The first table below looks at the demand for MCPD in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCPD 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
Rank - 74 -
Contract jobs citing MCPD 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - 0.102% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.510% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £445 £320 £291
% change year-on-year
+39.06% +9.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 - -
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
215 196 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 26.54% 20.08% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 77 104
Average daily rate £300 £255 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £401 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 19
Average hourly rate £18.73 £15.75 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.92% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £10.70 £9.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.08 £50.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCPD
South East

MCPD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCPD across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Buckinghamshire MCPD Jobs Demand Trend

MCPD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCPD across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire MCPD Daily Rate Trend

MCPD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing MCPD 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCPD.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Windows NT
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared

MCPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing MCPD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCPD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Team System
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft