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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 45 35 40
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +5
Permanent jobs citing MCP 4 12 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 1.087% 3.871% 3.691%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.714% 16.90% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 11
Average salary £20,000 £22,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
70 71 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 19.02% 22.90% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 56 65 44
Average salary £34,000 £27,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.63% -26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £43,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Cambridgeshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (61.54%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
3 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 5 (38.46%) .NET
4 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
4 5 (38.46%) C#
4 5 (38.46%) MCAD
4 5 (38.46%) MCSD
4 5 (38.46%) Windows XP
4 5 (38.46%) MVC
4 5 (38.46%) TDD
4 5 (38.46%) MCTS
4 5 (38.46%) WCF
4 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
4 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (38.46%) BDD
4 5 (38.46%) Razor View Engine
4 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
4 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 4 (30.77%) CQRS
5 4 (30.77%) Domain-Driven Design
5 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
5 4 (30.77%) MCITP
5 4 (30.77%) VB
5 4 (30.77%) VB.NET
5 4 (30.77%) MCSA
5 4 (30.77%) Citrix

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 5 (38.46%) .NET
1 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
1 5 (38.46%) WCF
1 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET MVC
1 5 (38.46%) Razor View Engine
1 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 1 (7.692%) NHibernate
2 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) LAN
1 1 (7.692%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) NUnit
1 1 (7.692%) Rhino Mocks
1 1 (7.692%) Moq
General
1 1 (7.692%) Music
1 1 (7.692%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
1 5 (38.46%) .NET Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Field Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Junior
5 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Graduate
5 1 (7.692%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Junior Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Junior .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Graduate .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) IT Support
5 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows XP
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) MVC
1 5 (38.46%) TDD
1 5 (38.46%) BDD
1 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
2 4 (30.77%) CQRS
2 4 (30.77%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) VB
2 4 (30.77%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (38.46%) MCAD
2 5 (38.46%) MCSD
2 5 (38.46%) MCTS
3 4 (30.77%) MCITP
3 4 (30.77%) MCSA
4 2 (15.38%) CCNA
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
2 1 (7.692%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Citrix
3 2 (15.38%) NetApp
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco
4 1 (7.692%) Adobe
4 1 (7.692%) Lotus
4 1 (7.692%) Symantec
4 1 (7.692%) McAfee