Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCAD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 899 971 1205
Rank change year-on-year +72 +234 -318
Permanent jobs citing MCAD 6 2 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.002% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.022% 0.006% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £66,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £44,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MCAD is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,308 34,050 41,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.84% 32.73% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,248 15,235 18,977
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,803 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -

MCAD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MCAD in the UK

MCAD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCAD.

Salary trend for MCAD in the UK

MCAD
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCAD within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +113 3 £90,000 - 3
London - 2 £90,000 - 1
UK excluding London -7 1 - - 2
South East - 1 - - 1

MCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (16.67%) RS-232
1 1 (16.67%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Metadata
General
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Data Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Data Migration Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Migration Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Development Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Product Development Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) HTML
1 5 (83.33%) Itk
1 5 (83.33%) Web Services
1 5 (83.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (16.67%) Acoustics
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
2 5 (83.33%) CAD
2 5 (83.33%) Data Migration
2 5 (83.33%) Data Validation
2 5 (83.33%) Manual Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Migration
2 5 (83.33%) PLM
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) SOA
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Use Case
2 5 (83.33%) Workflow
3 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Design for Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) People Management
4 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C
1 5 (83.33%) C++
1 5 (83.33%) Java
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) EMC
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft