The first table below looks at the demand for MSBuild skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSBuild 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 of the Development Applications category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft MSBuild
Rank 242 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MSBuild 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.083% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.537% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £37,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,250 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +14.58%
All Development Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1117 1122 921
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.46% 15.61% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 970 994 849
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
MSBuild
England

MSBuild
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MSBuild across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West MSBuild Jobs Demand Trend

MSBuild
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MSBuild across the North West region.

North West MSBuild Salary Trend

MSBuild
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSBuild across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West MSBuild Salary Histogram

MSBuild
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSBuild within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Manchester - 6 £37,500 -
MSBuild
England

MSBuild
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing MSBuild 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 MSBuild.

1 17 (100.00%) C#
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 17 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
1 17 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 17 (100.00%) WCF
2 16 (94.12%) WPF
2 16 (94.12%) Silverlight
2 16 (94.12%) Ajax
2 16 (94.12%) SQL
3 12 (70.59%) HTML
3 12 (70.59%) JavaScript
3 12 (70.59%) IIS
3 12 (70.59%) MS Office
3 12 (70.59%) Visual Studio
3 12 (70.59%) UML
3 12 (70.59%) OOA/OOD
3 12 (70.59%) OO
3 12 (70.59%) RUP
3 12 (70.59%) CSS
3 12 (70.59%) NUnit
3 12 (70.59%) CruiseControl
3 12 (70.59%) SharePoint
3 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
3 12 (70.59%) BizTalk Server
3 12 (70.59%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (70.59%) .NET Framework
3 12 (70.59%) MSF
3 12 (70.59%) SharePoint 2010

MSBuild
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing MSBuild 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 MSBuild. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
1 17 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 17 (100.00%) WCF
2 16 (94.12%) WPF
2 16 (94.12%) Silverlight
2 16 (94.12%) Ajax
3 12 (70.59%) HTML
3 12 (70.59%) CSS
3 12 (70.59%) .NET Framework
4 11 (64.71%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 11 (64.71%) WF
4 11 (64.71%) ADO.NET
5 5 (29.41%) SOAP
5 5 (29.41%) NHibernate
6 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
6 1 (5.882%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 12 (70.59%) IIS
1 12 (70.59%) SharePoint
1 12 (70.59%) BizTalk Server
1 12 (70.59%) SharePoint 2010
2 11 (64.71%) SharePoint Foundation
3 9 (52.94%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 12 (70.59%) MS Office
2 11 (64.71%) InfoPath
3 6 (35.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (70.59%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (64.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (70.59%) Visual Studio
1 12 (70.59%) NUnit
1 12 (70.59%) CruiseControl
1 12 (70.59%) Visual Studio Team System
2 5 (29.41%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (29.41%) Architect
3 5 (29.41%) C# Developer
3 5 (29.41%) SharePoint Architect
4 1 (5.882%) CRM Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Developer
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (70.59%) UML
2 12 (70.59%) OOA/OOD
2 12 (70.59%) OO
2 12 (70.59%) RUP
2 12 (70.59%) Continuous Integration
2 12 (70.59%) MSF
2 12 (70.59%) Unified Process
3 5 (29.41%) Workflow
3 5 (29.41%) Scrum
4 1 (5.882%) MVC
4 1 (5.882%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (94.12%) SQL
3 12 (70.59%) JavaScript
4 11 (64.71%) T-SQL
4 11 (64.71%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) SC Cleared
1 12 (70.59%) DV Cleared
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) MCPD
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.882%) MCTS
3 1 (5.882%) MCAD
3 1 (5.882%) MCSD
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft