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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 169 171 189
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +18
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 41 40 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.776% 0.709% 0.423%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.395% 1.934% 1.271%
Number of salaries quoted 41 40 25
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1712 2068 1967
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 32.40% 36.68% 33.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1480 1780 1674
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
England

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 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
Gloucestershire +11 20 £40,000 -
Dorset - 9 £47,500 -
Wiltshire +13 7 £47,500 +23.37%
Bristol -12 4 £35,000 -12.50%
Cornwall - 1 £30,000 -
MCSD
England

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 91 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 88 (96.70%) C#
2 88 (96.70%) .NET
3 86 (94.51%) ASP.NET
4 82 (90.11%) MCP
5 80 (87.91%) MCAD
5 80 (87.91%) WCF
6 76 (83.52%) SQL Server
7 75 (82.42%) TDD
8 73 (80.22%) MVC
8 73 (80.22%) MCTS
8 73 (80.22%) ASP.NET MVC
9 71 (78.02%) Web Application Development
9 71 (78.02%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 59 (64.84%) Razor View Engine
11 49 (53.85%) Rhino Mocks
11 49 (53.85%) NUnit
12 44 (48.35%) Scrum
12 44 (48.35%) BDD
13 42 (46.15%) Kanban
14 41 (45.05%) NHibernate
15 37 (40.66%) Moq
16 29 (31.87%) SQL Server 2012
17 25 (27.47%) LINQ
17 25 (27.47%) Microsoft
18 23 (25.27%) OO
18 23 (25.27%) Domain-Driven Design
19 22 (24.18%) Castle Windsor
20 21 (23.08%) Ninject
20 21 (23.08%) Dependency Injection

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 88 (96.70%) .NET
2 86 (94.51%) ASP.NET
3 80 (87.91%) WCF
4 73 (80.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 71 (78.02%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 59 (64.84%) Razor View Engine
7 41 (45.05%) NHibernate
8 25 (27.47%) LINQ
9 22 (24.18%) Castle Windsor
10 21 (23.08%) Ninject
11 18 (19.78%) WPF
12 12 (13.19%) Node.js
13 11 (12.09%) KnockoutJS
14 10 (10.99%) Spring.NET
14 10 (10.99%) Unity DI Container
15 8 (8.791%) XML
15 8 (8.791%) HTML5
15 8 (8.791%) MonoRail
16 7 (7.692%) WinForms
17 6 (6.593%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.593%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.396%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.099%) Sitefinity
3 1 (1.099%) DotNetNuke
3 1 (1.099%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.099%) Immediacy CMS
3 1 (1.099%) Confluence
3 1 (1.099%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.099%) Kentico
3 1 (1.099%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.198%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (8.791%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.09%) Internet
2 2 (2.198%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (83.52%) SQL Server
2 29 (31.87%) SQL Server 2012
3 19 (20.88%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (9.890%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.099%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.099%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (53.85%) Rhino Mocks
1 49 (53.85%) NUnit
2 37 (40.66%) Moq
3 13 (14.29%) Visual Studio
4 10 (10.99%) MSTest
5 8 (8.791%) Subversion
6 4 (4.396%) Cucumber
6 4 (4.396%) Selenium
6 4 (4.396%) WiX
7 2 (2.198%) CruiseControl
7 2 (2.198%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.099%) JIRA
8 1 (1.099%) Git (software)
General
1 17 (18.68%) Retail
2 12 (13.19%) Finance
3 8 (8.791%) Music
3 8 (8.791%) Music Industry
4 6 (6.593%) Games
5 1 (1.099%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 84 (92.31%) Developer
2 76 (83.52%) .NET Developer
3 7 (7.692%) CRM Developer
4 6 (6.593%) .NET Software Engineer
4 6 (6.593%) Software Engineer
4 6 (6.593%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (5.495%) Junior Developer
5 5 (5.495%) Junior .NET Developer
5 5 (5.495%) Graduate Developer
5 5 (5.495%) Junior
5 5 (5.495%) Graduate
5 5 (5.495%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 3 (3.297%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (3.297%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (3.297%) C# Developer
6 3 (3.297%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (2.198%) Database Developer
7 2 (2.198%) SQL Developer
7 2 (2.198%) Lead Developer
7 2 (2.198%) SQL Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Tandem
1 13 (14.29%) DTV
1 13 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 10 (10.99%) Inversion of Control
3 9 (9.890%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (8.791%) Mathematics
5 2 (2.198%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.68%) Windows
2 6 (6.593%) Windows Vista
2 6 (6.593%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (82.42%) TDD
2 73 (80.22%) MVC
3 71 (78.02%) Web Application Development
4 44 (48.35%) Scrum
4 44 (48.35%) BDD
5 42 (46.15%) Kanban
6 23 (25.27%) OO
6 23 (25.27%) Domain-Driven Design
7 21 (23.08%) Dependency Injection
8 12 (13.19%) Continuous Integration
8 12 (13.19%) CQRS
9 9 (9.890%) CRM
10 8 (8.791%) Software Engineering
11 7 (7.692%) MVVM
12 5 (5.495%) Business Intelligence
13 4 (4.396%) Scrum-ban
14 3 (3.297%) Data Analysis
14 3 (3.297%) ITIL
15 2 (2.198%) Agile Software Development
15 2 (2.198%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (96.70%) C#
2 11 (12.09%) SQL
3 8 (8.791%) T-SQL
4 5 (5.495%) VB
4 5 (5.495%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.198%) XQuery
5 2 (2.198%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.198%) XPath
6 1 (1.099%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 91 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 82 (90.11%) MCP
3 80 (87.91%) MCAD
4 73 (80.22%) MCTS
5 7 (7.692%) Degree
6 2 (2.198%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.198%) ISEB
7 1 (1.099%) CITP
7 1 (1.099%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.099%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.198%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (2.198%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (27.47%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.198%) VMware
3 1 (1.099%) Facebook
3 1 (1.099%) Dundas
3 1 (1.099%) EPiServer
3 1 (1.099%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.099%) Ektron
3 1 (1.099%) Alterian
Cirencester, South West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Swindon, South West
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
St. Austell, South West
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Swindon, South West
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
St. Austell, Cornwall
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
To 45K + bens Established, growing Financial Services Company urgently requires experienced lead CRM, .Net developer to lead and participate in delivery and maintenance of Group CRM /.NET based...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + +Great Bens
Posted: 3 May 2013