Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Dorset region.

 Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank5733-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads1150
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset0.204 %3.555 %-
As % of the Qualifications category1.250 %12.61 %-
Salaries quoted1150
Average salary£30,000£35,000-
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28 %-
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-12.50 %
Dorset IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
80119227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset16.29 %28.20 %14.40 %
Salaries quoted76109160
Average salary£31,500£35,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+2.940 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,500£16,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,500£47,500£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSD South WestMCSD
South West

MCSD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCSD across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Dorset MCSD Demand Trend

MCSD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSD across the Dorset region.

Dorset MCSD Salary Trend

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BournemouthDown-181£30,000-14.28 %
MCSD South WestMCSD
South West

MCSD
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

17 (100.00 %)C#
17 (100.00 %).NET
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server
17 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
17 (100.00 %)Web Services
17 (100.00 %)XML
17 (100.00 %)MCP
17 (100.00 %)MCAD
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
17 (100.00 %)MVC
17 (100.00 %)Scrum
17 (100.00 %)TDD
17 (100.00 %)NUnit
17 (100.00 %)AJAX
17 (100.00 %)MCTS
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
17 (100.00 %)NHibernate
17 (100.00 %)WCF
17 (100.00 %)WPF
17 (100.00 %)MonoRail
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (100.00 %).NET
17 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
17 (100.00 %)Web Services
17 (100.00 %)XML
17 (100.00 %)MVC
17 (100.00 %)AJAX
17 (100.00 %)NHibernate
17 (100.00 %)WCF
17 (100.00 %)WPF
17 (100.00 %)MonoRail
Dorset IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008
Dorset IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (100.00 %)NUnit
Dorset IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (100.00 %)Developer
17 (100.00 %).NET Developer
Dorset IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (100.00 %)Scrum
17 (100.00 %)TDD
Dorset IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)C#
Dorset IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (100.00 %)MCP
17 (100.00 %)MCAD
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
17 (100.00 %)MCTS
Dorset IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft