The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 41 - 36
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCP 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 0.459% - 0.408%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.862% - 0.917%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £20,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Qualifications
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 197 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 53.21% 55.18% 44.49%
Number of salaries quoted 94 167 80
Average salary £46,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.00% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £29,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
Gloucestershire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Sysprep
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL V3
3 1 (33.33%) Lumension
3 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Notes
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) McAfee

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 (33.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (33.33%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL V3
2 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Lumension
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Lotus
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) LANDesk