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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 47 70 55
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -15
Permanent jobs citing MCP 40 39 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 3.996% 2.788% 3.781%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.47% 11.50% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 39 38 47
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
297 339 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 29.67% 24.23% 29.93%
Number of salaries quoted 240 266 310
Average salary £40,250 £40,000 £35,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.62% +13.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,975 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
East of England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

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

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Basildon +7 16 £47,500 +120.93%
Chelmsford +6 6 £40,000 -11.11%
Brentwood - 2 £43,750 -
Manningtree - 1 £21,500 -
MCP
East of England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 67 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (71.64%) .NET
3 46 (68.66%) SQL Server
3 46 (68.66%) C#
3 46 (68.66%) MCAD
3 46 (68.66%) MCSD
3 46 (68.66%) TDD
3 46 (68.66%) NUnit
3 46 (68.66%) MCTS
3 46 (68.66%) Rhino Mocks
3 46 (68.66%) Castle Windsor
4 42 (62.69%) WPF
4 42 (62.69%) Scrum
5 38 (56.72%) Microsoft
6 35 (52.24%) Silverlight
6 35 (52.24%) MonoRail
6 35 (52.24%) NHibernate
7 26 (38.81%) Tandem
8 24 (35.82%) Windows
9 22 (32.84%) SQL Server 2008
10 17 (25.37%) Active Directory
11 16 (23.88%) MVVM
12 15 (22.39%) MCSE
13 14 (20.90%) DHCP
13 14 (20.90%) DNS
14 13 (19.40%) LAN
14 13 (19.40%) WAN
14 13 (19.40%) IIS
14 13 (19.40%) Automated Testing
14 13 (19.40%) VMware

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 48 (71.64%) .NET
2 46 (68.66%) Castle Windsor
3 42 (62.69%) WPF
4 35 (52.24%) Silverlight
4 35 (52.24%) MonoRail
4 35 (52.24%) NHibernate
5 11 (16.42%) Spring.NET
5 11 (16.42%) Ninject
5 11 (16.42%) Unity DI Container
5 11 (16.42%) ASP.NET
6 7 (10.45%) WinForms
7 6 (8.955%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (8.955%) WCF
7 6 (8.955%) Razor View Engine
8 5 (7.463%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 5 (7.463%) LINQ
9 4 (5.970%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 13 (19.40%) IIS
2 3 (4.478%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.493%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (2.985%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.493%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.90%) DHCP
1 14 (20.90%) DNS
2 13 (19.40%) LAN
2 13 (19.40%) WAN
3 1 (1.493%) Internet
3 1 (1.493%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.493%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (68.66%) SQL Server
2 22 (32.84%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (13.43%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 46 (68.66%) NUnit
1 46 (68.66%) Rhino Mocks
2 11 (16.42%) MSTest
2 11 (16.42%) Moq
3 4 (5.970%) Subversion
General
1 6 (8.955%) Finance
2 4 (5.970%) Retail
3 2 (2.985%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.493%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (68.66%) Developer
2 41 (61.19%) .NET Developer
3 13 (19.40%) Network Support Technician
3 13 (19.40%) Network Technician
3 13 (19.40%) Network Support
3 13 (19.40%) Support Technician
4 5 (7.463%) C# Developer
4 5 (7.463%) WinForms Developer
5 3 (4.478%) Help Desk Engineer
6 2 (2.985%) Programmer
6 2 (2.985%) Support Engineer
6 2 (2.985%) Graduate
6 2 (2.985%) Graduate Programmer
7 1 (1.493%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 1 (1.493%) Service Desk Technician
7 1 (1.493%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (1.493%) Desktop Support
7 1 (1.493%) Analyst
7 1 (1.493%) Systems Support
7 1 (1.493%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 26 (38.81%) Tandem
2 11 (16.42%) Inversion of Control
3 5 (7.463%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.985%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.493%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 24 (35.82%) Windows
2 1 (1.493%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.493%) Windows 8
2 1 (1.493%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (68.66%) TDD
2 42 (62.69%) Scrum
3 16 (23.88%) MVVM
4 13 (19.40%) Automated Testing
5 11 (16.42%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (16.42%) Kanban
5 11 (16.42%) Dependency Injection
6 10 (14.93%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (13.43%) Business Analysis
8 6 (8.955%) MVC
8 6 (8.955%) Web Application Development
9 4 (5.970%) OO
10 2 (2.985%) Network Design
10 2 (2.985%) Network Management
11 1 (1.493%) Incident Management
11 1 (1.493%) BCP
11 1 (1.493%) Service Management
11 1 (1.493%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (1.493%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (68.66%) C#
2 7 (10.45%) C++
3 2 (2.985%) Java
3 2 (2.985%) PHP
3 2 (2.985%) SQL
4 1 (1.493%) C
Qualifications
1 67 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 46 (68.66%) MCAD
2 46 (68.66%) MCSD
2 46 (68.66%) MCTS
3 15 (22.39%) MCSE
4 2 (2.985%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.985%) Degree
5 1 (1.493%) MCITP
5 1 (1.493%) MCSA
System Software
1 17 (25.37%) Active Directory
2 13 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (13.43%) vSphere
Vendors
1 38 (56.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.40%) VMware
3 1 (1.493%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.493%) Apple
3 1 (1.493%) Citrix
Basildon, South East
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013