The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Basildon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 22 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 Basildon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 16 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basildon 11.27% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 36.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 0
Average salary £47,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Basildon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
44 21 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basildon 30.99% 20.79% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 44
Average salary £47,500 £32,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+47.28% -35.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £21,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £68,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
Essex

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basildon 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 Basildon region.

Basildon MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 30 (100.00%) C#
1 30 (100.00%) .NET
1 30 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 30 (100.00%) MCP
1 30 (100.00%) MCAD
1 30 (100.00%) TDD
1 30 (100.00%) NUnit
1 30 (100.00%) MCTS
1 30 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 30 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
2 29 (96.67%) NHibernate
2 29 (96.67%) MonoRail
3 26 (86.67%) WPF
3 26 (86.67%) Scrum
4 25 (83.33%) Silverlight
4 25 (83.33%) Tandem
5 16 (53.33%) SQL Server 2008
6 9 (30.00%) SQL Server 2012
7 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 5 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (16.67%) Web Application Development
7 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (16.67%) WCF
7 5 (16.67%) MVC
7 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET
8 4 (13.33%) Retail
8 4 (13.33%) Subversion
8 4 (13.33%) Ajax

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 30 (100.00%) .NET
1 30 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
2 29 (96.67%) NHibernate
2 29 (96.67%) MonoRail
3 26 (86.67%) WPF
4 25 (83.33%) Silverlight
5 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 5 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
5 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (16.67%) WCF
5 5 (16.67%) ASP.NET
6 4 (13.33%) Ajax
7 1 (3.333%) Unity DI Container
7 1 (3.333%) Ninject
7 1 (3.333%) WinForms
7 1 (3.333%) Spring.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (53.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (30.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 30 (100.00%) NUnit
1 30 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 4 (13.33%) Subversion
3 1 (3.333%) MSTest
3 1 (3.333%) Moq
General
1 4 (13.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (100.00%) Developer
1 30 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (83.33%) Tandem
2 1 (3.333%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) TDD
2 26 (86.67%) Scrum
3 5 (16.67%) Web Application Development
3 5 (16.67%) MVC
4 4 (13.33%) OO
5 1 (3.333%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.333%) Kanban
5 1 (3.333%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (3.333%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 30 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 30 (100.00%) MCP
1 30 (100.00%) MCAD
1 30 (100.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft
Basildon, South East
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: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
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: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013