The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 149 147 133
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -14
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 24 23 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.674% 0.710% 0.531%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.572% 2.857% 2.428%
Number of salaries quoted 24 23 15
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
933 805 659
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 26.19% 24.85% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 683 664 547
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
Yorkshire

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MCSD Salary Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Batley - 10 £27,500 - 2
Bradford - 8 £37,500 -
Wakefield - 5 £37,500 - 1
Leeds -20 1 £30,000 -20.00%
MCSD
Yorkshire

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 38 (100.00%) MCAD
1 38 (100.00%) .NET
1 38 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (92.11%) MVC
2 35 (92.11%) TDD
2 35 (92.11%) MCTS
2 35 (92.11%) SQL Server
2 35 (92.11%) C#
2 35 (92.11%) ASP.NET
2 35 (92.11%) WCF
2 35 (92.11%) ASP.NET MVC
2 35 (92.11%) Dependency Injection
2 35 (92.11%) MCP
2 35 (92.11%) Ninject
2 35 (92.11%) Web Application Development
2 35 (92.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 20 (52.63%) KnockoutJS
3 20 (52.63%) Domain-Driven Design
3 20 (52.63%) Node.js
4 18 (47.37%) Windows
5 15 (39.47%) Broadband
5 15 (39.47%) NUnit
5 15 (39.47%) Scrum
5 15 (39.47%) WinForms
5 15 (39.47%) Telecoms
5 15 (39.47%) Castle Windsor
5 15 (39.47%) MVVM
5 15 (39.47%) Rhino Mocks
5 15 (39.47%) Moq
5 15 (39.47%) Inversion of Control

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 38 (100.00%) .NET
2 35 (92.11%) ASP.NET
2 35 (92.11%) WCF
2 35 (92.11%) ASP.NET MVC
2 35 (92.11%) Ninject
2 35 (92.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 20 (52.63%) KnockoutJS
3 20 (52.63%) Node.js
4 15 (39.47%) WinForms
4 15 (39.47%) Castle Windsor
4 15 (39.47%) WPF
4 15 (39.47%) Spring.NET
4 15 (39.47%) Razor View Engine
4 15 (39.47%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (7.895%) COM+
5 3 (7.895%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.895%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (7.895%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (7.895%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) Broadband
2 3 (7.895%) SAN
2 3 (7.895%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (92.11%) SQL Server
2 15 (39.47%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 15 (39.47%) NUnit
1 15 (39.47%) Rhino Mocks
1 15 (39.47%) Moq
1 15 (39.47%) MSTest
General
1 15 (39.47%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.895%) Finance
Job Titles
1 35 (92.11%) Developer
1 35 (92.11%) .NET Developer
2 3 (7.895%) CRM Analyst
2 3 (7.895%) Analyst
2 3 (7.895%) Support Analyst
2 3 (7.895%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (39.47%) Inversion of Control
2 5 (13.16%) Streaming Music
Operating Systems
1 18 (47.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (92.11%) MVC
1 35 (92.11%) TDD
1 35 (92.11%) Dependency Injection
1 35 (92.11%) Web Application Development
2 20 (52.63%) Domain-Driven Design
3 15 (39.47%) Scrum
3 15 (39.47%) MVVM
3 15 (39.47%) Continuous Integration
3 15 (39.47%) Kanban
4 12 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (7.895%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (7.895%) CRM
5 3 (7.895%) ITIL
5 3 (7.895%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (92.11%) C#
2 3 (7.895%) SQL
2 3 (7.895%) VB
2 3 (7.895%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (100.00%) MCAD
1 38 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (92.11%) MCTS
2 35 (92.11%) MCP
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
Wakefield, Yorkshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Batley, Yorkshire
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: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Batley, West Yorkshire
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: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013