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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in IT jobs within the South West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank159136
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads105130
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.053 %
As % of the category below4.597 %7.016 %
Salaries quoted97123
Average minimum salary£25,744£24,501
Average salary£28,353£26,098
% change on same period last year+8.64 %
Average maximum salary£30,962£27,694
UK excluding London average salary£28,885£28,669
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads22841853
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.206 %0.759 %
Salaries quoted19921585
Average minimum salary£33,292£31,000
Average salary£36,437£34,076
% change on same period last year+6.92 %
Average maximum salary£39,581£37,152
UK excluding London average salary£37,731£38,242
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
MCP EnglandMCP
England

MCP
Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
WiltshireDown-434£28,851+32.14 %
DorsetUp+420£32,658+34.44 %
GloucestershireDown-2918£27,639+25.99 %
BristolDown-2515£26,115-3.77 %
SomersetDown-147£25,286-12.58 %
CornwallUp+134£21,000+31.25 %
DevonDown-274£28,000-14.59 %
MCP EnglandMCP
England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1245 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2108 (44.08 %)MCSE
393 (37.96 %)Microsoft
485 (34.69 %)Windows
573 (29.80 %).NET
671 (28.98 %)SQL Server
769 (28.16 %)Active Directory
862 (25.31 %)ASP.NET
951 (20.82 %)XML
1048 (19.59 %)VB.NET
1146 (18.78 %)CSS
1245 (18.37 %)Firewall
1344 (17.96 %)AJAX
1344 (17.96 %)C#
1441 (16.73 %)JavaScript
1441 (16.73 %)LAN
1539 (15.92 %)Exchange Server 2003
1637 (15.10 %)SQL Server 2005
1735 (14.29 %)HTML
1834 (13.88 %)Exchange Server 2000
1933 (13.47 %)SQL
1933 (13.47 %)WAN
1933 (13.47 %)Internet
2031 (12.65 %)WebServices
2031 (12.65 %)MS Exchange
2129 (11.84 %)MCSA
2129 (11.84 %)SQL Server 2000
2228 (11.43 %)CCNA
2228 (11.43 %)Cisco Certification
2327 (11.02 %)MS Excel

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
173 (29.80 %).NET
262 (25.31 %)ASP.NET
351 (20.82 %)XML
446 (18.78 %)CSS
544 (17.96 %)AJAX
635 (14.29 %)HTML
731 (12.65 %)WebServices
823 (9.388 %)Silverlight
921 (8.571 %)XHTML
1017 (6.939 %)XSLT
1111 (4.490 %)ASP
1210 (4.082 %).NET Framework
139 (3.673 %)WinForms
145 (2.041 %)ASP.NET 2.0
153 (1.224 %)COM+
153 (1.224 %)WCF
153 (1.224 %)WPF
153 (1.224 %)WF
153 (1.224 %)ADO
161 (0.408 %)COM
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
139 (15.92 %)Exchange Server 2003
234 (13.88 %)Exchange Server 2000
331 (12.65 %)MS Exchange
422 (8.980 %)SharePoint
512 (4.898 %)SharePoint Server 2007
611 (4.490 %)IIS
79 (3.673 %)BizTalk Server
84 (1.633 %)Exchange Server 2007
93 (1.224 %)Exchange Server 5.5
93 (1.224 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.408 %)CMS
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (11.02 %)MS Excel
218 (7.347 %)MS Office
312 (4.898 %)Photoshop
45 (2.041 %)Fireworks
53 (1.224 %)MS Visio
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (5.306 %)Summit
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
145 (18.37 %)Firewall
241 (16.73 %)LAN
333 (13.47 %)WAN
333 (13.47 %)Internet
422 (8.980 %)TCP/IP
520 (8.163 %)SAN
520 (8.163 %)Intranet
616 (6.531 %)VoIP
616 (6.531 %)DNS
711 (4.490 %)Extranet
88 (3.265 %)DHCP
96 (2.449 %)VPN
104 (1.633 %)ADSL
104 (1.633 %)Wireless
112 (0.816 %)PBX
121 (0.408 %)Network Security
121 (0.408 %)iSCSI
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
171 (28.98 %)SQL Server
237 (15.10 %)SQL Server 2005
329 (11.84 %)SQL Server 2000
415 (6.122 %)SQL Server 7
514 (5.714 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
65 (2.041 %)MySQL
73 (1.224 %)DTS
73 (1.224 %)ETL
73 (1.224 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
73 (1.224 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (1.224 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
82 (0.816 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.408 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.408 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.408 %)MS Access
91 (0.408 %)Oracle 10g
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (7.347 %)Flash
211 (4.490 %)Visual Studio
35 (2.041 %)Dreamweaver
