Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank9283
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads3560
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.027 %
As % of the category below7.187 %6.383 %
Salaries quoted2753
Average minimum salary£30,241£26,389
Average salary£33,690£29,222
% change on same period last year+15.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,138£32,056
UK excluding London average salary£28,614£28,290
% change on same period last year+1.14 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads487940
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.419 %
Salaries quoted434853
Average minimum salary£34,188£33,488
Average salary£39,394£36,492
% change on same period last year+7.95 %
Average maximum salary£44,599£39,495
UK excluding London average salary£37,946£37,910
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordDown-317£40,231+45.13 %
BanburyNew entry-5£28,400-
WallingfordUp+134£18,500-
WitneyNew entry-3--
AbingdonDown-53£34,667+21.63 %
BicesterNew entry-3--
MCP South EastMCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

198 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
264 (65.31 %)Microsoft
352 (53.06 %)Windows
448 (48.98 %)MCSE
530 (30.61 %)MS Excel
629 (29.59 %).NET
629 (29.59 %)Active Directory
728 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
827 (27.55 %)MCSD
925 (25.51 %)ASP.NET
1024 (24.49 %)MCSA
1024 (24.49 %)Windows Server 2003
1123 (23.47 %)Exchange Server 2003
1222 (22.45 %)Citrix
1222 (22.45 %)SQL
1321 (21.43 %)MCAD
1419 (19.39 %)SQL Server
1419 (19.39 %)LAN
1419 (19.39 %)TCP/IP
1419 (19.39 %)DNS
1518 (18.37 %)WAN
1518 (18.37 %)Windows XP
1518 (18.37 %)Linux
1616 (16.33 %)C#
1715 (15.31 %)Blackberry
1814 (14.29 %)Backup Exec
1814 (14.29 %)Terminal Services
1814 (14.29 %)VB.NET
1814 (14.29 %)ITIL
1814 (14.29 %)PRINCE2

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (29.59 %).NET
225 (25.51 %)ASP.NET
311 (11.22 %)XML
49 (9.184 %)WCF
49 (9.184 %)WPF
49 (9.184 %)WF
58 (8.163 %)HTML
58 (8.163 %)WebServices
66 (6.122 %)AJAX
66 (6.122 %)Silverlight
71 (1.020 %)Windows SharePoint Services
71 (1.020 %)XHTML
71 (1.020 %)CSS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
128 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
223 (23.47 %)Exchange Server 2003
314 (14.29 %)SharePoint
413 (13.27 %)SharePoint Server 2007
59 (9.184 %)IIS
64 (4.082 %)BizTalk Server
73 (3.061 %)Commerce Server
73 (3.061 %)Lotus Domino
82 (2.041 %)Content Management Server
82 (2.041 %)Commerce Server 2007
91 (1.020 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (1.020 %)SharePoint Portal Server
91 (1.020 %)CMS
91 (1.020 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (1.020 %)Apache
91 (1.020 %)Tomcat
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
130 (30.61 %)MS Excel
210 (10.20 %)MS Office
35 (5.102 %)MS Visio
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.020 %)Microsoft CRM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (19.39 %)LAN
119 (19.39 %)TCP/IP
119 (19.39 %)DNS
218 (18.37 %)WAN
314 (14.29 %)VPN
314 (14.29 %)DHCP
412 (12.24 %)Internet
412 (12.24 %)ADSL
57 (7.143 %)Firewall
64 (4.082 %)SMTP
71 (1.020 %)VoIP
71 (1.020 %)Ethernet
71 (1.020 %)SNMP
71 (1.020 %)MPLS
71 (1.020 %)SAN
71 (1.020 %)Intranet
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (19.39 %)SQL Server
211 (11.22 %)DTS
39 (9.184 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (5.102 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
55 (5.102 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
55 (5.102 %)ETL
55 (5.102 %)SQL Server Integration Services
