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 London 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 London region.

 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank215149198
Rank change year-on-year
Down-66Up+49
Matching permanent IT job ads335431830
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.861 %1.357 %0.984 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.598 %6.539 %4.969 %
Salaries quoted315397711
Average salary£37,750£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.850 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£29,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.00 %
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7285659116703
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London18.72 %20.76 %19.81 %
Salaries quoted6059547513707
Average salary£47,500£41,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.85 %-8.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£70,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London 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 London region.

London MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonUp+53195£40,000+25.98 %
Docklands, LondonUp+17£24,500+6.52 %
TwickenhamNew entry-6£32,500-
RomfordUp+25£35,000-3.44 %
CroydonUp+13£25,000-16.66 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-3£27,500-
LutonDown-51£27,500-39.56 %
IlfordNew entry-1£17,500-
WestminsterNew entry-1£23,000-
MCP EnglandMCP
England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1634 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2368 (58.04 %)SQL Server
3349 (55.05 %).NET
4334 (52.68 %)C#
5330 (52.05 %)MCTS
6328 (51.74 %)MCSD
7319 (50.32 %)MCAD
8315 (49.68 %)Windows
9253 (39.91 %)Microsoft
10251 (39.59 %)ASP.NET
11226 (35.65 %)SQL Server 2008
12224 (35.33 %)XML
13208 (32.81 %)WPF
14191 (30.13 %)WCF
15141 (22.24 %)Active Directory
15141 (22.24 %)Finance
16140 (22.08 %)SQL Server 2005
17130 (20.50 %)SQL
18129 (20.35 %)MCSE
19127 (20.03 %)Windows Server 2003
20122 (19.24 %)AJAX
21121 (19.09 %)TDD
22119 (18.77 %)NHibernate
23117 (18.45 %)WinForms
24115 (18.14 %)JavaScript
25109 (17.19 %)MS Excel
26108 (17.03 %)MS Exchange
26108 (17.03 %)MVC
27107 (16.88 %)Banking
28104 (16.40 %)HTML

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1349 (55.05 %).NET
2251 (39.59 %)ASP.NET
3224 (35.33 %)XML
4208 (32.81 %)WPF
5191 (30.13 %)WCF
6122 (19.24 %)AJAX
7119 (18.77 %)NHibernate
8117 (18.45 %)WinForms
9104 (16.40 %)HTML
1088 (13.88 %)CSS
1185 (13.41 %)MonoRail
1269 (10.88 %)Silverlight
1338 (5.994 %).NET Framework
1425 (3.943 %)Web Services
1425 (3.943 %)XHTML
1518 (2.839 %)jQuery
167 (1.104 %)ASP.NET 2.0
176 (0.946 %)WF
176 (0.946 %)XSLT
176 (0.946 %)ADO.NET
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1108 (17.03 %)MS Exchange
295 (14.98 %)SharePoint
365 (10.25 %)SharePoint Server 2007
461 (9.621 %)BizTalk Server
551 (8.044 %)Exchange Server 2003
636 (5.678 %)Exchange Server 2007
722 (3.470 %)IIS
812 (1.893 %)Lotus Notes
910 (1.577 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
910 (1.577 %)SharePoint Portal Server
108 (1.262 %)CMS
116 (0.946 %)Immediacy CMS
116 (0.946 %)Office Communications Server
125 (0.789 %)EPiServer
134 (0.631 %)Sitecore CMS
134 (0.631 %)Zimbra
142 (0.315 %)WordPress
142 (0.315 %)WorkSite
142 (0.315 %)Exchange Server 2000
151 (0.158 %)Exchange Server 5.5
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1109 (17.19 %)MS Excel
2100 (15.77 %)MS Office
