Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for MCSD IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank356324
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-32
Matching permanent IT job ads2931080
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.430 %0.541 %
As % of the Qualifications category1.900 %2.424 %
Salaries quoted2891028
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£53,250£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000
% change on same period last year+1.420 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1541744550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK22.64 %22.33 %
Salaries quoted1300837006
Average salary£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

MCSD
Demand Trend

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

MCSD Demand Trend

MCSD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSD within the UK.

MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

MCSD Salary Histogram

MCSD
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-38276£40,000-
LondonUp+10159£40,000-
City of LondonUp+208125£40,000+3.89 %
South EastUp+5680£40,000+2.56 %
SurreyUp+8329£40,000+14.28 %
HampshireUp+7721£35,000-12.50 %
BerkshireUp+7618£40,000-
South WestUp+7414£30,000-14.28 %
ScotlandUp+6914£32,500-
East of EnglandUp+1813£40,000+6.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+7710£40,000+33.33 %
DorsetUp+4610£30,000-14.28 %
BournemouthUp+3410£30,000-14.28 %
CambridgeUp+588£40,000+14.28 %
GlasgowUp+538£32,500+8.33 %
GuildfordUp+338£40,000+33.33 %
BasingstokeUp+457£30,000-64.70 %
YorkshireUp+816£26,824-10.58 %
EghamNew entry-6£40,000-
HammersmithUp+275£37,500+33.92 %
EdinburghNew entry-5£40,000-
LeedsUp+644£25,412+1.64 %
West YorkshireUp+644£24,000-4.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+464£35,000-6.66 %
SloughUp+424£42,500-
MaidenheadUp+294£45,000-18.18 %
FarnhamNew entry-4£50,000-
SouthamptonNew entry-4£32,500-
North WestUp+993£35,000+16.66 %
ManchesterUp+693£35,000+20.68 %

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1789 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2760 (96.32 %).NET
3723 (91.63 %)C#
4707 (89.61 %)SQL Server
5666 (84.41 %)MCAD
6654 (82.89 %)ASP.NET
7608 (77.06 %)MCP
8451 (57.16 %)XML
9445 (56.40 %)SQL Server 2005
10342 (43.35 %)Microsoft
11330 (41.83 %)WCF
12317 (40.18 %)AJAX
13316 (40.05 %)WPF
14273 (34.60 %)SQL
15256 (32.45 %)JavaScript
16249 (31.56 %)MCTS
17246 (31.18 %)HTML
18238 (30.16 %)Windows
19217 (27.50 %)VB.NET
20210 (26.62 %)Scrum
21201 (25.48 %)WinForms
22190 (24.08 %)SharePoint
23177 (22.43 %)WF
24161 (20.41 %)T-SQL
25159 (20.15 %)SQL Server 2008
26154 (19.52 %)SharePoint Server 2007
27152 (19.26 %)CSS
28149 (18.88 %)SQL Server 2000
29138 (17.49 %)VB
30136 (17.24 %)MS Excel

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1760 (96.32 %).NET
2654 (82.89 %)ASP.NET
3451 (57.16 %)XML
4330 (41.83 %)WCF
5317 (40.18 %)AJAX
6316 (40.05 %)WPF
7246 (31.18 %)HTML
8201 (25.48 %)WinForms
9177 (22.43 %)WF
10152 (19.26 %)CSS
11121 (15.34 %)WebServices
12117 (14.83 %)Silverlight
1375 (9.506 %)NHibernate
1375 (9.506 %).NET Framework
1375 (9.506 %)MonoRail
1471 (8.999 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1551 (6.464 %)ASP
1645 (5.703 %)XHTML
1736 (4.563 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1834 (4.309 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1190 (24.08 %)SharePoint
2154 (19.52 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3105 (13.31 %)BizTalk Server
465 (8.238 %)CMS
533 (4.183 %)Commerce Server
621 (2.662 %)Commerce Server 2007
715 (1.901 %)SharePoint Portal Server
89 (1.141 %)IIS
96 (0.760 %)Content Management Server
104 (0.507 %)Site Server
113 (0.380 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.253 %)Apache
131 (0.127 %)Documentum
131 (0.127 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1136 (17.24 %)MS Excel
214 (1.774 %)MS Office
311 (1.394 %)MS Visio
45 (0.634 %)MS Project
52 (0.253 %)InfoPath
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.507 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.380 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
194 (11.91 %)Internet
225 (3.169 %)Broadband
38 (1.014 %)Intranet
43 (0.380 %)DNS
51 (0.127 %)Firewall
51 (0.127 %)3G
51 (0.127 %)Extranet
51 (0.127 %)SSL
51 (0.127 %)SMS
51 (0.127 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1707 (89.61 %)SQL Server
2445 (56.40 %)SQL Server 2005
3159 (20.15 %)SQL Server 2008
4149 (18.88 %)SQL Server 2000
533 (4.183 %)SQL Server Integration Services
624 (3.042 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
714 (1.774 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
810 (1.267 %)Crystal Reports
98 (1.014 %)RDBMS
98 (1.014 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
107 (0.887 %)MySQL
113 (0.380 %)Datawarehouse
113 (0.380 %)ETL
113 (0.380 %)OLAP
121 (0.127 %)PerformancePoint
121 (0.127 %)SQL Server 7
121 (0.127 %)BusinessObjects
121 (0.127 %)Oracle 10g
121 (0.127 %)DTS
121 (0.127 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
183 (10.52 %)NUnit
253 (6.717 %)Visual Studio
37 (0.887 %)VSS/SourceSafe
44 (0.507 %)Visual Studio Team System
53 (0.380 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.127 %)Subversion
61 (0.127 %)Eclipse
61 (0.127 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.127 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1125 (15.84 %)Finance
242 (5.323 %)Retail
339 (4.943 %)Music
435 (4.436 %)Banking
435 (4.436 %)Insurance
533 (4.183 %)Pensions
626 (3.295 %)Telecoms
725 (3.169 %)Games
814 (1.774 %)Marketing
814 (1.774 %)Health
913 (1.648 %)Investment Banking
913 (1.648 %)Music Industry
1012 (1.521 %)Automotive
1110 (1.267 %)Government
128 (1.014 %)Education
133 (0.380 %)Construction
133 (0.380 %)Auditing
142 (0.253 %)Online Games
151 (0.127 %)Legal
151 (0.127 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1690 (87.45 %)Developer
2519 (65.78 %).NET Developer
3285 (36.12 %)C# Developer
4201 (25.48 %)ASP.NET Developer
5167 (21.17 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
664 (8.112 %)VB.NET Developer
760 (7.605 %)WinForms Developer
835 (4.436 %)SharePoint Developer
933 (4.183 %)Consultant
1026 (3.295 %)Programmer
1125 (3.169 %)Junior
1224 (3.042 %)Senior Developer
1322 (2.788 %)Junior Developer
1421 (2.662 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1520 (2.535 %)Web Developer
1619 (2.408 %)Junior .NET Developer
1718 (2.281 %).NET Consultant
1817 (2.155 %)Architect
1914 (1.774 %)Senior .NET Developer
2013 (1.648 %)Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
164 (8.112 %)Tandem
237 (4.689 %)Social Network
336 (4.563 %)Computer Science
418 (2.281 %)Management Information System
517 (2.155 %)W3C
616 (2.028 %)N-Tier
714 (1.774 %)DTV
88 (1.014 %)NHS
97 (0.887 %)Mathematics
105 (0.634 %)Client/Server
114 (0.507 %)Data Conversion
123 (0.380 %)Data Integration
123 (0.380 %)Data Protection Act
123 (0.380 %)Pocket PC
132 (0.253 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
132 (0.253 %)Spread Betting
141 (0.127 %)Multithreading
141 (0.127 %)Physics
141 (0.127 %)IVR
141 (0.127 %)Replication
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1238 (30.16 %)Windows
211 (1.394 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (0.380 %)Windows Mobile
41 (0.127 %)Linux
41 (0.127 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1210 (26.62 %)Scrum
2136 (17.24 %)TDD
3113 (14.32 %)E-Commerce
4103 (13.05 %)OO
598 (12.42 %)Extreme Programming
652 (6.591 %)Web Development
741 (5.196 %)Business Intelligence
837 (4.689 %)CRM
930 (3.802 %)Agile Software Development
1026 (3.295 %)Content Management
1026 (3.295 %)UML
1124 (3.042 %)Asset Management
1124 (3.042 %)OOD
1219 (2.408 %)Technical Architecture
1219 (2.408 %)Use Case
1312 (1.521 %)Software Engineering
1312 (1.521 %)Document Management
1411 (1.394 %)Workflow
1510 (1.267 %)Unit Testing
168 (1.014 %)Direct Marketing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1723 (91.63 %)C#
2273 (34.60 %)SQL
3256 (32.45 %)JavaScript
4217 (27.50 %)VB.NET
5161 (20.41 %)T-SQL
6138 (17.49 %)VB
778 (9.886 %)C++
826 (3.295 %)PL/SQL
919 (2.408 %)Java
1017 (2.155 %)VB6
1111 (1.394 %)C
1210 (1.267 %)VBScript
1210 (1.267 %)Perl
139 (1.141 %)PHP
144 (0.507 %)VC++
152 (0.253 %)VBA
152 (0.253 %)COBOL
161 (0.127 %)PHP5
161 (0.127 %)XAML
161 (0.127 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1789 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2666 (84.41 %)MCAD
3608 (77.06 %)MCP
4249 (31.56 %)MCTS
586 (10.90 %)Degree
639 (4.943 %)MCPD
715 (1.901 %)MCSE
812 (1.521 %)MCDBA
98 (1.014 %)MCITP
107 (0.887 %)HND
112 (0.253 %)SC Cleared
112 (0.253 %)DV Cleared
112 (0.253 %)Security Cleared
121 (0.127 %)NVQ Level 4
121 (0.127 %)CIMA
121 (0.127 %)ACCA
121 (0.127 %)Cisco Certification
121 (0.127 %)MCT
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.380 %)QA
21 (0.127 %)WAI
21 (0.127 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.887 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1342 (43.35 %)Microsoft
235 (4.436 %)Oracle
33 (0.380 %)DevExpress
42 (0.253 %)Omniture
51 (0.127 %)Perforce
51 (0.127 %)telerik
51 (0.127 %)EMC
51 (0.127 %)Cisco
51 (0.127 %)Adobe
51 (0.127 %)Business Objects
51 (0.127 %)Sybase