The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 22 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 60 47 55
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +8
Permanent jobs citing MCP 6 22 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.893% 3.245% 0.203%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.449% 9.362% 0.813%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 1
Average salary £21,500 £40,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-46.25% +73.91%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
245 235 123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 36.46% 34.66% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 189 166 99
Average salary £47,500 £41,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.85% -1.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
Berkshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (83.33%) MS Excel
3 9 (75.00%) MCSE
4 7 (58.33%) MS Office
5 6 (50.00%) Windows
5 6 (50.00%) MCSA
5 6 (50.00%) Replication
5 6 (50.00%) MCDST
5 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (41.67%) VMware
6 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
7 4 (33.33%) Finance
7 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (25.00%) vSphere
8 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (25.00%) VMware ESX
8 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
9 2 (16.67%) Citrix
9 2 (16.67%) Security Management
9 2 (16.67%) Service Management
9 2 (16.67%) Change Management
9 2 (16.67%) Advertising
9 2 (16.67%) Publishing

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 10 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 7 (58.33%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Advertising
2 2 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 6 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (8.333%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
1 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (16.67%) Security Management
2 2 (16.67%) Service Management
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Data Management
2 2 (16.67%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (75.00%) MCSE
3 6 (50.00%) MCSA
3 6 (50.00%) MCDST
4 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) vSphere
2 3 (25.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (16.67%) XenApp
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix