The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD 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 Qualifications for the Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 46 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 3 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.230% 4.878% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.030% 14.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 0
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
99 56 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 40.57% 34.15% 36.65%
Number of salaries quoted 60 42 42
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £35,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
West Midlands

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (90.00%) MVC
2 9 (90.00%) Scrum
2 9 (90.00%) VB
2 9 (90.00%) VB.NET
2 9 (90.00%) .NET
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (90.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (90.00%) MCP
2 9 (90.00%) MCAD
2 9 (90.00%) Kanban
2 9 (90.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 9 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 9 (90.00%) HTML5
2 9 (90.00%) BDD
2 9 (90.00%) Razor View Engine
2 9 (90.00%) CQRS
2 9 (90.00%) Web Application Development
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 9 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 9 (90.00%) TDD
2 9 (90.00%) MCTS
2 9 (90.00%) WCF
3 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) WinForms
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) SQL

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 9 (90.00%) .NET
1 9 (90.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 9 (90.00%) HTML5
1 9 (90.00%) Razor View Engine
1 9 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 9 (90.00%) WCF
2 1 (10.00%) WinForms
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (90.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) MVC
1 9 (90.00%) Scrum
1 9 (90.00%) Kanban
1 9 (90.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 9 (90.00%) BDD
1 9 (90.00%) CQRS
1 9 (90.00%) Web Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) VB
1 9 (90.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (90.00%) MCP
2 9 (90.00%) MCAD
2 9 (90.00%) MCTS
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, HTML5, WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013