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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 72 65 65
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 18 30 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 1.972% 3.115% 1.920%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.407% 9.464% 7.263%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 13
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
243 317 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 26.62% 32.92% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 209 295 165
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £52,500
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 East Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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
Brighton -5 18 £42,500 +6.25%
MCSD
South East

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 40 (100.00%) .NET
1 40 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 40 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 40 (100.00%) C#
1 40 (100.00%) MCAD
1 40 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (67.50%) Windows
3 26 (65.00%) VB
3 26 (65.00%) VB.NET
3 26 (65.00%) MCP
3 26 (65.00%) MVC
3 26 (65.00%) Scrum
3 26 (65.00%) WinForms
3 26 (65.00%) TDD
3 26 (65.00%) NUnit
3 26 (65.00%) MCTS
3 26 (65.00%) WCF
3 26 (65.00%) WPF
3 26 (65.00%) Kanban
3 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 26 (65.00%) MVVM
3 26 (65.00%) Rhino Mocks
3 26 (65.00%) Moq
3 26 (65.00%) Razor View Engine
3 26 (65.00%) Web Application Development
3 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 24 (60.00%) Unity DI Container
4 24 (60.00%) Castle Windsor
4 24 (60.00%) Ninject
4 24 (60.00%) Dependency Injection

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 40 (100.00%) .NET
1 40 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 26 (65.00%) WinForms
2 26 (65.00%) WCF
2 26 (65.00%) WPF
2 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 26 (65.00%) Razor View Engine
2 26 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 24 (60.00%) Unity DI Container
3 24 (60.00%) Castle Windsor
3 24 (60.00%) Ninject
3 24 (60.00%) Spring.NET
4 14 (35.00%) Web Services
4 14 (35.00%) Silverlight
4 14 (35.00%) jQuery
5 2 (5.000%) NHibernate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 26 (65.00%) NUnit
1 26 (65.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 26 (65.00%) Moq
2 24 (60.00%) MSTest
Job Titles
1 40 (100.00%) Developer
2 39 (97.50%) .NET Developer
3 14 (35.00%) C# Developer
4 13 (32.50%) C# Web Developer
4 13 (32.50%) .NET Web Developer
4 13 (32.50%) Web Developer
4 13 (32.50%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (60.00%) Inversion of Control
2 13 (32.50%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 27 (67.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (65.00%) MVC
1 26 (65.00%) Scrum
1 26 (65.00%) TDD
1 26 (65.00%) Kanban
1 26 (65.00%) MVVM
1 26 (65.00%) Web Application Development
2 24 (60.00%) Dependency Injection
2 24 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 24 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (5.000%) BDD
4 1 (2.500%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 40 (100.00%) C#
2 26 (65.00%) VB
2 26 (65.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) MCAD
1 40 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (65.00%) MCP
2 26 (65.00%) MCTS
Brighton, East Sussex
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 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Brighton, South East
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 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013