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 Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6763107
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+44
Matching permanent IT job ads292853
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire2.055 %1.889 %1.451 %
As % of the Qualifications category7.214 %10.29 %6.113 %
Salaries quoted262852
Average salary£32,500£23,000£34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.30 %-32.84 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,500£18,000£20,650
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£35,750£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£29,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.00 %
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
402272867
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire28.49 %18.35 %23.73 %
Salaries quoted364244774
Average salary£37,000£32,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.84 %-18.75 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,500£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 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 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 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Milton KeynesUp+513£40,000+100.00 %
Gerrards CrossUp+14£40,000+14.28 %
High WycombeUp+133£29,000+56.75 %
MarlowNew entry-3£35,000-
AylesburyUp+41£20,500-25.45 %
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

152 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
238 (73.08 %)Microsoft
329 (55.77 %)MCSE
423 (44.23 %)SQL Server
521 (40.38 %)MS Excel
619 (36.54 %).NET
619 (36.54 %)C#
619 (36.54 %)SQL Server 2005
717 (32.69 %)Windows
815 (28.85 %)MCAD
815 (28.85 %)MCSD
815 (28.85 %)HP
815 (28.85 %)MCTS
815 (28.85 %)Scrum
815 (28.85 %)TDD
815 (28.85 %)SQL Server 2008
914 (26.92 %)XML
1013 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
1111 (21.15 %)IBM
1111 (21.15 %)A+ Certification
1111 (21.15 %)MCSA
1111 (21.15 %)Network+ Certification
1210 (19.23 %)VMware
1210 (19.23 %)WPF
1210 (19.23 %)CCNA
1210 (19.23 %)Cisco Certification
139 (17.31 %)Sun
139 (17.31 %)MS Exchange
139 (17.31 %)WCF
139 (17.31 %)MonoRail

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (36.54 %).NET
214 (26.92 %)XML
313 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
410 (19.23 %)WPF
59 (17.31 %)MonoRail
59 (17.31 %)AJAX
59 (17.31 %)NHibernate
59 (17.31 %)WCF
66 (11.54 %)WinForms
66 (11.54 %)WF
75 (9.615 %)Web Services
84 (7.692 %)DHTML
84 (7.692 %)HTML
84 (7.692 %)Silverlight
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (17.31 %)MS Exchange
26 (11.54 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (9.615 %)CMS
35 (9.615 %)Sitecore CMS
42 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (3.846 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
42 (3.846 %)SharePoint
51 (1.923 %)Lotus Notes
51 (1.923 %)Exchange Server 2000
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (40.38 %)MS Excel
28 (15.38 %)MS Office
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.923 %)Dynamics AX
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (7.692 %)WAN
14 (7.692 %)LAN
14 (7.692 %)DNS
23 (5.769 %)Internet
23 (5.769 %)TCP/IP
32 (3.846 %)VPN
32 (3.846 %)VoIP
32 (3.846 %)SMTP
32 (3.846 %)DHCP
32 (3.846 %)HTTP
32 (3.846 %)Firewall
41 (1.923 %)IP Telephony
41 (1.923 %)MPLS
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (44.23 %)SQL Server
219 (36.54 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (28.85 %)SQL Server 2008
43 (5.769 %)SQL Server 2000
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (17.31 %)NUnit
24 (7.692 %)Subversion
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (11.54 %)Health
25 (9.615 %)Telecoms
33 (5.769 %)Pensions
42 (3.846 %)Pharmaceutical
42 (3.846 %)Banking
42 (3.846 %)Finance
51 (1.923 %)Education
51 (1.923 %)Games
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
113 (25.00 %)Developer
210 (19.23 %).NET Developer
210 (19.23 %)C# Developer
210 (19.23 %)ASP.NET Developer
210 (19.23 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
38 (15.38 %)IT Trainer
38 (15.38 %)Trainer
44 (7.692 %)Desktop Support
44 (7.692 %)Web Developer
53 (5.769 %)Support Engineer
53 (5.769 %)Trainee
62 (3.846 %)Trainee Consultant
62 (3.846 %)Build Engineer
62 (3.846 %)Desktop Engineer
62 (3.846 %)Server Engineer
62 (3.846 %)Desktop Analyst
62 (3.846 %)2nd Line Support
62 (3.846 %)Administrator
62 (3.846 %)Desktop Support Analyst
62 (3.846 %)Desktop Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (7.692 %)Tandem
22 (3.846 %)Blackberry
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (32.69 %)Windows
27 (13.46 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (9.615 %)Windows XP
43 (5.769 %)Windows Vista
52 (3.846 %)Windows Server 2008
52 (3.846 %)Windows 2000
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (28.85 %)Scrum
115 (28.85 %)TDD
29 (17.31 %)MVC
36 (11.54 %)Business Intelligence
45 (9.615 %)Web Design
54 (7.692 %)OO
62 (3.846 %)ITIL
62 (3.846 %)Asset Management
71 (1.923 %)Document Management
71 (1.923 %)PRINCE2
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (36.54 %)C#
24 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
24 (7.692 %)SQL
31 (1.923 %)C
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
152 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
229 (55.77 %)MCSE
315 (28.85 %)MCAD
315 (28.85 %)MCSD
315 (28.85 %)MCTS
411 (21.15 %)MCSA
411 (21.15 %)A+ Certification
411 (21.15 %)Network+ Certification
510 (19.23 %)CCNA
510 (19.23 %)Cisco Certification
68 (15.38 %)MCDST
68 (15.38 %)MCT
74 (7.692 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
82 (3.846 %)MCITP
91 (1.923 %)Degree
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.846 %)SLA
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (15.38 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (11.54 %)Active Directory
32 (3.846 %)VMware Server
41 (1.923 %)Terminal Services
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (3.846 %)Cisco IPCC
12 (3.846 %)SCCM
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
138 (73.08 %)Microsoft
215 (28.85 %)HP
311 (21.15 %)IBM
410 (19.23 %)VMware
59 (17.31 %)Sun
66 (11.54 %)Oracle
75 (9.615 %)Sitecore
84 (7.692 %)Avaya
92 (3.846 %)Cisco
92 (3.846 %)Altiris
92 (3.846 %)NETGEAR
92 (3.846 %)Dell
101 (1.923 %)Citrix
101 (1.923 %)Alcatel
101 (1.923 %)Lotus
101 (1.923 %)McAfee