The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 45 65 63
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -2
Permanent jobs citing MCP 7 1 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.422% 0.282% 1.876%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.537% 1.053% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 7
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +56.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Qualifications
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
82 95 120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 28.37% 26.84% 22.51%
Number of salaries quoted 72 49 100
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +18.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
Hertfordshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Watford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Watford MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) MCSE
1 12 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 12 (100.00%) LAN
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (91.67%) WAN
3 10 (83.33%) VoIP
3 10 (83.33%) VPN
3 10 (83.33%) MS Exchange
3 10 (83.33%) Avaya
3 10 (83.33%) Internet
3 10 (83.33%) MCTS
3 10 (83.33%) MCITP
4 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (75.00%) VMware
4 9 (75.00%) SAN
5 8 (66.67%) CheckPoint
5 8 (66.67%) Remedy
5 8 (66.67%) UNIX
5 8 (66.67%) E-Commerce
5 8 (66.67%) Retail
5 8 (66.67%) Firewall
5 8 (66.67%) VMware Server
5 8 (66.67%) vSphere
6 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (33.33%) MCSA
6 4 (33.33%) MS Office
6 4 (33.33%) Cisco
6 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 4 (33.33%) CCNA

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 2 (16.67%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (83.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 12 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (16.67%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) LAN
2 11 (91.67%) WAN
3 10 (83.33%) VoIP
3 10 (83.33%) VPN
3 10 (83.33%) Internet
4 9 (75.00%) SAN
5 8 (66.67%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (8.333%) NAS
7 1 (8.333%) DNS
7 1 (8.333%) WLAN
7 1 (8.333%) DHCP
General
1 8 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) IT Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) UNIX
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) MCSE
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (83.33%) MCTS
2 10 (83.33%) MCITP
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (33.33%) MCSA
3 4 (33.33%) CCNA
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (66.67%) VMware Server
2 8 (66.67%) vSphere
3 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (16.67%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Avaya
2 9 (75.00%) VMware
3 8 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 8 (66.67%) Remedy
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) Symantec
5 2 (16.67%) Altiris
6 1 (8.333%) HP
Watford, Hertfordshire
The successful candidates will have excellent exposure to Windows Technologies at both Desktop and Server levels. You must have some form of certification probably an MCSE or several...
Firway Consulting
Salary: From £22,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 8 June 2013