The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.585% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.818% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
110 133 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 32.16% 32.36% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 82 109 75
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £20,000 £20,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £58,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSD
Scotland

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen MCSD Jobs Demand Trend

MCSD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSD across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCSD.

1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) MCP
1 7 (100.00%) MCAD
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) MVC
1 7 (100.00%) WinForms
1 7 (100.00%) TDD
1 7 (100.00%) WCF
1 7 (100.00%) WPF
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 7 (100.00%) MCTS
1 7 (100.00%) Ninject
1 7 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (71.43%) Domain-Driven Design
2 5 (71.43%) KnockoutJS
2 5 (71.43%) Streaming Music
2 5 (71.43%) Music
2 5 (71.43%) Node.js
3 2 (28.57%) Castle Windsor
3 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (28.57%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (28.57%) MSTest
3 2 (28.57%) MVVM

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCSD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) WinForms
1 7 (100.00%) WCF
1 7 (100.00%) WPF
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (100.00%) Ninject
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 5 (71.43%) KnockoutJS
2 5 (71.43%) Node.js
3 2 (28.57%) Castle Windsor
3 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (28.57%) Spring.NET
3 2 (28.57%) Unity DI Container
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MSTest
1 2 (28.57%) Rhino Mocks
1 2 (28.57%) Moq
1 2 (28.57%) NUnit
General
1 5 (71.43%) Music
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
1 7 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (71.43%) Streaming Music
2 2 (28.57%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) MVC
1 7 (100.00%) TDD
1 7 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 7 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 5 (71.43%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (28.57%) MVVM
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Kanban
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) MCP
1 7 (100.00%) MCAD
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
Aberdeen, Scotland
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013