The first table below looks at the demand for MCPD in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCPD over the 3 months to 24 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
Rank - 184 211
Permanent jobs citing MCPD 0 31 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West - 0.560% 0.083%
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.526% 0.250%
Number of salaries quoted 0 31 5
Average salary - £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £36,463 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.17% +7.69%
All Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1669 2032 1999
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 31.81% 36.71% 33.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1441 1751 1694
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCPD
England

MCPD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West MCPD Salary Trend

MCPD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Avaya
2 2 (50.00%) Clustering
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (50.00%) InDesign
2 2 (50.00%) MCTS
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (50.00%) MCITP
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
2 2 (50.00%) MCSA
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN

MCPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (50.00%) InDesign
1 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) Senior IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) Senior IT Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCTS
2 2 (50.00%) MCITP
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
2 2 (50.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe
2 2 (50.00%) Avaya
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco