Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Berkshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank124148213
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Up+65
Matching permanent IT job ads422463
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire1.071 %0.510 %0.541 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.407 %2.268 %2.236 %
Salaries quoted402257
Average salary£40,000£33,750£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.51 %-25.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,000£27,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£42,250£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-10.25 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
95310582818
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire24.31 %22.46 %24.18 %
Salaries quoted7908752353
Average salary£42,500£38,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.84 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSD South EastMCSD
South East

MCSD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCSD across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire MCSD Demand Trend

MCSD
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Berkshire MCSD Salary Histogram

MCSD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSD within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidenheadDown-19£45,000+28.57 %
BracknellUp+38£40,000+23.07 %
WokinghamDown-56£40,000+28.00 %
NewburyNew entry-6£37,500-
ReadingUp+192£51,250+86.36 %
MCSD South EastMCSD
South East

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

166 (100.00 %).NET
166 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
263 (95.45 %)C#
362 (93.94 %)ASP.NET
461 (92.42 %)SQL Server
542 (63.64 %)MCP
635 (53.03 %)XML
635 (53.03 %)Microsoft
734 (51.52 %)MCAD
734 (51.52 %)SQL Server 2005
832 (48.48 %)MCTS
929 (43.94 %)WCF
929 (43.94 %)TDD
929 (43.94 %)AJAX
929 (43.94 %)SharePoint
1027 (40.91 %)HTML
1125 (37.88 %)Scrum
1224 (36.36 %)NUnit
1224 (36.36 %)NHibernate
1224 (36.36 %)MonoRail
1323 (34.85 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1323 (34.85 %)MVC
1421 (31.82 %)Visual Studio
1421 (31.82 %)CSS
1520 (30.30 %)JavaScript
1520 (30.30 %)Workflow
1616 (24.24 %)Web Services
1715 (22.73 %)VB.NET
1715 (22.73 %)SQL Server 2008
1814 (21.21 %)Degree

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
166 (100.00 %).NET
262 (93.94 %)ASP.NET
335 (53.03 %)XML
429 (43.94 %)AJAX
429 (43.94 %)WCF
527 (40.91 %)HTML
624 (36.36 %)NHibernate
624 (36.36 %)MonoRail
723 (34.85 %)MVC
821 (31.82 %)CSS
916 (24.24 %)Web Services
1013 (19.70 %)WPF
1110 (15.15 %)Silverlight
125 (7.576 %)ASP.NET MVC
134 (6.061 %)WF
142 (3.030 %)WinForms
142 (3.030 %)SOAP
142 (3.030 %)ASP
142 (3.030 %).NET Framework
151 (1.515 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
129 (43.94 %)SharePoint
223 (34.85 %)SharePoint Server 2007
312 (18.18 %)SharePoint Portal Server
42 (3.030 %)IIS
42 (3.030 %)MS Exchange
51 (1.515 %)BizTalk Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (21.21 %)MS Excel
212 (18.18 %)InfoPath
31 (1.515 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (7.576 %)Broadband
21 (1.515 %)TCP/IP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
161 (92.42 %)SQL Server
234 (51.52 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (22.73 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (3.030 %)SQL Server 7
51 (1.515 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.515 %)OLAP
51 (1.515 %)DTS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (36.36 %)NUnit
221 (31.82 %)Visual Studio
35 (7.576 %)Subversion
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (19.70 %)Finance
211 (16.67 %)Education
211 (16.67 %)Government
35 (7.576 %)Telecoms
35 (7.576 %)Music
41 (1.515 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
154 (81.82 %)Developer
235 (53.03 %).NET Developer
320 (30.30 %)C# Developer
418 (27.27 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
517 (25.76 %)ASP.NET Developer
612 (18.18 %)Consultant
711 (16.67 %).NET Consultant
711 (16.67 %)Technical Consultant
87 (10.61 %)Web Developer
94 (6.061 %)Senior Developer
94 (6.061 %)Junior
94 (6.061 %)Junior Developer
94 (6.061 %)Designer
94 (6.061 %)SharePoint Developer
103 (4.545 %)Junior Web Developer
112 (3.030 %)Silverlight Developer
112 (3.030 %)Senior Software Engineer
112 (3.030 %)Software Engineer
121 (1.515 %)Analyst
121 (1.515 %)Software Developer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (6.061 %)Computer Science
22 (3.030 %)N-Tier
22 (3.030 %)Mathematics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (3.030 %)Windows
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (43.94 %)TDD
225 (37.88 %)Scrum
320 (30.30 %)Workflow
414 (21.21 %)Extreme Programming
512 (18.18 %)OO
67 (10.61 %)Business Intelligence
67 (10.61 %)Web Development
74 (6.061 %)Requirements Analysis
82 (3.030 %)CRM
82 (3.030 %)OOP
91 (1.515 %)UML
91 (1.515 %)Project Management
91 (1.515 %)Agile Software Development
91 (1.515 %)Document Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
163 (95.45 %)C#
220 (30.30 %)JavaScript
315 (22.73 %)VB.NET
413 (19.70 %)T-SQL
56 (9.091 %)SQL
62 (3.030 %)VB
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
166 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
242 (63.64 %)MCP
334 (51.52 %)MCAD
432 (48.48 %)MCTS
514 (21.21 %)Degree
64 (6.061 %)MCPD
72 (3.030 %)MCT
81 (1.515 %)SC Cleared
81 (1.515 %)Security Cleared
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (4.545 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
135 (53.03 %)Microsoft
21 (1.515 %)Oracle
21 (1.515 %)SAP