The first table below looks at the demand for MCPD in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCPD over the 3 months to 18 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 South West 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
Rank 109 135 125
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -10
Contract jobs citing MCPD 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% 0.064% 0.066%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.167% 0.219% 0.252%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £320 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.39%
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £320 £275
% change year-on-year
+31.09% +16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 - -
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
598 913 795
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.10% 29.12% 26.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 476 375
Average daily rate £383 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.37% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 61 63
Average hourly rate £29.00 £22.69 £32.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.80% -29.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
MCPD
England

MCPD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West MCPD Daily Rate Trend

MCPD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCPD within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Somerset -4 1 - - 1
MCPD
England

MCPD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) MCP
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (100.00%) MCTS
2 11 (91.67%) UML
2 11 (91.67%) ASP.NET
2 11 (91.67%) XML
2 11 (91.67%) Oracle
2 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 11 (91.67%) IIS
2 11 (91.67%) C#
2 11 (91.67%) HTML
2 11 (91.67%) JavaScript
2 11 (91.67%) SQL
3 10 (83.33%) VB
3 10 (83.33%) VB.NET
3 10 (83.33%) Java
3 10 (83.33%) C++
3 10 (83.33%) ITIL
3 10 (83.33%) UNIX
3 10 (83.33%) ASP
3 10 (83.33%) Ingres
3 10 (83.33%) OpenROAD
3 10 (83.33%) ISEB
3 10 (83.33%) Service Management
3 10 (83.33%) Service Delivery
3 10 (83.33%) ITSM
3 10 (83.33%) .NET Framework

MCPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (91.67%) ASP.NET
2 11 (91.67%) XML
2 11 (91.67%) HTML
3 10 (83.33%) .NET Framework
3 10 (83.33%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 11 (91.67%) IIS
3 10 (83.33%) OpenROAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 10 (83.33%) Ingres
3 3 (25.00%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) NUnit
1 8 (66.67%) Subversion
1 8 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (66.67%) MSTest
1 8 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 7 (58.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 7 (58.33%) TeamCity
2 7 (58.33%) CruiseControl
3 1 (8.333%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (8.333%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 8 (66.67%) .NET Developer
2 8 (66.67%) C# Developer
2 8 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 1 (8.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) UML
2 10 (83.33%) Service Management
2 10 (83.33%) Service Delivery
2 10 (83.33%) ITSM
2 10 (83.33%) ITIL
3 8 (66.67%) Unit Testing
4 7 (58.33%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) JavaScript
1 11 (91.67%) SQL
1 11 (91.67%) C#
2 10 (83.33%) C++
2 10 (83.33%) Java
2 10 (83.33%) VB
2 10 (83.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (100.00%) MCTS
1 12 (100.00%) MCP
2 10 (83.33%) ISEB
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.333%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (91.67%) Oracle
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