The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 38 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCP 2 0 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 0.687% - 4.643%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.226% - 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 13
Average salary £22,000 - £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
62 94 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 21.31% 27.49% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 48 87 69
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £68,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
London

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MCP across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Croydon MCP Jobs Demand Trend

MCP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCP across the Croydon region.

Croydon MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) CCNA
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (20.00%) RHCE
5 1 (20.00%) Process Management
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (20.00%) VMware
5 1 (20.00%) Middleware
5 1 (20.00%) SOAP
5 1 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (20.00%) XSD
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (20.00%) XQuery
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
5 1 (20.00%) HNC
5 1 (20.00%) HND
5 1 (20.00%) UNIX
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) MCSE
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) CRM

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) XSD
1 1 (20.00%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (20.00%) ESB
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) RHCE
4 1 (20.00%) HNC
4 1 (20.00%) HND
4 1 (20.00%) MCSE
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Siebel