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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 124 143 165
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +22
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 68 30 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.661% 0.828% 0.126%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.427% 3.460% 0.491%
Number of salaries quoted 68 30 5
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1058 867 1018
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.84% 23.92% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 901 721 904
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSD
North West

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Bolton +7 13 £40,000 +14.28%
Stockport - 7 £32,500 -
Cheadle - 6 £32,500 -
Altrincham - 3 £37,500 -
MCSD
North West

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 139 (100.00%) .NET
1 139 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 139 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 138 (99.28%) MCAD
2 138 (99.28%) MCTS
3 135 (97.12%) TDD
3 135 (97.12%) MCP
4 133 (95.68%) C#
4 133 (95.68%) MVC
5 131 (94.24%) SQL Server
6 130 (93.53%) ASP.NET MVC
6 130 (93.53%) Web Application Development
7 127 (91.37%) WCF
8 123 (88.49%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 98 (70.50%) NUnit
10 97 (69.78%) Scrum
10 97 (69.78%) Rhino Mocks
11 88 (63.31%) Razor View Engine
12 72 (51.80%) WPF
13 70 (50.36%) LINQ
13 70 (50.36%) NHibernate
14 65 (46.76%) Castle Windsor
15 63 (45.32%) Ninject
15 63 (45.32%) Dependency Injection
16 59 (42.45%) Kanban
16 59 (42.45%) Moq
17 40 (28.78%) SQL Server 2008
18 38 (27.34%) Domain-Driven Design
18 38 (27.34%) MonoRail
19 36 (25.90%) Node.js

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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
1 139 (100.00%) .NET
1 139 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 130 (93.53%) ASP.NET MVC
3 127 (91.37%) WCF
4 123 (88.49%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 88 (63.31%) Razor View Engine
6 72 (51.80%) WPF
7 70 (50.36%) LINQ
7 70 (50.36%) NHibernate
8 65 (46.76%) Castle Windsor
9 63 (45.32%) Ninject
10 38 (27.34%) MonoRail
11 36 (25.90%) Node.js
11 36 (25.90%) KnockoutJS
12 35 (25.18%) Ajax
13 32 (23.02%) WinForms
14 27 (19.42%) Spring.NET
14 27 (19.42%) Unity DI Container
15 26 (18.71%) HTML5
16 12 (8.633%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.755%) Windows Azure
2 3 (2.158%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.158%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.719%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.719%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.719%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.719%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (7.914%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.719%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.719%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.597%) Broadband
2 2 (1.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (94.24%) SQL Server
2 40 (28.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (23.74%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (1.439%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.719%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 98 (70.50%) NUnit
2 97 (69.78%) Rhino Mocks
3 59 (42.45%) Moq
4 33 (23.74%) Subversion
5 27 (19.42%) MSTest
6 3 (2.158%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.719%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.719%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.719%) CruiseControl
General
1 33 (23.74%) Games
2 14 (10.07%) Finance
3 13 (9.353%) Retail
4 5 (3.597%) Music
4 5 (3.597%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (95.68%) Developer
2 126 (90.65%) .NET Developer
3 13 (9.353%) C# Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Graduate .NET Developer
4 8 (5.755%) C# .NET Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Junior .NET Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Graduate Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Junior Developer
4 8 (5.755%) Junior
4 8 (5.755%) Graduate
5 7 (5.036%) ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (5.036%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (3.597%) WinForms Developer
7 2 (1.439%) Microsoft Developer
7 2 (1.439%) Senior Developer
8 1 (0.719%) C# Software Developer
8 1 (0.719%) Agile C# Developer
8 1 (0.719%) CRM Developer
8 1 (0.719%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (0.719%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.42%) Inversion of Control
2 26 (18.71%) Social Network
3 13 (9.353%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.475%) Computer Science
5 5 (3.597%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 33 (23.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (97.12%) TDD
2 133 (95.68%) MVC
3 130 (93.53%) Web Application Development
4 97 (69.78%) Scrum
5 63 (45.32%) Dependency Injection
6 59 (42.45%) Kanban
7 38 (27.34%) Domain-Driven Design
8 34 (24.46%) BDD
9 32 (23.02%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (23.02%) MVVM
10 31 (22.30%) OO
11 28 (20.14%) Continuous Integration
12 9 (6.475%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (5.036%) E-Commerce
14 3 (2.158%) UML
14 3 (2.158%) OOA/OOD
15 2 (1.439%) OOD
15 2 (1.439%) CQRS
16 1 (0.719%) MSF
16 1 (0.719%) Unified Process
Programming Languages
1 133 (95.68%) C#
2 32 (23.02%) VB
2 32 (23.02%) VB.NET
3 11 (7.914%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.597%) C++
5 2 (1.439%) XPath
6 1 (0.719%) SQL
Qualifications
1 139 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 138 (99.28%) MCAD
2 138 (99.28%) MCTS
3 135 (97.12%) MCP
4 4 (2.878%) MCPD
5 3 (2.158%) Degree
5 3 (2.158%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.158%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.158%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 22 (15.83%) Microsoft
Manchester, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Subversion, SVN, AJAX, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Subversion, SVN, AJAX, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013