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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the Leeds 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank10990
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads5152
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.023 %
As % of the category below7.391 %7.075 %
Salaries quoted4637
Average minimum salary£25,370£24,959
Average salary£26,174£26,780
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum salary£26,978£28,601
UK excluding London average salary£28,433£29,348
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Qualifications LeedsQualifications
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads690735
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.338 %0.325 %
Salaries quoted543585
Average minimum salary£30,794£30,750
Average salary£33,303£33,008
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
Average maximum salary£35,812£35,267
UK excluding London average salary£37,495£38,457
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
MCP West YorkshireMCP
West Yorkshire

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Leeds MCP Demand Trend

MCP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing MCP across the Leeds region.

Leeds MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Leeds region over the past 3 months.

Leeds MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leeds region citing MCP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCP.

1132 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2102 (77.27 %)Windows
389 (67.42 %)Microsoft
482 (62.12 %)MCSE
579 (59.85 %)Active Directory
660 (45.45 %)MS Exchange
756 (42.42 %)MCSA
851 (38.64 %)Windows 2000
945 (34.09 %)SQL
1041 (31.06 %)Firewall
1041 (31.06 %)Exchange Server 2000
1137 (28.03 %)Exchange Server 2003
1236 (27.27 %)MS Excel
1334 (25.76 %)LAN
1433 (25.00 %)VPN
1433 (25.00 %)WAN
1532 (24.24 %)VMware
1629 (21.97 %)Clustering
1629 (21.97 %)SharePoint
1629 (21.97 %)IIS
1727 (20.45 %)VoIP
1818 (13.64 %)TCP/IP
1916 (12.12 %)Degree
2015 (11.36 %)Citrix
2015 (11.36 %)SQL Server
2015 (11.36 %)Windows NT
2114 (10.61 %)MS Office
2114 (10.61 %)Linux
2213 (9.848 %)HND
2312 (9.091 %)ASP.NET

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leeds region citing MCP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
112 (9.091 %)ASP.NET
112 (9.091 %).NET
29 (6.818 %)ADO.NET
32 (1.515 %)POSIX
41 (0.758 %)WSH
41 (0.758 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
160 (45.45 %)MS Exchange
241 (31.06 %)Exchange Server 2000
337 (28.03 %)Exchange Server 2003
429 (21.97 %)SharePoint
429 (21.97 %)IIS
53 (2.273 %)Lotus Notes
62 (1.515 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
136 (27.27 %)MS Excel
214 (10.61 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
141 (31.06 %)Firewall
234 (25.76 %)LAN
333 (25.00 %)WAN
333 (25.00 %)VPN
427 (20.45 %)VoIP
518 (13.64 %)TCP/IP
611 (8.333 %)DNS
79 (6.818 %)Internet
87 (5.303 %)DHCP
96 (4.545 %)WINS
102 (1.515 %)BGP
102 (1.515 %)L2TP
102 (1.515 %)SSL
102 (1.515 %)HTTP
102 (1.515 %)RIP
102 (1.515 %)POP3
102 (1.515 %)SMTP
102 (1.515 %)ADSL
111 (0.758 %)LDAP
111 (0.758 %)PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
115 (11.36 %)SQL Server
28 (6.061 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (5.303 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (1.515 %)MySQL
51 (0.758 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
19 (6.818 %)Visual Studio
General
14 (3.030 %)Health
14 (3.030 %)Pensions
22 (1.515 %)Telecoms
31 (0.758 %)Finance
31 (0.758 %)Law
31 (0.758 %)Insurance
31 (0.758 %)Back Office
Job Titles
128 (21.21 %)Technical Engineer
227 (20.45 %)Analyst
324 (18.18 %)2nd Line Support
419 (14.39 %)Support Analyst
514 (10.61 %)Support Engineer
612 (9.091 %)Developer
79 (6.818 %)Technical Support
79 (6.818 %)Desktop Support
79 (6.818 %).NET Developer
79 (6.818 %)C# Developer
79 (6.818 %)ASP.NET Developer
88 (6.061 %)Desktop Engineer
88 (6.061 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
96 (4.545 %)Senior Desktop Engineer
96 (4.545 %)Helpdesk Support
96 (4.545 %)Support Technician
96 (4.545 %)Consultant
105 (3.788 %)IT Consultant
105 (3.788 %)Helpdesk Analyst
105 (3.788 %)Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
129 (21.97 %)Clustering
28 (6.061 %)Mathematics
31 (0.758 %)NHS
Operating Systems
1102 (77.27 %)Windows
251 (38.64 %)Windows 2000
315 (11.36 %)Windows NT
414 (10.61 %)Linux
511 (8.333 %)Mac OS X
511 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (6.818 %)Windows XP
72 (1.515 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
112 (9.091 %)ITIL
25 (3.788 %)Service Delivery
25 (3.788 %)Network Design
32 (1.515 %)OO
32 (1.515 %)Network Load Balancing
41 (0.758 %)ERP
41 (0.758 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
145 (34.09 %)SQL
212 (9.091 %)C#
39 (6.818 %)Transact-SQL
43 (2.273 %)C
52 (1.515 %)Perl
52 (1.515 %)PHP
Qualifications
1132 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
282 (62.12 %)MCSE
356 (42.42 %)MCSA
416 (12.12 %)Degree
513 (9.848 %)HND
68 (6.061 %)A+ Certification
75 (3.788 %)Cisco Certification
75 (3.788 %)CCNA
83 (2.273 %)MCAD
92 (1.515 %)CCNP
92 (1.515 %)CCA
92 (1.515 %)Citrix Certification
92 (1.515 %)MCDST
92 (1.515 %)MCTS
101 (0.758 %)Network+ Certification
101 (0.758 %)CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.545 %)SLA
System Software
179 (59.85 %)Active Directory
23 (2.273 %)MetaFrame
23 (2.273 %)ISA Server
32 (1.515 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.758 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
12 (1.515 %)Nagios
12 (1.515 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.758 %)ARCserve
Vendors
189 (67.42 %)Microsoft
232 (24.24 %)VMware
315 (11.36 %)Citrix
411 (8.333 %)Cisco
56 (4.545 %)LANDesk
63 (2.273 %)Lotus
72 (1.515 %)Red Hat
72 (1.515 %)Symantec
72 (1.515 %)Novell
72 (1.515 %)VERITAS
81 (0.758 %)McAfee Security
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