315 (2.366 %)MS PowerPoint
46 (0.946 %)InfoPath
52 (0.315 %)Spreadsheet
52 (0.315 %)Photoshop
61 (0.158 %)MS Project
61 (0.158 %)MS Visio
61 (0.158 %)QuarkXPress
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.789 %)Microsoft CRM
15 (0.789 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.473 %)Dynamics AX
32 (0.315 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.315 %)Applix TM1
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
178 (12.30 %)TCP/IP
261 (9.621 %)Internet
348 (7.571 %)Firewall
447 (7.413 %)DNS
537 (5.836 %)LAN
537 (5.836 %)DHCP
634 (5.363 %)WAN
724 (3.785 %)VPN
822 (3.470 %)Broadband
919 (2.997 %)VoIP
1013 (2.050 %)SAN
117 (1.104 %)Wireless
126 (0.946 %)ADSL
126 (0.946 %)FTP
135 (0.789 %)VLAN
135 (0.789 %)iSCSI
135 (0.789 %)NAS
144 (0.631 %)Cisco IOS
153 (0.473 %)Network Security
153 (0.473 %)SMS
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1368 (58.04 %)SQL Server
2226 (35.65 %)SQL Server 2008
3140 (22.08 %)SQL Server 2005
417 (2.681 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (1.262 %)SQL Server Integration Services
67 (1.104 %)ETL
76 (0.946 %)DTS
83 (0.473 %)MySQL
83 (0.473 %)OLAP
83 (0.473 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (0.473 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
83 (0.473 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
83 (0.473 %)Datawarehouse
83 (0.473 %)PerformancePoint
83 (0.473 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
92 (0.315 %)NovaView
92 (0.315 %)BODI
92 (0.315 %)Oracle OLAP
92 (0.315 %)Oracle 9i
92 (0.315 %)Cognos Powerplay
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
193 (14.67 %)NUnit
275 (11.83 %)Subversion
35 (0.789 %)Visual Studio
43 (0.473 %)Oracle APEX
51 (0.158 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1141 (22.24 %)Finance
2107 (16.88 %)Banking
347 (7.413 %)Investment Banking
439 (6.151 %)Telecoms
536 (5.678 %)Music
630 (4.732 %)Games
726 (4.101 %)Retail
822 (3.470 %)Pensions
920 (3.155 %)Insurance
1019 (2.997 %)Marketing
1117 (2.681 %)Government
1214 (2.208 %)Music Industry
1312 (1.893 %)Health
1411 (1.735 %)Front Office
158 (1.262 %)Law
166 (0.946 %)Back Office
175 (0.789 %)Advertising
184 (0.631 %)Legal
193 (0.473 %)Electric
202 (0.315 %)Pharmaceutical
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1320 (50.47 %)Developer
2188 (29.65 %).NET Developer
3143 (22.56 %)C# Developer
482 (12.93 %)Analyst
571 (11.20 %)ASP.NET Developer
662 (9.779 %)Support Analyst
757 (8.991 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
849 (7.729 %)Support Engineer
944 (6.940 %)WinForms Developer
1036 (5.678 %)Consultant
1131 (4.890 %)Desktop Support
1226 (4.101 %)Junior
1325 (3.943 %)IT Support
1423 (3.628 %)2nd Line Support
1520 (3.155 %)VB.NET Developer
1520 (3.155 %)Graduate
1619 (2.997 %)Junior Developer
1717 (2.681 %)Desktop Engineer
1717 (2.681 %)Systems Engineer
1717 (2.681 %)Administrator
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
169 (10.88 %)Tandem
249 (7.729 %)Blackberry
329 (4.574 %)Derivative
417 (2.681 %)Fixed Income
516 (2.524 %)Social Network
615 (2.366 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
714 (2.208 %)DTV
811 (1.735 %)N-Tier
910 (1.577 %)Credit Derivative
910 (1.577 %)Equity Derivative
108 (1.262 %)German Language
117 (1.104 %)EqualLogic
126 (0.946 %)Spanish Language
126 (0.946 %)French Language
135 (0.789 %)Portuguese Language
135 (0.789 %)Thin Client
135 (0.789 %)Fat Client
144 (0.631 %)Computer Science
153 (0.473 %)PDA
