Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCPD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 735 1051 1089
Rank change year-on-year +316 +38 -341
Permanent jobs citing MCPD 6 25 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.020% 0.007%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.035% 0.068% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 8
10th Percentile £42,750 - -
25th Percentile £46,000 £37,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £56,000 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,375 £70,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £40,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -35.20% +19.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MCPD is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

MCPD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MCPD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MCPD in the UK

MCPD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCPD.

Salary trend for MCPD in the UK

MCPD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCPD over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for MCPD in the UK

MCPD
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCPD within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +314 6 £54,000 -1.82%
UK excluding London +235 6 £54,000 +33.33%
South West +71 6 £54,000 +33.33%
Work from Home +247 3 £46,000 -

MCPD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint 2013
Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) Senior .NET Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Developer
3 2 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (33.33%) Lead .NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Lead Developer
4 1 (16.67%) GIS Developer
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared SharePoint Developer
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 6 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 6 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 6 (100.00%) Blazor
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 6 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 6 (100.00%) MVC
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (66.67%) Architecture Roadmap
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 4 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft