MCAD Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East citing MCAD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	348	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing MCAD	6	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	0.028%	-	-
As % of the Qualifications category	0.14%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£70,000	-	-
England median annual salary	£70,000	£60,000	-
% change year-on-year	+16.67%	-	-

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

MCAD falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	4,315	3,467	3,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	20.26%	37.29%	33.84%
Number of salaries quoted	2,379	1,579	1,848
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£36,250	£44,195
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£52,500	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-8.70%	+9.52%
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£67,500	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£83,750	£85,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£58,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-5.17%	+0.87%

MCAD Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

MCAD Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MCAD.

MCAD Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCAD within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Hampshire	-	5	-	-	2
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MCAD Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, job vacancies citing MCAD also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region citing MCAD.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Certification	100.0%	6
2	Collaborative Working	83.3%	5
2	Microsoft	83.3%	5
2	Microsoft Office	83.3%	5
2	Security Cleared	83.3%	5
6	Functional Testing	50.0%	3
7	BPSS Clearance	33.3%	2
7	Post-Production	33.3%	2
7	Problem-Solving	33.3%	2
7	System Testing	33.3%	2
11	CAD	16.7%	1
11	Change Management	16.7%	1
11	Configuration Management	16.7%	1
11	Data Migration	16.7%	1
11	Data Modelling	16.7%	1
11	ERP	16.7%	1
11	Java	16.7%	1
11	Migration	16.7%	1
11	PLM	16.7%	1
11	Presales	16.7%	1
11	PTC	16.7%	1
11	PTC Creo	16.7%	1
11	Translating Business Requirements	16.7%	1
11	Web Services	16.7%	1
11	Windchill	16.7%	1
11	Workflow	16.7%	1
11	Workshop Facilitation	16.7%	1

MCAD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Certification	100.0%	6
2	Security Cleared	83.3%	5
3	BPSS Clearance	33.3%	2