The first table below looks at the demand for MCP in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Rank 118 123 152
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +29
Permanent jobs citing MCP 94 95 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.731% 1.803% 0.927%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.465% 7.600% 4.069%
Number of salaries quoted 92 90 41
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £21,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £34,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1454 1250 1155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 26.78% 23.72% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1082 1033 965
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,000 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCP
England

MCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire MCP Salary Trend

MCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCP across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +17 70 £29,500 -1.66% 8
South Yorkshire -15 15 £24,000 -31.42% 1
North Yorkshire +2 5 £20,500 -25.45% 1
East Yorkshire - 1 £30,000 -
MCP
England

MCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 198 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 129 (65.15%) Windows
3 106 (53.54%) SQL Server
4 96 (48.48%) Microsoft
5 87 (43.94%) MCTS
6 78 (39.39%) MCSE
7 77 (38.89%) .NET
8 71 (35.86%) VMware
9 69 (34.85%) C#
9 69 (34.85%) ASP.NET
10 67 (33.84%) MVC
11 66 (33.33%) MCSD
12 64 (32.32%) TDD
12 64 (32.32%) WCF
12 64 (32.32%) MCAD
12 64 (32.32%) ASP.NET MVC
12 64 (32.32%) Web Application Development
12 64 (32.32%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 62 (31.31%) Active Directory
14 57 (28.79%) MS Excel
14 57 (28.79%) Windows Server 2008
14 57 (28.79%) Ninject
14 57 (28.79%) Dependency Injection
15 50 (25.25%) MS Exchange
16 49 (24.75%) Windows Server 2003
17 46 (23.23%) ITIL
18 41 (20.71%) SAN
19 38 (19.19%) Domain-Driven Design
19 38 (19.19%) KnockoutJS
19 38 (19.19%) Node.js

MCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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 77 (38.89%) .NET
2 69 (34.85%) ASP.NET
3 64 (32.32%) WCF
3 64 (32.32%) ASP.NET MVC
3 64 (32.32%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 57 (28.79%) Ninject
5 38 (19.19%) KnockoutJS
5 38 (19.19%) Node.js
6 29 (14.65%) WPF
7 26 (13.13%) Razor View Engine
7 26 (13.13%) Castle Windsor
8 19 (9.596%) Spring.NET
8 19 (9.596%) WinForms
8 19 (9.596%) Unity DI Container
9 7 (3.535%) NHibernate
9 7 (3.535%) MonoRail
10 5 (2.525%) CSS
10 5 (2.525%) Web Services
10 5 (2.525%) jQuery
11 2 (1.010%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 50 (25.25%) MS Exchange
2 25 (12.63%) SharePoint
3 21 (10.61%) SharePoint 2010
4 17 (8.586%) IIS
5 14 (7.071%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (6.566%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (6.061%) Apache
8 6 (3.030%) Lync
9 5 (2.525%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (2.020%) Exchange Server 2003
11 3 (1.515%) IBM Notes
11 3 (1.515%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (1.010%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.505%) Magento
13 1 (0.505%) Joomla!
Applications
1 57 (28.79%) MS Excel
2 17 (8.586%) MS Office
3 3 (1.515%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.505%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 41 (20.71%) SAN
2 18 (9.091%) Firewall
2 18 (9.091%) TCP/IP
3 17 (8.586%) DNS
3 17 (8.586%) DHCP
4 15 (7.576%) Broadband
5 7 (3.535%) FTP
5 7 (3.535%) HTTP
5 7 (3.535%) SMTP
5 7 (3.535%) SSH
6 6 (3.030%) iSCSI
6 6 (3.030%) NAS
6 6 (3.030%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (3.030%) LAN
7 5 (2.525%) Network Security
8 3 (1.515%) VoIP
8 3 (1.515%) WAN
8 3 (1.515%) BIG-IP
9 2 (1.010%) PABX
9 2 (1.010%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (53.54%) SQL Server
2 24 (12.12%) SQL Server 2012
3 10 (5.051%) MySQL
4 7 (3.535%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (3.535%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (2.020%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (2.020%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.505%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.505%) DTS
6 1 (0.505%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.505%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (13.13%) NUnit
1 26 (13.13%) Rhino Mocks
2 19 (9.596%) Moq
2 19 (9.596%) MSTest
3 3 (1.515%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (12.12%) Telecoms
2 11 (5.556%) Retail
3 10 (5.051%) Finance
4 1 (0.505%) Advertising
4 1 (0.505%) Games
4 1 (0.505%) Banking
4 1 (0.505%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 70 (35.35%) Developer
2 65 (32.83%) .NET Developer
3 32 (16.16%) Administrator
4 31 (15.66%) Systems Administrator
5 22 (11.11%) Analyst
6 19 (9.596%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 16 (8.081%) Service Analyst
8 15 (7.576%) Service Desk Analyst
8 15 (7.576%) IT Support
9 14 (7.071%) Support Engineer
10 12 (6.061%) Help Desk Support
11 11 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.040%) Windows Server Engineer
12 8 (4.040%) Server Engineer
12 8 (4.040%) 1st Line Support
13 7 (3.535%) Support Analyst
14 6 (3.030%) Wintel Engineer
14 6 (3.030%) Windows Support Engineer
14 6 (3.030%) Server Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.596%) Inversion of Control
2 17 (8.586%) Tandem
3 12 (6.061%) Streaming Music
4 7 (3.535%) Blackberry
4 7 (3.535%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.030%) Clustering
6 4 (2.020%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.010%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.010%) IVR
7 2 (1.010%) Firmware
8 1 (0.505%) Open Source
8 1 (0.505%) iPhone
8 1 (0.505%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 129 (65.15%) Windows
2 57 (28.79%) Windows Server 2008
3 49 (24.75%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (7.576%) Linux
4 15 (7.576%) Windows 7
5 11 (5.556%) Windows XP
6 6 (3.030%) Windows 2000 Server
6 6 (3.030%) UNIX
7 5 (2.525%) Windows 2000
8 4 (2.020%) CentOS
8 4 (2.020%) Debian
9 3 (1.515%) Mac OS X
9 3 (1.515%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.515%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.010%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.505%) AIX
11 1 (0.505%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (33.84%) MVC
2 64 (32.32%) TDD
2 64 (32.32%) Web Application Development
3 57 (28.79%) Dependency Injection
4 46 (23.23%) ITIL
5 38 (19.19%) Domain-Driven Design
6 26 (13.13%) Migration
6 26 (13.13%) Scrum
7 20 (10.10%) Release Management
8 19 (9.596%) Continuous Integration
8 19 (9.596%) Kanban
8 19 (9.596%) MVVM
9 14 (7.071%) Agile Software Development
10 9 (4.545%) Change Management
10 9 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (2.525%) Incident Management
11 5 (2.525%) Network Load Balancing
12 4 (2.020%) Root Cause Analysis
12 4 (2.020%) Technical Architecture
12 4 (2.020%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (34.85%) C#
2 22 (11.11%) SQL
3 11 (5.556%) VB.NET
4 10 (5.051%) VB
5 5 (2.525%) PHP
6 4 (2.020%) PL/SQL
6 4 (2.020%) C
7 3 (1.515%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.505%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 198 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 87 (43.94%) MCTS
3 78 (39.39%) MCSE
4 66 (33.33%) MCSD
5 64 (32.32%) MCAD
6 34 (17.17%) MCITP
7 29 (14.65%) CCA
8 27 (13.64%) Citrix Certification
9 23 (11.62%) CCNA
9 23 (11.62%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (10.61%) MCSA
11 18 (9.091%) Degree
12 13 (6.566%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (3.030%) CCNP
14 5 (2.525%) Security Cleared
15 4 (2.020%) MCDST
15 4 (2.020%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (2.020%) CCEA
16 2 (1.010%) HNC
16 2 (1.010%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.65%) SLA
2 7 (3.535%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 62 (31.31%) Active Directory
2 37 (18.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (9.596%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 19 (9.596%) XenServer
3 19 (9.596%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (8.586%) Hyper-V
5 13 (6.566%) XenApp
6 9 (4.545%) XenDesktop
6 9 (4.545%) vSphere
7 5 (2.525%) NFS
7 5 (2.525%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (2.020%) Forefront TMG
8 4 (2.020%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.505%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.505%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 30 (15.15%) WSUS
2 22 (11.11%) Norton AntiVirus
3 21 (10.61%) Backup Exec
4 3 (1.515%) SCOM
5 2 (1.010%) SCCM
5 2 (1.010%) ARCserve
6 1 (0.505%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 96 (48.48%) Microsoft
2 71 (35.86%) VMware
3 34 (17.17%) HP
4 32 (16.16%) Citrix
5 22 (11.11%) Symantec
5 22 (11.11%) Cisco
6 21 (10.61%) McAfee
6 21 (10.61%) Veritas
7 7 (3.535%) Avaya
8 6 (3.030%) Juniper
9 5 (2.525%) CommVault
9 5 (2.525%) EMC
9 5 (2.525%) IBM
9 5 (2.525%) LANDesk
10 4 (2.020%) Kaspersky
10 4 (2.020%) Oracle
10 4 (2.020%) NetApp
10 4 (2.020%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.515%) Apple
11 3 (1.515%) Sophos
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: 17 June 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: 17 June 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: 17 June 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: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will have commercial experience of Microsoft web development technologies and building e-commerce websites and browser based applications... Skills required: Self-motivation, enthusiasm and ability to get...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
York, Yorkshire
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 7 June 2013
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QUANTICA
Salary: £15000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 June 2013
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