The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 20 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 Farnborough region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 29 24 25
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Permanent jobs citing MCP 7 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 3.867% 6.522% 3.361%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.29% 13.39% 8.163%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 4
Average salary £17,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-57.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
68 112 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 37.57% 48.70% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 53 106 48
Average salary £47,000 £49,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.08% +22.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,700 £31,000 £30,400
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £47,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Hampshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Farnborough MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
3 5 (62.50%) ADSL
4 3 (37.50%) MVC
4 3 (37.50%) MCTS
4 3 (37.50%) C#
4 3 (37.50%) .NET
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET
4 3 (37.50%) MCAD
4 3 (37.50%) MCSD
4 3 (37.50%) TDD
4 3 (37.50%) WCF
4 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (37.50%) Web Application Development
4 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (25.00%) Castle Windsor
5 2 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (25.00%) Rhino Mocks
5 2 (25.00%) MonoRail
5 2 (25.00%) NUnit
5 2 (25.00%) NHibernate
5 2 (25.00%) Tandem
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
6 1 (12.50%) Streaming Music
6 1 (12.50%) Music
6 1 (12.50%) Domain-Driven Design
6 1 (12.50%) Node.js

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 3 (37.50%) .NET
1 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET
1 3 (37.50%) WCF
1 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 2 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (25.00%) Castle Windsor
2 2 (25.00%) MonoRail
2 2 (25.00%) NHibernate
3 1 (12.50%) Ninject
3 1 (12.50%) Node.js
3 1 (12.50%) KnockoutJS
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) NUnit
1 2 (25.00%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 1 (12.50%) Music
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Support Technician
2 3 (37.50%) .NET Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Tandem
2 1 (12.50%) Streaming Music
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) MVC
1 3 (37.50%) TDD
1 3 (37.50%) Web Application Development
2 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (12.50%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (37.50%) MCTS
2 3 (37.50%) MCAD
2 3 (37.50%) MCSD
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
Farnborough, South East
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Agile / SCRUM, TDD, Castle...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013