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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 29 21 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing MCP 11 19 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 7.639% 12.50% -
As % of the Qualifications category 23.40% 24.68% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 0
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Qualifications
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
47 77 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 32.64% 50.66% 47.14%
Number of salaries quoted 46 77 33
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +27.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,750 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
Manchester

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 27 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (88.89%) C#
2 24 (88.89%) VB
2 24 (88.89%) VB.NET
2 24 (88.89%) .NET
2 24 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 24 (88.89%) ASP.NET
2 24 (88.89%) MCAD
2 24 (88.89%) MCSD
2 24 (88.89%) TDD
2 24 (88.89%) MCTS
2 24 (88.89%) WCF
2 24 (88.89%) WPF
2 24 (88.89%) Domain-Driven Design
2 24 (88.89%) ASP.NET MVC
2 24 (88.89%) Dependency Injection
2 24 (88.89%) Node.js
2 24 (88.89%) Ninject
2 24 (88.89%) KnockoutJS
2 24 (88.89%) Web Application Development
2 24 (88.89%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 24 (88.89%) MVC
3 3 (11.11%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Vista
3 3 (11.11%) Windows
3 3 (11.11%) MCSE
3 3 (11.11%) MS Excel

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 24 (88.89%) .NET
1 24 (88.89%) ASP.NET
1 24 (88.89%) WCF
1 24 (88.89%) WPF
1 24 (88.89%) ASP.NET MVC
1 24 (88.89%) Node.js
1 24 (88.89%) Ninject
1 24 (88.89%) KnockoutJS
1 24 (88.89%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (88.89%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Developer
1 24 (88.89%) .NET Developer
2 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 3 (11.11%) Support Technician
2 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Vista
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
1 24 (88.89%) TDD
1 24 (88.89%) Domain-Driven Design
1 24 (88.89%) Dependency Injection
1 24 (88.89%) Web Application Development
1 24 (88.89%) MVC
2 3 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 24 (88.89%) C#
1 24 (88.89%) VB
1 24 (88.89%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (88.89%) MCAD
2 24 (88.89%) MCSD
2 24 (88.89%) MCTS
3 3 (11.11%) MCSE
3 3 (11.11%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) VMware
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.11%) Citrix