The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Stafford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP 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 Stafford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCP 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stafford - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Stafford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
19 12 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stafford 55.88% 26.67% 7.921%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 8
Average salary £25,000 £33,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.24% -17.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,600 £29,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
Staffordshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stafford 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 Stafford region.

Stafford MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stafford 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (25.00%) Node.js
4 1 (25.00%) Ninject
4 1 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (25.00%) WinForms
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) MCTS
4 1 (25.00%) MVC
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) MCAD
4 1 (25.00%) MCSD
4 1 (25.00%) VB
4 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (25.00%) .NET

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stafford 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 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) Ninject
1 1 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) WCF
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Music
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Streaming Music
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
1 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) TDD
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MCTS
3 1 (25.00%) MCAD
3 1 (25.00%) MCSD
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) VMware