchange
219 (13.38 %)SharePoint
219 (13.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
312 (8.451 %)SharePoint Server 2007
312 (8.451 %)MQSeries
312 (8.451 %)BizTalk Server
312 (8.451 %)CMS
44 (2.817 %)Exchange Server 2000
52 (1.408 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.704 %)Exchange Server 5.5
61 (0.704 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
129 (20.42 %)MS Excel
218 (12.68 %)MS Office
32 (1.408 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
117 (11.97 %)LAN
117 (11.97 %)TCP/IP
215 (10.56 %)Internet
314 (9.859 %)WAN
410 (7.042 %)Firewall
55 (3.521 %)VPN
63 (2.113 %)DNS
72 (1.408 %)ADSL
72 (1.408 %)Network Security
81 (0.704 %)WINS
81 (0.704 %)IP Telephony
81 (0.704 %)IMAP
81 (0.704 %)SSL
81 (0.704 %)SAN
81 (0.704 %)Intranet
81 (0.704 %)SMTP
81 (0.704 %)DHCP
81 (0.704 %)Ethernet
81 (0.704 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
149 (34.51 %)SQL Server
219 (13.38 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (4.930 %)SQL Server 7
45 (3.521 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (2.113 %)MySQL
61 (0.704 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (0.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.704 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.704 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (0.704 %)DTS
61 (0.704 %)ETL
Development Applications
13 (2.113 %)Visual Studio
General
112 (8.451 %)Telecoms
28 (5.634 %)Education
32 (1.408 %)Health
32 (1.408 %)Pensions
41 (0.704 %)Marketing
41 (0.704 %)Finance
41 (0.704 %)Automotive
41 (0.704 %)Banking
41 (0.704 %)Retail
Job Titles
141 (28.87 %)Support Engineer
234 (23.94 %)Developer
323 (16.20 %)C# Developer
418 (12.68 %).NET Developer
516 (11.27 %)Analyst
615 (10.56 %)Support Analyst
713 (9.155 %)ASP.NET Developer
713 (9.155 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
812 (8.451 %)3rd Line Support
812 (8.451 %)Administrator
911 (7.746 %)Technical Support
109 (6.338 %)Web Developer
109 (6.338 %)Field Engineer
118 (5.634 %)DBA
118 (5.634 %)Team Leader
118 (5.634 %)SQL DBA
118 (5.634 %)C# Web Developer
127 (4.930 %)Server Support
136 (4.225 %)Systems Support
136 (4.225 %)Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
112 (8.451 %)Tandem
27 (4.930 %)Clustering
33 (2.113 %)VAX
42 (1.408 %)Pocket PC
42 (1.408 %)PDA
51 (0.704 %)Replication
Operating Systems
181 (57.04 %)Windows
218 (12.68 %)Windows 2000
218 (12.68 %)Windows XP
316 (11.27 %)Unix
415 (10.56 %)Linux
513 (9.155 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (6.338 %)Solaris
75 (3.521 %)Windows NT
82 (1.408 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.704 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
116 (11.27 %)Scrum
215 (10.56 %)Extreme Programming
215 (10.56 %)TDD
311 (7.746 %)OO
49 (6.338 %)ITIL
49 (6.338 %)Web Design
56 (4.225 %)Pair Programming
56 (4.225 %)Disaster Recovery
63 (2.113 %)Content Management
63 (2.113 %)Process Management
72 (1.408 %)Project Management
72 (1.408 %)Logistics
72 (1.408 %)Problem Management
81 (0.704 %)Network Design
81 (0.704 %)Business Intelligence
81 (0.704 %)Change Management
Programming Languages
134 (23.94 %)C#
228 (19.72 %)SQL
311 (7.746 %)VB.NET
49 (6.338 %)PL/SQL
49 (6.338 %)DHTML
57 (4.930 %)VB
57 (4.930 %)Shell Script
64 (2.817 %)C
73 (2.113 %)VC++
81 (0.704 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.704 %)Java
81 (0.704 %)C++
Qualifications
1142 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
264 (45.07 %)MCSE
329 (20.42 %)MCSA
424 (16.90 %)MCSD
519 (13.38 %)MCAD
611 (7.746 %)CCNA
611 (7.746 %)Cisco Certification
79 (6.338 %)CCNP
88 (5.634 %)Degree
97 (4.930 %)MCDBA
104 (2.817 %)MCTS
104 (2.817 %)A+ Certification
113 (2.113 %)MCDST
122 (1.408 %)CCA
122 (1.408 %)Citrix Certification
122 (1.408 %)CCEA
131 (0.704 %)CCDA
131 (0.704 %)ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.521 %)SLA
System Software
131 (21.83 %)Active Directory
212 (8.451 %)MSMQ
33 (2.113 %)Samba
41 (0.704 %)NetBackup
41 (0.704 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.704 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.704 %)VMware Server
41 (0.704 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
11 (0.704 %)Tivoli
Vendors
196 (67.61 %)Microsoft
218 (12.68 %)Cisco
312 (8.451 %)SeeBeyond
411 (7.746 %)Citrix
510 (7.042 %)Oracle
68 (5.634 %)HP
75 (3.521 %)Red Hat
84 (2.817 %)Dell
93 (2.113 %)Compaq
93 (2.113 %)IBM
93 (2.113 %)VMware
102 (1.408 %)Sun
102 (1.408 %)Lotus
111 (0.704 %)NetApp
111 (0.704 %)VERITAS
111 (0.704 %)CheckPoint
111 (0.704 %)Symantec
111 (0.704 %)EMC
111 (0.704 %)ProClarity
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