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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
Rank - 81 -
Permanent jobs citing MCPD 0 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.441% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.339% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £42,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,425 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.21% +7.69%
All Qualifications
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
114 224 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 24.68% 32.94% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 91 185 104
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £30,000 £30,450
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCPD
North West

MCPD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside MCPD Jobs Demand Trend

MCPD
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside MCPD Salary Trend

MCPD
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing MCPD 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 MCPD.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) XHTML
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful

MCPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing MCPD 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 MCPD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XHTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft