MCSD Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands region.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 157 156 154
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 50 33 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.007% 0.733% 0.385%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.467% 2.957% 1.345%
Number of salaries quoted 50 33 15
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 1442 1116 1190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 29.04% 24.78% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1166 937 959
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSD
England

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham -26 15 £37,500 -
Staffordshire -12 10 £35,000 +27.27%
Worcestershire - 10 £35,000 -
Walsall - 5 £25,000 -
Solihull -17 4 £37,500 +7.14%
Smethwick - 4 £35,000 -
Warwickshire +9 2 £42,500 +6.25%
MCSD
England

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 119 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 111 (93.28%) .NET
3 108 (90.76%) MCAD
4 107 (89.92%) SQL Server
5 105 (88.24%) ASP.NET
6 103 (86.55%) MCP
6 103 (86.55%) MCTS
7 101 (84.87%) WCF
7 101 (84.87%) MVC
8 100 (84.03%) ASP.NET MVC
9 99 (83.19%) TDD
10 97 (81.51%) C#
11 96 (80.67%) Web Application Development
11 96 (80.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 90 (75.63%) Razor View Engine
13 73 (61.34%) Scrum
14 65 (54.62%) NUnit
15 64 (53.78%) Rhino Mocks
15 64 (53.78%) Castle Windsor
16 50 (42.02%) Kanban
17 45 (37.82%) Dependency Injection
17 45 (37.82%) Ninject
18 42 (35.29%) SQL Server 2012
19 37 (31.09%) Continuous Integration
20 36 (30.25%) Inversion of Control
20 36 (30.25%) Spring.NET
20 36 (30.25%) Moq
20 36 (30.25%) MSTest
20 36 (30.25%) Unity DI Container
21 35 (29.41%) Domain-Driven Design

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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
1 111 (93.28%) .NET
2 105 (88.24%) ASP.NET
3 101 (84.87%) WCF
4 100 (84.03%) ASP.NET MVC
5 96 (80.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 90 (75.63%) Razor View Engine
7 64 (53.78%) Castle Windsor
8 45 (37.82%) Ninject
9 36 (30.25%) Spring.NET
9 36 (30.25%) Unity DI Container
10 28 (23.53%) NHibernate
11 23 (19.33%) MonoRail
12 22 (18.49%) WinForms
13 20 (16.81%) LINQ
14 19 (15.97%) Ajax
14 19 (15.97%) WPF
15 14 (11.76%) HTML5
16 9 (7.563%) KnockoutJS
16 9 (7.563%) Node.js
16 9 (7.563%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.042%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.202%) IIS
3 2 (1.681%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.840%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.840%) Windows Azure
4 1 (0.840%) Confluence
4 1 (0.840%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.840%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (4.202%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.840%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.042%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.92%) Internet
2 6 (5.042%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (89.92%) SQL Server
2 42 (35.29%) SQL Server 2012
3 24 (20.17%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (5.042%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (5.042%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (4.202%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.840%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 65 (54.62%) NUnit
2 64 (53.78%) Rhino Mocks
3 36 (30.25%) Moq
3 36 (30.25%) MSTest
4 15 (12.61%) Subversion
5 6 (5.042%) Visual Studio
6 5 (4.202%) Selenium
6 5 (4.202%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.840%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.840%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.840%) JIRA
7 1 (0.840%) CruiseControl
General
1 17 (14.29%) Finance
2 12 (10.08%) Music
3 6 (5.042%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.202%) Games
5 3 (2.521%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 113 (94.96%) Developer
2 103 (86.55%) .NET Developer
3 7 (5.882%) Software Developer
4 6 (5.042%) CRM Developer
5 5 (4.202%) Microsoft Developer
6 4 (3.361%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 4 (3.361%) C# Developer
7 3 (2.521%) DBA
7 3 (2.521%) SQL DBA
7 3 (2.521%) .NET Software Developer
7 3 (2.521%) C# Software Developer
8 2 (1.681%) Software Development Manager
8 2 (1.681%) Software Manager
8 2 (1.681%) Development Manager
8 2 (1.681%) Senior Developer
9 1 (0.840%) Support Analyst
9 1 (0.840%) 3rd Line Support
9 1 (0.840%) ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (0.840%) Analyst
9 1 (0.840%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 36 (30.25%) Inversion of Control
2 15 (12.61%) Social Network
3 8 (6.723%) Tandem
4 5 (4.202%) iPhone
4 5 (4.202%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.521%) Replication
6 2 (1.681%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.840%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.840%) Streaming Music
7 1 (0.840%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.840%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.01%) Windows
2 5 (4.202%) Android
3 3 (2.521%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (0.840%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (84.87%) MVC
2 99 (83.19%) TDD
3 96 (80.67%) Web Application Development
4 73 (61.34%) Scrum
5 50 (42.02%) Kanban
6 45 (37.82%) Dependency Injection
7 37 (31.09%) Continuous Integration
8 35 (29.41%) Domain-Driven Design
9 31 (26.05%) BDD
10 30 (25.21%) OO
11 26 (21.85%) CQRS
12 18 (15.13%) MVVM
13 15 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (5.882%) CRM
15 5 (4.202%) Scrum-ban
16 4 (3.361%) Agile Software Development
17 3 (2.521%) High Availability
17 3 (2.521%) ITIL
18 2 (1.681%) PRINCE2
18 2 (1.681%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 97 (81.51%) C#
2 26 (21.85%) VB.NET
3 23 (19.33%) VB
4 18 (15.13%) SQL
5 11 (9.244%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.202%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.840%) VB6
Qualifications
1 119 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 108 (90.76%) MCAD
3 103 (86.55%) MCTS
3 103 (86.55%) MCP
4 6 (5.042%) Degree
5 3 (2.521%) MCSE
5 3 (2.521%) MCDBA
6 1 (0.840%) HND
6 1 (0.840%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.840%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.840%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.840%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.840%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 25 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.202%) Google
3 3 (2.521%) SAP
3 3 (2.521%) Citrix
.NET Developer - Social Networking - Walsall, West Midlands
Walsall, West Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Subversion, SVN, AJAX, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
.NET Developer - Prestigious Media Brand - Solihull
Solihull, West Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, HTML5, WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
.NET Developer - Prestigious Software House - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, C#.NET, VB, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
.NET Developer - Insurance Firm - Cannock, Staffordshire
Cannock, Staffordshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
.NET Developer - Insurance Firm - Cannock, Staffordshire
Cannock, West Midlands
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
.NET Developer - Mobile Telecommunications - Redditch
Redditch, West Midlands
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4,SQL Server 2012, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
.NET Developer - Mobile Telecommunications - Redditch
Redditch, Worcestershire
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4,SQL Server 2012, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
.NET Developer - Digital Download Site - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be trained in all aspects of: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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