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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MFC over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank308229
Rank change on same period last yearDown-79
Matching permanent IT job ads12171837
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.593 %0.821 %
As % of the category below1.847 %2.572 %
Salaries quoted9861507
Average minimum salary£37,625£39,845
Average salary£42,105£43,783
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Average maximum salary£46,585£47,721
UK excluding London average salary£35,234£34,601
% change on same period last year+1.82 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6588071417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.11 %31.91 %
Salaries quoted5587158773
Average minimum salary£37,334£38,453
Average salary£41,047£42,292
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Average maximum salary£44,760£46,131
UK excluding London average salary£36,011£36,651
% change on same period last year-1.74 %

MFC
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing MFC across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

MFC Demand Trend

MFC
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing MFC across the UK.

MFC Salary Trend

MFC
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MFC across the UK over the past 3 months.

MFC Salary Histogram

MFC
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MFC within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-711185£42,277-3.91 %
2LondonDown-78423£54,572-4.11 %
3South EastDown-69233£38,740+2.37 %
4East of EnglandDown-10143£35,164+0.18 %
5City of LondonDown-88141£63,817-3.07 %
6West MidlandsUp+74123£34,658-3.58 %
7CambridgeshireDown-19100£35,286+6.21 %
8South WestDown-5492£32,919+0.74 %
9HampshireDown-3284£38,817-1.06 %
10North WestUp+875£31,932-8.56 %
11East MidlandsDown-7864£31,012+3.15 %
11CambridgeDown-864£35,755+4.67 %
12WorcestershireNew entry-44£35,839-
13SurreyUp+638£38,603+4.65 %
14GloucestershireDown-2237£34,833+13.69 %
15ManchesterUp+1934£34,463+0.65 %
16HertfordshireUp+1531£34,452-15.53 %
17YorkshireDown-4930£32,906+14.85 %
18CoventryNew entry-29£30,458-
18BuckinghamshireUp+729£36,914+1.42 %
19SomersetDown-2228£30,420-11.15 %
20North YorkshireDown-426£32,135+28.53 %
21LeicestershireDown-4325£35,429+21.59 %
22WorcesterNew entry-24£36,679-
22NottinghamshireDown-5124£27,208-11.62 %
22ScotlandUp+724£30,472-17.78 %
22NottinghamDown-4024£27,208-11.71 %
23YorkNew entry-23£31,870-
24HerefordshireDown-521£36,079-6.28 %
25OxfordshireDown-1320£37,974-6.46 %

MFC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MFC also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MFC.

12219 (95.24 %)C++
21083 (46.48 %)C#
31057 (45.36 %)VC++
41054 (45.24 %)Windows
5837 (35.92 %).NET
6677 (29.06 %)STL
7619 (26.57 %)OO
8502 (21.55 %)Microsoft
9467 (20.04 %)SQL
10433 (18.58 %)Degree
11426 (18.28 %)Finance
12374 (16.05 %)SQL Server
13326 (13.99 %)Visual Studio
14314 (13.48 %)UML
15312 (13.39 %)ATL
16310 (13.30 %)XML
17280 (12.02 %)C
18220 (9.442 %)COM
19217 (9.313 %)Oracle
20197 (8.455 %)DCOM
21194 (8.326 %)Multithreading
22190 (8.155 %)Computer Science
23178 (7.639 %)Pensions
24173 (7.425 %)MS Excel
25167 (7.167 %)Linux
25167 (7.167 %)Unix
26166 (7.124 %)OOD
27157 (6.738 %)WinForms
28155 (6.652 %)Software Engineering
29151 (6.481 %)WebServices

MFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MFC also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1837 (35.92 %).NET
2677 (29.06 %)STL
3312 (13.39 %)ATL
4310 (13.30 %)XML
5220 (9.442 %)COM
6197 (8.455 %)DCOM
7157 (6.738 %)WinForms
8151 (6.481 %)WebServices
9121 (5.193 %)HTML
10112 (4.807 %)ASP.NET
1190 (3.863 %)ActiveX
1288 (3.777 %).NET Framework
1384 (3.605 %)XSLT
1384 (3.605 %)OpenGL
1476 (3.262 %)ODBC
1568 (2.918 %)ADO
1661 (2.618 %)DirectX
1756 (2.403 %)COM+
1845 (1.931 %)SOAP
1943 (1.845 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
129 (1.245 %)MS Exchange
222 (0.944 %)SharePoint
222 (0.944 %)Apache
37 (0.300 %)Lotus Notes
37 (0.300 %)Rendezvous
37 (0.300 %)Oracle Workflow
44 (0.172 %)BizTalk Server
44 (0.172 %)IIS
53 (0.129 %)MQSeries
61 (0.043 %)JBoss
61 (0.043 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.043 %)TIBCO EMS
61 (0.043 %)ArcGIS
Applications
1173 (7.425 %)MS Excel
232 (1.373 %)MS Visio
325 (1.073 %)MS Office
325 (1.073 %)3ds Max
413 (0.558 %)MATLAB
57 (0.300 %)Maya
64 (0.172 %)AutoCAD
73 (0.129 %)Simulink
73 (0.129 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.043 %)Photoshop
81 (0.043 %)RoboHelp
Business Applications
11 (0.043 %)MarketView
11 (0.043 %)RMDS
Communications & Networking
1141 (6.052 %)TCP/IP
259 (2.532 %)Internet
333 (1.416 %)HTTP
431 (1.330 %)SNMP
521 (0.901 %)3G
620 (0.858 %)UTRAN
719 (0.815 %)3GPP
811 (0.472 %)LAN
811 (0.472 %)WAN
910 (0.429 %)Wireless
109 (0.386 %)VoIP
117 (0.300 %)Ethernet
126 (0.258 %)ATM
126 (0.258 %)WINS
134 (0.172 %)RTP
134 (0.172 %)Wi-Fi
143 (0.129 %)HSDPA
143 (0.129 %)TETRA
143 (0.129 %)RIP
143 (0.129 %)OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1374 (16.05 %)SQL Server
245 (1.931 %)SQL Server 2005
344 (1.888 %)SQL Server 2000
344 (1.888 %)GIS
439 (1.674 %)RDBMS
535 (1.502 %)MySQL
629 (1.245 %)Oracle 10g
629 (1.245 %)Oracle 9i
722 (0.944 %)SQL Server 7
820 (0.858 %)Datawarehouse
913 (0.558 %)Data Cleansing
1011 (0.472 %)VLDB
117 (0.300 %)MS Access
117 (0.300 %)Oracle Reports
126 (0.258 %)BusinessObjects
132 (0.086 %)PostgreSQL
132 (0.086 %)Oracle 8/8i
132 (0.086 %)DB2
132 (0.086 %)Crystal Reports
141 (0.043 %)Informix
Development Applications
1326 (13.99 %)Visual Studio
248 (2.060 %)InstallShield
324 (1.030 %)VSS/SourceSafe
422 (0.944 %)MSI
519 (0.815 %)PVCS
618 (0.773 %)ClearCase
77 (0.300 %)Flash
77 (0.300 %)CruiseControl
85 (0.215 %)TestDirector
85 (0.215 %)NUnit
94 (0.172 %)Subversion
103 (0.129 %)Xcode
112 (0.086 %)C++Builder
112 (0.086 %)ClearQuest
121 (0.043 %)JUnit
121 (0.043 %)ProC
121 (0.043 %)Rational Rose
General
1426 (18.28 %)Finance
2178 (7.639 %)Pensions
3138 (5.923 %)Front Office
4129 (5.536 %)Health
5102 (4.378 %)Banking
691 (3.906 %)Games
780 (3.433 %)Telecoms
868 (2.918 %)Electronics
965 (2.790 %)Education
1053 (2.275 %)Publishing
1150 (2.146 %)3D Graphics
1245 (1.931 %)Investment Banking
1340 (1.717 %)Retail
1439 (1.674 %)Insurance
1535 (1.502 %)Automotive
1633 (1.416 %)Government
1723 (0.987 %)Animation
1821 (0.901 %)Financial Institution
1915 (0.644 %)Construction
1915 (0.644 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
11301 (55.84 %)Developer
2874 (37.51 %)C++ Developer
3783 (33.61 %)Software Engineer
4339 (14.55 %)Software Developer
5288 (12.36 %)C++ Software Engineer
6232 (9.957 %)C# Developer
7214 (9.185 %)C++/CSharp Developer
8202 (8.670 %)Programmer
