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 22 May 2012 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.

Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank275394332
Rank change year-on-year
Up+119Down-62
Matching permanent IT job ads1072619558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.889 %0.505 %0.584 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.202 %1.926 %2.413 %
Number of salaries quoted1068611547
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£35,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
334753214123123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.76 %26.21 %24.22 %
Number of salaries quoted284762683119147
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-1.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

MCAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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+1121028£40,000-
South EastUp+86338£40,000+6.66 %
LondonUp+28318£43,750-2.77 %
East of EnglandUp+21115£40,000+6.66 %
SurreyUp+3391£45,000-
BerkshireUp+2383£40,000+14.28 %
East MidlandsUp+4075£40,000+14.28 %
North WestUp+3761£32,500-18.75 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3945£30,000-20.00 %
HampshireUp+2543£40,000-
YorkshireUp+1740£35,000+16.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+2239£40,000+6.66 %
Milton KeynesUp+3638£30,000-20.00 %
CambridgeNew entry-37£40,000-
KentUp+1034£35,000-6.66 %
West MidlandsUp+733£35,000-22.22 %
South WestUp+233£40,000+14.28 %
HertfordshireUp+1131£50,000+11.11 %
ManchesterUp+1629£35,000-6.66 %
East SussexUp+429£40,000+14.28 %
City of LondonUp+3028£41,000-21.90 %
EssexDown-828£42,500+21.42 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-28£32,500-
CheshireUp+927£31,500-21.25 %
NewburyNew entry-26£38,750-
NottinghamNew entry-26£33,750-
LeicestershireNew entry-25£40,000-
WarringtonDown-724£31,500-21.25 %
BrightonDown-423£40,000+14.28 %
WokinghamUp+2022£35,000-

MCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

12035 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22033 (99.90 %).NET
32018 (99.16 %)SQL Server
42007 (98.62 %)MCSD
51938 (95.23 %)MCP
61922 (94.45 %)MCTS
71888 (92.78 %)C#
81839 (90.37 %)TDD
91764 (86.68 %)ASP.NET
101710 (84.03 %)SQL Server 2008
111646 (80.88 %)WCF
121610 (79.12 %)Web Application Development
131605 (78.87 %)MVC
141600 (78.62 %)ASP.NET MVC
151566 (76.95 %)NUnit
161554 (76.36 %)Rhino Mocks
171457 (71.60 %)NHibernate
181445 (71.01 %)Scrum
191083 (53.22 %)BDD
201075 (52.83 %)Castle Windsor
211045 (51.35 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
221006 (49.43 %)Razor View Engine
23945 (46.44 %)Kanban
24838 (41.18 %)LINQ
25817 (40.15 %)WPF
26626 (30.76 %)MonoRail
27603 (29.63 %)Microsoft
28583 (28.65 %)Moq
29578 (28.40 %)Windows
30555 (27.27 %)WinForms

MCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
12033 (99.90 %).NET
21764 (86.68 %)ASP.NET
31646 (80.88 %)WCF
41600 (78.62 %)ASP.NET MVC
51457 (71.60 %)NHibernate
61075 (52.83 %)Castle Windsor
71045 (51.35 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
81006 (49.43 %)Razor View Engine
9838 (41.18 %)LINQ
10817 (40.15 %)WPF
11626 (30.76 %)MonoRail
12555 (27.27 %)WinForms
13383 (18.82 %)Ajax
14337 (16.56 %)Lucene
15310 (15.23 %)Silverlight
16225 (11.06 %)HTML
17200 (9.828 %).NET Framework
18179 (8.796 %)CSS
19113 (5.553 %)Ninject
19113 (5.553 %)Spring.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1187 (9.189 %)SharePoint
2173 (8.501 %)SharePoint Server
389 (4.373 %)BizTalk Server
471 (3.489 %)CMS
565 (3.194 %)SharePoint 2010
640 (1.966 %)Umbraco
640 (1.966 %)Sitecore CMS
735 (1.720 %)IIS
834 (1.671 %)Kentico
834 (1.671 %)Sitefinity
834 (1.671 %)Immediacy CMS
834 (1.671 %)DotNetNuke
93 (0.147 %)Windows Azure
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
136 (1.769 %)MS Excel
26 (0.295 %)MS Visio
33 (0.147 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.197 %)Tridion
22 (0.098 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.049 %)Prophet
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1187 (9.189 %)Internet
283 (4.079 %)Broadband
314 (0.688 %)SMTP
314 (0.688 %)FTP
314 (0.688 %)HTTP
314 (0.688 %)DNS
47 (0.344 %)SSL
55 (0.246 %)Intranet
55 (0.246 %)Kerberos
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12018 (99.16 %)SQL Server
21710 (84.03 %)SQL Server 2008
361 (2.998 %)SQL Server 2005
453 (2.604 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
551 (2.506 %)SQL Server Integration Services
632 (1.572 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
720 (0.983 %)Data Warehouse
89 (0.442 %)SQL Server 2000
98 (0.393 %)MongoDB
98 (0.393 %)NoSQL
103 (0.147 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
103 (0.147 %)DTS
112 (0.098 %)MySQL
121 (0.049 %)OLTP
121 (0.049 %)OLAP
121 (0.049 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11566 (76.95 %)NUnit
21554 (76.36 %)Rhino Mocks
3583 (28.65 %)Moq
4427 (20.98 %)Subversion
5231 (11.35 %)Selenium
6228 (11.20 %)Cucumber
7113 (5.553 %)MSTest
829 (1.425 %)Visual Studio
925 (1.229 %)Oracle Forms
1013 (0.639 %)Team Foundation Server
119 (0.442 %)VSS/SourceSafe
127 (0.344 %)InterDev
136 (0.295 %)NCover
136 (0.295 %)Visual Studio Team System
142 (0.098 %)MSBuild
151 (0.049 %)TeamCity
151 (0.049 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1355 (17.44 %)Finance
2282 (13.86 %)Music
3275 (13.51 %)Games
4170 (8.354 %)Banking
5100 (4.914 %)Retail
687 (4.275 %)Telecoms
777 (3.784 %)Music Industry
832 (1.572 %)Investment Banking
99 (0.442 %)Advertising
107 (0.344 %)Automotive
116 (0.295 %)Marketing
123 (0.147 %)Financial Institution
123 (0.147 %)Law
131 (0.049 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12012 (98.87 %)Developer
21770 (86.98 %).NET Developer
3486 (23.88 %)C# Developer
4401 (19.71 %)C# .NET Developer
5375 (18.43 %)ASP.NET Developer
6296 (14.55 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
7138 (6.781 %)Junior Developer
7138 (6.781 %)Junior
8135 (6.634 %)Junior .NET Developer
9116 (5.700 %)Graduate
10100 (4.914 %)VB.NET Developer
1191 (4.472 %)Graduate Developer
1191 (4.472 %)Graduate .NET Developer
1276 (3.735 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1358 (2.850 %)Agile C# Developer
1445 (2.211 %)Senior Developer
1535 (1.720 %)SQL Developer
1633 (1.622 %)SharePoint Developer
1727 (1.327 %)Agile .NET Developer
1825 (1.229 %)WinForms Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1333 (16.36 %)Tandem
2113 (5.553 %)Inversion of Control
387 (4.275 %)Social Network
479 (3.882 %)Client/Server
555 (2.703 %)Computer Science
631 (1.523 %)DTV
711 (0.541 %)iPhone
810 (0.491 %)Digital Media
99 (0.442 %)iPad
99 (0.442 %)Blog
106 (0.295 %)N-Tier
115 (0.246 %)SWIFT
124 (0.197 %)Hedge funds
124 (0.197 %)PMI
133 (0.147 %)Cloud Computing
141 (0.049 %)Mathematics
141 (0.049 %)Video Conferencing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1578 (28.40 %)Windows
23 (0.147 %)Windows Phone 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11839 (90.37 %)TDD
21610 (79.12 %)Web Application Development
31605 (78.87 %)MVC
41445 (71.01 %)Scrum
51083 (53.22 %)BDD
6945 (46.44 %)Kanban
7442 (21.72 %)OO
8344 (16.90 %)Scrum-ban
9276 (13.56 %)CQRS
9276 (13.56 %)Domain-Driven Design
10249 (12.24 %)Business Intelligence
11212 (10.42 %)MVVM
12144 (7.076 %)Agile Software Development
13122 (5.995 %)Continuous Integration
14113 (5.553 %)Dependency Injection
1591 (4.472 %)E-Commerce
1662 (3.047 %)Content Management
1757 (2.801 %)Asset Management
1843 (2.113 %)OOD
1937 (1.818 %)OOP
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11888 (92.78 %)C#
2461 (22.65 %)VB.NET
3411 (20.20 %)VB
4238 (11.70 %)JavaScript
5177 (8.698 %)SQL
6142 (6.978 %)T-SQL
736 (1.769 %)C++
815 (0.737 %)VBScript
914 (0.688 %)C
108 (0.393 %)VBA
115 (0.246 %)Java
115 (0.246 %)PL/SQL
123 (0.147 %)VB6
132 (0.098 %)XPath
141 (0.049 %)XAML
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12035 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22007 (98.62 %)MCSD
31938 (95.23 %)MCP
41922 (94.45 %)MCTS
5140 (6.880 %)Degree
619 (0.934 %)MCITP
74 (0.197 %)MCPD
74 (0.197 %)PMP
74 (0.197 %)PMI Certification
82 (0.098 %)MCSE
91 (0.049 %)MCDBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (0.835 %)QA
21 (0.049 %)SLA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.147 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1603 (29.63 %)Microsoft
240 (1.966 %)Sitecore
334 (1.671 %)Ektron
334 (1.671 %)EPiServer
431 (1.523 %)Oracle
525 (1.229 %)Sun
616 (0.786 %)Alterian
78 (0.393 %)Adobe
81 (0.049 %)Sybase