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 Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 19 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 Surrey region.

 Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank134116187
Rank change year-on-year
Down-18Up+71
Matching permanent IT job ads215253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey0.629 %1.314 %0.585 %
As % of the Qualifications category2.689 %4.337 %2.302 %
Salaries quoted215253
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£28,550£37,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-12.50 %
Surrey IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
78111992302
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey23.40 %30.31 %25.43 %
Salaries quoted69310782048
Average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSD South EastMCSD
South East

MCSD
Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 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
GodalmingUp+86£32,500-
WokingUp+125£50,000+11.11 %
GuildfordUp+222£38,750-18.42 %
LeatherheadDown-21£45,000-14.28 %
WeybridgeNew entry-1£40,000-
MCSD South EastMCSD
South East

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

150 (100.00 %).NET
150 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
247 (94.00 %)C#
247 (94.00 %)ASP.NET
247 (94.00 %)MCAD
343 (86.00 %)SQL Server
440 (80.00 %)MCP
538 (76.00 %)MCTS
538 (76.00 %)WCF
633 (66.00 %)WPF
730 (60.00 %)MVC
829 (58.00 %)NUnit
829 (58.00 %)NHibernate
927 (54.00 %)SQL Server 2005
1026 (52.00 %)Finance
1124 (48.00 %)XML
1223 (46.00 %)Scrum
1223 (46.00 %)TDD
1321 (42.00 %)Subversion
1321 (42.00 %)AJAX
1420 (40.00 %)HTML
1519 (38.00 %)CSS
1618 (36.00 %)JavaScript
1618 (36.00 %)SQL Server 2008
1714 (28.00 %)WinForms
1812 (24.00 %)MonoRail
1911 (22.00 %)LINQ
1911 (22.00 %)Banking
1911 (22.00 %)SQL
2010 (20.00 %)Extreme Programming

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
150 (100.00 %).NET
247 (94.00 %)ASP.NET
338 (76.00 %)WCF
433 (66.00 %)WPF
529 (58.00 %)NHibernate
624 (48.00 %)XML
721 (42.00 %)AJAX
820 (40.00 %)HTML
919 (38.00 %)CSS
1014 (28.00 %)WinForms
1112 (24.00 %)MonoRail
1211 (22.00 %)LINQ
138 (16.00 %)Silverlight
143 (6.000 %)Web Services
152 (4.000 %)ASP
161 (2.000 %).NET Remoting
161 (2.000 %).NET Framework
161 (2.000 %)jQuery
Surrey IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (4.000 %)IIS
12 (4.000 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (2.000 %)SharePoint
Surrey IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (4.000 %)MS Excel
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (10.00 %)Intranet
23 (6.000 %)Internet
Surrey IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (86.00 %)SQL Server
227 (54.00 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (36.00 %)SQL Server 2008
45 (10.00 %)RDBMS
52 (4.000 %)SQL Server 7
61 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (2.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Surrey IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
129 (58.00 %)NUnit
221 (42.00 %)Subversion
31 (2.000 %)Team Foundation Server
31 (2.000 %)Visual Studio
Surrey IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
126 (52.00 %)Finance
211 (22.00 %)Banking
310 (20.00 %)Insurance
45 (10.00 %)Marketing
45 (10.00 %)Billing
51 (2.000 %)Games
51 (2.000 %)Pensions
Surrey IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
150 (100.00 %)Developer
246 (92.00 %).NET Developer
322 (44.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
421 (42.00 %)C# Developer
421 (42.00 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
511 (22.00 %)Senior Developer
68 (16.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
76 (12.00 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
76 (12.00 %)VB.NET Developer
76 (12.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
76 (12.00 %)Senior C# Developer
85 (10.00 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
85 (10.00 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
93 (6.000 %)Analyst
93 (6.000 %)Technical Leader
93 (6.000 %).NET Team Leader
93 (6.000 %)Senior Analyst Developer
93 (6.000 %)Team Leader
93 (6.000 %)Senior Analyst
93 (6.000 %)Analyst Developer
Surrey IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (4.000 %)N-Tier
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (10.00 %)Windows
Surrey IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (60.00 %)MVC
223 (46.00 %)Scrum
223 (46.00 %)TDD
310 (20.00 %)Extreme Programming
48 (16.00 %)Business Intelligence
48 (16.00 %)E-Commerce
57 (14.00 %)OO
66 (12.00 %)Web Development
66 (12.00 %)CRM
74 (8.000 %)UML
83 (6.000 %)Data Modelling
83 (6.000 %)OOD
83 (6.000 %)Project Management
92 (4.000 %)OOP
101 (2.000 %)RUP
101 (2.000 %)DSDM
101 (2.000 %)SOA
101 (2.000 %)Regression Testing
101 (2.000 %)Requirements Analysis
101 (2.000 %)Agile Software Development
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
147 (94.00 %)C#
218 (36.00 %)JavaScript
311 (22.00 %)SQL
49 (18.00 %)T-SQL
49 (18.00 %)VB.NET
53 (6.000 %)VB
Surrey IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
150 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
247 (94.00 %)MCAD
340 (80.00 %)MCP
438 (76.00 %)MCTS
51 (2.000 %)MCPD
Surrey IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (4.000 %)Active Directory
Surrey IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (14.00 %)Microsoft