9177 (7.597 %)C++ Software Developer
10151 (6.481 %)Senior Software Engineer
11139 (5.966 %)Senior Developer
12105 (4.506 %)C++ Programmer
1393 (3.991 %)Analyst
1483 (3.562 %).NET Developer
1570 (3.004 %)GUI Developer
1666 (2.833 %)Senior C++ Developer
1762 (2.661 %)C# Software Engineer
1762 (2.661 %)Junior
1861 (2.618 %)Analyst Programmer
1953 (2.275 %)CSharp Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1194 (8.326 %)Multithreading
2190 (8.155 %)Computer Science
3128 (5.494 %)Mathematics
4105 (4.506 %)Derivative
579 (3.391 %)Client/Server
674 (3.176 %)Device Driver
765 (2.790 %)Fixed Income
848 (2.060 %)Equities
929 (1.245 %)N-Tier
1021 (0.901 %)IVR
1118 (0.773 %)Management Information System
1217 (0.730 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1217 (0.730 %)EPoS
1313 (0.558 %)PKI
1412 (0.515 %)Speech Recognition
1412 (0.515 %)SCADA
1511 (0.472 %)Asset Management
167 (0.300 %)Artificial Intelligence
167 (0.300 %)Grid Computing
167 (0.300 %)Firmware
Operating Systems
11054 (45.24 %)Windows
2167 (7.167 %)Unix
2167 (7.167 %)Linux
347 (2.017 %)Windows NT
444 (1.888 %)Solaris
528 (1.202 %)Windows 2000
625 (1.073 %)VxWorks
719 (0.815 %)Windows CE
818 (0.773 %)Windows XP
910 (0.429 %)Windows Server 2003
109 (0.386 %)Mac OS X
115 (0.215 %)ThreadX
115 (0.215 %)pSOS
123 (0.129 %)Windows Vista
132 (0.086 %)Embedded Linux
132 (0.086 %)LynxOS
141 (0.043 %)Windows Mobile
141 (0.043 %)AIX
141 (0.043 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1619 (26.57 %)OO
2314 (13.48 %)UML
3166 (7.124 %)OOD
4155 (6.652 %)Software Engineering
583 (3.562 %)OOP
679 (3.391 %)CAD
766 (2.833 %)OOA/OOD
856 (2.403 %)Agile Software Development
948 (2.060 %)Unit Testing
1043 (1.845 %)Document Management
1043 (1.845 %)Project Management
1139 (1.674 %)Integration Testing
1237 (1.588 %)SOA
1332 (1.373 %)Electronic Trading
1428 (1.202 %)Release Management
1526 (1.116 %)Web Development
1625 (1.073 %)TDD
1723 (0.987 %)Risk Management
1821 (0.901 %)Data Management
1920 (0.858 %)User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
12219 (95.24 %)C++
21083 (46.48 %)C#
31057 (45.36 %)VC++
4467 (20.04 %)SQL
5280 (12.02 %)C
6144 (6.180 %)Java
7107 (4.592 %)JavaScript
887 (3.734 %)VB
961 (2.618 %)PHP
1051 (2.189 %)Perl
1134 (1.459 %)Transact-SQL
1134 (1.459 %)Python
1231 (1.330 %)PL/SQL
1327 (1.159 %)VBA
1423 (0.987 %)VB.NET
1521 (0.901 %)Embedded C
1610 (0.429 %)Embedded C++
179 (0.386 %)DHTML
188 (0.343 %)Ada
197 (0.300 %)Tcl
Qualifications
1433 (18.58 %)Degree
216 (0.687 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (0.472 %)ISEB
47 (0.300 %)PhD
56 (0.258 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
132 (1.373 %)QA
223 (0.987 %)TickIT
317 (0.730 %)ISO9000
41 (0.043 %)ISO9001
41 (0.043 %)DICOM
System Software
131 (1.330 %)Active Directory
24 (0.172 %)MetaFrame
Systems Management
19 (0.386 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.086 %)MOM
Vendors
1502 (21.55 %)Microsoft
2217 (9.313 %)Oracle
362 (2.661 %)TIBCO
457 (2.446 %)Sybase
523 (0.987 %)Citrix
617 (0.730 %)ESRI
715 (0.644 %)Reuters
814 (0.601 %)Bloomberg
814 (0.601 %)Sun
913 (0.558 %)Perforce
1010 (0.429 %)Macrovision
119 (0.386 %)Remedy
119 (0.386 %)Intergraph
127 (0.300 %)Lotus
136 (0.258 %)Business Objects
145 (0.215 %)VMware
145 (0.215 %)Green Hills
154 (0.172 %)Cisco
163 (0.129 %)IBM
163 (0.129 %)Borland
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