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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 28 39 37
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -2
Permanent jobs citing MCP 9 15 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 3.913% 3.817% 1.805%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.47% 11.81% 9.615%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 3
Average salary £40,000 £52,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.80% +40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Maidenhead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
86 127 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 37.39% 32.32% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 77 119 45
Average salary £46,250 £52,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.90% +14.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,225 £30,000 £22,850
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Berkshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 16 (100.00%) C#
1 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 16 (100.00%) MCAD
1 16 (100.00%) MCSD
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (100.00%) MVC
1 16 (100.00%) TDD
1 16 (100.00%) MCTS
1 16 (100.00%) WCF
1 16 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 16 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 16 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 14 (87.50%) BDD
3 11 (68.75%) Castle Windsor
3 11 (68.75%) Rhino Mocks
3 11 (68.75%) LINQ
3 11 (68.75%) Scrum
3 11 (68.75%) NHibernate
3 11 (68.75%) NUnit
3 11 (68.75%) OO
4 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
4 9 (56.25%) Advertising
4 9 (56.25%) Lucene
4 9 (56.25%) Selenium
4 9 (56.25%) Cucumber
4 9 (56.25%) Kanban
4 9 (56.25%) Scrum-ban
4 9 (56.25%) SQL Server 2012

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 16 (100.00%) WCF
1 16 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 16 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 11 (68.75%) Castle Windsor
2 11 (68.75%) LINQ
2 11 (68.75%) NHibernate
3 9 (56.25%) Lucene
4 7 (43.75%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (12.50%) MonoRail
5 2 (12.50%) Ajax
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (56.25%) SQL Server 2012
3 7 (43.75%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Rhino Mocks
1 11 (68.75%) NUnit
2 9 (56.25%) Selenium
2 9 (56.25%) Cucumber
3 2 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 9 (56.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
1 16 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) MVC
1 16 (100.00%) TDD
1 16 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 14 (87.50%) BDD
3 11 (68.75%) Scrum
3 11 (68.75%) OO
4 9 (56.25%) Kanban
4 9 (56.25%) Scrum-ban
5 5 (31.25%) Domain-Driven Design
5 5 (31.25%) CQRS
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) MCAD
1 16 (100.00%) MCSD
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (100.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013