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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank345422
Rank change on same period last yearUp+77
Matching permanent IT job ads916746
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.449 %0.330 %
As % of the category below2.306 %1.698 %
Salaries quoted868673
Average minimum salary£36,269£36,947
Average salary£41,536£41,954
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
Average maximum salary£46,803£46,961
UK excluding London average salary£38,120£38,489
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Qualifications EnglandQualifications
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3972243922
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled19.48 %19.45 %
Salaries quoted3336635623
Average minimum salary£37,721£39,268
Average salary£41,067£42,820
% change on same period last year-4.09 %
Average maximum salary£44,414£46,373
UK excluding London average salary£37,495£38,457
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
MCSD UKMCSD
UK

MCSD
Demand Trend

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

England MCSD Demand Trend

MCSD
Salary Trend

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

England MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the England region over the past 3 months.

England MCSD Salary Histogram

MCSD
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSD within the England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		Average Salary
Last 3 Months		Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1LondonUp+58445£45,652-0.83 %
2South EastUp+36210£40,910+3.96 %
3East of EnglandUp+4589£34,662-3.51 %
4West MidlandsDown-252£36,122-4.07 %
5YorkshireDown-646£30,500-22.29 %
6North WestUp+2432£34,226+8.29 %
7South WestDown-2824£34,042+6.30 %
8East MidlandsDown-1419£34,711+3.33 %
9North EastNew entry-2£33,333-
9MidlandsDown-72£45,000+11.34 %
MCSD UKMCSD
UK

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing MCSD also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCSD.

11739 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21579 (90.80 %).NET
31324 (76.14 %)C#
41289 (74.12 %)SQL Server
51123 (64.58 %)ASP.NET
61014 (58.31 %)Microsoft
7965 (55.49 %)MCAD
8891 (51.24 %)XML
9707 (40.66 %)MCP
10650 (37.38 %)SQL Server 2005
11647 (37.21 %)SQL
12559 (32.14 %)VB.NET
13497 (28.58 %)BizTalk Server
14467 (26.85 %)SharePoint
15428 (24.61 %)Degree
16385 (22.14 %)Windows
17383 (22.02 %)JavaScript
18377 (21.68 %)VB
19359 (20.64 %)HTML
20305 (17.54 %)AJAX
21303 (17.42 %)Finance
22300 (17.25 %)WebServices
23286 (16.45 %)SharePoint Server 2007
24279 (16.04 %)SQL Server 7
25274 (15.76 %)MS Excel
26257 (14.78 %)SQL Server 2000
27248 (14.26 %)Transact-SQL
28230 (13.23 %)CSS
29223 (12.82 %)WinForms
30221 (12.71 %)Scrum

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing MCSD also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCSD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11579 (90.80 %).NET
21123 (64.58 %)ASP.NET
3891 (51.24 %)XML
4359 (20.64 %)HTML
5305 (17.54 %)AJAX
6300 (17.25 %)WebServices
7230 (13.23 %)CSS
8223 (12.82 %)WinForms
9214 (12.31 %)ASP
10208 (11.96 %)WCF
11189 (10.87 %).NET Framework
12180 (10.35 %)WPF
13126 (7.246 %)SOAP
14100 (5.750 %)XHTML
1593 (5.348 %)Silverlight
1690 (5.175 %)WF
1755 (3.163 %)XSLT
1755 (3.163 %)ADO.NET
1844 (2.530 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1933 (1.898 %)COM+
Application Platforms
1497 (28.58 %)BizTalk Server
2467 (26.85 %)SharePoint
3286 (16.45 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4205 (11.79 %)IIS
5167 (9.603 %)MS Exchange
671 (4.083 %)CMS
768 (3.910 %)Commerce Server
832 (1.840 %)SharePoint Portal Server
921 (1.208 %)Exchange Server 2000
921 (1.208 %)Content Management Server
1017 (0.978 %)MTS
1115 (0.863 %)Commerce Server 2007
1213 (0.748 %)MQSeries
138 (0.460 %)Site Server
147 (0.403 %)Plone
147 (0.403 %)Oracle Application Server
156 (0.345 %)Oracle Workflow
156 (0.345 %)WebSphere Application Server
156 (0.345 %)Lotus Notes
156 (0.345 %)Lotus Domino
Applications
1274 (15.76 %)MS Excel
2101 (5.808 %)MS Office
380 (4.600 %)MS Project
419 (1.093 %)MS Visio
512 (0.690 %)Photoshop
63 (0.173 %)InfoPath
72 (0.115 %)MATLAB
81 (0.058 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
183 (4.773 %)Microsoft CRM
274 (4.255 %)Dynamics CRM
362 (3.565 %)Dynamics AX
362 (3.565 %)Axapta
42 (0.115 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.058 %)Navision
51 (0.058 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1152 (8.741 %)Internet
239 (2.243 %)Intranet
317 (0.978 %)Broadband
415 (0.863 %)TCP/IP
510 (0.575 %)VoIP
69 (0.518 %)HTTP
78 (0.460 %)IP Telephony
87 (0.403 %)Firewall
87 (0.403 %)SMS
95 (0.288 %)WINS
103 (0.173 %)SAN
103 (0.173 %)VPN
103 (0.173 %)WLAN
103 (0.173 %)WAN
103 (0.173 %)ISDN
103 (0.173 %)LAN
103 (0.173 %)PBX
103 (0.173 %)Intrusion Detection
103 (0.173 %)Cisco PIX
103 (0.173 %)RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
11289 (74.12 %)SQL Server
2650 (37.38 %)SQL Server 2005
3279 (16.04 %)SQL Server 7
4257 (14.78 %)SQL Server 2000
598 (5.635 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
647 (2.703 %)SQL Server Integration Services
740 (2.300 %)RDBMS
837 (2.128 %)Crystal Reports
932 (1.840 %)DTS
1030 (1.725 %)MS Access
1128 (1.610 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1218 (1.035 %)Datawarehouse
1317 (0.978 %)ETL
1415 (0.863 %)Oracle 10g
1415 (0.863 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1514 (0.805 %)Oracle 9i
168 (0.460 %)EDRMS
177 (0.403 %)Informix
186 (0.345 %)DB2
186 (0.345 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1162 (9.316 %)Visual Studio
237 (2.128 %)NUnit
314 (0.805 %)Flash
48 (0.460 %)InstallShield
48 (0.460 %)Subversion
56 (0.345 %)VSS/SourceSafe
64 (0.230 %)Rational Rose
64 (0.230 %)ERwin
72 (0.115 %)FrontPage
72 (0.115 %)WinRunner
72 (0.115 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.058 %)InterDev
81 (0.058 %)CruiseControl
General
1303 (17.42 %)Finance
2127 (7.303 %)Pensions
3104 (5.980 %)Banking
493 (5.348 %)Retail
569 (3.968 %)Insurance
648 (2.760 %)Education
747 (2.703 %)Music
841 (2.358 %)Health
937 (2.128 %)Law
1033 (1.898 %)Legal
1128 (1.610 %)Investment Banking
1226 (1.495 %)Games
1324 (1.380 %)Music Industry
1421 (1.208 %)Marketing
1421 (1.208 %)Billing
1519 (1.093 %)Telecoms
168 (0.460 %)Construction
168 (0.460 %)Pharmaceutical
175 (0.288 %)Aerospace
175 (0.288 %)Government
Job Titles
11285 (73.89 %)Developer
2833 (47.90 %).NET Developer
3536 (30.82 %)C# Developer
4299 (17.19 %)ASP.NET Developer
5252 (14.49 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6251 (14.43 %)Consultant
7151 (8.683 %)Architect
8138 (7.936 %)VB.NET Developer
9129 (7.418 %)Senior Developer
10113 (6.498 %)Solutions Architect
10113 (6.498 %)Web Developer
1187 (5.003 %)Solutions Consultant
1283 (4.773 %)Microsoft Consultant
1375 (4.313 %)CRM Consultant
1466 (3.795 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1561 (3.508 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
1660 (3.450 %)Senior .NET Developer
1660 (3.450 %)Programmer
1755 (3.163 %)Senior C# Developer
1850 (2.875 %).NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1132 (7.591 %)Tandem
255 (3.163 %)Mathematics
335 (2.013 %)Asset Management
433 (1.898 %)Computer Science
529 (1.668 %)Social Network
625 (1.438 %)DTV
724 (1.380 %)N-Tier
821 (1.208 %)W3C
917 (0.978 %)Replication
917 (0.978 %)Client/Server
1013 (0.748 %)Management Information System
1112 (0.690 %)Clustering
1210 (0.575 %)German Language
139 (0.518 %)French Language
148 (0.460 %)Multithreading
148 (0.460 %)Device Driver
157 (0.403 %)Thin Client
157 (0.403 %)Fat Client
166 (0.345 %)Statistics
166 (0.345 %)PMI
Operating Systems
1385 (22.14 %)Windows
223 (1.323 %)Windows NT
38 (0.460 %)Windows Mobile
38 (0.460 %)Windows 2000
46 (0.345 %)Unix
46 (0.345 %)Windows XP
52 (0.115 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (0.115 %)Solaris
52 (0.115 %)Linux
61 (0.058 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1221 (12.71 %)Scrum
2213 (12.25 %)OO
3197 (11.33 %)Extreme Programming
4169 (9.718 %)TDD
5143 (8.223 %)Technical Architecture
6140 (8.051 %)E-Commerce
7131 (7.533 %)Project Management
8130 (7.476 %)Project Planning
9125 (7.188 %)OOD
10109 (6.268 %)CRM
11101 (5.808 %)Web Development
1294 (5.405 %)Business Analysis
1381 (4.658 %)UML
1464 (3.680 %)ERP
1560 (3.450 %)Business Intelligence
1644 (2.530 %)Workflow
1740 (2.300 %)PRINCE2
1833 (1.898 %)Document Management
1930 (1.725 %)Software Engineering
1930 (1.725 %)Content Management
Programming Languages
11324 (76.14 %)C#
2647 (37.21 %)SQL
3559 (32.14 %)VB.NET
4383 (22.02 %)JavaScript
5377 (21.68 %)VB
6248 (14.26 %)Transact-SQL
7144 (8.281 %)C++
898 (5.635 %)VB6
997 (5.578 %)Java
1030 (1.725 %)VBScript
1128 (1.610 %)PHP
1128 (1.610 %)VC++
1227 (1.553 %)VBA
1316 (0.920 %)Perl
1415 (0.863 %)C
1512 (0.690 %)Delphi
1512 (0.690 %)PL/SQL
168 (0.460 %)XPath
176 (0.345 %)COBOL
184 (0.230 %)DHTML
Qualifications
11739 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2965 (55.49 %)MCAD
3707 (40.66 %)MCP
4428 (24.61 %)Degree
5124 (7.131 %)MCDBA
689 (5.118 %)MCSE
766 (3.795 %)MCTS
859 (3.393 %)MCPD
913 (0.748 %)Cisco Certification
1011 (0.633 %)CFA
1110 (0.575 %)MCSA
1110 (0.575 %)CCNA
128 (0.460 %)OCP
128 (0.460 %)OCA
128 (0.460 %)Oracle Certification
137 (0.403 %)PMP
137 (0.403 %)PMI Certification
145 (0.288 %)CCNP
145 (0.288 %)MCITP
145 (0.288 %)CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
113 (0.748 %)QA
22 (0.115 %)HL7
31 (0.058 %)DICOM
System Software
1170 (9.776 %)Active Directory
217 (0.978 %)MSMQ
217 (0.978 %)Terminal Services
36 (0.345 %)MetaFrame
Systems Management
11 (0.058 %)MOM
11 (0.058 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
11014 (58.31 %)Microsoft
296 (5.520 %)Oracle
370 (4.025 %)SAP
462 (3.565 %)PeopleSoft
462 (3.565 %)Baan
520 (1.150 %)Kofax
618 (1.035 %)Citrix
716 (0.920 %)Dundas
815 (0.863 %)Sun
914 (0.805 %)Cisco
1013 (0.748 %)SeeBeyond
1112 (0.690 %)ProClarity
129 (0.518 %)Hummingbird
137 (0.403 %)Macromedia
137 (0.403 %)Interwoven
146 (0.345 %)Software AG
146 (0.345 %)Lotus
146 (0.345 %)IBM
146 (0.345 %)Cognos
146 (0.345 %)Business Objects
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