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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 973 1112
Rank change year-on-year +126 +139 -238
Permanent jobs citing MFC 47 16 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.015% 0.055%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% 0.050% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 45 13 66
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -19.05% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +41.18% -19.05% -2.33%

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 21,055 31,925 61,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.45% 30.36% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,740 19,553 30,311
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,227 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MFC in the UK

MFC
Top 9 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 25 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +38 47 £60,000 +41.18% 4
England +138 43 £60,000 +41.18% 6
South East +35 18 £80,000 +28.00%
Work from Home +113 17 £80,000 +48.84% 3
Midlands +21 14 £45,000 +12.50%
East Midlands - 14 £45,000 -
South West -13 10 £60,000 +50.00% 3
Scotland - 4 £57,500 -
East of England +28 1 £60,000 - 1

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:

Development Applications
1 18 (38.30%) Subversion
2 17 (36.17%) CMake
3 14 (29.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (38.30%) Military
2 6 (12.77%) Law
3 2 (4.26%) Retail
4 1 (2.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 36 (76.60%) Software Engineer
2 18 (38.30%) C++ Software Engineer
3 16 (34.04%) Senior
3 16 (34.04%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 16 (34.04%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (21.28%) Embedded Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Embedded Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Embedded Software Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Software Developer
6 5 (10.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Lead
7 3 (6.38%) Lead Software Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) C++ Developer
8 1 (2.13%) C++ Software Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Design Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Embedded C++ Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (59.57%) Qt
2 27 (57.45%) STL
3 19 (40.43%) XML
4 14 (29.79%) .NET
5 8 (17.02%) HTML
6 6 (12.77%) CSS
7 1 (2.13%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (38.30%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (93.62%) Linux
2 27 (57.45%) Windows
3 1 (2.13%) Android
3 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (40.43%) Computer Science
3 18 (38.30%) Agile
3 18 (38.30%) Configuration Management
3 18 (38.30%) Mathematics
3 18 (38.30%) OO
4 17 (36.17%) Mentoring
4 17 (36.17%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (29.79%) Change Control
5 14 (29.79%) Fault Analysis
6 10 (21.28%) Multithreaded Programming
6 10 (21.28%) Multithreading
7 6 (12.77%) Integration Testing
8 2 (4.26%) Kalman Filter
9 1 (2.13%) Code Quality
9 1 (2.13%) Mobile Application Development
9 1 (2.13%) Performance Optimisation
9 1 (2.13%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 37 (78.72%) C++
2 16 (34.04%) C
3 15 (31.91%) C#
4 14 (29.79%) Assembly Language
4 14 (29.79%) SQL
4 14 (29.79%) VB
5 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
5 6 (12.77%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (57.45%) Degree
2 19 (40.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (34.04%) SC Cleared
3 16 (34.04%) Security Cleared
4 8 (17.02%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) QA