Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MFC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MFC over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 709 1071 1049
Rank change year-on-year +362 -22 -313
Permanent jobs citing MFC 24 19 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.015% 0.039%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.17% 0.047% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 39
10th Percentile £25,500 £39,250 -
25th Percentile £26,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £42,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,500 - £71,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% -8.33% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

MFC is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 14,303 40,800 50,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.43% 32.42% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,215 24,814 31,989
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,995 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £104,991 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% +5.00%

MFC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MFC in the UK

MFC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MFC in the UK

MFC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MFC over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for MFC in the UK

MFC
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MFC within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 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 +325 24 £27,500 -50.00% 2
UK excluding London +248 23 £27,500 -50.00% 4
Work from Home +257 12 £40,750 -32.08% 1
North West - 11 £27,500 -
North of England - 11 £27,500 -
South East +159 7 £80,000 +45.45% 1
South West +66 5 £38,500 -30.00%
London +267 1 £24,500 -62.31%

MFC
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 1 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Acrobat
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.17%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (50.00%) DHCP
1 12 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (45.83%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) Tactical Data Link
3 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) CMake
1 6 (25.00%) Subversion
2 1 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (50.00%) Legal
2 11 (45.83%) Law
2 11 (45.83%) Telecoms
3 7 (29.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 11 (45.83%) Desktop Engineer
2 11 (45.83%) Desktop Support
2 11 (45.83%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Software Engineer
4 7 (29.17%) C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (25.00%) Senior
5 6 (25.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) .NET Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Developer
7 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (4.17%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Development Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Software Development Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) Qt
1 6 (25.00%) STL
1 6 (25.00%) XML
2 5 (20.83%) .NET
3 3 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 3 (12.50%) Blazor
3 3 (12.50%) CSS
3 3 (12.50%) HTML
3 3 (12.50%) React
3 3 (12.50%) Vue
4 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
4 1 (4.17%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.17%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (83.33%) Windows
2 12 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (33.33%) Linux
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Case Management
2 8 (33.33%) OO
2 8 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 7 (29.17%) Agile
4 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 6 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (12.50%) DevOps
5 3 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
7 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis
7 1 (4.17%) MVVM
7 1 (4.17%) OOD
7 1 (4.17%) OOP
7 1 (4.17%) SDLC
7 1 (4.17%) Software Architecture
7 1 (4.17%) UML
7 1 (4.17%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) C++
2 5 (20.83%) C#
3 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
1 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
1 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 6 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (45.83%) XenApp
3 3 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (45.83%) PaperCut
1 11 (45.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (45.83%) Citrix
2 11 (45.83%) Mitel
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe
3 1 (4.17%) Apple
3 1 (4.17%) Dell