The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 20 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 48 29 53
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +24
Permanent jobs citing MCP 5 29 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 1.190% 6.459% 0.954%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.348% 24.79% 3.226%
Number of salaries quoted 5 29 5
Average salary £27,000 £40,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.50% +45.45%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
115 117 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 27.38% 26.06% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 92 111 129
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,100 £21,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
East Midlands

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire MCP Salary Trend

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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derby -5 4 £27,000 -32.50%
Chesterfield - 1 £25,000 -
MCP
East Midlands

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (72.73%) Citrix
2 8 (72.73%) VMware
3 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
5 4 (36.36%) Oracle
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (36.36%) MOM
5 4 (36.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (36.36%) ISA Server
5 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
5 4 (36.36%) Clustering
5 4 (36.36%) IIS
5 4 (36.36%) MS Project
5 4 (36.36%) MS Office
5 4 (36.36%) Windows
5 4 (36.36%) Windows 2000
5 4 (36.36%) MCSE
5 4 (36.36%) LAN
5 4 (36.36%) WAN
5 4 (36.36%) DNS
5 4 (36.36%) WSUS
5 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
5 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
5 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (36.36%) Windows 2000 Server
5 4 (36.36%) Hyper-V
6 2 (18.18%) Domain-Driven Design

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
1 2 (18.18%) WCF
1 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (18.18%) Node.js
1 2 (18.18%) Ninject
1 2 (18.18%) KnockoutJS
1 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) IIS
2 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Project
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) LAN
1 4 (36.36%) WAN
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Music
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (36.36%) Administrator
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Server Administrator
2 4 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Coordinator
4 1 (9.091%) Information Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
1 4 (36.36%) Clustering
2 2 (18.18%) Streaming Music
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Windows 2000
1 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (36.36%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
2 2 (18.18%) Domain-Driven Design
2 2 (18.18%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (18.18%) Web Application Development
2 2 (18.18%) MVC
2 2 (18.18%) TDD
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) VB
2 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (36.36%) MCSE
3 2 (18.18%) MCTS
3 2 (18.18%) MCAD
3 2 (18.18%) MCSD
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
1 4 (36.36%) ISA Server
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (36.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) MOM
1 4 (36.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 4 (36.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Citrix
1 8 (72.73%) VMware
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle