The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 29 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 11 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 7.639% 8.553% -
As % of the Qualifications category 23.40% 16.88% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 0
Average salary £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
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
47 77 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 32.64% 50.66% 47.14%
Number of salaries quoted 46 77 33
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +27.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,750 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
Manchester

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 24 (100.00%) C#
1 24 (100.00%) VB
1 24 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 24 (100.00%) .NET
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 24 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 24 (100.00%) MCP
1 24 (100.00%) MCAD
1 24 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 24 (100.00%) MVC
1 24 (100.00%) TDD
1 24 (100.00%) MCTS
1 24 (100.00%) WCF
1 24 (100.00%) WPF
1 24 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 24 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 24 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 24 (100.00%) Node.js
1 24 (100.00%) Ninject
1 24 (100.00%) KnockoutJS
1 24 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 24 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 24 (100.00%) .NET
1 24 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 24 (100.00%) WCF
1 24 (100.00%) WPF
1 24 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 24 (100.00%) Node.js
1 24 (100.00%) Ninject
1 24 (100.00%) KnockoutJS
1 24 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 24 (100.00%) Developer
1 24 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) MVC
1 24 (100.00%) TDD
1 24 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 24 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 24 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) C#
1 24 (100.00%) VB
1 24 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) MCP
1 24 (100.00%) MCAD
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 24 (100.00%) MCTS