The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 24 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 97 79 129
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +50
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 37 47 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.819% 2.452% 0.285%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.852% 7.756% 0.990%
Number of salaries quoted 37 47 6
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
540 606 606
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 26.55% 31.61% 28.83%
Number of salaries quoted 469 535 521
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSD
South East

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Milton Keynes -22 30 £50,000 +66.66%
Aylesbury +12 5 £30,000 -14.28%
Chesham - 2 £40,000 -
MCSD
South East

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 112 (100.00%) .NET
1 112 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 112 (100.00%) MCP
1 112 (100.00%) MCAD
1 112 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 110 (98.21%) C#
3 94 (83.93%) NUnit
4 92 (82.14%) TDD
5 88 (78.57%) Scrum
6 81 (72.32%) WCF
7 73 (65.18%) MCTS
8 72 (64.29%) WPF
9 71 (63.39%) Rhino Mocks
10 69 (61.61%) ASP.NET
11 62 (55.36%) Kanban
12 60 (53.57%) Moq
13 54 (48.21%) WinForms
14 51 (45.54%) Microsoft
15 49 (43.75%) Castle Windsor
16 47 (41.96%) Razor View Engine
16 47 (41.96%) Web Application Development
16 47 (41.96%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 47 (41.96%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (41.96%) MVC
17 38 (33.93%) Windows
17 38 (33.93%) Dependency Injection
17 38 (33.93%) Inversion of Control
17 38 (33.93%) MSTest
17 38 (33.93%) Continuous Integration
17 38 (33.93%) Spring.NET

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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
1 112 (100.00%) .NET
2 81 (72.32%) WCF
3 72 (64.29%) WPF
4 69 (61.61%) ASP.NET
5 54 (48.21%) WinForms
6 49 (43.75%) Castle Windsor
7 47 (41.96%) Razor View Engine
7 47 (41.96%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 47 (41.96%) ASP.NET MVC
8 38 (33.93%) Spring.NET
8 38 (33.93%) Ninject
8 38 (33.93%) Unity DI Container
9 33 (29.46%) NHibernate
10 30 (26.79%) LINQ
11 28 (25.00%) .NET Framework
12 11 (9.821%) Ajax
12 11 (9.821%) MonoRail
13 2 (1.786%) HTML5
14 1 (0.893%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (23.21%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (8.036%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 94 (83.93%) NUnit
2 71 (63.39%) Rhino Mocks
3 60 (53.57%) Moq
4 38 (33.93%) MSTest
5 28 (25.00%) Visual Studio
6 11 (9.821%) Subversion
General
1 22 (19.64%) Music
1 22 (19.64%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 106 (94.64%) Developer
2 77 (68.75%) .NET Developer
3 56 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 56 (50.00%) C# Developer
4 13 (11.61%) Senior .NET Developer
4 13 (11.61%) Senior C# Developer
4 13 (11.61%) Senior Developer
5 8 (7.143%) Analyst
6 7 (6.250%) Software Engineer
6 7 (6.250%) Software Developer
6 7 (6.250%) Applications Support
6 7 (6.250%) .NET Software Engineer
6 7 (6.250%) C# Software Engineer
6 7 (6.250%) .NET Software Developer
6 7 (6.250%) C# Software Developer
7 6 (5.357%) ASP.NET Developer
7 6 (5.357%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 6 (5.357%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.357%) Applications Support Analyst
8 5 (4.464%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 38 (33.93%) Inversion of Control
2 11 (9.821%) Computer Science
2 11 (9.821%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 38 (33.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (82.14%) TDD
2 88 (78.57%) Scrum
3 62 (55.36%) Kanban
4 47 (41.96%) Web Application Development
4 47 (41.96%) MVC
5 38 (33.93%) Dependency Injection
5 38 (33.93%) Continuous Integration
5 38 (33.93%) MVVM
6 37 (33.04%) OO
7 26 (23.21%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (21.43%) BDD
9 15 (13.39%) Agile Software Development
10 9 (8.036%) Configuration Management
10 9 (8.036%) ITIL
11 7 (6.250%) Change Management
12 4 (3.571%) Unit Testing
12 4 (3.571%) User Stories
12 4 (3.571%) RUP
12 4 (3.571%) PRINCE2
13 3 (2.679%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (98.21%) C#
2 2 (1.786%) SQL
2 2 (1.786%) VB
2 2 (1.786%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 112 (100.00%) MCP
1 112 (100.00%) MCAD
1 112 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 73 (65.18%) MCTS
3 30 (26.79%) Degree
Vendors
1 51 (45.54%) Microsoft
Chesham, Buckinghamshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, HTML5, WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chesham, Thames Valley
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, HTML5, WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Aylesbury, Thames Valley
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
C# Developer, .NET, WPF, C#.NET, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Spring.net, IoC, Unity, Castle...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
C# Developer, .NET, WPF, C#.NET, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Spring.net, IoC, Unity, Castle...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013