The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 17 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 48 47 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs citing MCP 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.528% 0.510% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.754% 1.835% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £24,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
114 109 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 30.08% 27.81% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 81 92 70
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,750 £51,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Bedfordshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 5 (62.50%) WAN
3 4 (50.00%) MCSE
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) C#
4 3 (37.50%) MCAD
4 3 (37.50%) MCSD
4 3 (37.50%) .NET
4 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 3 (37.50%) Citrix
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (37.50%) WCF
4 3 (37.50%) WPF
4 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (25.00%) Node.js
5 2 (25.00%) Ninject
5 2 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
5 2 (25.00%) Web Application Development
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 2 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (25.00%) Lync
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 3 (37.50%) WCF
1 3 (37.50%) WPF
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (25.00%) Node.js
2 2 (25.00%) Ninject
2 2 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
2 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (25.00%) Lync
4 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) SAN
2 2 (25.00%) Internet
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (25.00%) Advertising
1 2 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) .NET Architect
3 2 (25.00%) .NET Solutions Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Network Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) MVC
1 2 (25.00%) TDD
1 2 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
1 2 (25.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) RUP
2 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) MCSE
3 3 (37.50%) MCAD
3 3 (37.50%) MCSD
4 2 (25.00%) MCTS
4 2 (25.00%) CCNP
4 2 (25.00%) CCNA
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco