Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCAD in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCAD over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank353372395
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Up+23
Matching permanent IT job ads613309746
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.566 %0.454 %0.420 %
As % of the Qualifications category2.172 %1.754 %1.885 %
Salaries quoted593304712
Average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£53,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
282221761539582
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.07 %25.90 %22.27 %
Salaries quoted232011456633194
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-2.770 %

MCAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCAD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCAD Demand Trend

MCAD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCAD within the UK.

MCAD Salary Trend

MCAD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCAD over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 within the UK.

MCAD Salary Histogram

MCAD
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCAD within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+13591£40,000-
LondonDown-14328£45,000+12.50 %
South EastDown-22132£37,500+7.14 %
East of EnglandDown-760£35,000-36.36 %
BerkshireDown-546£38,500+20.31 %
CambridgeshireDown-432£35,000-36.36 %
CambridgeDown-832£35,000-36.36 %
SurreyDown-6230£40,000-
City of LondonDown-18030£50,500+26.25 %
West MidlandsUp+323£33,000-12.00 %
East MidlandsDown-2723£35,000+7.69 %
ScotlandDown-622£35,000+7.69 %
BuckinghamshireDown-620£37,500+7.14 %
HertfordshireNew entry-18£35,000-
NorthamptonshireDown-917£35,000+7.69 %
NorthamptonDown-1017£35,000+7.69 %
BirminghamNew entry-15£33,000-
KentUp+114£32,500-18.75 %
GlasgowDown-914£35,000+7.69 %
Milton KeynesUp+113£35,000-
OxfordshireDown-613£37,500+7.14 %
OxfordDown-713£37,500-3.22 %
North WestDown-4013£37,500+7.14 %
ReadingDown-1612£35,000+16.66 %
ManchesterDown-3112£37,500+7.14 %
TeddingtonNew entry-11£35,000-
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-10£45,000-
NewburyNew entry-9£45,000-
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-9£35,000-
EdinburghDown-78£37,500+25.00 %

MCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing MCAD 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 MCAD.

11190 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21175 (98.74 %).NET
31152 (96.81 %)MCSD
41119 (94.03 %)SQL Server
51087 (91.34 %)C#
6978 (82.18 %)MCTS
7966 (81.18 %)ASP.NET
8935 (78.57 %)MCP
9805 (67.65 %)WCF
10755 (63.45 %)NHibernate
11735 (61.76 %)SQL Server 2008
12723 (60.76 %)TDD
13689 (57.90 %)NUnit
14674 (56.64 %)Rhino Mocks
15656 (55.13 %)Scrum
16647 (54.37 %)MVC
17639 (53.70 %)WPF
18521 (43.78 %)AJAX
19454 (38.15 %)Microsoft
20440 (36.97 %)XML
20440 (36.97 %)MonoRail
21386 (32.44 %)JavaScript
22385 (32.35 %)HTML
23376 (31.60 %)WinForms
23376 (31.60 %)ASP.NET MVC
24357 (30.00 %)Subversion
25349 (29.33 %)CSS
26347 (29.16 %)Windows
27335 (28.15 %)SQL Server 2005
28285 (23.95 %)SQL

MCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing MCAD 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 MCAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11175 (98.74 %).NET
2966 (81.18 %)ASP.NET
3805 (67.65 %)WCF
4755 (63.45 %)NHibernate
5639 (53.70 %)WPF
6521 (43.78 %)AJAX
7440 (36.97 %)XML
7440 (36.97 %)MonoRail
8385 (32.35 %)HTML
9376 (31.60 %)WinForms
9376 (31.60 %)ASP.NET MVC
10349 (29.33 %)CSS
11260 (21.85 %)Silverlight
12184 (15.46 %).NET Framework
13146 (12.27 %)LINQ
1460 (5.042 %)Web Services
1552 (4.370 %)XSLT
1645 (3.782 %)ASP
1744 (3.697 %)XHTML
1830 (2.521 %)COM
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1153 (12.86 %)SharePoint
2132 (11.09 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3101 (8.487 %)BizTalk Server
434 (2.857 %)IIS
532 (2.689 %)Drupal
630 (2.521 %)Magento
630 (2.521 %)WordPress
723 (1.933 %)WebSphere MQ
812 (1.008 %)SharePoint 2010
911 (0.924 %)CMS
106 (0.504 %)SharePoint Portal Server
106 (0.504 %)EPiServer CMS
114 (0.336 %)Immediacy CMS
114 (0.336 %)Sitecore CMS
123 (0.252 %)MS Exchange
123 (0.252 %)Oracle Workflow
131 (0.084 %)WorkSite
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
174 (6.218 %)MS Excel
243 (3.613 %)MS Office
36 (0.504 %)Pro/ENGINEER
36 (0.504 %)InfoPath
42 (0.168 %)Windchill
42 (0.168 %)CATIA
51 (0.084 %)Photoshop
51 (0.084 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.756 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (0.420 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.168 %)Pivotal CRM
32 (0.168 %)Teamcenter
32 (0.168 %)SAP PLM
41 (0.084 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1114 (9.580 %)Internet
241 (3.445 %)Broadband
328 (2.353 %)Intranet
41 (0.084 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11119 (94.03 %)SQL Server
2735 (61.76 %)SQL Server 2008
3335 (28.15 %)SQL Server 2005
455 (4.622 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
549 (4.118 %)SQL Server 2000
643 (3.613 %)SQL Server Integration Services
738 (3.193 %)MySQL
828 (2.353 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
923 (1.933 %)Oracle 8/8i
1022 (1.849 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
1120 (1.681 %)RDBMS
1210 (0.840 %)DTS
1210 (0.840 %)PerformancePoint
137 (0.588 %)OLAP
137 (0.588 %)ETL
144 (0.336 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
144 (0.336 %)BusinessObjects
153 (0.252 %)BusinessObjects XI
162 (0.168 %)Data Mining
162 (0.168 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1689 (57.90 %)NUnit
2674 (56.64 %)Rhino Mocks
3357 (30.00 %)Subversion
4233 (19.58 %)Moq
534 (2.857 %)Visual Studio
624 (2.017 %)Team Foundation Server
712 (1.008 %)Oracle Forms
83 (0.252 %)Visual Studio Team System
83 (0.252 %)JIRA
83 (0.252 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (0.252 %)ClearCase
83 (0.252 %)ClearQuest
92 (0.168 %)NCover
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1284 (23.87 %)Finance
2195 (16.39 %)Music
3159 (13.36 %)Banking
4115 (9.664 %)Games
567 (5.630 %)Investment Banking
659 (4.958 %)Marketing
746 (3.866 %)Insurance
841 (3.445 %)Telecoms
935 (2.941 %)Music Industry
935 (2.941 %)Pensions
1031 (2.605 %)Retail
1127 (2.269 %)Education
1223 (1.933 %)Billing
134 (0.336 %)Back Office
134 (0.336 %)Health
143 (0.252 %)Law
143 (0.252 %)Legal
152 (0.168 %)Manufacturing
152 (0.168 %)Advertising
152 (0.168 %)Government
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11081 (90.84 %)Developer
2735 (61.76 %).NET Developer
3555 (46.64 %)C# Developer
4375 (31.51 %)ASP.NET Developer
5335 (28.15 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
690 (7.563 %)Senior Developer
773 (6.134 %)Web Developer
872 (6.050 %)WinForms Developer
962 (5.210 %)VB.NET Developer
1059 (4.958 %)Junior
1158 (4.874 %)Junior Developer
1255 (4.622 %)Software Developer
1353 (4.454 %)Junior .NET Developer
1353 (4.454 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1446 (3.866 %)Architect
1544 (3.697 %)Senior .NET Developer
1643 (3.613 %)Agile .NET Developer
1742 (3.529 %)Graduate
1841 (3.445 %)Senior Web Developer
1841 (3.445 %)Agile C# Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1214 (17.98 %)Tandem
2143 (12.02 %)Client/Server
349 (4.118 %)Social Network
437 (3.109 %)Computer Science
532 (2.689 %)Open Source
620 (1.681 %)DTV
711 (0.924 %)SaaS
711 (0.924 %)Mathematics
89 (0.756 %)Blog
98 (0.672 %)Web 2.0
98 (0.672 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
98 (0.672 %)N-Tier
98 (0.672 %)Spread Betting
106 (0.504 %)Pocket PC
115 (0.420 %)Replication
123 (0.252 %)Hedge funds
123 (0.252 %)NHS
131 (0.084 %)PMI
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1347 (29.16 %)Windows
214 (1.176 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (0.588 %)Windows Mobile
46 (0.504 %)Windows CE
53 (0.252 %)Windows Server 2008
53 (0.252 %)Windows 2000
62 (0.168 %)Linux
62 (0.168 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.084 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1723 (60.76 %)TDD
2656 (55.13 %)Scrum
3647 (54.37 %)MVC
4233 (19.58 %)Kanban
4233 (19.58 %)BDD
5187 (15.71 %)OO
6183 (15.38 %)Business Intelligence
7160 (13.45 %)E-Commerce
864 (5.378 %)Extreme Programming
956 (4.706 %)Agile Software Development
1043 (3.613 %)CRM
1043 (3.613 %)Web Development
1140 (3.361 %)OOD
1239 (3.277 %)Content Management
1338 (3.193 %)OOA/OOD
1436 (3.025 %)OOP
1529 (2.437 %)Digital Marketing
1529 (2.437 %)UML
1627 (2.269 %)SOA
1726 (2.185 %)Asset Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11087 (91.34 %)C#
2386 (32.44 %)JavaScript
3285 (23.95 %)SQL
4236 (19.83 %)VB.NET
5219 (18.40 %)T-SQL
6115 (9.664 %)VB
761 (5.126 %)C++
839 (3.277 %)PHP
99 (0.756 %)C
108 (0.672 %)VBScript
108 (0.672 %)Java
117 (0.588 %)VB6
126 (0.504 %)F#
131 (0.084 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11190 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21152 (96.81 %)MCSD
3978 (82.18 %)MCTS
4935 (78.57 %)MCP
5110 (9.244 %)Degree
691 (7.647 %)MCPD
715 (1.261 %)MCDBA
89 (0.756 %)MCITP
98 (0.672 %)MCSE
105 (0.420 %)MCSA
113 (0.252 %)HND
121 (0.084 %)PMP
121 (0.084 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.588 %)QA
21 (0.084 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
123 (1.933 %)MSMQ
26 (0.504 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1454 (38.15 %)Microsoft
272 (6.050 %)Oracle
311 (0.924 %)Sun
48 (0.672 %)Typemock
56 (0.504 %)EPiServer
64 (0.336 %)ProClarity
64 (0.336 %)SolidWorks
64 (0.336 %)Hyperion
64 (0.336 %)Cognos
64 (0.336 %)Business Objects
64 (0.336 %)Sitecore
64 (0.336 %)Ektron
73 (0.252 %)LogiXML
73 (0.252 %)IBM
73 (0.252 %)Unisys
73 (0.252 %)Google
73 (0.252 %)Telerik
82 (0.168 %)PTC
82 (0.168 %)Cadence
82 (0.168 %)Siemens