The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 23 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 55 55 42
Rank change year-on-year
0 -13
Permanent jobs citing MCP 14 1 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 2.258% 0.202% 3.642%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.071% 0.847% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 20
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
198 118 157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 31.94% 23.79% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 169 90 121
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,750 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
South West

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Dorset MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +9 11 £47,500 +35.71%
MCP
South West

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (55.00%) C#
2 11 (55.00%) .NET
2 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET
2 11 (55.00%) MCAD
2 11 (55.00%) MCSD
2 11 (55.00%) MVC
2 11 (55.00%) TDD
2 11 (55.00%) MCTS
2 11 (55.00%) WCF
2 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 11 (55.00%) BDD
2 11 (55.00%) Web Application Development
2 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 10 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 10 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
3 10 (50.00%) Rhino Mocks
3 10 (50.00%) Kanban
3 10 (50.00%) NHibernate
3 10 (50.00%) NUnit
3 10 (50.00%) Scrum
4 9 (45.00%) Music
4 9 (45.00%) Music Industry
4 9 (45.00%) Windows
4 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (45.00%) Moq
5 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (40.00%) Windows XP
6 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 11 (55.00%) .NET
1 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (55.00%) WCF
1 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 10 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
2 10 (50.00%) NHibernate
3 1 (5.000%) RESTful
3 1 (5.000%) LINQ
3 1 (5.000%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.000%) Lucene
3 1 (5.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (5.000%) Node.js
3 1 (5.000%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 6 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Office
2 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) LAN
1 7 (35.00%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (30.00%) Firewall
2 6 (30.00%) DHCP
2 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (30.00%) VPN
2 6 (30.00%) DNS
3 1 (5.000%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 10 (50.00%) NUnit
2 9 (45.00%) Moq
3 1 (5.000%) Git (software)
3 1 (5.000%) Selenium
3 1 (5.000%) Cucumber
General
1 9 (45.00%) Music
1 9 (45.00%) Music Industry
2 1 (5.000%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Developer
1 11 (55.00%) .NET Developer
2 7 (35.00%) Support Technician
2 7 (35.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 1 (5.000%) Service Desk Technician
4 1 (5.000%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 7 (35.00%) Windows Vista
3 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) MVC
1 11 (55.00%) TDD
1 11 (55.00%) BDD
1 11 (55.00%) Web Application Development
2 10 (50.00%) Kanban
2 10 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (5.000%) OO
3 1 (5.000%) Scrum-ban
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C#
2 6 (30.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.000%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (55.00%) MCAD
2 11 (55.00%) MCSD
2 11 (55.00%) MCTS
3 7 (35.00%) MCSE
3 7 (35.00%) MCSA
3 7 (35.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (35.00%) Terminal Services
2 7 (35.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Backup Exec
1 1 (5.000%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) VMware
3 6 (30.00%) Sage
4 1 (5.000%) Symantec
4 1 (5.000%) McAfee
4 1 (5.000%) Citrix
4 1 (5.000%) Facebook
Bournemouth, Dorset
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013