The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 97 124 124
Rank change year-on-year
+27 0
Permanent jobs citing MCP 81 48 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.193% 1.488% 0.982%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.960% 5.970% 4.538%
Number of salaries quoted 78 45 28
Average salary £29,500 £30,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.66% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £21,250 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £34,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
904 804 639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.47% 24.93% 21.63%
Number of salaries quoted 679 656 538
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCP
Yorkshire

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire MCP Jobs Demand Trend

MCP
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire MCP Salary Histogram

MCP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -28 27 £22,000 -26.66%
Halifax +12 15 £32,500 -8.22%
Bradford +16 11 £37,500 +72.41%
Huddersfield - 10 £29,000 -
Batley - 10 £27,500 -
Wakefield -2 3 £20,000 -24.52%
Bingley - 1 £26,000 -
MCP
Yorkshire

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing MCP 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 MCP.

1 122 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 94 (77.05%) Windows
3 66 (54.10%) Microsoft
4 54 (44.26%) MCSE
5 53 (43.44%) SQL Server
6 52 (42.62%) VMware
7 47 (38.52%) MCTS
8 46 (37.70%) MS Excel
8 46 (37.70%) MS Exchange
9 45 (36.89%) Windows Server 2008
10 43 (35.25%) Active Directory
10 43 (35.25%) Windows Server 2003
11 41 (33.61%) ITIL
12 37 (30.33%) .NET
12 37 (30.33%) SAN
13 31 (25.41%) C#
13 31 (25.41%) MCSD
13 31 (25.41%) ASP.NET
14 30 (24.59%) MCAD
14 30 (24.59%) MVC
14 30 (24.59%) WCF
14 30 (24.59%) TDD
14 30 (24.59%) ASP.NET MVC
14 30 (24.59%) Dependency Injection
14 30 (24.59%) Ninject
14 30 (24.59%) Web Application Development
14 30 (24.59%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 25 (20.49%) WSUS
16 24 (19.67%) Citrix
17 23 (18.85%) VMware Infrastructure

