Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the South East region.

 Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank184218283
Rank change year-on-year
Up+34Up+65
Matching permanent IT job ads148109233
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East0.949 %0.611 %0.545 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.938 %2.338 %2.238 %
Salaries quoted144107225
Average salary£35,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£27,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£52,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£39,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-10.25 %
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3758466310412
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East24.10 %26.14 %24.37 %
Salaries quoted316139568940
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£59,350£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSD EnglandMCSD
England

MCSD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCSD across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East MCSD Demand Trend

MCSD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSD across the South East region.

South East MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+2344£40,000+14.28 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1926£40,000-11.11 %
SurreyDown-2221£45,000-
OxfordshireUp+1319£33,000-12.00 %
HampshireUp+2218£34,000-2.85 %
KentDown-117£35,000-
East SussexNew entry-4£32,500-
MCSD EnglandMCSD
England

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1226 (100.00 %).NET
1226 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2211 (93.36 %)C#
3208 (92.04 %)SQL Server
4195 (86.28 %)ASP.NET
5181 (80.09 %)MCAD
6149 (65.93 %)MCTS
7144 (63.72 %)MCP
8118 (52.21 %)SQL Server 2005
8118 (52.21 %)WCF
9110 (48.67 %)TDD
10105 (46.46 %)NUnit
11102 (45.13 %)XML
11102 (45.13 %)Microsoft
12100 (44.25 %)NHibernate
1396 (42.48 %)WPF
1491 (40.27 %)AJAX
1588 (38.94 %)Scrum
1687 (38.50 %)MVC
1786 (38.05 %)Rhino Mocks
1883 (36.73 %)MonoRail
1982 (36.28 %)SQL Server 2008
2064 (28.32 %)JavaScript
2064 (28.32 %)VB.NET
2162 (27.43 %)HTML
2254 (23.89 %)WinForms
2352 (23.01 %)SharePoint
2448 (21.24 %)Windows
2448 (21.24 %)MS Excel
2448 (21.24 %)Finance

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1226 (100.00 %).NET
2195 (86.28 %)ASP.NET
3118 (52.21 %)WCF
4102 (45.13 %)XML
5100 (44.25 %)NHibernate
696 (42.48 %)WPF
791 (40.27 %)AJAX
883 (36.73 %)MonoRail
962 (27.43 %)HTML
1054 (23.89 %)WinForms
1145 (19.91 %)CSS
1240 (17.70 %)Web Services
1335 (15.49 %)Silverlight
1425 (11.06 %).NET Framework
1515 (6.637 %)ASP
1614 (6.195 %)LINQ
1712 (5.310 %)WF
1811 (4.867 %)XSLT
195 (2.212 %)ASP.NET MVC
202 (0.885 %)CSLA.NET
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
152 (23.01 %)SharePoint
229 (12.83 %)SharePoint Server 2007
312 (5.310 %)SharePoint Portal Server
45 (2.212 %)CMS
45 (2.212 %)Sitecore CMS
53 (1.327 %)BizTalk Server
62 (0.885 %)IIS
71 (0.442 %)MS Exchange
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
148 (21.24 %)MS Excel
213 (5.752 %)InfoPath
31 (0.442 %)MS Office
31 (0.442 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (2.212 %)Microsoft CRM
15 (2.212 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (1.327 %)Dynamics AX
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (2.212 %)Broadband
15 (2.212 %)Intranet
23 (1.327 %)Internet
23 (1.327 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1208 (92.04 %)SQL Server
2118 (52.21 %)SQL Server 2005
382 (36.28 %)SQL Server 2008
410 (4.425 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (2.655 %)RDBMS
65 (2.212 %)Oracle 10g
65 (2.212 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
65 (2.212 %)Oracle 8/8i
74 (1.770 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82 (0.885 %)SQL Server 7
91 (0.442 %)DTS
91 (0.442 %)OLAP
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1105 (46.46 %)NUnit
286 (38.05 %)Rhino Mocks
335 (15.49 %)Subversion
428 (12.39 %)Visual Studio
54 (1.770 %)Visual Studio Team System
62 (0.885 %)Team Foundation Server
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
148 (21.24 %)Finance
216 (7.080 %)Banking
313 (5.752 %)Insurance
411 (4.867 %)Pensions
411 (4.867 %)Education
411 (4.867 %)Government
56 (2.655 %)Retail
56 (2.655 %)Marketing
65 (2.212 %)Telecoms
65 (2.212 %)Billing
65 (2.212 %)Music
73 (1.327 %)Advertising
82 (0.885 %)Games
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1204 (90.27 %)Developer
2156 (69.03 %).NET Developer
368 (30.09 %)C# Developer
466 (29.20 %)ASP.NET Developer
562 (27.43 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
630 (13.27 %)Software Developer
713 (5.752 %)Senior Developer
812 (5.310 %)Consultant
812 (5.310 %)VB.NET Developer
911 (4.867 %)Technical Consultant
911 (4.867 %).NET Consultant
109 (3.982 %)Web Developer
109 (3.982 %)Senior .NET Developer
118 (3.540 %)Analyst
127 (3.097 %)Junior
127 (3.097 %)Senior C# Developer
127 (3.097 %)SQL Developer
127 (3.097 %)Junior Developer
136 (2.655 %)Analyst Developer
136 (2.655 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (11.50 %)Computer Science
28 (3.540 %)Social Network
34 (1.770 %)Tandem
42 (0.885 %)Mathematics
42 (0.885 %)Smartcard
51 (0.442 %)N-Tier
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
148 (21.24 %)Windows
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1110 (48.67 %)TDD
288 (38.94 %)Scrum
387 (38.50 %)MVC
434 (15.04 %)Extreme Programming
527 (11.95 %)Business Intelligence
625 (11.06 %)OO
723 (10.18 %)Web Development
822 (9.735 %)Workflow
915 (6.637 %)Project Management
1013 (5.752 %)CRM
1110 (4.425 %)Software Architecture
128 (3.540 %)E-Commerce
128 (3.540 %)Agile Software Development
137 (3.097 %)UML
137 (3.097 %)Requirements Analysis
146 (2.655 %)OOD
154 (1.770 %)Investment Management
163 (1.327 %)OOP
172 (0.885 %)Data Modelling
181 (0.442 %)SOA
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1211 (93.36 %)C#
264 (28.32 %)JavaScript
264 (28.32 %)VB.NET
342 (18.58 %)SQL
440 (17.70 %)T-SQL
539 (17.26 %)VB
614 (6.195 %)C++
76 (2.655 %)VB6
84 (1.770 %)VBScript
91 (0.442 %)C
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1226 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2181 (80.09 %)MCAD
3149 (65.93 %)MCTS
4144 (63.72 %)MCP
534 (15.04 %)Degree
620 (8.850 %)MCPD
72 (0.885 %)MCT
81 (0.442 %)MCSE
81 (0.442 %)SC Cleared
81 (0.442 %)Security Cleared
81 (0.442 %)MCITP
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.442 %)SLA
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (1.770 %)Active Directory
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1102 (45.13 %)Microsoft
220 (8.850 %)Oracle
35 (2.212 %)Sitecore
42 (0.885 %)Typemock
51 (0.442 %)SAP