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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 292 303 310
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +7
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 28 25 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.241% 0.191% 0.109%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.021% 0.857% 0.519%
Number of salaries quoted 25 24 17
Average salary £60,000 £44,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.83% -11.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2742 2916 3275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.64% 22.32% 20.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2365 2651 2970
Average salary £50,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
London

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London MCSD Salary Histogram

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 45 (100.00%) .NET
1 45 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 45 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 43 (95.56%) C#
3 42 (93.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 28 (62.22%) Microsoft
4 28 (62.22%) MCP
5 23 (51.11%) MCAD
5 23 (51.11%) WCF
6 22 (48.89%) SQL Server 2005
7 21 (46.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 21 (46.67%) SharePoint
7 21 (46.67%) ASP.NET
7 21 (46.67%) MVC
8 20 (44.44%) OO
8 20 (44.44%) MS Excel
8 20 (44.44%) MCTS
9 19 (42.22%) CRM
9 19 (42.22%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (40.00%) MS Office
10 18 (40.00%) Web Application Development
11 17 (37.78%) Razor View Engine
11 17 (37.78%) CQRS
11 17 (37.78%) BDD
11 17 (37.78%) Domain-Driven Design
11 17 (37.78%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 17 (37.78%) TDD
11 17 (37.78%) Music
11 17 (37.78%) Games
12 16 (35.56%) MCITP

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 45 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (51.11%) WCF
3 21 (46.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 21 (46.67%) ASP.NET
4 17 (37.78%) Razor View Engine
4 17 (37.78%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 12 (26.67%) MDX
6 8 (17.78%) WPF
7 5 (11.11%) Ajax
8 4 (8.889%) XML
9 3 (6.667%) XSLT
9 3 (6.667%) HTML
9 3 (6.667%) CSS
9 3 (6.667%) .NET Framework
9 3 (6.667%) jQuery
10 2 (4.444%) WF
11 1 (2.222%) SOAP
11 1 (2.222%) Web Services
11 1 (2.222%) RESTful
11 1 (2.222%) REST
Application Platforms
1 21 (46.67%) SharePoint
2 16 (35.56%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (13.33%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 18 (40.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 15 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.667%) Applix TM1
Communications & Networking
1 15 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.222%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 42 (93.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (48.89%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 15 (33.33%) OLAP
4 15 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (31.11%) Data Mining
6 3 (6.667%) Ingres
6 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (6.667%) ReportNet
6 3 (6.667%) NovaView
6 3 (6.667%) Informix
6 3 (6.667%) Cognos Powerplay
6 3 (6.667%) DB2
6 3 (6.667%) Oracle OLAP
6 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (4.444%) BODI
7 2 (4.444%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.667%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 17 (37.78%) Music
1 17 (37.78%) Games
2 12 (26.67%) Finance
3 3 (6.667%) Law
3 3 (6.667%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 31 (68.89%) Developer
2 19 (42.22%) .NET Developer
2 19 (42.22%) Consultant
3 17 (37.78%) Junior Developer
3 17 (37.78%) Junior .NET Developer
3 17 (37.78%) Junior
4 13 (28.89%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 10 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
6 7 (15.56%) Senior Business Intelligence Consultant
7 6 (13.33%) SQL Server Consultant
7 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (13.33%) SQL Developer
7 6 (13.33%) SQL Server Developer
8 4 (8.889%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 4 (8.889%) Technical Consultant
9 3 (6.667%) Software Developer
9 3 (6.667%) Senior Developer
9 3 (6.667%) Senior Software Developer
9 3 (6.667%) Systems Developer
9 3 (6.667%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) MVC
2 20 (44.44%) OO
3 19 (42.22%) CRM
3 19 (42.22%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (40.00%) Web Application Development
5 17 (37.78%) CQRS
5 17 (37.78%) BDD
5 17 (37.78%) Domain-Driven Design
5 17 (37.78%) TDD
6 12 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (11.11%) UML
9 3 (6.667%) Data Modelling
9 3 (6.667%) Workflow
9 3 (6.667%) ITIL
9 3 (6.667%) Web Development
9 3 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (4.444%) Time Management
10 2 (4.444%) Software Engineering
10 2 (4.444%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 43 (95.56%) C#
2 5 (11.11%) SQL
3 4 (8.889%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.667%) VB
4 3 (6.667%) VBA
4 3 (6.667%) XPath
5 1 (2.222%) Java
Qualifications
1 45 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (62.22%) MCP
3 23 (51.11%) MCAD
4 20 (44.44%) MCTS
5 16 (35.56%) MCITP
6 5 (11.11%) Degree
7 4 (8.889%) MCDBA
8 3 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (4.444%) SC Cleared
9 2 (4.444%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.444%) Security Cleared
9 2 (4.444%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (62.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.667%) Hyperion
2 3 (6.667%) Cognos
2 3 (6.667%) Sybase
2 3 (6.667%) Oracle
2 3 (6.667%) Business Objects
2 3 (6.667%) Applix
3 2 (4.444%) Kalido
3 2 (4.444%) SAP
3 2 (4.444%) Siebel
3 2 (4.444%) Ab Initio
3 2 (4.444%) Informatica
3 2 (4.444%) MicroStrategy
3 2 (4.444%) JD Edwards
3 2 (4.444%) Sun
City, London
Key Skills Microsoft BI Stack - SQL Server 2005/2008 (SSIS/SSAS/SSRS) Data Warehouse Development / Database Design / OLAP / MDX... Desirable: MCITP /MCSD Certifications. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server (...
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Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013