The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Huddersfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 21 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 Huddersfield region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 16 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCP 10 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 11.90% - 3.750%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.45% - 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 6
Average salary £29,000 - £23,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Huddersfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
22 31 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 26.19% 25.00% 22.50%
Number of salaries quoted 17 22 32
Average salary £29,500 £26,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.46% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £19,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £33,264
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
West Yorkshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield region.

Huddersfield MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 16 (100.00%) Windows
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (100.00%) MCITP
2 13 (81.25%) VMware
3 12 (75.00%) CCA
3 12 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
3 12 (75.00%) MCSE
4 11 (68.75%) Citrix
5 8 (50.00%) SQL
6 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
7 4 (25.00%) CCNA
7 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (25.00%) SAN
7 4 (25.00%) MCTS
7 4 (25.00%) XenApp
7 4 (25.00%) XenServer
7 4 (25.00%) XenDesktop

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 8 (50.00%) Administrator
2 7 (43.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (100.00%) MCITP
2 12 (75.00%) CCA
2 12 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
2 12 (75.00%) MCSE
3 4 (25.00%) CCNA
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (25.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) XenApp
1 4 (25.00%) XenServer
1 4 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) VMware
2 11 (68.75%) Citrix