The first table below looks at the demand for MCPD in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
Rank - 47 53
Permanent jobs citing MCPD 0 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset - 2.778% 0.832%
As % of the Qualifications category - 9.701% 2.395%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 4
Average salary - £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,425 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.21% +7.69%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
208 134 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 32.70% 28.63% 34.72%
Number of salaries quoted 191 128 152
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCPD
South West

MCPD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset MCPD Salary Trend

MCPD
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) MCTS
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability

MCPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCTS
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya