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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the East of England 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 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank169172
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads118124
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.062 %0.051 %
As % of the category below3.706 %3.843 %
Salaries quoted105118
Average minimum salary£27,802£25,610
Average salary£29,841£28,218
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
Average maximum salary£31,881£30,826
UK excluding London average salary£28,888£28,531
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads31843227
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.677 %1.324 %
Salaries quoted26302678
Average minimum salary£34,053£34,365
Average salary£37,689£37,139
% change on same period last year+1.48 %
Average maximum salary£41,325£39,912
UK excluding London average salary£37,698£38,222
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
MCP EnglandMCP
England

MCP
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireUp+1249£26,339+6.71 %
HertfordshireDown-935£35,632+10.47 %
SuffolkUp+1515£52,375+19.71 %
EssexUp+815£20,750-20.32 %
BedfordshireDown-116£28,625+21.48 %
NorfolkDown-94£22,875-4.68 %
MCP EnglandMCP
England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1311 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2208 (66.88 %)Microsoft
3180 (57.88 %)Windows
4124 (39.87 %)MS Exchange
5101 (32.48 %)MS Excel
694 (30.23 %)MCSE
793 (29.90 %)SQL Server
890 (28.94 %)MS Office
983 (26.69 %)Active Directory
1067 (21.54 %).NET
1165 (20.90 %)Citrix
1262 (19.94 %)C#
1358 (18.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
1457 (18.33 %)LAN
1457 (18.33 %)Windows XP
1551 (16.40 %)Windows 2000
1551 (16.40 %)SQL
1551 (16.40 %)MCSD
1649 (15.76 %)ASP.NET
1649 (15.76 %)TCP/IP
1748 (15.43 %)Firewall
1847 (15.11 %)WAN
1847 (15.11 %)SQL Server 2005
1941 (13.18 %)XML
1941 (13.18 %)Degree
2037 (11.90 %)MCSA
2136 (11.58 %)SharePoint
2234 (10.93 %)Linux
2234 (10.93 %)MCAD
2333 (10.61 %)DNS

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
167 (21.54 %).NET
249 (15.76 %)ASP.NET
341 (13.18 %)XML
415 (4.823 %)WebServices
511 (3.537 %)WinForms
67 (2.251 %)ADO.NET
76 (1.929 %)ASP
76 (1.929 %)HTML
76 (1.929 %)ADO
76 (1.929 %)AJAX
84 (1.286 %).NET Framework
93 (0.965 %)EDI
93 (0.965 %)COM+
102 (0.643 %)CSS
102 (0.643 %)MFC
102 (0.643 %)WCF
102 (0.643 %)WPF
102 (0.643 %)LINQ
111 (0.322 %)Windows SharePoint Services
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1124 (39.87 %)MS Exchange
258 (18.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
336 (11.58 %)SharePoint
429 (9.325 %)Exchange Server 2000
523 (7.395 %)Exchange Server 2007
616 (5.145 %)SharePoint Server 2007
712 (3.859 %)BizTalk Server
87 (2.251 %)Exchange Server 5.5
96 (1.929 %)IIS
96 (1.929 %)GroupWise
96 (1.929 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
103 (0.965 %)Office Communications Server
112 (0.643 %)Apache
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1101 (32.48 %)MS Excel
290 (28.94 %)MS Office
310 (3.215 %)MS Project
42 (0.643 %)AutoCAD
42 (0.643 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.322 %)MS Visio
East of England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.608 %)Summit
24 (1.286 %)Navision
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
157 (18.33 %)LAN
249 (15.76 %)TCP/IP
348 (15.43 %)Firewall
447 (15.11 %)WAN
533 (10.61 %)DNS
622 (7.074 %)DHCP
714 (4.502 %)VPN
87 (2.251 %)Wireless
96 (1.929 %)IP Telephony
96 (1.929 %)Internet
96 (1.929 %)Network Security
105 (1.608 %)Intranet
114 (1.286 %)VoIP
114 (1.286 %)WLAN
123 (0.965 %)SMTP
123 (0.965 %)SAN
132 (0.643 %)HTTP
141 (0.322 %)SNMP
141 (0.322 %)Cisco IOS
141 (0.322 %)Wireless Security
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
193 (29.90 %)SQL Server
247 (15.11 %)SQL Server 2005
330 (9.646 %)SQL Server 2000
423 (7.395 %)SQL Server 7
56 (1.929 %)MySQL
56 (1.929 %)Crystal Reports
56 (1.929 %)RDBMS
63 (0.965 %)MS Access
72 (0.643 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.322 %)Cognos Impromptu
81 (0.322 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (0.322 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.322 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.322 %)Oracle 8/8i
