The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 17 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 62 44 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Permanent jobs citing MCP 2 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.350% 0.718% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.361% 2.326% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £35,000 £23,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.93% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
147 129 142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 25.70% 30.86% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 131 124 130
Average salary £36,400 £36,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.27% +21.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £43,500 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
South Wales

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
3 4 (66.67%) MS Office
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) MCSE
3 4 (66.67%) Internet
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) SLA
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
4 3 (50.00%) Welsh Language
5 2 (33.33%) CMS
5 2 (33.33%) HTML5
5 2 (33.33%) Web Development
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) jQuery
5 2 (33.33%) Umbraco
5 2 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (33.33%) Sitecore
5 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (33.33%) Alterian
5 2 (33.33%) Content Management
5 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (33.33%) XHTML
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (33.33%) CSS
5 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (33.33%) .NET
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) XHTML
2 2 (33.33%) jQuery
2 2 (33.33%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
1 2 (33.33%) Umbraco
1 2 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) MCSE
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (16.67%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Alterian
2 2 (33.33%) Sitecore