The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 76 79 75
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Permanent jobs citing MCP 16 23 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.814% 1.871% 1.444%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.738% 3.680% 3.213%
Number of salaries quoted 16 23 16
Average salary £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.37% +10.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £40,000 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £54,300 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
428 625 498
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 48.53% 50.85% 44.95%
Number of salaries quoted 362 510 419
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
South West

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cirencester - 8 £40,000 -
Tewkesbury - 4 £32,500 -
Gloucester +2 1 £32,500 -18.75%
MCP
South West

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 33 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (72.73%) C#
2 24 (72.73%) .NET
2 24 (72.73%) ASP.NET
2 24 (72.73%) MCSD
3 23 (69.70%) SQL Server
4 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
5 15 (45.45%) MCAD
5 15 (45.45%) MVC
5 15 (45.45%) Scrum
5 15 (45.45%) TDD
5 15 (45.45%) NUnit
5 15 (45.45%) MCTS
5 15 (45.45%) NHibernate
5 15 (45.45%) WCF
5 15 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
5 15 (45.45%) Rhino Mocks
5 15 (45.45%) Razor View Engine
5 15 (45.45%) Web Application Development
5 15 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 14 (42.42%) SQL Server 2012
7 13 (39.39%) Moq
7 13 (39.39%) BDD
7 13 (39.39%) Kanban
7 13 (39.39%) LINQ
7 13 (39.39%) DTV
7 13 (39.39%) Windows
8 10 (30.30%) Degree
9 9 (27.27%) SQL
9 9 (27.27%) CSS

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 24 (72.73%) .NET
1 24 (72.73%) ASP.NET
2 15 (45.45%) NHibernate
2 15 (45.45%) WCF
2 15 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
2 15 (45.45%) Razor View Engine
2 15 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 13 (39.39%) LINQ
4 9 (27.27%) CSS
5 6 (18.18%) XML
6 4 (12.12%) Application Packaging
7 2 (6.061%) MonoRail
7 2 (6.061%) Castle Windsor
8 1 (3.030%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.030%) Confluence
2 1 (3.030%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
2 3 (9.091%) Photoshop
2 3 (9.091%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (9.091%) InDesign
2 3 (9.091%) MS Office
3 2 (6.061%) MS Project
3 2 (6.061%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.091%) VPN
2 2 (6.061%) LAN
2 2 (6.061%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (69.70%) SQL Server
2 14 (42.42%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (6.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 15 (45.45%) NUnit
1 15 (45.45%) Rhino Mocks
2 13 (39.39%) Moq
3 6 (18.18%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.030%) JIRA
General
1 2 (6.061%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Developer
2 15 (45.45%) .NET Developer
3 6 (18.18%) C# Software Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) .NET Software Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Desktop Support
5 2 (6.061%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.061%) Database Developer
5 2 (6.061%) SQL Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Desktop Support Technician
5 2 (6.061%) SQL Database Developer
5 2 (6.061%) Desktop Technician
6 1 (3.030%) Software Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Desktop Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Applications Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Service Desk Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) DTV
2 8 (24.24%) Mathematics
2 8 (24.24%) Computer Science
3 4 (12.12%) Blackberry
4 3 (9.091%) Graphic Design
5 2 (6.061%) Tandem
5 2 (6.061%) Statistics
5 2 (6.061%) Client/Server
5 2 (6.061%) iPhone
5 2 (6.061%) iPad
5 2 (6.061%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (3.030%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 13 (39.39%) Windows
2 7 (21.21%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (18.18%) Windows Vista
4 4 (12.12%) Windows 7
5 2 (6.061%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.061%) Windows 8
5 2 (6.061%) Android
5 2 (6.061%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) MVC
1 15 (45.45%) Scrum
1 15 (45.45%) TDD
1 15 (45.45%) Web Application Development
2 13 (39.39%) Kanban
2 13 (39.39%) BDD
3 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering
4 6 (18.18%) ITIL
5 5 (15.15%) CRM
6 4 (12.12%) Asset Management
6 4 (12.12%) Software Deployment
7 3 (9.091%) Problem Management
7 3 (9.091%) Data Analysis
8 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.061%) ITIL V3
8 2 (6.061%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.061%) Change Management
9 1 (3.030%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 24 (72.73%) C#
2 9 (27.27%) SQL
3 8 (24.24%) T-SQL
4 4 (12.12%) VB
5 2 (6.061%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (72.73%) MCSD
3 15 (45.45%) MCAD
3 15 (45.45%) MCTS
4 10 (30.30%) Degree
5 3 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (9.091%) MCPD
6 2 (6.061%) MCITP
6 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (6.061%) MCSA
7 1 (3.030%) HND
7 1 (3.030%) A+ Certification
7 1 (3.030%) CITP
7 1 (3.030%) Chartered Engineer
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) SCCM
2 2 (6.061%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Apple
3 3 (9.091%) Adobe
4 2 (6.061%) Citrix
4 2 (6.061%) McAfee
4 2 (6.061%) VMware
4 2 (6.061%) LANDesk
4 2 (6.061%) Cisco
4 2 (6.061%) Lumension
5 1 (3.030%) Remedy
5 1 (3.030%) Dundas
5 1 (3.030%) Lotus
Cirencester, South West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks,...
Noir Consulting
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Posted: 15 May 2013