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 Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank545575
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+20
Matching permanent IT job ads121438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire1.583 %1.763 %2.042 %
As % of the Qualifications category6.742 %5.622 %10.11 %
Salaries quoted61237
Average salary£18,000£20,000£22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£16,500£19,000£16,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,250£22,000£27,500
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£29,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.00 %
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
178249376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire23.48 %31.36 %20.20 %
Salaries quoted151213341
Average salary£32,500£35,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+16.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£21,700£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£47,500£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCP East MidlandsMCP
East Midlands

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire MCP Salary Trend

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 Nottinghamshire 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
NottinghamUp+1311£18,000-10.00 %
MCP East MidlandsMCP
East Midlands

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
217 (89.47 %)Windows
312 (63.16 %)MS Office
48 (42.11 %)MS Excel
57 (36.84 %)Remedy
57 (36.84 %)MOS
66 (31.58 %)Active Directory
66 (31.58 %)ITIL
75 (26.32 %)MCSA
75 (26.32 %)Windows XP
75 (26.32 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (21.05 %)SLA
84 (21.05 %)Microsoft
93 (15.79 %)MCSE
93 (15.79 %)UNIX
93 (15.79 %)Oracle
93 (15.79 %)DNS
93 (15.79 %)Novell
102 (10.53 %)MCDST
102 (10.53 %)Windows Vista
102 (10.53 %)Windows Server 2008
102 (10.53 %)Lotus
102 (10.53 %)Wireless
102 (10.53 %)IIS
102 (10.53 %)Windows 2000
102 (10.53 %)Lotus Notes
102 (10.53 %)A+ Certification
102 (10.53 %)Avaya
102 (10.53 %)Citrix
102 (10.53 %)LAN

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (5.263 %)HTML
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)IIS
12 (10.53 %)Lotus Notes
21 (5.263 %)MS Exchange
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (63.16 %)MS Office
28 (42.11 %)MS Excel
31 (5.263 %)MS PowerPoint
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (15.79 %)DNS
22 (10.53 %)Wireless
22 (10.53 %)LAN
22 (10.53 %)WAN
22 (10.53 %)DHCP
22 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
31 (5.263 %)Firewall
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server
11 (5.263 %)Crystal Reports
11 (5.263 %)BusinessObjects
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Insurance
11 (5.263 %)Pensions
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (31.58 %)Technical Support
16 (31.58 %)Support Engineer
16 (31.58 %)Helpdesk Support
25 (26.32 %)Desktop Support
25 (26.32 %)Analyst
33 (15.79 %)Systems Engineer
33 (15.79 %)Support Analyst
33 (15.79 %)1st Line Support
33 (15.79 %)Desktop Engineer
33 (15.79 %)Desktop Support Engineer
33 (15.79 %)Helpdesk Engineer
33 (15.79 %)Windows Systems Engineer
42 (10.53 %)1st Line Support Engineer
42 (10.53 %)Technical Engineer
42 (10.53 %)Desktop Support Analyst
42 (10.53 %)Desktop Analyst
42 (10.53 %)Technical Support Engineer
42 (10.53 %)2nd Line Support
42 (10.53 %)Helpdesk Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Graduate
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Blackberry
11 (5.263 %)PDA
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (89.47 %)Windows
25 (26.32 %)Windows XP
25 (26.32 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (15.79 %)UNIX
42 (10.53 %)Windows 2000
42 (10.53 %)Windows Vista
42 (10.53 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (5.263 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (5.263 %)Windows 7
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)ITIL
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (5.263 %)C
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (36.84 %)MOS
35 (26.32 %)MCSA
43 (15.79 %)MCSE
52 (10.53 %)MCDST
52 (10.53 %)A+ Certification
61 (5.263 %)Network+ Certification
61 (5.263 %)CCNA
61 (5.263 %)Cisco Certification
61 (5.263 %)Degree
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (21.05 %)SLA
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (31.58 %)Active Directory
21 (5.263 %)vSphere
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (5.263 %)Backup Exec
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (36.84 %)Remedy
24 (21.05 %)Microsoft
33 (15.79 %)Novell
33 (15.79 %)Oracle
42 (10.53 %)Lotus
42 (10.53 %)Citrix
42 (10.53 %)Avaya
51 (5.263 %)Business Objects
51 (5.263 %)SAP
51 (5.263 %)Cisco