The first table below looks at the demand for MCAD in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCAD 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Rank 65 40 52
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +12
Permanent jobs citing MCAD 27 34 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 2.294% 4.769% 4.753%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.359% 19.54% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27 34 50
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £25,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
323 174 301
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.44% 24.40% 28.61%
Number of salaries quoted 291 162 288
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,780 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £53,400 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCAD
South East

MCAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent MCAD Jobs Demand Trend

MCAD
Salary Trend

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

Kent MCAD Salary Trend

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 Kent 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
Dartford - 9 £40,000 -
Maidstone -7 8 £40,000 +60.00%
Tunbridge Wells +5 7 £45,000 +5.88%
Whitstable - 3 £35,000 -
MCAD
South East

MCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

1 36 (100.00%) .NET
1 36 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 36 (100.00%) MCP
1 36 (100.00%) MCSD
1 36 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 36 (100.00%) MCTS
2 34 (94.44%) TDD
3 32 (88.89%) Scrum
3 32 (88.89%) Kanban
4 30 (83.33%) Rhino Mocks
4 30 (83.33%) NUnit
5 28 (77.78%) MVC
5 28 (77.78%) WCF
5 28 (77.78%) ASP.NET
5 28 (77.78%) C#
5 28 (77.78%) Razor View Engine
5 28 (77.78%) ASP.NET MVC
5 28 (77.78%) Web Application Development
5 28 (77.78%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 26 (72.22%) SQL Server 2012
7 25 (69.44%) Moq
8 22 (61.11%) BDD
9 18 (50.00%) NHibernate
10 17 (47.22%) VB
10 17 (47.22%) VB.NET
10 17 (47.22%) Castle Windsor
11 13 (36.11%) Music
11 13 (36.11%) Music Industry
12 12 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
12 12 (33.33%) Dependency Injection

MCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Application Development
1 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 28 (77.78%) ASP.NET
2 28 (77.78%) WCF
2 28 (77.78%) ASP.NET MVC
2 28 (77.78%) Razor View Engine
2 28 (77.78%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 18 (50.00%) NHibernate
4 17 (47.22%) Castle Windsor
5 12 (33.33%) Ninject
5 12 (33.33%) Unity DI Container
5 12 (33.33%) Spring.NET
6 8 (22.22%) WPF
6 8 (22.22%) WinForms
7 7 (19.44%) HTML5
8 5 (13.89%) LINQ
8 5 (13.89%) Lucene
9 2 (5.556%) HTML
9 2 (5.556%) CSS
9 2 (5.556%) ASP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (72.22%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 30 (83.33%) NUnit
1 30 (83.33%) Rhino Mocks
2 25 (69.44%) Moq
3 12 (33.33%) MSTest
4 5 (13.89%) Cucumber
4 5 (13.89%) Selenium
General
1 13 (36.11%) Music
1 13 (36.11%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 36 (100.00%) Developer
2 34 (94.44%) .NET Developer
3 2 (5.556%) ASP Developer
3 2 (5.556%) Classic ASP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (94.44%) TDD
2 32 (88.89%) Kanban
2 32 (88.89%) Scrum
3 28 (77.78%) MVC
3 28 (77.78%) Web Application Development
4 22 (61.11%) BDD
5 12 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
5 12 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (22.22%) MVVM
7 5 (13.89%) Scrum-ban
8 4 (11.11%) CQRS
8 4 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
9 1 (2.778%) OO
Programming Languages
1 28 (77.78%) C#
2 17 (47.22%) VB
2 17 (47.22%) VB.NET
3 2 (5.556%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 36 (100.00%) MCP
1 36 (100.00%) MCSD
1 36 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 36 (100.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
Whitstable, South East
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Dartford, South East
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013