The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 17 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 50 36 50
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +14
Permanent jobs citing MCP 14 21 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.491% 3.571% 1.468%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.859% 14.79% 5.333%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 8
Average salary £22,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
142 142 150
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 25.27% 24.15% 27.52%
Number of salaries quoted 117 129 132
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
North East

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newcastle upon Tyne -9 8 £21,500 -8.51%
South Shields - 4 £35,000 -
Sunderland -6 2 £25,250 -29.86%
MCP
North East

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 47 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (80.85%) .NET
2 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET
2 38 (80.85%) MCAD
2 38 (80.85%) MCSD
2 38 (80.85%) MVC
2 38 (80.85%) TDD
2 38 (80.85%) MCTS
2 38 (80.85%) WCF
2 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC
2 38 (80.85%) Web Application Development
2 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 34 (72.34%) Razor View Engine
3 34 (72.34%) C#
4 33 (70.21%) SQL Server
5 30 (63.83%) NUnit
5 30 (63.83%) Scrum
5 30 (63.83%) Rhino Mocks
5 30 (63.83%) Moq
5 30 (63.83%) Kanban
6 23 (48.94%) BDD
7 19 (40.43%) SQL Server 2008
7 19 (40.43%) NHibernate
8 16 (34.04%) Windows
9 15 (31.91%) DTV
9 15 (31.91%) LINQ
9 15 (31.91%) Ninject
9 15 (31.91%) Dependency Injection
10 11 (23.40%) Inversion of Control
10 11 (23.40%) MSTest

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 38 (80.85%) .NET
1 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET
1 38 (80.85%) WCF
1 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC
1 38 (80.85%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 34 (72.34%) Razor View Engine
3 19 (40.43%) NHibernate
4 15 (31.91%) LINQ
4 15 (31.91%) Ninject
5 11 (23.40%) Spring.NET
5 11 (23.40%) Unity DI Container
5 11 (23.40%) Castle Windsor
6 9 (19.15%) WinForms
6 9 (19.15%) WPF
6 9 (19.15%) .NET Framework
7 4 (8.511%) Node.js
7 4 (8.511%) KnockoutJS
8 1 (2.128%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) MS Office
2 5 (10.64%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (6.383%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.511%) Internet
2 1 (2.128%) LAN
2 1 (2.128%) WAN
2 1 (2.128%) DHCP
2 1 (2.128%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.128%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (70.21%) SQL Server
2 19 (40.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 30 (63.83%) NUnit
1 30 (63.83%) Rhino Mocks
1 30 (63.83%) Moq
2 11 (23.40%) MSTest
General
1 8 (17.02%) Music
2 4 (8.511%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 38 (80.85%) Developer
1 38 (80.85%) .NET Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Graduate
2 9 (19.15%) Junior
2 9 (19.15%) Junior Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Junior .NET Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Graduate Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Graduate .NET Developer
3 4 (8.511%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (6.383%) Analyst
4 3 (6.383%) IT Support
5 2 (4.255%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support
5 2 (4.255%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (2.128%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.128%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (2.128%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (2.128%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.91%) DTV
2 11 (23.40%) Inversion of Control
3 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
4 5 (10.64%) Tandem
5 4 (8.511%) Streaming Music
5 4 (8.511%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (4.255%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 4 (8.511%) Windows XP
2 4 (8.511%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (8.511%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (8.511%) Windows 8
3 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (80.85%) MVC
1 38 (80.85%) TDD
1 38 (80.85%) Web Application Development
2 30 (63.83%) Kanban
2 30 (63.83%) Scrum
3 23 (48.94%) BDD
4 15 (31.91%) Dependency Injection
5 11 (23.40%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (17.02%) Domain-Driven Design
6 8 (17.02%) ITIL
7 6 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.64%) CRM
8 5 (10.64%) MVVM
9 4 (8.511%) CQRS
9 4 (8.511%) OO
10 3 (6.383%) E-Commerce
11 2 (4.255%) Asset Management
12 1 (2.128%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (72.34%) C#
2 8 (17.02%) VB
2 8 (17.02%) VB.NET
3 3 (6.383%) C
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (80.85%) MCTS
2 38 (80.85%) MCAD
2 38 (80.85%) MCSD
3 6 (12.77%) MCSE
4 4 (8.511%) MCDST
5 3 (6.383%) Degree
6 2 (4.255%) MCSA
7 1 (2.128%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.511%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.255%) Lotus
3 1 (2.128%) Remedy
3 1 (2.128%) Citrix
South Shields, North East
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Posted: 15 May 2013