The first table below looks at the demand for MCPD in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCPD over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
Rank 201 183 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Permanent jobs citing MCPD 3 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.044% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.207% 0.178% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £48,750 £28,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+69.56% -
UK excluding London average salary £36,463 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.17% +7.69%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1447 1122 1203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.78% 24.62% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1162 951 971
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCPD
England

MCPD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MCPD across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands MCPD Jobs Demand Trend

MCPD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCPD across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands MCPD Salary Trend

MCPD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCPD within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Coventry - 2 £45,000 -
Birmingham - 1 £52,500 -
MCPD
England

MCPD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing MCPD 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 MCPD.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (100.00%) MCTS
2 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) IIS
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) CMS
3 3 (50.00%) W3C
3 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (50.00%) Sitecore
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (33.33%) HTML5
4 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (33.33%) CAML
4 2 (33.33%) Silverlight
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) InfoPath
4 2 (33.33%) XML

MCPD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing MCPD 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 MCPD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) HTML5
3 2 (33.33%) CAML
3 2 (33.33%) Silverlight
3 2 (33.33%) jQuery
3 2 (33.33%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) WCF
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) IIS
2 3 (50.00%) CMS
2 3 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (16.67%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Azure
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) InfoPath
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) CruiseControl
1 1 (16.67%) NUnit
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (16.67%) MSBuild
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) W3C
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) RUP
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) Unified Process
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) MSF
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (100.00%) MCTS
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) MCAD
3 1 (16.67%) MCSD
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Sitecore