The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 22 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 52 40 47
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +7
Permanent jobs citing MCP 13 11 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 2.087% 3.022% 0.798%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.952% 9.016% 3.488%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 3
Average salary £27,000 £35,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.85% +70.73%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
187 122 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 30.02% 33.52% 22.87%
Number of salaries quoted 171 104 80
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
West Midlands

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Coventry MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (45.83%) Internet
2 11 (45.83%) MCTS
3 10 (41.67%) WCF
3 10 (41.67%) MVC
3 10 (41.67%) TDD
3 10 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (41.67%) Domain-Driven Design
3 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 10 (41.67%) BDD
3 10 (41.67%) Razor View Engine
3 10 (41.67%) CQRS
3 10 (41.67%) Web Application Development
3 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 10 (41.67%) C#
3 10 (41.67%) .NET
3 10 (41.67%) SQL Server
3 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET
3 10 (41.67%) MCAD
3 10 (41.67%) MCSD
3 10 (41.67%) OO
4 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 7 (29.17%) Windows
5 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (29.17%) VMware
6 6 (25.00%) MCSE
6 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 6 (25.00%) Citrix
7 4 (16.67%) Cisco
7 4 (16.67%) MS Office

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 10 (41.67%) WCF
1 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC
1 10 (41.67%) Razor View Engine
1 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 10 (41.67%) .NET
1 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Office
2 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) Internet
2 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.167%) PABX
3 1 (4.167%) Network Security
3 1 (4.167%) DNS
3 1 (4.167%) LAN
3 1 (4.167%) VoIP
3 1 (4.167%) WAN
3 1 (4.167%) SMTP
3 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 10 (41.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) .NET Developer
1 10 (41.67%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Administrator
2 4 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Server Administrator
2 4 (16.67%) IT Support
3 3 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (8.333%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.167%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Coordinator
5 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 3 (12.50%) Windows XP
3 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) MVC
1 10 (41.67%) TDD
1 10 (41.67%) Domain-Driven Design
1 10 (41.67%) BDD
1 10 (41.67%) CQRS
1 10 (41.67%) Web Application Development
1 10 (41.67%) OO
2 2 (8.333%) Migration
2 2 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.167%) Workflow Management
3 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (4.167%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) C#
2 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.333%) VBScript
3 2 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (45.83%) MCTS
3 10 (41.67%) MCAD
3 10 (41.67%) MCSD
4 6 (25.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.333%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.167%) XenApp
4 1 (4.167%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) VMware
3 6 (25.00%) Citrix
4 4 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (8.333%) Avaya