55 (5.102 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (1.020 %)MySQL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (7.143 %)Retail
26 (6.122 %)Auditing
34 (4.082 %)Health
43 (3.061 %)Publishing
52 (2.041 %)Finance
52 (2.041 %)Insurance
61 (1.020 %)Pensions
61 (1.020 %)Marketing
61 (1.020 %)Education
61 (1.020 %)Manufacturing
61 (1.020 %)Back Office
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (27.55 %)Analyst
224 (24.49 %)Support Analyst
315 (15.31 %)2nd Line Support
315 (15.31 %).NET Developer
315 (15.31 %)Developer
410 (10.20 %)ASP.NET Developer
59 (9.184 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
59 (9.184 %)Support Engineer
68 (8.163 %)Consultant
76 (6.122 %)Trainer
76 (6.122 %)C# Developer
76 (6.122 %)VB.NET Developer
76 (6.122 %)Technical Trainer
76 (6.122 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
76 (6.122 %)Team Leader
76 (6.122 %)Development Team Leader
85 (5.102 %)IT Support Engineer
85 (5.102 %)Technical Support
85 (5.102 %)Helpdesk Analyst
85 (5.102 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (15.31 %)Blackberry
24 (4.082 %)Computer Science
31 (1.020 %)Client/Server
31 (1.020 %)PMI
31 (1.020 %)Replication
31 (1.020 %)CLARiiON
31 (1.020 %)Clustering
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
152 (53.06 %)Windows
224 (24.49 %)Windows Server 2003
318 (18.37 %)Linux
318 (18.37 %)Windows XP
413 (13.27 %)Windows 2000
56 (6.122 %)NetWare
65 (5.102 %)Mac OS X
65 (5.102 %)Windows Vista
65 (5.102 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (2.041 %)Windows NT
81 (1.020 %)Solaris
81 (1.020 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (1.020 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (1.020 %)UNIX
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (14.29 %)ITIL
114 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
213 (13.27 %)E-Commerce
39 (9.184 %)Scrum
39 (9.184 %)Extreme Programming
45 (5.102 %)Business Intelligence
54 (4.082 %)Service Management
63 (3.061 %)Security Cleared
63 (3.061 %)Risk Assessment
63 (3.061 %)TDD
72 (2.041 %)Content Management
72 (2.041 %)Project Management
72 (2.041 %)Web Development
81 (1.020 %)Migration
81 (1.020 %)CRM
81 (1.020 %)Business Analysis
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (22.45 %)SQL
216 (16.33 %)C#
314 (14.29 %)VB.NET
44 (4.082 %)JavaScript
53 (3.061 %)Transact-SQL
53 (3.061 %)VB
62 (2.041 %)Java
71 (1.020 %)PHP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
198 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
248 (48.98 %)MCSE
327 (27.55 %)MCSD
424 (24.49 %)MCSA
521 (21.43 %)MCAD
611 (11.22 %)MCTS
78 (8.163 %)Cisco Certification
87 (7.143 %)MCDST
87 (7.143 %)CCNA
87 (7.143 %)A+ Certification
96 (6.122 %)MCDBA
104 (4.082 %)MCT
104 (4.082 %)Network+ Certification
104 (4.082 %)Degree
113 (3.061 %)Novell Certification
122 (2.041 %)ITIL Certification
122 (2.041 %)CNA
122 (2.041 %)CNE
122 (2.041 %)Citrix Certification
131 (1.020 %)CCEA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.061 %)SLA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
129 (29.59 %)Active Directory
214 (14.29 %)Terminal Services
214 (14.29 %)Backup Exec
39 (9.184 %)ISA Server
41 (1.020 %)VMware ESX
41 (1.020 %)VMware Infrastructure
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (3.061 %)WSUS
22 (2.041 %)Unicenter
22 (2.041 %)MOM
31 (1.020 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (1.020 %)Nagios
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
164 (65.31 %)Microsoft
222 (22.45 %)Citrix
38 (8.163 %)Cisco
47 (7.143 %)Novell
55 (5.102 %)ProClarity
63 (3.061 %)Lotus
63 (3.061 %)Dell
72 (2.041 %)EMC
72 (2.041 %)CA
72 (2.041 %)HP
72 (2.041 %)Sophos
72 (2.041 %)VMware
81 (1.020 %)Sun
81 (1.020 %)Intel