43 (1.224 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.408 %)ClearCase
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (8.163 %)Pensions
214 (5.714 %)Music
214 (5.714 %)Finance
311 (4.490 %)Multimedia
410 (4.082 %)Marketing
59 (3.673 %)Health
68 (3.265 %)Retail
77 (2.857 %)Telecoms
84 (1.633 %)Government
93 (1.224 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.816 %)Education
111 (0.408 %)Back Office
111 (0.408 %)Local Government
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
173 (29.80 %)Support Engineer
271 (28.98 %)Developer
347 (19.18 %).NET Developer
436 (14.69 %)2nd Line Support
529 (11.84 %)Analyst
625 (10.20 %)Web Developer
721 (8.571 %)Support Analyst
815 (6.122 %)Senior Developer
815 (6.122 %)Consultant
815 (6.122 %)C# Developer
914 (5.714 %)Systems Engineer
914 (5.714 %)Senior .NET Developer
1013 (5.306 %)VB.NET Developer
1110 (4.082 %).NET Web Developer
129 (3.673 %)C# Web Developer
138 (3.265 %)IT Support Engineer
138 (3.265 %)Network Engineer
138 (3.265 %)Administrator
147 (2.857 %)1st Line Support
147 (2.857 %)Server Support
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (4.490 %)RIA
27 (2.857 %)French Language
35 (2.041 %)Mainframe
35 (2.041 %)Clustering
41 (0.408 %)PACS
41 (0.408 %)Mathematics
41 (0.408 %)Physics
41 (0.408 %)Client/Server
41 (0.408 %)N-Tier
41 (0.408 %)Firmware
41 (0.408 %)Thin Client
41 (0.408 %)German Language
41 (0.408 %)Fat Client
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
185 (34.69 %)Windows
220 (8.163 %)Windows 2000
318 (7.347 %)Windows Server 2003
414 (5.714 %)Windows XP
513 (5.306 %)UNIX
611 (4.490 %)Linux
78 (3.265 %)Windows NT
81 (0.408 %)AIX
81 (0.408 %)Solaris
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (11.02 %)Web Development
222 (8.980 %)ITIL
315 (6.122 %)Project Management
412 (4.898 %)Scrum
412 (4.898 %)Extreme Programming
59 (3.673 %)UML
59 (3.673 %)RUP
67 (2.857 %)E-Commerce
76 (2.449 %)Security Cleared
85 (2.041 %)Technical Architecture
85 (2.041 %)Web Design
94 (1.633 %)Service Delivery
94 (1.633 %)Software Testing
103 (1.224 %)Logistics
103 (1.224 %)Business Intelligence
112 (0.816 %)CRM
112 (0.816 %)Service Management
112 (0.816 %)Incident Management
112 (0.816 %)Disaster Recovery
112 (0.816 %)SC Cleared
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
148 (19.59 %)VB.NET
244 (17.96 %)C#
341 (16.73 %)JavaScript
433 (13.47 %)SQL
518 (7.347 %)VB
615 (6.122 %)VBScript
710 (4.082 %)PHP
83 (1.224 %)Transact-SQL
83 (1.224 %)VBA
91 (0.408 %)C
91 (0.408 %)Java
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1245 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2108 (44.08 %)MCSE
329 (11.84 %)MCSA
428 (11.43 %)CCNA
428 (11.43 %)Cisco Certification
525 (10.20 %)MCSD
622 (8.980 %)MCAD
711 (4.490 %)Degree
810 (4.082 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
98 (3.265 %)A+ Certification
105 (2.041 %)Citrix Certification
114 (1.633 %)HND
114 (1.633 %)CCA
114 (1.633 %)MCDBA
123 (1.224 %)Network+ Certification
123 (1.224 %)Server+ Certification
123 (1.224 %)MCTS
132 (0.816 %)CCEA
141 (0.408 %)ITIL Certification
141 (0.408 %)OCP
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.041 %)SLA
24 (1.633 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
169 (28.16 %)Active Directory
29 (3.673 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (1.633 %)VMware ESX
34 (1.633 %)NetBackup
43 (1.224 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.816 %)ISA Server
61 (0.408 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.408 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.408 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.408 %)Oracle RAC
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.224 %)MOM
13 (1.224 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.408 %)AutoSys
21 (0.408 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
21 (0.408 %)Unicenter
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
193 (37.96 %)Microsoft
220 (8.163 %)HP
319 (7.755 %)Citrix
418 (7.347 %)Cisco
517 (6.939 %)IBM
615 (6.122 %)VMware
77 (2.857 %)Oracle
77 (2.857 %)Adobe
86 (2.449 %)Dell
95 (2.041 %)Siebel
95 (2.041 %)VERITAS
104 (1.633 %)Symantec
104 (1.633 %)EMC
113 (1.224 %)Intel
113 (1.224 %)Lotus
113 (1.224 %)Avaya
113 (1.224 %)ProClarity
113 (1.224 %)ProCurve
113 (1.224 %)3Com
122 (0.816 %)Sage
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