The first table below looks at the demand for MCPD in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCPD over the 3 months to 24 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
Rank 93 72 74
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +2
Permanent jobs citing MCPD 2 2 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.171% 0.236% 1.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.743% 0.826% 3.984%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 10
Average salary - £35,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -39.13%
UK excluding London average salary £36,463 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.17% +7.69%
All Qualifications
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
269 242 251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 22.97% 28.54% 25.77%
Number of salaries quoted 148 168 196
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCPD
Scotland

MCPD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow MCPD Jobs Demand Trend

MCPD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCPD across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow MCPD Salary Trend

MCPD
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region citing MCPD 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 MCPD.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) MCTS
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) DotNetNuke
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics

MCPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region citing MCPD 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 MCPD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) DotNetNuke
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Web Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCTS
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft