The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 44 27 32
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +5
Permanent jobs citing MCP 3 13 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.099% 5.882% 1.124%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.191% 19.70% 3.125%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 2
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% +75.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Qualifications
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
94 66 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 34.43% 29.86% 35.96%
Number of salaries quoted 62 43 44
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,200 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
West Midlands

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 12 (100.00%) VB
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (75.00%) Scrum
2 9 (75.00%) MVC
2 9 (75.00%) VB.NET
2 9 (75.00%) .NET
2 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (75.00%) MCAD
2 9 (75.00%) MCSD
2 9 (75.00%) TDD
2 9 (75.00%) MCTS
2 9 (75.00%) WCF
2 9 (75.00%) Kanban
2 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 9 (75.00%) HTML5
2 9 (75.00%) BDD
2 9 (75.00%) Razor View Engine
2 9 (75.00%) CQRS
2 9 (75.00%) Web Application Development
2 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 9 (75.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (25.00%) VBScript
3 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (25.00%) SCCM
3 3 (25.00%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) MCSE
3 3 (25.00%) MS Excel

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 9 (75.00%) .NET
1 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (75.00%) WCF
1 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 9 (75.00%) HTML5
1 9 (75.00%) Razor View Engine
1 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
1 9 (75.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Scrum
1 9 (75.00%) MVC
1 9 (75.00%) TDD
1 9 (75.00%) Kanban
1 9 (75.00%) BDD
1 9 (75.00%) CQRS
1 9 (75.00%) Web Application Development
1 9 (75.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) VB
2 9 (75.00%) VB.NET
3 3 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (75.00%) MCAD
2 9 (75.00%) MCSD
2 9 (75.00%) MCTS
3 3 (25.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) XenApp
2 2 (16.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) VMware
1 3 (25.00%) Avaya
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: £39,763 per annum (increasing to £41,855 per annum after 12 months)
Posted: 17 June 2013