The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Oldham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 24 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 Oldham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank - 15 -
Permanent jobs citing MCP 0 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oldham - 12.00% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 23.08% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £25,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Oldham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
12 26 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oldham 23.53% 52.00% 6.061%
Number of salaries quoted 11 26 2
Average salary £37,500 £25,000 £19,453
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% +28.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £19,015
10% offered a salary of more than £46,127 £19,891 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Manchester

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oldham 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 Oldham region.

Oldham MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oldham 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 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sun
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oldham 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sun
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense