MCSD Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 24 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 currently tracked.

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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 485 574 562
Rank change year-on-year
+89 -12
Contract jobs citing MCSD 44 10 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.095% 0.017% 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.523% 0.099% 0.227%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 7 10
Average daily rate £445 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £343 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £545 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £391 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.69% +20.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
Search 161 MCSD jobs
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 8414 10063 9673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.25% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4503 5233 4635
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 552 658
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

MCSD Daily Rate Trend

MCSD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSD within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

MCSD Daily Rate Histogram

MCSD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MCSD Hourly Rate Trend

MCSD
Top 26 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +80 44 £445 -1.11%
South East +24 14 £425 -7.20%
South West - 11 £351 -
Berkshire +21 9 £425 +8.69%
North West - 8 £420 -
London +41 7 £450 -
Reading +20 7 £425 -
Cheshire - 5 £420 -
Somerset - 4 £458 -
Worcestershire - 4 £475 -
Devon - 4 £350 -
Worcester - 4 £475 -
Taunton - 4 £458 -
Exeter - 4 £350 -
West Midlands - 4 £475 -
Merseyside - 3 - -
Liverpool - 3 - -
Crawley - 2 £450 -
Cheltenham - 2 £375 -
Gloucestershire - 2 £375 -
West Sussex - 2 £450 -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
Middlesex - 1 £475 -
Hampshire - 1 £325 -
Salisbury - 1 £300 -

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 70 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 60 (85.71%) .NET
3 54 (77.14%) Microsoft
4 52 (74.29%) C#
5 43 (61.43%) SQL Server
5 43 (61.43%) MCAD
6 33 (47.14%) ASP.NET
7 30 (42.86%) Visual Studio
8 29 (41.43%) MCP
9 28 (40.00%) MCTS
10 27 (38.57%) SQL
11 25 (35.71%) JavaScript
11 25 (35.71%) XML
12 24 (34.29%) .NET Framework
13 22 (31.43%) Windows
14 21 (30.00%) WCF
15 20 (28.57%) CSS
15 20 (28.57%) HTML
16 19 (27.14%) SharePoint
17 17 (24.29%) SQL Server 2008
18 16 (22.86%) T-SQL
18 16 (22.86%) Oracle
19 14 (20.00%) VB.NET
19 14 (20.00%) IIS
19 14 (20.00%) MVC
20 13 (18.57%) CRM
20 13 (18.57%) Web Services
20 13 (18.57%) Dynamics CRM
21 12 (17.14%) Waterfall
21 12 (17.14%) OO

