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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 17 10 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 1.724% 5.000% -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.667% 15.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Stratford-upon-Avon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
15 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 25.86% 32.50% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 4
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £32,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,150 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSD
Warwickshire

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region.

Stratford-upon-Avon MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) MCP
1 7 (100.00%) MCAD
1 7 (100.00%) OO
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) MVC
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) TDD
1 7 (100.00%) NUnit
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
1 7 (100.00%) Ajax
1 7 (100.00%) MCTS
1 7 (100.00%) NHibernate
1 7 (100.00%) Social Network
1 7 (100.00%) WCF
1 7 (100.00%) LINQ
1 7 (100.00%) MonoRail
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 7 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 7 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 7 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) Ajax
1 7 (100.00%) NHibernate
1 7 (100.00%) WCF
1 7 (100.00%) LINQ
1 7 (100.00%) MonoRail
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 7 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) NUnit
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
1 7 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
1 7 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) OO
1 7 (100.00%) MVC
1 7 (100.00%) Scrum
1 7 (100.00%) TDD
1 7 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) MCP
1 7 (100.00%) MCAD
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) MCTS