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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 52 79 -
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 9 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.013% 0.446% -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.257% 1.357% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 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
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
109 221 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 24.38% 32.84% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 87 182 107
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £29,300 £27,600
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside MCSD Salary Trend

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 Merseyside 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
Liverpool +21 6 £37,500 +15.38%
Wirral - 3 £40,000 -
MCSD
North West

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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%) .NET
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 18 (100.00%) MCP
1 18 (100.00%) MCAD
1 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) MVC
1 18 (100.00%) TDD
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
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
3 16 (88.89%) OO
4 13 (72.22%) Domain-Driven Design
5 12 (66.67%) VB
5 12 (66.67%) VB.NET
5 12 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
5 12 (66.67%) BDD
5 12 (66.67%) CQRS
6 11 (61.11%) Internet
7 5 (27.78%) Rhino Mocks
7 5 (27.78%) NUnit
7 5 (27.78%) Castle Windsor
8 3 (16.67%) Ninject
8 3 (16.67%) Retail
8 3 (16.67%) Subversion
8 3 (16.67%) Ajax

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (27.78%) Castle Windsor
4 3 (16.67%) Ninject
4 3 (16.67%) Ajax
4 3 (16.67%) NHibernate
4 3 (16.67%) WPF
4 3 (16.67%) MonoRail
5 2 (11.11%) Spring.NET
5 2 (11.11%) WinForms
5 2 (11.11%) Unity DI Container
6 1 (5.556%) Node.js
6 1 (5.556%) KnockoutJS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Rhino Mocks
1 5 (27.78%) NUnit
2 3 (16.67%) Subversion
3 2 (11.11%) MSTest
3 2 (11.11%) Moq
General
1 3 (16.67%) Retail
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Developer
1 18 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Inversion of Control
1 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) MVC
1 18 (100.00%) TDD
1 18 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 16 (88.89%) OO
3 13 (72.22%) Domain-Driven Design
4 12 (66.67%) BDD
4 12 (66.67%) CQRS
5 3 (16.67%) Dependency Injection
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (11.11%) Kanban
6 2 (11.11%) MVVM
6 2 (11.11%) 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
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
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: 22 May 2013
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 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: 22 May 2013