The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 23 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 9 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 2.671% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 15.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
59 39 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 17.51% 25.00% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 40 32 39
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,200 £21,301 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,500 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
Cheshire

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 20 (100.00%) C#
1 20 (100.00%) .NET
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 20 (100.00%) MCP
1 20 (100.00%) MCAD
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 20 (100.00%) MVC
1 20 (100.00%) TDD
1 20 (100.00%) MCTS
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 20 (100.00%) BDD
1 20 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 12 (60.00%) Razor View Engine
2 12 (60.00%) CQRS
2 12 (60.00%) WCF
2 12 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 12 (60.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 8 (40.00%) Scrum
3 8 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (40.00%) LINQ
3 8 (40.00%) Kanban
3 8 (40.00%) NHibernate
3 8 (40.00%) NUnit
3 8 (40.00%) Rhino Mocks
3 8 (40.00%) Moq
3 8 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 20 (100.00%) .NET
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 12 (60.00%) Razor View Engine
2 12 (60.00%) WCF
3 8 (40.00%) LINQ
3 8 (40.00%) NHibernate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) NUnit
1 8 (40.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 8 (40.00%) Moq
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) .NET Developer
1 12 (60.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) MVC
1 20 (100.00%) TDD
1 20 (100.00%) BDD
1 20 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 12 (60.00%) CQRS
2 12 (60.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 8 (40.00%) Scrum
3 8 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (40.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) MCP
1 20 (100.00%) MCAD
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 20 (100.00%) MCTS
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