The first 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 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 165 141 154
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +13
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 52 82 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.996% 1.310% 0.682%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.852% 4.100% 2.489%
Number of salaries quoted 52 82 35
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1823 2000 1406
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 34.91% 31.95% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1368 1728 1164
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
South East

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Windsor +13 12 £45,000 -
Reading -1 11 £40,000 +29.03%
Maidenhead +16 8 £40,000 -23.80%
Newbury -9 8 £25,000 -35.48%
Ascot - 7 £35,000 -
Wokingham -8 4 £32,500 -7.14%
Bracknell - 1 £55,000 -
MCSD
South East

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 149 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 145 (97.32%) C#
2 145 (97.32%) .NET
3 142 (95.30%) SQL Server
4 140 (93.96%) MCP
4 140 (93.96%) MCAD
4 140 (93.96%) TDD
4 140 (93.96%) MCTS
5 125 (83.89%) ASP.NET
6 123 (82.55%) Scrum
6 123 (82.55%) NUnit
6 123 (82.55%) MVC
6 123 (82.55%) WCF
6 123 (82.55%) ASP.NET MVC
6 123 (82.55%) Rhino Mocks
7 122 (81.88%) Web Application Development
8 115 (77.18%) Castle Windsor
9 113 (75.84%) Razor View Engine
10 107 (71.81%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 87 (58.39%) NHibernate
12 74 (49.66%) Kanban
13 69 (46.31%) LINQ
14 55 (36.91%) Microsoft
15 54 (36.24%) BDD
16 50 (33.56%) SQL Server 2008
17 49 (32.89%) MonoRail
18 44 (29.53%) Moq
19 43 (28.86%) Windows
20 39 (26.17%) OO
21 38 (25.50%) MVVM

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 145 (97.32%) .NET
2 125 (83.89%) ASP.NET
3 123 (82.55%) WCF
3 123 (82.55%) ASP.NET MVC
4 115 (77.18%) Castle Windsor
5 113 (75.84%) Razor View Engine
6 107 (71.81%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 87 (58.39%) NHibernate
8 69 (46.31%) LINQ
9 49 (32.89%) MonoRail
10 38 (25.50%) WPF
11 37 (24.83%) Ninject
12 36 (24.16%) Unity DI Container
12 36 (24.16%) Spring.NET
12 36 (24.16%) WinForms
13 31 (20.81%) Ajax
14 30 (20.13%) HTML5
14 30 (20.13%) Lucene
15 29 (19.46%) Silverlight
16 5 (3.356%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.013%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.342%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.342%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.41%) Internet
2 2 (1.342%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.342%) DNS
3 1 (0.671%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (95.30%) SQL Server
2 50 (33.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 31 (20.81%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (1.342%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.671%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 123 (82.55%) NUnit
1 123 (82.55%) Rhino Mocks
2 44 (29.53%) Moq
3 36 (24.16%) MSTest
4 31 (20.81%) Subversion
5 30 (20.13%) Cucumber
5 30 (20.13%) Selenium
6 2 (1.342%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
6 2 (1.342%) MSI
6 2 (1.342%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.671%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.671%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (16.11%) Music
2 23 (15.44%) Music Industry
3 13 (8.725%) Games
4 8 (5.369%) Advertising
5 1 (0.671%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (95.97%) Developer
2 125 (83.89%) .NET Developer
3 42 (28.19%) C# Developer
3 42 (28.19%) C# .NET Developer
4 23 (15.44%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 23 (15.44%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (2.685%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (2.685%) Service Manager
5 4 (2.685%) Services Delivery Manager
6 2 (1.342%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 2 (1.342%) Junior
6 2 (1.342%) Software Engineer
6 2 (1.342%) Junior Developer
6 2 (1.342%) Junior .NET Developer
6 2 (1.342%) Graduate Developer
6 2 (1.342%) Graduate
7 1 (0.671%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (0.671%) Support Manager
7 1 (0.671%) Coordinator
7 1 (0.671%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (24.16%) Inversion of Control
2 20 (13.42%) Tandem
3 4 (2.685%) Computer Science
3 4 (2.685%) CMDB
3 4 (2.685%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.342%) Social Network
4 2 (1.342%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.671%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 43 (28.86%) Windows
2 4 (2.685%) Windows 7
2 4 (2.685%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (2.685%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (2.685%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (93.96%) TDD
2 123 (82.55%) Scrum
2 123 (82.55%) MVC
3 122 (81.88%) Web Application Development
4 74 (49.66%) Kanban
5 54 (36.24%) BDD
6 39 (26.17%) OO
7 38 (25.50%) MVVM
7 38 (25.50%) Continuous Integration
8 37 (24.83%) Dependency Injection
9 30 (20.13%) Scrum-ban
10 18 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (11.41%) Domain-Driven Design
12 16 (10.74%) CQRS
12 16 (10.74%) Agile Software Development
13 4 (2.685%) Mobile Device Management
13 4 (2.685%) Service Delivery
13 4 (2.685%) Asset Management
13 4 (2.685%) ITIL
14 3 (2.013%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (97.32%) C#
2 3 (2.013%) SQL
3 2 (1.342%) XAML
3 2 (1.342%) C++
3 2 (1.342%) Java
3 2 (1.342%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 149 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 140 (93.96%) MCP
2 140 (93.96%) MCAD
2 140 (93.96%) MCTS
3 4 (2.685%) MCSE
4 3 (2.013%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (2.685%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.685%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (36.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.685%) HP
2 4 (2.685%) Dell
2 4 (2.685%) Cisco
3 2 (1.342%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.671%) Oracle
Reading, Thames Valley
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Agile / SCRUM, TDD, Castle...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Agile / SCRUM, TDD, Castle...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Ascot, Thames Valley
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wokingham, Thames Valley
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wokingham, Berkshire
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... ) (.NET...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Windsor, Thames Valley
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), AJAX, Agile, Scrum, test driven development (TTD), Castle Monorail, Castle Windsor, Subversion (SVN),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Windsor, Berkshire
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), AJAX, Agile, Scrum, test driven development (TTD), Castle Monorail, Castle Windsor, Subversion (SVN),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
C# Developer, .NET, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity / Castle Windsor,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
C# Developer, .NET, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity / Castle Windsor,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Graduate / Junior .NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Graduate / Junior .NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013