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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
94 107 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 27.09% 29.81% 38.16%
Number of salaries quoted 67 92 94
Average salary £50,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.95% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £63,250 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
Bedfordshire

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) MCAD
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
2 2 (66.67%) Domain-Driven Design
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 2 (66.67%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) MCTS
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (66.67%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (66.67%) Ninject
2 2 (66.67%) KnockoutJS
2 2 (66.67%) Web Application Development
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) RUP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (66.67%) Ninject
2 2 (66.67%) KnockoutJS
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Architect
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) Dependency Injection
1 2 (66.67%) Web Application Development
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) RUP
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) MCAD
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) MCTS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft