Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Hampshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank88115140
Rank change year-on-year
Up+27Up+25
Matching permanent IT job ads282992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire1.304 %0.912 %1.135 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.437 %2.805 %4.614 %
Salaries quoted232686
Average salary£29,000£29,000£24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+18.36 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£17,200£22,600£18,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£32,800£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£29,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.00 %
Hampshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
63110341994
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire29.38 %32.53 %24.60 %
Salaries quoted4608151705
Average salary£36,500£35,000£37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.280 %-5.400 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£53,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hampshire MCP Salary Histogram

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeUp+1510£35,000+40.00 %
SouthamptonUp+16£27,000+1.88 %
FarnboroughUp+213£35,000+25.00 %
WinchesterDown-53£35,000+9.37 %
FarehamNew entry-1£27,000-
HavantNew entry-1--
PortsmouthNew entry-1£22,500-
RingwoodNew entry-1£15,000-
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

146 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
229 (63.04 %)MCSE
327 (58.70 %)Microsoft
423 (50.00 %)Windows
521 (45.65 %)MS Excel
617 (36.96 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (34.78 %)SQL Server
813 (28.26 %)Windows 2000
813 (28.26 %)Cisco
912 (26.09 %)HP
1011 (23.91 %)MCSA
1110 (21.74 %)SQL
1110 (21.74 %)CCNA
1110 (21.74 %)Cisco Certification
129 (19.57 %)A+ Certification
129 (19.57 %).NET
129 (19.57 %)MS Office
129 (19.57 %)VMware
129 (19.57 %)MCTS
138 (17.39 %)NHibernate
138 (17.39 %)MonoRail
138 (17.39 %)TDD
138 (17.39 %)NUnit
138 (17.39 %)XML
138 (17.39 %)MCAD
138 (17.39 %)MCSD
138 (17.39 %)C#
138 (17.39 %)TCP/IP
138 (17.39 %)MS Exchange
138 (17.39 %)Citrix

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (19.57 %).NET
28 (17.39 %)XML
28 (17.39 %)NHibernate
28 (17.39 %)MonoRail
36 (13.04 %)AJAX
36 (13.04 %)HTML
36 (13.04 %)ASP.NET
44 (8.696 %)WCF
52 (4.348 %)WPF
52 (4.348 %)WinForms
61 (2.174 %)ASP
Hampshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (17.39 %)MS Exchange
26 (13.04 %)Exchange Server 2003
26 (13.04 %)IIS
35 (10.87 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (4.348 %)BizTalk Server
Hampshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (45.65 %)MS Excel
29 (19.57 %)MS Office
Hampshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (17.39 %)TCP/IP
26 (13.04 %)Firewall
26 (13.04 %)LAN
26 (13.04 %)VoIP
26 (13.04 %)WAN
26 (13.04 %)Cisco PIX
35 (10.87 %)SAN
42 (4.348 %)Wireless
42 (4.348 %)VPN
42 (4.348 %)DNS
51 (2.174 %)SMTP
Hampshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (34.78 %)SQL Server
27 (15.22 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (13.04 %)MS Access
44 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2008
53 (6.522 %)Crystal Reports
53 (6.522 %)Oracle Reports
61 (2.174 %)SQL Server 2000
Hampshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (17.39 %)NUnit
22 (4.348 %)Subversion
31 (2.174 %)Visual Studio
Hampshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (13.04 %)Telecoms
23 (6.522 %)Pensions
31 (2.174 %)Finance
31 (2.174 %)Health
31 (2.174 %)Banking
31 (2.174 %)Investment Banking
Hampshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (21.74 %)Developer
28 (17.39 %).NET Developer
37 (15.22 %)Support Engineer
37 (15.22 %)Field Engineer
46 (13.04 %)Technical Support
55 (10.87 %)Analyst
55 (10.87 %)3rd Line Support
64 (8.696 %)C# Developer
64 (8.696 %)Desktop Analyst
64 (8.696 %)ASP.NET Developer
64 (8.696 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
64 (8.696 %)Senior Technical Support
73 (6.522 %)IT Trainer
73 (6.522 %)Helpdesk Support
73 (6.522 %)2nd Line Support
73 (6.522 %)Network Engineer
73 (6.522 %)Trainer
73 (6.522 %)Desktop Support
82 (4.348 %)Junior
82 (4.348 %)Support Analyst
Hampshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (6.522 %)Blackberry
22 (4.348 %)Social Network
Hampshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (50.00 %)Windows
217 (36.96 %)Windows Server 2003
313 (28.26 %)Windows 2000
46 (13.04 %)Windows Server 2008
53 (6.522 %)Windows XP
53 (6.522 %)Linux
62 (4.348 %)Windows Vista
Hampshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (17.39 %)TDD
22 (4.348 %)MVC
22 (4.348 %)Scrum
22 (4.348 %)Strategic Planning
31 (2.174 %)Operations Management
31 (2.174 %)Data Analysis
31 (2.174 %)Systems Analysis
Hampshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (21.74 %)SQL
28 (17.39 %)C#
36 (13.04 %)JavaScript
43 (6.522 %)T-SQL
52 (4.348 %)VB
52 (4.348 %)VB.NET
Hampshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
146 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
229 (63.04 %)MCSE
311 (23.91 %)MCSA
410 (21.74 %)CCNA
410 (21.74 %)Cisco Certification
59 (19.57 %)A+ Certification
59 (19.57 %)MCTS
68 (17.39 %)MCAD
68 (17.39 %)MCSD
77 (15.22 %)CCNP
86 (13.04 %)CCA
86 (13.04 %)Citrix Certification
94 (8.696 %)MCITP
103 (6.522 %)Network+ Certification
103 (6.522 %)MCDST
103 (6.522 %)MCT
111 (2.174 %)HND
111 (2.174 %)ECDL
111 (2.174 %)Degree
111 (2.174 %)Security Cleared
Hampshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (13.04 %)Active Directory
25 (10.87 %)Hyper-V
31 (2.174 %)VMware Workstation
31 (2.174 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
31 (2.174 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hampshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.174 %)OpenView
11 (2.174 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (2.174 %)Norton AntiVirus
11 (2.174 %)SolarWinds Orion
Hampshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
127 (58.70 %)Microsoft
213 (28.26 %)Cisco
312 (26.09 %)HP
49 (19.57 %)VMware
58 (17.39 %)Citrix
63 (6.522 %)Oracle
72 (4.348 %)Avaya
72 (4.348 %)Symantec
81 (2.174 %)Veritas
81 (2.174 %)SolarWinds
81 (2.174 %)Kaseya
81 (2.174 %)Intel