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.608 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.965 %)ProC
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (6.109 %)Pharmaceutical
119 (6.109 %)Finance
215 (4.823 %)Health
215 (4.823 %)Insurance
311 (3.537 %)Electronics
410 (3.215 %)Pensions
58 (2.572 %)Education
67 (2.251 %)Retail
67 (2.251 %)Manufacturing
76 (1.929 %)Government
85 (1.608 %)Publishing
94 (1.286 %)Local Government
103 (0.965 %)Telecoms
103 (0.965 %)Back Office
112 (0.643 %)Construction
112 (0.643 %)Legal
121 (0.322 %)Investment Banking
121 (0.322 %)Games
121 (0.322 %)Banking
121 (0.322 %)Electric
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
173 (23.47 %)Analyst
259 (18.97 %)Support Analyst
349 (15.76 %)Developer
443 (13.83 %)Support Engineer
535 (11.25 %)2nd Line Support
629 (9.325 %).NET Developer
629 (9.325 %)Technical Support
728 (9.003 %)Administrator
827 (8.682 %)Support Technician
922 (7.074 %)Technical Analyst
1021 (6.752 %)Field Engineer
1021 (6.752 %)Technical Support Analyst
1120 (6.431 %)C# Developer
1218 (5.788 %)Field Support Engineer
1315 (4.823 %)Systems Administrator
1315 (4.823 %)Desktop Support
1414 (4.502 %)1st Line Support
1414 (4.502 %)Helpdesk Support
1513 (4.180 %)Consultant
1612 (3.859 %)Junior
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (4.823 %)N-Tier
213 (4.180 %)Client/Server
312 (3.859 %)Tandem
410 (3.215 %)Blackberry
58 (2.572 %)Pocket PC
58 (2.572 %)Computer Science
62 (0.643 %)Fat Client
62 (0.643 %)VLE
62 (0.643 %)PDA
62 (0.643 %)Thin Client
71 (0.322 %)NHS
71 (0.322 %)NPfIT
71 (0.322 %)Management Information System
71 (0.322 %)Data Extraction
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1180 (57.88 %)Windows
257 (18.33 %)Windows XP
351 (16.40 %)Windows 2000
434 (10.93 %)Linux
533 (10.61 %)Windows Server 2003
631 (9.968 %)UNIX
710 (3.215 %)Windows Mobile
85 (1.608 %)Windows Vista
92 (0.643 %)Solaris
101 (0.322 %)Mac OS X
101 (0.322 %)Windows CE
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (5.466 %)Security Testing
216 (5.145 %)Scrum
314 (4.502 %)Extreme Programming
314 (4.502 %)TDD
411 (3.537 %)E-Commerce
510 (3.215 %)OO
510 (3.215 %)OOD
68 (2.572 %)Project Management
68 (2.572 %)OOP
77 (2.251 %)UML
86 (1.929 %)PRINCE2
86 (1.929 %)Disaster Recovery
86 (1.929 %)Migration
95 (1.608 %)Time Management
104 (1.286 %)Logistics
104 (1.286 %)RUP
104 (1.286 %)CRM
104 (1.286 %)PRINCE
104 (1.286 %)Configuration Management
113 (0.965 %)DNA
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
162 (19.94 %)C#
251 (16.40 %)SQL
321 (6.752 %)VB
420 (6.431 %)VB.NET
59 (2.894 %)C
68 (2.572 %)VBA
77 (2.251 %)Transact-SQL
86 (1.929 %)JavaScript
95 (1.608 %)VB6
102 (0.643 %)C++
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1311 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
294 (30.23 %)MCSE
351 (16.40 %)MCSD
441 (13.18 %)Degree
537 (11.90 %)MCSA
634 (10.93 %)MCAD
720 (6.431 %)MCDST
813 (4.180 %)Cisco Certification
813 (4.180 %)A+ Certification
813 (4.180 %)CCNA
98 (2.572 %)CCNP
103 (0.965 %)Citrix Certification
112 (0.643 %)CCA
112 (0.643 %)HND
112 (0.643 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
121 (0.322 %)MCTS
121 (0.322 %)MCPD
121 (0.322 %)CCVP
121 (0.322 %)MOS
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.286 %)SLA
14 (1.286 %)ISO27001
22 (0.643 %)QA
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
183 (26.69 %)Active Directory
28 (2.572 %)Terminal Services
36 (1.929 %)ISA Server
45 (1.608 %)MetaFrame
45 (1.608 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.965 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.643 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
71 (0.322 %)NetBackup
71 (0.322 %)Backup Exec
East of England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.929 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.643 %)DameWare
31 (0.322 %)ARCserve
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1208 (66.88 %)Microsoft
265 (20.90 %)Citrix
331 (9.968 %)Cisco
417 (5.466 %)VERITAS
59 (2.894 %)Oracle
59 (2.894 %)HP
66 (1.929 %)Dell
66 (1.929 %)Novell
66 (1.929 %)Sophos
66 (1.929 %)VMware
66 (1.929 %)WatchGuard
75 (1.608 %)CheckPoint
84 (1.286 %)Symantec
84 (1.286 %)BMC
93 (0.965 %)NetApp
93 (0.965 %)Wyse
93 (0.965 %)3Com
93 (0.965 %)SonicWALL
102 (0.643 %)Apple
102 (0.643 %)SAP
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