The first table below looks at the demand for MSF 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 MSF 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
Rank 242 244 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing MSF 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% 0.042% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.058% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £52,500 £37,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.89% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £35,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
+19.71% -42.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5523 5209 4697
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.87% 73.39% 68.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4625 4554 4125
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -5.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
MSF
England

MSF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MSF across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West MSF Jobs Demand Trend

MSF
Salary Trend

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

North West MSF Salary Trend

MSF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSF within the North West 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
Manchester - 1 £52,500 -
MSF
England

MSF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing MSF 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 MSF.

1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) HTML
1 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (100.00%) IIS
1 12 (100.00%) MS Office
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) CSS
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) UML
1 12 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 12 (100.00%) OO
1 12 (100.00%) RUP
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 12 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 12 (100.00%) Unified Process
1 12 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 12 (100.00%) NUnit
1 12 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 12 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 12 (100.00%) WCF
1 12 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 12 (100.00%) Continuous Integration

MSF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing MSF 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 MSF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) HTML
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) CSS
1 12 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 12 (100.00%) WCF
2 11 (91.67%) WPF
2 11 (91.67%) WF
2 11 (91.67%) Silverlight
2 11 (91.67%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 11 (91.67%) Ajax
2 11 (91.67%) ADO.NET
3 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) IIS
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 12 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 12 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 11 (91.67%) SharePoint Foundation
3 9 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Azure
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (100.00%) MS Office
2 11 (91.67%) InfoPath
3 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (91.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 12 (100.00%) NUnit
1 12 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 12 (100.00%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 6 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (41.67%) SharePoint Architect
3 5 (41.67%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) CRM Developer
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) UML
1 12 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 12 (100.00%) OO
1 12 (100.00%) RUP
1 12 (100.00%) Unified Process
1 12 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 12 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (8.333%) MVC
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 11 (91.67%) T-SQL
2 11 (91.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCTS
2 1 (8.333%) MCAD
2 1 (8.333%) MCSD
2 1 (8.333%) MCPD
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft