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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCAD over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank378469
Rank change on same period last yearUp+91
Matching permanent IT job ads751662
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.417 %0.279 %
As % of the category below2.142 %1.445 %
Salaries quoted718614
Average minimum salary£34,966£35,480
Average salary£39,995£40,272
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
Average maximum salary£45,024£45,064
UK excluding London average salary£38,956£38,196
% change on same period last year+1.99 %
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3505745800
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled19.47 %19.29 %
Salaries quoted2990237362
Average minimum salary£37,476£39,008
Average salary£40,892£42,466
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Average maximum salary£44,307£45,925
UK excluding London average salary£37,908£38,528
% change on same period last year-1.61 %
MCAD UKMCAD
UK

MCAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCAD across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England MCAD Demand Trend

MCAD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCAD across the England region.

England MCAD Salary Trend

MCAD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCAD across the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

England MCAD Salary Histogram

MCAD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCAD within the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+168447£40,877-3.46 %
South EastUp+2173£41,690+0.92 %
South WestUp+1636£33,347+22.80 %
East MidlandsUp+1127£40,800+6.96 %
YorkshireUp+2624£34,674-23.19 %
North WestUp+1524£33,978+2.06 %
West MidlandsUp+217£35,611-6.46 %
East of EnglandDown-316£33,833+2.72 %
North EastUp+41£34,000+2.10 %
MCAD UKMCAD
UK

MCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing MCAD 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 MCAD.

11423 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21345 (94.52 %).NET
31298 (91.22 %)MCSD
41169 (82.15 %)SQL Server
51150 (80.82 %)C#
61087 (76.39 %)ASP.NET
71024 (71.96 %)MCP
8830 (58.33 %)XML
9713 (50.11 %)SQL Server 2005
10595 (41.81 %)Microsoft
11520 (36.54 %)JavaScript
12519 (36.47 %)SQL
13479 (33.66 %)VB.NET
14448 (31.48 %)AJAX
15409 (28.74 %)CSS
16396 (27.83 %)HTML
17348 (24.46 %)WCF
18335 (23.54 %)SharePoint
19334 (23.47 %)Scrum
20315 (22.14 %)Windows
21313 (22.00 %)WinForms
22308 (21.64 %)SQL Server 2000
23306 (21.50 %)WF
24299 (21.01 %)WPF
25282 (19.82 %)SharePoint Server 2007
25282 (19.82 %)Internet
26276 (19.40 %)VB
27269 (18.90 %)E-Commerce
28267 (18.76 %)Extreme Programming
29265 (18.62 %)Transact-SQL

MCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing MCAD 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 MCAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11345 (94.52 %).NET
21087 (76.39 %)ASP.NET
3830 (58.33 %)XML
4448 (31.48 %)AJAX
5409 (28.74 %)CSS
6396 (27.83 %)HTML
7348 (24.46 %)WCF
8313 (22.00 %)WinForms
9306 (21.50 %)WF
10299 (21.01 %)WPF
11241 (16.94 %)Silverlight
12239 (16.80 %)WebServices
13212 (14.90 %)XHTML
14142 (9.979 %).NET Framework
15102 (7.168 %)ASP
1671 (4.989 %)XSLT
1752 (3.654 %)ADO.NET
1846 (3.233 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1943 (3.022 %)LINQ
2038 (2.670 %)Windows SharePoint Services
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1335 (23.54 %)SharePoint
2282 (19.82 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3249 (17.50 %)BizTalk Server
495 (6.676 %)CMS
554 (3.795 %)Commerce Server
644 (3.092 %)SharePoint Portal Server
733 (2.319 %)IIS
826 (1.827 %)Commerce Server 2007
918 (1.265 %)Content Management Server
107 (0.492 %)Plone
114 (0.281 %)MS Exchange
122 (0.141 %)ColdFusion
122 (0.141 %)EPiServer
131 (0.070 %)Oracle 9iAS
131 (0.070 %)MTS
131 (0.070 %)Oracle Application Server
131 (0.070 %)Exchange Server 2003
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1245 (17.22 %)MS Excel
245 (3.162 %)MS Visio
327 (1.897 %)MS Office
425 (1.757 %)InfoPath
516 (1.124 %)Photoshop
613 (0.914 %)MS Project
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (1.054 %)Microsoft CRM
210 (0.703 %)Dynamics CRM
36 (0.422 %)Dynamics AX
36 (0.422 %)Dynamics NAV
43 (0.211 %)SoftGrid
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1282 (19.82 %)Internet
227 (1.897 %)Broadband
326 (1.827 %)Intranet
413 (0.914 %)HTTP
58 (0.562 %)DAB
64 (0.281 %)TCP/IP
64 (0.281 %)VPN
73 (0.211 %)DMZ
73 (0.211 %)Firewall
73 (0.211 %)IPsec
73 (0.211 %)WAN
81 (0.070 %)SMTP
81 (0.070 %)PPP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11169 (82.15 %)SQL Server
2713 (50.11 %)SQL Server 2005
3308 (21.64 %)SQL Server 2000
461 (4.287 %)DTS
545 (3.162 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
636 (2.530 %)SQL Server 2008
734 (2.389 %)ETL
830 (2.108 %)RDBMS
926 (1.827 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1019 (1.335 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1019 (1.335 %)Datawarehouse
1112 (0.843 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1210 (0.703 %)EDRMS
139 (0.632 %)BusinessObjects
148 (0.562 %)SQL Server 7
157 (0.492 %)Oracle 9i
157 (0.492 %)MS Access
165 (0.351 %)MySQL
174 (0.281 %)OLAP
183 (0.211 %)Crystal Reports
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1101 (7.098 %)Visual Studio
248 (3.373 %)Flash
317 (1.195 %)NUnit
48 (0.562 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.211 %)Subversion
53 (0.211 %)FrontPage
62 (0.141 %)JIRA
62 (0.141 %)Oracle Forms
62 (0.141 %)Rational Rose
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1258 (18.13 %)Finance
2177 (12.44 %)Retail
387 (6.114 %)Banking
472 (5.060 %)Insurance
564 (4.498 %)Music
655 (3.865 %)Games
749 (3.443 %)Health
844 (3.092 %)Marketing
932 (2.249 %)Telecoms
1031 (2.178 %)Pensions
1126 (1.827 %)Investment Banking
1223 (1.616 %)Government
1223 (1.616 %)Music Industry
1314 (0.984 %)Auditing
1413 (0.914 %)Law
1512 (0.843 %)Automotive
1611 (0.773 %)Education
179 (0.632 %)Financial Institution
188 (0.562 %)Publishing
188 (0.562 %)Billing
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11228 (86.30 %)Developer
2821 (57.70 %).NET Developer
3470 (33.03 %)C# Developer
4303 (21.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
5214 (15.04 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6182 (12.79 %)VB.NET Developer
7118 (8.292 %)Web Developer
894 (6.606 %)WinForms Developer
989 (6.254 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1061 (4.287 %)Senior Developer
1156 (3.935 %).NET Web Developer
1253 (3.725 %)Consultant
1347 (3.303 %)Junior
1347 (3.303 %)Junior Developer
1442 (2.952 %)SQL Developer
1541 (2.881 %)Senior .NET Developer
1635 (2.460 %)Junior .NET Developer
1733 (2.319 %)Senior C# Developer
1832 (2.249 %)Software Developer
1931 (2.178 %)Team Leader
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1108 (7.590 %)Tandem
251 (3.584 %)Computer Science
328 (1.968 %)Social Network
427 (1.897 %)N-Tier
524 (1.687 %)DTV
617 (1.195 %)W3C
711 (0.773 %)PKI
810 (0.703 %)Pocket PC
810 (0.703 %)PMI
99 (0.632 %)Taxonomies
99 (0.632 %)Ontologies
107 (0.492 %)Replication
107 (0.492 %)Clustering
107 (0.492 %)Client/Server
107 (0.492 %)EPoS
114 (0.281 %)Data Extraction
114 (0.281 %)Data Integration
123 (0.211 %)Mathematics
132 (0.141 %)Physics
132 (0.141 %)Spread Betting
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1315 (22.14 %)Windows
239 (2.741 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (0.703 %)Windows Mobile
44 (0.281 %)Windows Server 2008
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1334 (23.47 %)Scrum
2269 (18.90 %)E-Commerce
3267 (18.76 %)Extreme Programming
4174 (12.23 %)OO
5129 (9.065 %)Web Development
6128 (8.995 %)TDD
762 (4.357 %)UML
847 (3.303 %)CRM
945 (3.162 %)RUP
1041 (2.881 %)OOP
1140 (2.811 %)Content Management
1239 (2.741 %)Agile Software Development
1338 (2.670 %)OOD
1437 (2.600 %)Business Intelligence
1529 (2.038 %)Asset Management
1620 (1.405 %)Email Marketing
1717 (1.195 %)Data Management
1816 (1.124 %)OOA/OOD
1816 (1.124 %)Unit Testing
1915 (1.054 %)Workflow
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11150 (80.82 %)C#
2520 (36.54 %)JavaScript
3519 (36.47 %)SQL
4479 (33.66 %)VB.NET
5276 (19.40 %)VB
6265 (18.62 %)Transact-SQL
7106 (7.449 %)C++
860 (4.216 %)Java
946 (3.233 %)PHP
1035 (2.460 %)ActionScript
1129 (2.038 %)VB6
1221 (1.476 %)VBScript
1319 (1.335 %)VBA
1319 (1.335 %)C
1417 (1.195 %)Perl
1417 (1.195 %)PL/SQL
1417 (1.195 %)Python
1516 (1.124 %)XPath
1614 (0.984 %)Delphi
178 (0.562 %)DHTML
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11423 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21298 (91.22 %)MCSD
31024 (71.96 %)MCP
4191 (13.42 %)MCTS
5134 (9.417 %)MCPD
6100 (7.027 %)Degree
737 (2.600 %)MCDBA
815 (1.054 %)MCITP
914 (0.984 %)MCSE
1010 (0.703 %)PMP
1010 (0.703 %)PMI Certification
116 (0.422 %)MCSA
123 (0.211 %)CCNA
123 (0.211 %)Cisco Certification
132 (0.141 %)MCT
141 (0.070 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
141 (0.070 %)MCDST
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.141 %)QA
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.422 %)Active Directory
23 (0.211 %)ISA Server
23 (0.211 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (0.070 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.070 %)VMware ESX
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.070 %)MIMEsweeper
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1595 (41.81 %)Microsoft
236 (2.530 %)Oracle
316 (1.124 %)Adobe
412 (0.843 %)ProClarity
59 (0.632 %)Business Objects
68 (0.562 %)Cognos
77 (0.492 %)Macromedia
86 (0.422 %)VMware
86 (0.422 %)Kalido
95 (0.351 %)Sitecore
95 (0.351 %)Citrix
102 (0.141 %)Epicor
102 (0.141 %)Reuters
102 (0.141 %)Cisco
111 (0.070 %)IBM
111 (0.070 %)Sun
111 (0.070 %)Symantec
111 (0.070 %)Websense
111 (0.070 %)Toshiba
111 (0.070 %)Interwoven