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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the Croydon region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6042
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads914
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below6.000 %11.02 %
Salaries quoted913
Average minimum salary£38,556£25,769
Average salary£42,667£27,038
% change on same period last year+57.79 %
Average maximum salary£46,778£28,308
UK excluding London average salary£29,036£28,628
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Qualifications CroydonQualifications
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads150127
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.053 %
Salaries quoted14385
Average minimum salary£34,649£28,045
Average salary£36,989£29,877
% change on same period last year+23.80 %
Average maximum salary£39,329£31,709
UK excluding London average salary£37,611£38,203
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
MCP LondonMCP
London

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Croydon MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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.

115 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (73.33 %)Active Directory
310 (66.67 %)Windows
49 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
58 (53.33 %)SQL Server
67 (46.67 %)MCSE
67 (46.67 %)MCSA
67 (46.67 %)Windows XP
76 (40.00 %)ITIL
85 (33.33 %)Linux
85 (33.33 %)Insurance
94 (26.67 %)Firewall
94 (26.67 %)Windows 2000
103 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
103 (20.00 %)IIS
103 (20.00 %)SQL
103 (20.00 %)MySQL
103 (20.00 %)MS Excel
103 (20.00 %)Red Hat
103 (20.00 %)VPN
103 (20.00 %)DNS
103 (20.00 %)HP
103 (20.00 %)Compaq
103 (20.00 %)Microsoft
103 (20.00 %)Pensions
112 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2000
112 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
112 (13.33 %)Finance
112 (13.33 %)Cisco Certification
112 (13.33 %)Cisco

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, 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 Platforms
19 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
23 (20.00 %)IIS
32 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2000
32 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (6.667 %)Apache
41 (6.667 %)Tomcat
Applications
13 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
14 (26.67 %)Firewall
23 (20.00 %)VPN
23 (20.00 %)DNS
31 (6.667 %)LAN
31 (6.667 %)WAN
31 (6.667 %)VLAN
31 (6.667 %)Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)SQL Server
23 (20.00 %)MySQL
General
15 (33.33 %)Insurance
23 (20.00 %)Pensions
32 (13.33 %)Finance
41 (6.667 %)Health
41 (6.667 %)Marketing
41 (6.667 %)Back Office
Job Titles
15 (33.33 %)Desktop Support
24 (26.67 %)Network Engineer
24 (26.67 %)Senior Network Engineer
24 (26.67 %)Network Support
24 (26.67 %)Senior Network Support
33 (20.00 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
33 (20.00 %)Senior Support Engineer
33 (20.00 %)Network Support Engineer
33 (20.00 %)Network Manager
33 (20.00 %)Desktop Support Technician
33 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
33 (20.00 %)Support Technician
42 (13.33 %)Support Analyst
42 (13.33 %)Analyst
42 (13.33 %)Field Engineer
42 (13.33 %)Desktop Support Analyst
42 (13.33 %)Desktop Analyst
Operating Systems
110 (66.67 %)Windows
27 (46.67 %)Windows XP
35 (33.33 %)Linux
44 (26.67 %)Windows 2000
51 (6.667 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)ITIL
23 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
Programming Languages
13 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (6.667 %)PHP
Qualifications
115 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (46.67 %)MCSE
27 (46.67 %)MCSA
32 (13.33 %)Cisco Certification
System Software
111 (73.33 %)Active Directory
Vendors
13 (20.00 %)Microsoft
13 (20.00 %)HP
13 (20.00 %)Compaq
13 (20.00 %)Red Hat
22 (13.33 %)Cisco
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