The first table below looks at the demand for MCAD in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCAD over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Rank 120 148 161
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +13
Permanent jobs citing MCAD 69 27 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.694% 0.741% 0.248%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.616% 3.136% 0.967%
Number of salaries quoted 69 27 10
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1043 861 1034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.61% 23.64% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 890 713 918
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCAD
North West

MCAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MCAD Salary Trend

MCAD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCAD across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester MCAD Salary Histogram

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bolton +2 13 £40,000 +14.28%
Stockport - 7 £32,500 -
Cheadle - 6 £32,500 -
Altrincham - 4 £37,500 -
MCAD
North West

MCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 139 (100.00%) .NET
1 139 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 139 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 138 (99.28%) MCSD
2 138 (99.28%) MCTS
3 135 (97.12%) TDD
3 135 (97.12%) MCP
4 133 (95.68%) C#
4 133 (95.68%) MVC
5 130 (93.53%) SQL Server
5 130 (93.53%) ASP.NET MVC
5 130 (93.53%) Web Application Development
6 128 (92.09%) WCF
7 123 (88.49%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 98 (70.50%) NUnit
9 97 (69.78%) Scrum
9 97 (69.78%) Rhino Mocks
10 88 (63.31%) Razor View Engine
11 72 (51.80%) WPF
12 70 (50.36%) LINQ
12 70 (50.36%) NHibernate
13 65 (46.76%) Castle Windsor
14 63 (45.32%) Ninject
14 63 (45.32%) Dependency Injection
15 59 (42.45%) Kanban
15 59 (42.45%) Moq
16 40 (28.78%) SQL Server 2008
17 38 (27.34%) Domain-Driven Design
17 38 (27.34%) MonoRail
18 36 (25.90%) Node.js

MCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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
1 139 (100.00%) .NET
1 139 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 130 (93.53%) ASP.NET MVC
3 128 (92.09%) WCF
4 123 (88.49%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 88 (63.31%) Razor View Engine
6 72 (51.80%) WPF
7 70 (50.36%) LINQ
7 70 (50.36%) NHibernate
8 65 (46.76%) Castle Windsor
9 63 (45.32%) Ninject
10 38 (27.34%) MonoRail
11 36 (25.90%) Node.js
11 36 (25.90%) KnockoutJS
12 35 (25.18%) Ajax
13 32 (23.02%) WinForms
14 27 (19.42%) Spring.NET
14 27 (19.42%) Unity DI Container
15 26 (18.71%) HTML5
16 11 (7.914%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.755%) Windows Azure
2 4 (2.878%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.158%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.439%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.719%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.719%) IIS
5 1 (0.719%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 11 (7.914%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.719%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.439%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.597%) Broadband
2 2 (1.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (93.53%) SQL Server
2 40 (28.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (23.74%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (1.439%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.719%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.719%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (70.50%) NUnit
2 97 (69.78%) Rhino Mocks
3 59 (42.45%) Moq
4 33 (23.74%) Subversion
5 27 (19.42%) MSTest
6 4 (2.878%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.719%) CruiseControl
7 1 (0.719%) WiX
7 1 (0.719%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.719%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.719%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 33 (23.74%) Games
2 15 (10.79%) Finance
3 12 (8.633%) Retail
4 5 (3.597%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.597%) Music
Job Titles
1 133 (95.68%) Developer
2 126 (90.65%) .NET Developer
3 12 (8.633%) C# Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Graduate
4 8 (5.755%) Junior Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Junior .NET Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Graduate Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Junior
4 8 (5.755%) Graduate .NET Developer
5 7 (5.036%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (5.036%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (5.036%) ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (3.597%) WinForms Developer
7 2 (1.439%) CRM Developer
7 2 (1.439%) Microsoft Developer
8 1 (0.719%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.42%) Inversion of Control
2 26 (18.71%) Social Network
3 13 (9.353%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (5.755%) Computer Science
5 5 (3.597%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 34 (24.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (97.12%) TDD
2 133 (95.68%) MVC
3 130 (93.53%) Web Application Development
4 97 (69.78%) Scrum
5 63 (45.32%) Dependency Injection
6 59 (42.45%) Kanban
7 38 (27.34%) Domain-Driven Design
8 34 (24.46%) BDD
9 32 (23.02%) OO
9 32 (23.02%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (23.02%) MVVM
10 28 (20.14%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (5.755%) Agile Software Development
12 7 (5.036%) E-Commerce
13 3 (2.158%) UML
13 3 (2.158%) OOA/OOD
14 2 (1.439%) CQRS
14 2 (1.439%) CRM
14 2 (1.439%) OOD
15 1 (0.719%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 133 (95.68%) C#
2 32 (23.02%) VB
2 32 (23.02%) VB.NET
3 10 (7.194%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.597%) C++
5 2 (1.439%) XPath
Qualifications
1 139 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 138 (99.28%) MCSD
2 138 (99.28%) MCTS
3 135 (97.12%) MCP
4 3 (2.158%) MCPD
4 3 (2.158%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.158%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.158%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.439%) Degree
Vendors
1 22 (15.83%) Microsoft
Manchester, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Subversion, SVN, AJAX, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Subversion, SVN, AJAX, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013