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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 23 35 37
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +2
Permanent jobs citing MCP 18 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 8.780% 0.495% 2.260%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.03% 2.273% 6.667%
Number of salaries quoted 18 1 4
Average salary £26,250 £27,500 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% +44.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £13,750
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £23,550
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Qualifications
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
58 44 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 28.29% 21.78% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 55 34 57
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £18,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,350 £37,600 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Manchester

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 25 (100.00%) .NET
1 25 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (92.00%) Microsoft
3 20 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 20 (80.00%) C#
4 14 (56.00%) Web Application Development
5 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 13 (52.00%) Castle Windsor
5 13 (52.00%) Ninject
5 13 (52.00%) Razor View Engine
5 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 13 (52.00%) Dependency Injection
5 13 (52.00%) Inversion of Control
5 13 (52.00%) MSTest
5 13 (52.00%) MVVM
5 13 (52.00%) Rhino Mocks
5 13 (52.00%) Moq
5 13 (52.00%) MCTS
5 13 (52.00%) WCF
5 13 (52.00%) WPF
5 13 (52.00%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (52.00%) Kanban
5 13 (52.00%) Spring.NET
5 13 (52.00%) TDD
5 13 (52.00%) NUnit
5 13 (52.00%) MVC
5 13 (52.00%) Scrum
5 13 (52.00%) WinForms
5 13 (52.00%) MCAD

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 25 (100.00%) .NET
1 25 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 13 (52.00%) Castle Windsor
2 13 (52.00%) Ninject
2 13 (52.00%) Razor View Engine
2 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 13 (52.00%) WCF
2 13 (52.00%) WPF
2 13 (52.00%) Spring.NET
2 13 (52.00%) WinForms
2 13 (52.00%) Unity DI Container
3 12 (48.00%) HTML
4 11 (44.00%) jQuery
5 6 (24.00%) CSS
6 5 (20.00%) XHTML
6 5 (20.00%) Semantic HTML
6 5 (20.00%) .NET Framework
6 5 (20.00%) DOM
6 5 (20.00%) Ajax
Applications
1 12 (48.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (28.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (52.00%) MSTest
1 13 (52.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 13 (52.00%) Moq
1 13 (52.00%) NUnit
2 5 (20.00%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (8.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (100.00%) Developer
2 20 (80.00%) .NET Developer
3 7 (28.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 7 (28.00%) Software Developer
3 7 (28.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Web Designer
4 5 (20.00%) Web Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Front-End Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Front-End Web Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Designer
5 3 (12.00%) Graduate Web Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Junior Designer
5 3 (12.00%) Junior Front-End Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Junior
5 3 (12.00%) Junior Web Designer
5 3 (12.00%) Junior Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Junior Web Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Inversion of Control
2 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (20.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Android
2 7 (28.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Web Application Development
2 13 (52.00%) Dependency Injection
2 13 (52.00%) MVVM
2 13 (52.00%) Continuous Integration
2 13 (52.00%) Kanban
2 13 (52.00%) TDD
2 13 (52.00%) MVC
2 13 (52.00%) Scrum
3 5 (20.00%) Web Design
3 5 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (80.00%) C#
2 12 (48.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (24.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (52.00%) MCTS
2 13 (52.00%) MCAD
2 13 (52.00%) MCSD
3 12 (48.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 23 (92.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Adobe
Stockport, Cheshire
Skills Required: Degree level or equivalent qualification. Experience in developing ASP.NET web applications. C# is preferred but we would be happy to accept VB.NET candidates who...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum + 5% bonus + certification towards M
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Key Requirements: *Solid communication skills *Helpdesk experience *Flexibility *Team player *IT related qualifications (MCP, MCDST, CompTIA+) *Windows XP/Vista/7 *Basic understanding of PC Hardware set-up and...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £14000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013