The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 22 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 48 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 6 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.604% 0.391% -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.667% 1.130% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 0
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
90 177 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 24.06% 34.64% 33.55%
Number of salaries quoted 72 138 87
Average salary £37,500 £44,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.77% +25.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,000 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
Merseyside

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 18 (100.00%) MCP
1 18 (100.00%) MCAD
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 18 (100.00%) MVC
1 18 (100.00%) TDD
1 18 (100.00%) MCTS
1 18 (100.00%) WCF
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 18 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 17 (94.44%) Razor View Engine
2 17 (94.44%) SQL Server
3 15 (83.33%) OO
4 13 (72.22%) Domain-Driven Design
5 12 (66.67%) BDD
5 12 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
5 12 (66.67%) CQRS
5 12 (66.67%) VB
5 12 (66.67%) VB.NET
6 11 (61.11%) Internet
7 6 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
7 6 (33.33%) WPF
7 6 (33.33%) Ninject
8 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (27.78%) Unity DI Container
8 5 (27.78%) Windows
8 5 (27.78%) Spring.NET

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 18 (100.00%) .NET
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 18 (100.00%) WCF
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 17 (94.44%) Razor View Engine
3 6 (33.33%) WPF
3 6 (33.33%) Ninject
4 5 (27.78%) Unity DI Container
4 5 (27.78%) Spring.NET
4 5 (27.78%) Castle Windsor
4 5 (27.78%) WinForms
5 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.556%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (5.556%) Node.js
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (94.44%) SQL Server
2 12 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MSTest
1 5 (27.78%) Rhino Mocks
1 5 (27.78%) Moq
1 5 (27.78%) NUnit
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Developer
1 18 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (5.556%) Junior
2 1 (5.556%) Graduate
2 1 (5.556%) Junior Developer
2 1 (5.556%) Junior .NET Developer
2 1 (5.556%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (5.556%) Graduate .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (27.78%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) MVC
1 18 (100.00%) TDD
1 18 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 15 (83.33%) OO
3 13 (72.22%) Domain-Driven Design
4 12 (66.67%) BDD
4 12 (66.67%) CQRS
5 6 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
6 5 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (27.78%) Kanban
6 5 (27.78%) MVVM
6 5 (27.78%) Scrum
7 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (66.67%) VB
2 12 (66.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) MCP
1 18 (100.00%) MCAD
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 18 (100.00%) MCTS
Liverpool, Merseyside
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013