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing MCP 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 MCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (30.33%) .NET
2 31 (25.41%) ASP.NET
3 30 (24.59%) WCF
3 30 (24.59%) ASP.NET MVC
3 30 (24.59%) Ninject
3 30 (24.59%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 18 (14.75%) Unity DI Container
4 18 (14.75%) Razor View Engine
4 18 (14.75%) Spring.NET
4 18 (14.75%) Castle Windsor
4 18 (14.75%) WPF
4 18 (14.75%) WinForms
5 12 (9.836%) Node.js
5 12 (9.836%) KnockoutJS
6 4 (3.279%) Web Services
7 2 (1.639%) CSS
8 1 (0.820%) HTML
8 1 (0.820%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.820%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 46 (37.70%) MS Exchange
2 22 (18.03%) SharePoint
3 19 (15.57%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (9.016%) IIS
5 10 (8.197%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (5.738%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (4.918%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (4.918%) Apache
8 3 (2.459%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (1.639%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.820%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.820%) Lync
Applications
1 46 (37.70%) MS Excel
2 7 (5.738%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 37 (30.33%) SAN
2 14 (11.48%) TCP/IP
3 11 (9.016%) Firewall
3 11 (9.016%) Broadband
4 10 (8.197%) DHCP
4 10 (8.197%) DNS
5 7 (5.738%) SSH
5 7 (5.738%) SMTP
5 7 (5.738%) FTP
5 7 (5.738%) HTTP
6 6 (4.918%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (2.459%) BIG-IP
7 3 (2.459%) VoIP
8 2 (1.639%) WAN
8 2 (1.639%) LAN
8 2 (1.639%) PBX
9 1 (0.820%) SNMP
9 1 (0.820%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (43.44%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.016%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (3.279%) MySQL
3 4 (3.279%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (3.279%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.820%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.820%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.820%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.820%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.820%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.820%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.820%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.820%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.820%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.820%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 18 (14.75%) NUnit
1 18 (14.75%) MSTest
1 18 (14.75%) Rhino Mocks
1 18 (14.75%) Moq
2 1 (0.820%) Subversion
2 1 (0.820%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.820%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 17 (13.93%) Telecoms
2 12 (9.836%) Music
Job Titles
1 32 (26.23%) Developer
2 30 (24.59%) .NET Developer
3 28 (22.95%) Administrator
3 28 (22.95%) Systems Administrator
4 19 (15.57%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 12 (9.836%) Service Desk Analyst
5 12 (9.836%) Analyst
5 12 (9.836%) Service Analyst
6 11 (9.016%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (9.016%) Help Desk Support
7 10 (8.197%) IT Support
8 8 (6.557%) Support Engineer
8 8 (6.557%) Consultant
9 7 (5.738%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.738%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (4.918%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.918%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 6 (4.918%) Senior Consultant
11 4 (3.279%) Graduate
11 4 (3.279%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.75%) Inversion of Control
2 4 (3.279%) Clustering
3 2 (1.639%) Firmware
3 2 (1.639%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.820%) iPhone
4 1 (0.820%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (0.820%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.820%) Streaming Music
Operating Systems
1 94 (77.05%) Windows
2 45 (36.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (35.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (8.197%) Linux
5 8 (6.557%) Windows 2000 Server
6 4 (3.279%) CentOS
6 4 (3.279%) Windows 2000
6 4 (3.279%) Debian
6 4 (3.279%) Windows XP
7 3 (2.459%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.639%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.639%) UNIX
9 1 (0.820%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.820%) AIX
9 1 (0.820%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (33.61%) ITIL
2 30 (24.59%) MVC
2 30 (24.59%) TDD
2 30 (24.59%) Dependency Injection
2 30 (24.59%) Web Application Development
3 21 (17.21%) Migration
4 20 (16.39%) Release Management
5 18 (14.75%) Continuous Integration
5 18 (14.75%) Kanban
5 18 (14.75%) MVVM
5 18 (14.75%) Scrum
6 12 (9.836%) Domain-Driven Design
7 11 (9.016%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (7.377%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (4.098%) Incident Management
10 4 (3.279%) Technical Architecture
10 4 (3.279%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (2.459%) Change Management
12 2 (1.639%) High Availability
12 2 (1.639%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.41%) C#
2 17 (13.93%) SQL
3 7 (5.738%) VB
3 7 (5.738%) VB.NET
4 4 (3.279%) PHP
4 4 (3.279%) PL/SQL
4 4 (3.279%) C
5 1 (0.820%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.820%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 54 (44.26%) MCSE
3 47 (38.52%) MCTS
4 31 (25.41%) MCSD
5 30 (24.59%) MCAD
6 22 (18.03%) CCA
6 22 (18.03%) MCITP
7 20 (16.39%) Citrix Certification
8 17 (13.93%) CCNA
8 17 (13.93%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (13.11%) Degree
10 11 (9.016%) MCSA
11 10 (8.197%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (6.557%) CCNP
13 6 (4.918%) CCEA
14 1 (0.820%) MCDST
14 1 (0.820%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.820%) CCVP
14 1 (0.820%) CCEE
14 1 (0.820%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.21%) SLA
2 2 (1.639%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (35.25%) Active Directory
2 23 (18.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (15.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 19 (15.57%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (13.11%) XenServer
5 10 (8.197%) XenApp
6 9 (7.377%) vSphere
7 4 (3.279%) Forefront TMG
7 4 (3.279%) XenDesktop
7 4 (3.279%) Terminal Server
8 3 (2.459%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.820%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.820%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 25 (20.49%) WSUS
2 21 (17.21%) Backup Exec
3 19 (15.57%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (1.639%) ARCserve
5 1 (0.820%) SCOM
5 1 (0.820%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 66 (54.10%) Microsoft
2 52 (42.62%) VMware
3 24 (19.67%) Citrix
4 21 (17.21%) HP
4 21 (17.21%) Veritas
5 19 (15.57%) Symantec
5 19 (15.57%) McAfee
6 14 (11.48%) Cisco
7 6 (4.918%) Juniper
7 6 (4.918%) Kaspersky
8 4 (3.279%) Avaya
8 4 (3.279%) Oracle
8 4 (3.279%) NetApp
8 4 (3.279%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.459%) Brocade
9 3 (2.459%) F5
10 2 (1.639%) Mitel
10 2 (1.639%) Lotus
10 2 (1.639%) BT
10 2 (1.639%) Remedy
Wakefield, Yorkshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Batley, West Yorkshire
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4,SQL Server 2012, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Batley, Yorkshire
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4,SQL Server 2012, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Supporting a wide variety of technologies primarily Microsoft and network protocols including TCP/IP.PersonTo support and deliver services across a range of products primarily based on Microsoft...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Good working knowledge of Windows 7 and Office 2010 Previous experience providing 1st to 3rd line support in a busy network environment as well as user support via...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £26000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013