The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 11 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 3.226% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 15.49% - -
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 0
Average salary £37,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
71 66 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 20.82% 15.83% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 63 50 41
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +41.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £21,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSD
West Yorkshire

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (100.00%) MCP
1 11 (100.00%) MCAD
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (100.00%) MVC
1 11 (100.00%) Scrum
1 11 (100.00%) WinForms
1 11 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 11 (100.00%) TDD
1 11 (100.00%) NUnit
1 11 (100.00%) MCTS
1 11 (100.00%) WCF
1 11 (100.00%) WPF
1 11 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 11 (100.00%) Kanban
1 11 (100.00%) Spring.NET
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 11 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 11 (100.00%) Inversion of Control
1 11 (100.00%) MSTest
1 11 (100.00%) MVVM
1 11 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 11 (100.00%) Moq
1 11 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 11 (100.00%) Ninject
1 11 (100.00%) Razor View Engine

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (100.00%) WinForms
1 11 (100.00%) WCF
1 11 (100.00%) WPF
1 11 (100.00%) Spring.NET
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 11 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 11 (100.00%) Ninject
1 11 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 11 (100.00%) Unity DI Container
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) NUnit
1 11 (100.00%) MSTest
1 11 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 11 (100.00%) Moq
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
1 11 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) MVC
1 11 (100.00%) Scrum
1 11 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 11 (100.00%) TDD
1 11 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 11 (100.00%) Kanban
1 11 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 11 (100.00%) MVVM
1 11 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) MCP
1 11 (100.00%) MCAD
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (100.00%) MCTS
Bradford, Yorkshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013