The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 21 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 99 83 90
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +7
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 15 17 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.890% 1.174% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.841% 4.404% 0.220%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 0
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
528 386 455
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.32% 26.66% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 420 329 376
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSD
West Midlands

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham MCSD Salary Histogram

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (92.00%) .NET
3 22 (88.00%) SQL Server
3 22 (88.00%) C#
3 22 (88.00%) ASP.NET
4 21 (84.00%) MCAD
4 21 (84.00%) MCTS
5 20 (80.00%) MCP
6 19 (76.00%) MVC
6 19 (76.00%) WCF
7 18 (72.00%) ASP.NET MVC
8 17 (68.00%) Web Application Development
8 17 (68.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 17 (68.00%) TDD
9 14 (56.00%) SQL Server 2012
9 14 (56.00%) Razor View Engine
10 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
11 12 (48.00%) NUnit
12 11 (44.00%) Scrum
12 11 (44.00%) Castle Windsor
12 11 (44.00%) Rhino Mocks
13 10 (40.00%) VB.NET
14 8 (32.00%) Tandem
14 8 (32.00%) NHibernate
14 8 (32.00%) MonoRail
15 7 (28.00%) VB
15 7 (28.00%) SQL
16 6 (24.00%) HTML
16 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
16 6 (24.00%) Domain-Driven Design

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 23 (92.00%) .NET
2 22 (88.00%) ASP.NET
3 19 (76.00%) WCF
4 18 (72.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 17 (68.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 14 (56.00%) Razor View Engine
7 11 (44.00%) Castle Windsor
8 8 (32.00%) NHibernate
8 8 (32.00%) MonoRail
9 6 (24.00%) HTML
9 6 (24.00%) Ninject
10 5 (20.00%) CSS
11 4 (16.00%) Ajax
12 3 (12.00%) Spring.NET
12 3 (12.00%) Node.js
12 3 (12.00%) KnockoutJS
12 3 (12.00%) Unity DI Container
12 3 (12.00%) ASP
13 2 (8.000%) .NET Framework
13 2 (8.000%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Azure
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.000%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (88.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (56.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (16.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (4.000%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (48.00%) NUnit
2 11 (44.00%) Rhino Mocks
3 3 (12.00%) MSTest
3 3 (12.00%) Moq
4 1 (4.000%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (4.000%) MSBuild
4 1 (4.000%) CruiseControl
4 1 (4.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (12.00%) Music
1 3 (12.00%) Automotive
1 3 (12.00%) Games
2 1 (4.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (100.00%) Developer
2 21 (84.00%) .NET Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Software Developer
4 3 (12.00%) .NET Software Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Developer
5 2 (8.000%) C# Developer
5 2 (8.000%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (4.000%) CRM Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Tandem
2 3 (12.00%) iPhone
2 3 (12.00%) Inversion of Control
2 3 (12.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.000%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Android
2 2 (8.000%) Windows
3 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) MVC
2 17 (68.00%) Web Application Development
2 17 (68.00%) TDD
3 11 (44.00%) Scrum
4 6 (24.00%) Domain-Driven Design
4 6 (24.00%) Dependency Injection
5 5 (20.00%) OO
6 4 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (16.00%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (12.00%) Kanban
7 3 (12.00%) CQRS
7 3 (12.00%) BDD
8 1 (4.000%) Time Management
8 1 (4.000%) MSF
8 1 (4.000%) Web Development
8 1 (4.000%) Unified Process
8 1 (4.000%) UML
8 1 (4.000%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (4.000%) RUP
8 1 (4.000%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 22 (88.00%) C#
2 10 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 7 (28.00%) VB
3 7 (28.00%) SQL
4 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (16.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (4.000%) VB6
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (84.00%) MCAD
2 21 (84.00%) MCTS
3 20 (80.00%) MCP
4 4 (16.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.000%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.000%) MCPD
5 1 (4.000%) MCSE
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Google
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be trained in all aspects of: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013