The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 21 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 52 50 58
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +8
Permanent jobs citing MCP 14 24 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 2.032% 2.743% 1.414%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.485% 11.11% 4.926%
Number of salaries quoted 14 24 10
Average salary £22,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,750 £22,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
165 216 203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 23.95% 24.69% 28.71%
Number of salaries quoted 138 194 172
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,200 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Tyne and Wear -14 14 £22,500 -40.00%
MCP
England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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%) .NET
2 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET
2 38 (80.85%) MCAD
2 38 (80.85%) MCSD
2 38 (80.85%) MVC
2 38 (80.85%) TDD
2 38 (80.85%) MCTS
2 38 (80.85%) WCF
2 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC
2 38 (80.85%) Web Application Development
2 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 34 (72.34%) Razor View Engine
3 34 (72.34%) C#
4 33 (70.21%) SQL Server
5 30 (63.83%) NUnit
5 30 (63.83%) Scrum
5 30 (63.83%) Rhino Mocks
5 30 (63.83%) Moq
5 30 (63.83%) Kanban
6 23 (48.94%) BDD
7 19 (40.43%) SQL Server 2008
7 19 (40.43%) NHibernate
8 16 (34.04%) Windows
9 15 (31.91%) DTV
9 15 (31.91%) LINQ
9 15 (31.91%) Ninject
9 15 (31.91%) Dependency Injection
10 11 (23.40%) Inversion of Control
10 11 (23.40%) MSTest

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 38 (80.85%) .NET
1 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET
1 38 (80.85%) WCF
1 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC
1 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 34 (72.34%) Razor View Engine
3 19 (40.43%) NHibernate
4 15 (31.91%) LINQ
4 15 (31.91%) Ninject
5 11 (23.40%) Castle Windsor
5 11 (23.40%) Spring.NET
5 11 (23.40%) Unity DI Container
6 9 (19.15%) WPF
6 9 (19.15%) .NET Framework
6 9 (19.15%) WinForms
7 4 (8.511%) KnockoutJS
7 4 (8.511%) Node.js
8 1 (2.128%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) MS Office
2 5 (10.64%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (6.383%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.511%) Internet
2 1 (2.128%) LAN
2 1 (2.128%) WAN
2 1 (2.128%) DHCP
2 1 (2.128%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.128%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (70.21%) SQL Server
2 19 (40.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 30 (63.83%) NUnit
1 30 (63.83%) Rhino Mocks
1 30 (63.83%) Moq
2 11 (23.40%) MSTest
General
1 8 (17.02%) Music
2 4 (8.511%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 38 (80.85%) Developer
1 38 (80.85%) .NET Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Graduate .NET Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Junior
2 9 (19.15%) Graduate
2 9 (19.15%) Junior Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Junior .NET Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Graduate Developer
3 4 (8.511%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (6.383%) Analyst
4 3 (6.383%) IT Support
5 2 (4.255%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.255%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support
6 1 (2.128%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.128%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (2.128%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.128%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.91%) DTV
2 11 (23.40%) Inversion of Control
3 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
4 5 (10.64%) Tandem
5 4 (8.511%) Streaming Music
5 4 (8.511%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (4.255%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 4 (8.511%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (8.511%) Windows 8
2 4 (8.511%) Windows XP
2 4 (8.511%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (80.85%) MVC
1 38 (80.85%) TDD
1 38 (80.85%) Web Application Development
2 30 (63.83%) Scrum
2 30 (63.83%) Kanban
3 23 (48.94%) BDD
4 15 (31.91%) Dependency Injection
5 11 (23.40%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (17.02%) ITIL
6 8 (17.02%) Domain-Driven Design
7 6 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.64%) CRM
8 5 (10.64%) MVVM
9 4 (8.511%) CQRS
9 4 (8.511%) OO
10 3 (6.383%) E-Commerce
11 2 (4.255%) Asset Management
12 1 (2.128%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (72.34%) C#
2 8 (17.02%) VB
2 8 (17.02%) VB.NET
3 3 (6.383%) C
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (80.85%) MCAD
2 38 (80.85%) MCSD
2 38 (80.85%) MCTS
3 6 (12.77%) MCSE
4 4 (8.511%) MCDST
5 3 (6.383%) Degree
6 2 (4.255%) MCSA
7 1 (2.128%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.511%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.255%) Lotus
3 1 (2.128%) Remedy
3 1 (2.128%) Citrix
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Posted: 21 May 2013