The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 61 48 45
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -3
Permanent jobs citing MCP 5 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.794% 3.275% 2.851%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.551% 11.28% 8.383%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 14
Average salary £21,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-47.50% +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
196 133 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 31.11% 29.04% 34.01%
Number of salaries quoted 180 126 152
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £25,000 £28,300
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
South West

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Frome - 3 £21,000 -
Bath -17 2 £18,000 -55.00%
MCP
South West

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (92.86%) Windows
3 8 (57.14%) MCSE
3 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
4 7 (50.00%) ITIL
4 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (42.86%) MCITP
6 5 (35.71%) MCDST
6 5 (35.71%) MS Office
6 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (35.71%) Blackberry
7 4 (28.57%) DHCP
7 4 (28.57%) DNS
7 4 (28.57%) VMware
8 3 (21.43%) Firewall
8 3 (21.43%) Terminal Services
8 3 (21.43%) MCTS
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
8 3 (21.43%) WSUS
8 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
8 3 (21.43%) VPN
8 3 (21.43%) SMTP
8 3 (21.43%) Citrix
8 3 (21.43%) MCSA
8 3 (21.43%) C
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
8 3 (21.43%) Office 365

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 Development
1 1 (7.143%) WCF
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (7.143%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Office
2 3 (21.43%) Office 365
3 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 2 (14.29%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DHCP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 3 (21.43%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (21.43%) VPN
2 3 (21.43%) SMTP
3 2 (14.29%) Intranet
4 1 (7.143%) Internet
4 1 (7.143%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) IT Support
3 5 (35.71%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Team Leader
5 2 (14.29%) Field Support Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Field Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) .NET Developer
6 1 (7.143%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Server Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Server Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Blackberry
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (21.43%) Windows 8
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (14.29%) Content Management
2 2 (14.29%) Document Management
2 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (14.29%) Workflow
2 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.143%) MVC
3 1 (7.143%) TDD
3 1 (7.143%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (7.143%) OO
3 1 (7.143%) CQRS
3 1 (7.143%) Web Application Development
3 1 (7.143%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C
2 1 (7.143%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (57.14%) MCSE
3 6 (42.86%) MCITP
4 5 (35.71%) MCDST
5 3 (21.43%) MCTS
5 3 (21.43%) MCSA
6 2 (14.29%) ISEB
7 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (7.143%) MCAD
7 1 (7.143%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) Terminal Services
2 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) WSUS
2 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Citrix
Bath, Avon
Windows XP and Windows 7 are used... Therefore the successful candidate will have a good level of understanding of Windows operating systems (XP and 7) as well as...
Connectus
Salary: £18000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013