The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 20 May 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 Surrey region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 78 97 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs citing MCSD 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.088% 0.123% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.397% 0.654% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £400 £550 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £435 £391 £300
% change year-on-year
+11.25% +30.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
252 306 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 22.11% 18.85% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 190 141
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £190 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £535 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 16
Average hourly rate £32.50 £17.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+85.71% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £14.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £32.25 £46.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCSD
South East

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCSD across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Surrey MCSD Jobs Demand Trend

MCSD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCSD across the Surrey region.

Surrey MCSD Daily Rate Trend

MCSD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCSD across the Surrey region.

Surrey MCSD Hourly Rate Trend

MCSD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSD within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Haslemere - 1 £400 -
MCSD
South East

MCSD
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing MCSD 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCSD.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing MCSD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCSD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft