The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 32 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 25 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.556% 1.378% -
As % of the Qualifications category 23.15% 5.882% -
Number of salaries quoted 25 7 0
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
108 119 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 24.00% 23.43% 21.32%
Number of salaries quoted 101 107 67
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +14.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
North West

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Lancashire MCSD Salary Histogram

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston +4 9 £35,000 +7.69% 2
Lancaster - 9 £40,000 - 1
Blackburn - 7 £25,000 -
MCSD
North West

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 35 (100.00%) .NET
1 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 35 (100.00%) MCP
1 35 (100.00%) MCAD
1 35 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 35 (100.00%) MVC
1 35 (100.00%) TDD
1 35 (100.00%) MCTS
1 35 (100.00%) WCF
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 35 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 33 (94.29%) C#
3 29 (82.86%) SQL Server 2012
4 28 (80.00%) Ninject
4 28 (80.00%) Dependency Injection
5 22 (62.86%) Domain-Driven Design
5 22 (62.86%) Node.js
5 22 (62.86%) KnockoutJS
6 21 (60.00%) Games
7 13 (37.14%) Scrum
7 13 (37.14%) NUnit
7 13 (37.14%) Kanban
7 13 (37.14%) Castle Windsor
7 13 (37.14%) Rhino Mocks
8 11 (31.43%) Internet
9 10 (28.57%) Android
9 10 (28.57%) iPhone
9 10 (28.57%) Google

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 35 (100.00%) .NET
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 35 (100.00%) WCF
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 28 (80.00%) Ninject
3 22 (62.86%) Node.js
3 22 (62.86%) KnockoutJS
4 13 (37.14%) Castle Windsor
5 7 (20.00%) NHibernate
5 7 (20.00%) Lucene
5 7 (20.00%) LINQ
6 6 (17.14%) WinForms
6 6 (17.14%) WPF
6 6 (17.14%) Spring.NET
6 6 (17.14%) Razor View Engine
6 6 (17.14%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint 2013
Communications & Networking
1 11 (31.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 29 (82.86%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 13 (37.14%) NUnit
1 13 (37.14%) Rhino Mocks
2 7 (20.00%) Selenium
2 7 (20.00%) Cucumber
3 6 (17.14%) Moq
3 6 (17.14%) MSTest
General
1 21 (60.00%) Games
2 7 (20.00%) Advertising
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 35 (100.00%) Developer
2 34 (97.14%) .NET Developer
3 1 (2.857%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) iPhone
1 10 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 6 (17.14%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (2.857%) Streaming Music
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Android
2 6 (17.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) MVC
1 35 (100.00%) TDD
1 35 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 28 (80.00%) Dependency Injection
3 22 (62.86%) Domain-Driven Design
4 13 (37.14%) Scrum
4 13 (37.14%) Kanban
5 7 (20.00%) Scrum-ban
5 7 (20.00%) BDD
5 7 (20.00%) OO
6 6 (17.14%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (17.14%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 33 (94.29%) C#
2 2 (5.714%) VB
2 2 (5.714%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) MCP
1 35 (100.00%) MCAD
1 35 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 35 (100.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Google
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
Lancaster, North West
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: SharePoint 2013, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: SharePoint 2013, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013