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 60 (85.71%) .NET
2 33 (47.14%) ASP.NET
3 25 (35.71%) XML
4 24 (34.29%) .NET Framework
5 21 (30.00%) WCF
6 20 (28.57%) CSS
6 20 (28.57%) HTML
7 13 (18.57%) Web Services
8 11 (15.71%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 8 (11.43%) XSLT
10 7 (10.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 7 (10.00%) ASP
11 6 (8.571%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (7.143%) WPF
12 5 (7.143%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
12 5 (7.143%) WinForms
13 4 (5.714%) XSL
14 3 (4.286%) Unity DI Container
14 3 (4.286%) WF
14 3 (4.286%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 19 (27.14%) SharePoint
2 14 (20.00%) IIS
3 7 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (5.714%) MS Exchange
5 4 (5.714%) MS Project Server
5 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (5.714%) CM System
5 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (4.286%) Site Server
6 3 (4.286%) Apache
6 3 (4.286%) WebLogic
7 1 (1.429%) Confluence
7 1 (1.429%) Windows Azure
7 1 (1.429%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.429%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) MS Office
2 6 (8.571%) MS Excel
3 5 (7.143%) MS Project
4 2 (2.857%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 13 (18.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (11.43%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.00%) LDAP
2 1 (1.429%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (61.43%) SQL Server
2 17 (24.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (10.00%) DTS
4 7 (10.00%) OLAP
5 6 (8.571%) IDOL
6 5 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (4.286%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.429%) QlikView
9 1 (1.429%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (1.429%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.429%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (1.429%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 30 (42.86%) Visual Studio
2 12 (17.14%) NUnit
3 10 (14.29%) Git (software)
4 8 (11.43%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (10.00%) CruiseControl
6 5 (7.143%) Visual Studio Team System
7 4 (5.714%) Subversion
8 3 (4.286%) PVCS
9 2 (2.857%) Rhino Mocks
10 1 (1.429%) Jenkins
10 1 (1.429%) MSBuild
10 1 (1.429%) TeamCity
10 1 (1.429%) MSTest
10 1 (1.429%) JIRA
10 1 (1.429%) PowerBuilder
General
1 4 (5.714%) Finance
2 3 (4.286%) Back Office
2 3 (4.286%) Games
Job Titles
1 45 (64.29%) Developer
2 30 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 8 (11.43%) C# Developer
4 7 (10.00%) CRM Developer
5 6 (8.571%) VB.NET Developer
5 6 (8.571%) Architect
6 5 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (7.143%) Microsoft Developer
6 5 (7.143%) SharePoint Developer
6 5 (7.143%) Programmer
6 5 (7.143%) SQL Developer
6 5 (7.143%) SQL Server Developer
7 4 (5.714%) Team Leader
7 4 (5.714%) Dynamics CRM Developer
8 3 (4.286%) C++/C# Developer
8 3 (4.286%) Gameplay Developer
8 3 (4.286%) C++ Games Developer
8 3 (4.286%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.286%) ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (4.286%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) Tandem
2 7 (10.00%) N-Tier
3 6 (8.571%) iPhone
3 6 (8.571%) iPad
4 4 (5.714%) Blackberry
5 3 (4.286%) Mathematics
5 3 (4.286%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.429%) Visualisation
6 1 (1.429%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (31.43%) Windows
2 12 (17.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.286%) Solaris
3 3 (4.286%) Windows 2000
4 2 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.00%) MVC
2 13 (18.57%) CRM
3 12 (17.14%) Waterfall
3 12 (17.14%) OO
3 12 (17.14%) SOA
4 9 (12.86%) Web Application Development
5 8 (11.43%) ITIL
5 8 (11.43%) UML
5 8 (11.43%) TDD
6 7 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (8.571%) RUP
7 6 (8.571%) Scrum
7 6 (8.571%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (7.143%) Test Automation
8 5 (7.143%) Service Management
8 5 (7.143%) Asset Management
8 5 (7.143%) PRINCE2
9 4 (5.714%) RAD
9 4 (5.714%) TOGAF
9 4 (5.714%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 52 (74.29%) C#
2 27 (38.57%) SQL
3 25 (35.71%) JavaScript
4 16 (22.86%) T-SQL
5 14 (20.00%) VB.NET
6 9 (12.86%) C
6 9 (12.86%) VB
7 8 (11.43%) XQuery
8 7 (10.00%) XPath
8 7 (10.00%) Java
9 4 (5.714%) VBScript
9 4 (5.714%) VB6
9 4 (5.714%) PowerShell
10 3 (4.286%) C++
11 1 (1.429%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 43 (61.43%) MCAD
3 29 (41.43%) MCP
4 28 (40.00%) MCTS
5 9 (12.86%) Security Cleared
6 8 (11.43%) MCSE
6 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
7 6 (8.571%) MCPD
8 4 (5.714%) ISEB
8 4 (5.714%) Degree
8 4 (5.714%) ISEB Practitioner
8 4 (5.714%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (4.286%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (4.286%) CCNA
10 2 (2.857%) MCDBA
10 2 (2.857%) MCITP
11 1 (1.429%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.714%) ISO 9000
1 4 (5.714%) TickIT
1 4 (5.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.286%) COBIT
3 1 (1.429%) QA
3 1 (1.429%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 54 (77.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.86%) Oracle
3 6 (8.571%) Meridio
4 3 (4.286%) HP
4 3 (4.286%) Sun
4 3 (4.286%) Cisco
5 2 (2.857%) Remedy
6 1 (1.429%) Tableau
6 1 (1.429%) VMware
6 1 (1.429%) IBM
6 1 (1.429%) SAP
6 1 (1.429%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.429%) Sybase
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