162 (0.315 %)Spread Betting
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1315 (49.68 %)Windows
2127 (20.03 %)Windows Server 2003
389 (14.04 %)Windows XP
446 (7.256 %)Windows Vista
541 (6.467 %)Windows 2000
636 (5.678 %)Windows Server 2008
726 (4.101 %)Linux
817 (2.681 %)Windows 2000 Server
817 (2.681 %)Mac OS X
916 (2.524 %)Windows 7
1014 (2.208 %)Mac OS
119 (1.420 %)Windows NT
124 (0.631 %)Mac OS X Server
133 (0.473 %)NetWare
142 (0.315 %)UNIX
151 (0.158 %)AIX
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1121 (19.09 %)TDD
2108 (17.03 %)MVC
385 (13.41 %)Scrum
451 (8.044 %)ITIL
545 (7.098 %)E-Commerce
644 (6.940 %)OO
741 (6.467 %)Extreme Programming
827 (4.259 %)Asset Management
921 (3.312 %)Project Management
1017 (2.681 %)Business Intelligence
1017 (2.681 %)OOA/OOD
1116 (2.524 %)CRM
1211 (1.735 %)OOD
1211 (1.735 %)OOP
1211 (1.735 %)Investment Management
1310 (1.577 %)Service Delivery
149 (1.420 %)Content Management
149 (1.420 %)Web Development
158 (1.262 %)Incident Management
158 (1.262 %)Product Marketing
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1334 (52.68 %)C#
2130 (20.50 %)SQL
3115 (18.14 %)JavaScript
491 (14.35 %)T-SQL
547 (7.413 %)C++
638 (5.994 %)VB.NET
726 (4.101 %)VB
814 (2.208 %)C
814 (2.208 %)VBScript
913 (2.050 %)PowerShell
107 (1.104 %)Java
107 (1.104 %)VBA
115 (0.789 %)VB6
115 (0.789 %)OCaml
124 (0.631 %)Ruby
131 (0.158 %)Python
131 (0.158 %)AppleScript
131 (0.158 %)Perl
131 (0.158 %)PHP
131 (0.158 %)PL/SQL
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1634 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2330 (52.05 %)MCTS
3328 (51.74 %)MCSD
4319 (50.32 %)MCAD
5129 (20.35 %)MCSE
657 (8.991 %)Cisco Certification
748 (7.571 %)MCSA
847 (7.413 %)CCNA
931 (4.890 %)Degree
1030 (4.732 %)MCITP
1116 (2.524 %)A+ Certification
1213 (2.050 %)Citrix Certification
1312 (1.893 %)MCDBA
1312 (1.893 %)ITIL Certification
1410 (1.577 %)CCNP
159 (1.420 %)CCEA
168 (1.262 %)MOS
176 (0.946 %)MCDST
176 (0.946 %)MCPD
185 (0.789 %)ACSP
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (1.893 %)SLA
23 (0.473 %)QA
31 (0.158 %)ISO27001
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1141 (22.24 %)Active Directory
217 (2.681 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (1.420 %)ISA Server
48 (1.262 %)vSphere
57 (1.104 %)XenApp
66 (0.946 %)VMware ESX
75 (0.789 %)Terminal Services
84 (0.631 %)Hyper-V
84 (0.631 %)Samba
93 (0.473 %)MetaFrame
93 (0.473 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
102 (0.315 %)Citrix Presentation Server
102 (0.315 %)VMware Server
102 (0.315 %)XenDesktop
111 (0.158 %)Xen
111 (0.158 %)WebMarshal
111 (0.158 %)Terminal Server
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (1.104 %)SCCM
25 (0.789 %)Backup Exec
25 (0.789 %)WSUS
33 (0.473 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.315 %)OpenView Configuration Management
42 (0.315 %)NetBackup
51 (0.158 %)AssetCenter
51 (0.158 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.158 %)DameWare
51 (0.158 %)SCOM
51 (0.158 %)SCVMM
51 (0.158 %)McAfee ePO
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1253 (39.91 %)Microsoft
260 (9.464 %)Citrix
337 (5.836 %)Cisco
429 (4.574 %)VMware
519 (2.997 %)HP
519 (2.997 %)Symantec
616 (2.524 %)Apple
713 (2.050 %)Lotus
812 (1.893 %)Remedy
812 (1.893 %)EMC
910 (1.577 %)Adobe
910 (1.577 %)Oracle
108 (1.262 %)Novell
117 (1.104 %)NetApp
117 (1.104 %)Avaya
126 (0.946 %)Dell
135 (0.789 %)Altiris
144 (0.631 %)Sitecore
144 (0.631 %)Ektron
144 (0.631 %)Bloomberg