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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 60 30 44
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +14
Permanent jobs citing MCP 32 44 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 2.763% 6.044% 6.250%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.19% 25.88% 20.90%
Number of salaries quoted 32 39 64
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £24,800 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
314 170 311
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.12% 23.35% 29.90%
Number of salaries quoted 283 158 298
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 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £53,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
South East

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

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

Kent 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 Kent 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
Tunbridge Wells +9 9 £42,500 -
Dartford +6 8 £40,000 -
Maidstone -9 8 £40,000 +60.00%
Whitstable - 3 £35,000 -
MCP
South East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 47 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (80.85%) SQL Server
3 36 (76.60%) MCAD
3 36 (76.60%) MCSD
3 36 (76.60%) .NET
3 36 (76.60%) MCTS
4 34 (72.34%) TDD
5 32 (68.09%) Scrum
5 32 (68.09%) Kanban
6 30 (63.83%) NUnit
6 30 (63.83%) Rhino Mocks
7 28 (59.57%) ASP.NET MVC
7 28 (59.57%) Razor View Engine
7 28 (59.57%) Web Application Development
7 28 (59.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 28 (59.57%) WCF
7 28 (59.57%) MVC
7 28 (59.57%) ASP.NET
7 28 (59.57%) C#
8 26 (55.32%) SQL Server 2012
9 25 (53.19%) Moq
10 22 (46.81%) BDD
11 18 (38.30%) NHibernate
12 17 (36.17%) Castle Windsor
12 17 (36.17%) VB
12 17 (36.17%) VB.NET
13 15 (31.91%) Windows
14 13 (27.66%) Music
14 13 (27.66%) Music Industry
15 12 (25.53%) Continuous Integration

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 36 (76.60%) .NET
2 28 (59.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 28 (59.57%) Razor View Engine
2 28 (59.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 28 (59.57%) WCF
2 28 (59.57%) ASP.NET
3 18 (38.30%) NHibernate
4 17 (36.17%) Castle Windsor
5 12 (25.53%) Spring.NET
5 12 (25.53%) Ninject
5 12 (25.53%) Unity DI Container
6 8 (17.02%) WinForms
6 8 (17.02%) WPF
7 7 (14.89%) HTML5
8 5 (10.64%) LINQ
8 5 (10.64%) Lucene
9 3 (6.383%) MDX
10 2 (4.255%) ASP
10 2 (4.255%) HTML
10 2 (4.255%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.383%) SAS
2 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.383%) SAN
2 1 (2.128%) Wireless
2 1 (2.128%) Internet
2 1 (2.128%) LAN
2 1 (2.128%) VoIP
2 1 (2.128%) WAN
2 1 (2.128%) FTP
2 1 (2.128%) VPN
2 1 (2.128%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (80.85%) SQL Server
2 26 (55.32%) SQL Server 2012
3 7 (14.89%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (6.383%) OLAP
4 3 (6.383%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.128%) DTS
5 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.128%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 30 (63.83%) NUnit
1 30 (63.83%) Rhino Mocks
2 25 (53.19%) Moq
3 12 (25.53%) MSTest
4 5 (10.64%) Cucumber
4 5 (10.64%) Selenium
General
1 13 (27.66%) Music
1 13 (27.66%) Music Industry
2 4 (8.511%) Finance
3 2 (4.255%) Banking
3 2 (4.255%) Retail
3 2 (4.255%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (82.98%) Developer
2 34 (72.34%) .NET Developer
3 3 (6.383%) Analyst
3 3 (6.383%) Business Developer
3 3 (6.383%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (4.255%) ASP Developer
4 2 (4.255%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (4.255%) Classic ASP Developer
4 2 (4.255%) Support Analyst
4 2 (4.255%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support
4 2 (4.255%) Field Engineer
5 1 (2.128%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (2.128%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (2.128%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (2.128%) Service Analyst
5 1 (2.128%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (2.128%) Technical Support
5 1 (2.128%) Microstrategy Developer
5 1 (2.128%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Inversion of Control
2 2 (4.255%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.128%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (31.91%) Windows
2 3 (6.383%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.128%) Windows 2000
4 1 (2.128%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) TDD
2 32 (68.09%) Scrum
2 32 (68.09%) Kanban
3 28 (59.57%) Web Application Development
3 28 (59.57%) MVC
4 22 (46.81%) BDD
5 12 (25.53%) Continuous Integration
5 12 (25.53%) Dependency Injection
6 11 (23.40%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (17.02%) MVVM
8 5 (10.64%) Scrum-ban
9 4 (8.511%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (8.511%) CQRS
9 4 (8.511%) Domain-Driven Design
10 3 (6.383%) Risk Management
10 3 (6.383%) ITIL
10 3 (6.383%) Data Analysis
11 2 (4.255%) Data Architecture
11 2 (4.255%) Continuous Improvement
12 1 (2.128%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (59.57%) C#
2 17 (36.17%) VB
2 17 (36.17%) VB.NET
3 4 (8.511%) SQL
4 2 (4.255%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.128%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (76.60%) MCAD
2 36 (76.60%) MCSD
2 36 (76.60%) MCTS
3 7 (14.89%) MCSE
4 4 (8.511%) MCSA
5 2 (4.255%) MCITP
5 2 (4.255%) CCNA
5 2 (4.255%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.128%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.128%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (2.128%) Terminal Server
2 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.128%) XenApp
2 1 (2.128%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.511%) Cisco
2 4 (8.511%) VMware
3 3 (6.383%) MicroStrategy
3 3 (6.383%) Citrix
4 2 (4.255%) IBM
4 2 (4.255%) HP
4 2 (4.255%) Dell
5 1 (2.128%) Mitel
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