The first table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Rank 187 169 183
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +14
Permanent jobs citing MCSD 30 41 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.539% 0.776% 0.324%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.098% 3.267% 1.435%
Number of salaries quoted 30 41 15
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1430 1255 1115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.71% 23.76% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1066 1043 922
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,225 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSD
England

MCSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire MCSD Salary Trend

MCSD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSD across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
West Yorkshire +5 23 £37,500 -
South Yorkshire -7 7 £37,500 +7.14%
MCSD
England

MCSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 70 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 69 (98.57%) .NET
3 68 (97.14%) MCAD
4 65 (92.86%) MCP
4 65 (92.86%) SQL Server
4 65 (92.86%) C#
5 64 (91.43%) MVC
5 64 (91.43%) ASP.NET
6 63 (90.00%) TDD
6 63 (90.00%) MCTS
6 63 (90.00%) WCF
6 63 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 63 (90.00%) Web Application Development
6 63 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 56 (80.00%) Ninject
7 56 (80.00%) Dependency Injection
8 34 (48.57%) Node.js
8 34 (48.57%) Domain-Driven Design
8 34 (48.57%) KnockoutJS
9 33 (47.14%) WPF
10 29 (41.43%) Razor View Engine
10 29 (41.43%) Rhino Mocks
10 29 (41.43%) Castle Windsor
10 29 (41.43%) NUnit
10 29 (41.43%) Scrum
11 25 (35.71%) Windows
12 23 (32.86%) Microsoft
13 22 (31.43%) WinForms
13 22 (31.43%) Moq
13 22 (31.43%) MVVM

MCSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 69 (98.57%) .NET
2 64 (91.43%) ASP.NET
3 63 (90.00%) WCF
3 63 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 63 (90.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 56 (80.00%) Ninject
5 34 (48.57%) Node.js
5 34 (48.57%) KnockoutJS
6 33 (47.14%) WPF
7 29 (41.43%) Razor View Engine
7 29 (41.43%) Castle Windsor
8 22 (31.43%) WinForms
8 22 (31.43%) Unity DI Container
8 22 (31.43%) Spring.NET
9 7 (10.00%) MonoRail
9 7 (10.00%) NHibernate
10 5 (7.143%) COM+
11 4 (5.714%) Web Services
12 1 (1.429%) HTML
12 1 (1.429%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.714%) IIS
2 1 (1.429%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.429%) Apache
2 1 (1.429%) Magento
2 1 (1.429%) Joomla!
Applications
1 4 (5.714%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.286%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.71%) Broadband
2 4 (5.714%) SAN
2 4 (5.714%) Internet
3 1 (1.429%) LAN
3 1 (1.429%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (92.86%) SQL Server
2 19 (27.14%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.429%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.429%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.429%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.429%) Data Mart
3 1 (1.429%) OLAP
3 1 (1.429%) MySQL
3 1 (1.429%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.429%) MS Access
3 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.429%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (41.43%) Rhino Mocks
1 29 (41.43%) NUnit
2 22 (31.43%) Moq
2 22 (31.43%) MSTest
General
1 22 (31.43%) Music
2 11 (15.71%) Retail
2 11 (15.71%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.714%) Finance
4 1 (1.429%) Games
Job Titles
1 65 (92.86%) Developer
2 64 (91.43%) .NET Developer
3 5 (7.143%) Analyst
3 5 (7.143%) Support Analyst
4 3 (4.286%) Support Engineer
4 3 (4.286%) CRM Analyst
5 2 (2.857%) Applications Support
5 2 (2.857%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (1.429%) Database Developer
6 1 (1.429%) SQL Developer
6 1 (1.429%) Junior Developer
6 1 (1.429%) Junior
6 1 (1.429%) Junior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.43%) Inversion of Control
2 18 (25.71%) Tandem
3 11 (15.71%) Streaming Music
4 10 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.429%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 25 (35.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (91.43%) MVC
2 63 (90.00%) TDD
2 63 (90.00%) Web Application Development
3 56 (80.00%) Dependency Injection
4 34 (48.57%) Domain-Driven Design
5 29 (41.43%) Scrum
6 22 (31.43%) MVVM
6 22 (31.43%) Continuous Integration
6 22 (31.43%) Kanban
7 12 (17.14%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (5.714%) ITIL
9 3 (4.286%) Requirements Management
9 3 (4.286%) CRM
9 3 (4.286%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (1.429%) Disaster Recovery
10 1 (1.429%) ETL
10 1 (1.429%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (1.429%) Unit Testing
10 1 (1.429%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (92.86%) C#
2 17 (24.29%) VB
2 17 (24.29%) VB.NET
3 5 (7.143%) SQL
4 2 (2.857%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.857%) VBA
5 1 (1.429%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.429%) C++
5 1 (1.429%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.429%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 68 (97.14%) MCAD
3 65 (92.86%) MCP
4 63 (90.00%) MCTS
5 1 (1.429%) MCITP
5 1 (1.429%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.429%) SLA
Vendors
1 23 (32.86%) Microsoft
Wakefield, West 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,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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: 22 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
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 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
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 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 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: 20 May 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: 22 May 2013