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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 44 64 56
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Permanent jobs citing MCP 9 7 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 2.459% 1.383% 0.316%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.47% 4.000% 1.000%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 1
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +59.57%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
86 175 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 23.50% 34.58% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 69 136 87
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,000 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Merseyside

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (76.19%) MCTS
3 15 (71.43%) TDD
3 15 (71.43%) WCF
3 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET MVC
3 15 (71.43%) MVC
3 15 (71.43%) C#
3 15 (71.43%) .NET
3 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET
3 15 (71.43%) MCAD
3 15 (71.43%) MCSD
3 15 (71.43%) Web Application Development
3 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 14 (66.67%) Razor View Engine
5 13 (61.90%) Domain-Driven Design
5 13 (61.90%) OO
6 12 (57.14%) VB
6 12 (57.14%) VB.NET
6 12 (57.14%) BDD
6 12 (57.14%) SQL Server 2012
6 12 (57.14%) CQRS
7 11 (52.38%) Internet
8 7 (33.33%) Windows
9 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
10 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
11 3 (14.29%) Ninject
11 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
11 3 (14.29%) Windows XP
11 3 (14.29%) ITIL

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 15 (71.43%) WCF
1 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET MVC
1 15 (71.43%) .NET
1 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET
1 15 (71.43%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 14 (66.67%) Razor View Engine
3 3 (14.29%) Ninject
3 3 (14.29%) WPF
4 2 (9.524%) WinForms
4 2 (9.524%) Spring.NET
4 2 (9.524%) Castle Windsor
4 2 (9.524%) Unity DI Container
5 1 (4.762%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (4.762%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) MS Exchange
1 2 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Office
2 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) Internet
2 2 (9.524%) DNS
2 2 (9.524%) DHCP
2 2 (9.524%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.762%) VPN
3 1 (4.762%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.762%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 12 (57.14%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) NUnit
1 2 (9.524%) MSTest
1 2 (9.524%) Rhino Mocks
1 2 (9.524%) Moq
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Developer
1 15 (71.43%) .NET Developer
2 2 (9.524%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) IT Support
3 1 (4.762%) Desktop Support
3 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (4.762%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Inversion of Control
1 2 (9.524%) Blackberry
1 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
3 3 (14.29%) Windows XP
4 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) TDD
1 15 (71.43%) MVC
1 15 (71.43%) Web Application Development
2 13 (61.90%) Domain-Driven Design
2 13 (61.90%) OO
3 12 (57.14%) BDD
3 12 (57.14%) CQRS
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (9.524%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (9.524%) MVVM
5 2 (9.524%) Kanban
5 2 (9.524%) Scrum
5 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.762%) ITIL V3
6 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.762%) Service Management
6 1 (4.762%) Change Management
6 1 (4.762%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) C#
2 12 (57.14%) VB
2 12 (57.14%) VB.NET
3 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (76.19%) MCTS
3 15 (71.43%) MCAD
3 15 (71.43%) MCSD
4 3 (14.29%) MCITP
5 2 (9.524%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (9.524%) MCSE
5 2 (9.524%) MCSA
5 2 (9.524%) CCNA
6 1 (4.762%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) Backup Exec
1 1 (4.762%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.524%) VMware
3 1 (4.762%) Symantec
3 1 (4.762%) Citrix
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Liverpool, North West
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