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 Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 18 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 Sheffield region.

 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank54-94
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads2010
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield0.410 %-0.674 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.030 %-3.448 %
Salaries quoted209
Average salary£22,250-£22,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,050-£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,450-£30,200
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£29,000£25,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.00 %
Sheffield IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6697290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield13.52 %16.19 %19.55 %
Salaries quoted6585242
Average salary£34,000£28,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42 %-13.84 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£21,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,500£42,500£43,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCP South YorkshireMCP
South Yorkshire

MCP
Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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.

15 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (80.00 %)MCSE
33 (60.00 %)Degree
42 (40.00 %)Microsoft
42 (40.00 %)MS Excel
42 (40.00 %)C
42 (40.00 %)MS Office
42 (40.00 %)Windows
42 (40.00 %)Active Directory
51 (20.00 %)OpenView
51 (20.00 %)HP
51 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
51 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (20.00 %)Remedy
51 (20.00 %)Linux
51 (20.00 %)SLA
51 (20.00 %)MCSA
51 (20.00 %)CCNA
51 (20.00 %)CEH
51 (20.00 %)Penetration Testing
51 (20.00 %)MCDST
51 (20.00 %)Firewall
51 (20.00 %)Wireless
51 (20.00 %)Linux+ Certification
51 (20.00 %)Computer Science
51 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Sheffield IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (40.00 %)MS Excel
12 (40.00 %)MS Office
Sheffield IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)Firewall
11 (20.00 %)Wireless
Sheffield IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)2nd Line Support
22 (40.00 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Field Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Field Support Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Support Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Tester
31 (20.00 %)Service Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Technical Support
31 (20.00 %)1st Line Support
31 (20.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Penetration Tester
31 (20.00 %)1st Line Support Analyst
Sheffield IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Computer Science
Sheffield IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Linux
21 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Sheffield IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Penetration Testing
Sheffield IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)C
Sheffield IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (80.00 %)MCSE
33 (60.00 %)Degree
41 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
41 (20.00 %)MCSA
41 (20.00 %)CCNA
41 (20.00 %)CEH
41 (20.00 %)MCDST
41 (20.00 %)Linux+ Certification
Sheffield IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)SLA
Sheffield IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Sheffield IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (20.00 %)OpenView
Sheffield IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (40.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)HP
21 (20.00 %)Remedy